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© WikiMedia (Daehanmindecline) Canada dispatches: China court sentences Canadian citizen Spavor to 11 years prison in politically-charged espionage case Ian Profiri | U. Calgary Law School, CA August 12, 2021 08:00:09 am [Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Staff Correspondent for Canada. He files this dispatch from Calgary.]Canadian citizen Michael Spavor was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court late Tuesday night on charges of espionage and possession of state secrets in a case that most international observers agree is more political than legal.Chinese officials arrested Spavor and Michael Kovrig on “trumped up” charges of espionage...
