Supporters focus on freeing Canadian activist detained in China amid geopolitical ‘ups and downs’

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Open this photo in gallery: Kamila Telendibaeva leads a protest for the release of her husband, Huseyin Celil, in front of the Chinese consulate, in Toronto, on July 20, 2006.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail A leader of the fight to secure freedom for a Canadian human-rights activist detained in China for 17 years is taking the latest diplomatic deep-freeze between Ottawa and Beijing in stride. Wilf Ruland, a volunteer fieldworker with Amnesty International Canada, says a sustained, long-term campaign aims to keep Huseyin Celil’s case in the public eye and in the minds of Canadian and Chinese authorities. “Throughout...