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Kovrig joined the International Crisis Group in February 2017 as a senior adviser for North East Asia.<ref name="crisis"/> On December 10, 2018, Michael Kovrig was detained in [[Beijing]] around the same time as [[Michael Spavor]], a Canadian consultant with a personal relationship with [[Kim Jong-un]] and a history of working with [[North Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/detention-crisis-group-senior-adviser|title=Detention of Michael Kovrig|date=December 12, 2018|website=Crisis Group|language=en|access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> The prosecutors of the People's Republic of China charged the two Canadians with espionage endangering China's national security. If proven, such a crime may result in life sentences or more, to ensure the nondisclosure of illegally gathered intelligence. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called his arrest "arbitrary".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Staff|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/justin-trudeau-china-canada-beijing|title=Canada: Trudeau accuses China of using 'arbitrary detentions' for political ends|date=September 5, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 29, 2020|last2=agencies|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
=== Chinese legal proceedings ===▼
==Release==▼
On Friday September 24th, 2021, Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] confirmed that the two Michaels have been released and were returning<ref>{{cite web |title=Trudeau announces Michael Spavor, Michael Kovrig "on their way home" | LIVE |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W_EzZZTLqvI |website=YouTube |publisher=Global News |access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Neustaeter |first1=Brooklyn |title=China has released detained Canadians Kovrig, Spavor: PM |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/china-has-released-detained-canadians-kovrig-spavor-pm-1.5598969 |website=CTV News}}</ref>, the same day that Huawei [[Chief Financial Officer]] [[Meng Wanzhou]], who was arrested in 2018 on behalf of the [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horowitz |first1=Julia |title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested in Canada, faces extradition to United States |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/tech/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref>, was released after the dropping of her extradition request by the [[US Department of Justice]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Huawei's Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after deal with US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998 |website=BBC News}}</ref>.▼
▲== Chinese legal proceedings ==
On June 19, 2020, the men were formally charged with spying on national secrets and providing state secrets to entities outside of China.<ref name="Globe06202020" /><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53104303 Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor: China charges Canadians with spying], BBC, June 19, 2020</ref>
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Michael Kovrig was tried on March 22, 2021; verdict was to be announced at an unspecified later date.<ref name=cbc/> The trials were held in closed sessions<ref name=cbc/> in accordance of China's Rules of Criminal Procedure for national security cases.{{Fact|date=July 2021}} {{As of|2021|8|11|df=US}} the verdict was still unknown to the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister [[Marc Garneau]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Andrea |first1=Aaron |title=Garneau unsure when Michael Kovrig verdict will come as China sentences 2 Canadians |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8103798/michael-kovrig-verdict-china-canada-garneau/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=Global News |date=August 11, 2021}}</ref>
▲===Release===
▲On Friday September 24th, 2021, Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] confirmed that the two Michaels have been released and were returning<ref>{{cite web |title=Trudeau announces Michael Spavor, Michael Kovrig "on their way home" | LIVE |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W_EzZZTLqvI |website=YouTube |publisher=Global News |access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Neustaeter |first1=Brooklyn |title=China has released detained Canadians Kovrig, Spavor: PM |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/china-has-released-detained-canadians-kovrig-spavor-pm-1.5598969 |website=CTV News}}</ref>, the same day that Huawei [[Chief Financial Officer]] [[Meng Wanzhou]], who was arrested in 2018 on behalf of the [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horowitz |first1=Julia |title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested in Canada, faces extradition to United States |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/tech/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref>, was released after the dropping of her extradition request by the [[US Department of Justice]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Huawei's Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after deal with US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998 |website=BBC News}}</ref>.
==International response==
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