Ottawa, Canada:
China has hanged four Canadian citizens. Canadian Foreign Minister Melani Jolie said on Wednesday, March 19 that China has rejected four Canadian citizens in recent weeks, rejecting the appeal to show generosity from Canada. Foreign Minister Jolie told the media in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, “We strongly condemn the hanging of Canadian people in China.”
The Foreign Minister did not give much details due to the request to maintain the confidentiality from the families of those who died.
Why did you get hanged? China justified the decision
According to the AFP report, China has defended the death penalty in a statement sent to the Globe and Mail newspaper. In this, it was indicated by China that Canadian people were convicted in drug crime. The statement of the Chinese Embassy sent to the globe said, “Drug -related crime is a serious crime that is considered extremely harmful for society around the world … China always imposes serious punishment on drugs related to drugs and has a ‘zero tolerance’ attitude towards drug problems.”
External Affairs Minister Jolie said that he and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who left the PM office last week, asked China to be generous.
Explain that China classifies the hanging figures as classified data of the country, that is, keeps it a secret. The figure does not allow the public domain to enter. However, many rights groups including Amnesty International believe that thousands of people are hanged every year in China.
Significantly, in recent years, relations between China and Canada have been tense. In December 2018, a senior Chinese senior telecom executive was arrested on the US warrant in Vancouver, while Beijing retaliated by two Canadians on the charge of espionage. This put the relations between the two countries in deep crisis.
Apart from this, in 2019 and 2021, relations with allegations of Chinese intervention in Canadian elections became more tense. While Beijing has denied these allegations. In 2023, Foreign Minister Jolie expelled a Chinese diplomat from the country, who was accused of targeting a Canadian opposition MLA. This MLA has been an outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party as well as his family in Beijing. There itself
On the other hand, Canada itself has been criticizing security action in Hong Kong and China’s behavior with Uygar Muslim minorities.
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