U.S., European diplomats support Canada in Chinese court in death-penalty appeal

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Canadian diplomats were joined in a Chinese courtroom today by American, British, French and German colleagues to watch the appeal of a Canadian who has been sentenced to death for smuggling drugs.

The show of solidarity did not diminish Canadian worries over the fate of Robert Schellenberg of British Columbia.

Global Affairs said in a statement it remains extremely concerned about China's decision to impose the death penalty on Schellenberg at his Jan. 14 retrial, as it also thanked Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the Czech Republic for sending their representatives to the hearing.Schellenberg's new sentence was meted out six weeks after the RCMP detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition warrant, plunging Sino-Canadian diplomatic relations to a new low.

 

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RobJack83120905 Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Guess he should’ve thought of the consequences.

He is dealing drugs that kill our children.....death to him.

Europeans support a Canadian being punished because of trudeaus massive screw up. while trudeau does NOTHING and leaves our men to rot and or die.

Drug traffickers are murderers at some point in their career. He broke China’s law therefore his sentence is just.

What does Canada's Chinese Amb. have to say.... Oh yeah I forgot, me bad!!

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