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Huseyin Celil
‘Points of re-entry
The Michaels released: Kevin Garratt and Kamila Telendibaeva. Kamila spoke to Carol Off and Chris Howden about Huseyin Celil on 'As It Happens'. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2-as-it-happens/clip/15868856-points-re-entry Outlet: CBC Listen
Which Canadians are left in Chinese prisons? As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are free, 115 more remain behind
Robert Schellenberg, bottom left, Huseyin Celil, middle, and Sun Qian, top right, are among many Canadians whose convictions in Chinese courts have been points of friction between Beijing and Ottawa.Photos: Handouts, AFP/Getty Images, Reuters, The Canadian Press For...
Family wants Ottawa to do more to get Canadian Huseyin Celil out of Chinese prison
The return of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor to Canada has increased pressure on Ottawa to do more to free another Canadian detained in China, Huseyin Celil. Celil is a Uyghur human rights activist who has been held for almost 15 years. https://youtu.be/OxS5pdJLhzs...
Five things to know about the forgotten Canadian still behind bars in China
As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor readjust to life in Canada after almost three gruelling years in a Chinese prison, supporters are begging government officials not to forget the third Canadian still detained in China: Huseyin Celil. This November, Celil will have...
The two Michaels are finally home. Now what about Huseyin Celil?
Canadians are obviously delighted that the two Michaels, Kovrig and Spavor, are back home from their unjust detention in China for 1,020 days. But what about the third high-profile Canadian still in prison there? There’s not a peep about Huseyin Celil, who has...
Don’t forget Celil in Chinese prison, say supporters of Canadian Uyghur advocate
OTTAWA -- Supporters of a Canadian man imprisoned in China for a decade and a half want the next federal government to use the 2022 Beijing Olympics as a bargaining chip to bring him home. And the advocates for Huseyin Celil say they want the deal to be a package that...
Beijing Olympics offer ‘rare opportunity’ to secure Uyghur Canadian’s release from Chinese prison
Huseyin Celil, his pregnant wife, Kamila, and their three sons were on vacation in Uzbekistan in 2006 when they heard a knock at the door. The Canadians from Burlington, Ont., were visiting Kamila’s parents who lived in the Uzbek capital city of Tashkent. Kamila’s...
‘They are in no hurry’: Beijing plays the long game as Canadians languish in China’s prisons
The “Two Michaels,” Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, have garnered international attention. Their arrests in December 2018 were widely seen as retaliation for the arrest of Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou by the RCMP in Vancouver at the behest of...
Fifteen years in a Chinese prison: Burlington woman laments husband’s fate
When the nightmare had just begun, the Burlington woman received help from a Turkish translator to communicate how she felt about her husband’s fate. That was a long time ago. Today, Kamila Telendibaeva speaks English just fine, and her husband,...