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Eleven countries have jointly called on the Chinese government to investigate reports of torture against human rights lawyers and urged Beijing to abandon a controversial detention system that holds suspects in secret locations for months at a time. Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Belgium, Canada, detention, Estonia, France, Germany, Japan， Switzerland, letter, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Torture, United Kingdom
By Nigel Hunt, CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2016 2:50 PM ETLast Updated: Oct 25, 2016 8:29 AM ET
‘I feel like I’ve won the lottery of lotteries already,’ said Booker-nominated Canadian author Madeleine Thien, seen greeting a fan at the 2016 Vancouver Writers Festival. Thien’s latest novel is also nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Giller Prize and other honours. (CBC)
Madeleine Thien, Canada’s newest literary star, a favourite to win prestigious Man Booker Prize已关闭评论
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Tagged Canada, Governor General's Award, Madeleine Thien, Nigel Hunt
BY LINDA MCQUAIG | JULY 24, 2014
Photo: John Bristowe/flickr
As its website notes, “PEN Canada envisions a world where Continue reading
June 4, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
“On behalf of all Canadians, we join with Chinese citizens and people around the world in commemorating the 25th anniversary of the violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Continue reading
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