China has caused international indignation after the 'inhuman' has performed four Canadian nationals accused of drug smuggling, with mass murders by the Squadrons van Beijing furiously condemned by campaigners and officials.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Melanie Joly, said that she and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had asked for the double citizens after they were involved in the alleged crimes.
But the Beijing embassy in Ottawa said that the executions were due to drug crimes and noted that China does not recognize double citizenship.
Amnesty International condemned the executions as inhumane and noted that China executed thousands of people in 2023, according to the most recent figures.
“These shocking and inhumane executions of Canadian citizens by the Chinese authorities must be a wake-up call for Canada,” said the group of the group for English-language Canada, Ketty Nivyabandi, in a statement.
China is supposed to execute more prisoners every year than the rest of the world together, with the total number a meticulous state secret.
Executions are traditionally performed by shot, although deadly injections have been introduced in recent years.
Mrs. Joly said with reporters in Ottawa and said that the Canadian government strongly convicted the last murders.
China is supposed to execute more prisoners every year than the rest of the world together. Shown: Archive image shows the Chinese police who presents a group of convicts for conviction, many of whom were executed
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Melanie Joly, said she and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had asked for the double citizens
“I personally asked for a clementia … they were all double citizens,” she said, adding that Canada consistently asks for a clement for his citizens who are confronted with the death penalty abroad.
She said the families had asked the government to withhold details about the identity of the four people.
Spokeswoman Charlotte Macleod of the worldwide cases said they continued to offer families consular assistance and asked that the media respect their privacy.
She said that Ottawa continued to argue for Clemency for Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling, which was not included in the latest executions.
“China always imposes heavy penalties in drug -related crimes,” said a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy.
“The facts of the crimes committed by the Canadian nationals involved in the cases are clear and the evidence is solid and sufficient.”
The spokesperson for the embassy said that Beijing has “fully guaranteed the rights and interests of the Canadian nationals involved” and insisted on the Canadian government to “stop making irresponsible comments.”
There have been increasing tensions between the two countries in recent years.
China imposed retaliation rates to some Canadian farm and food import earlier this month, after Canada had imposed tasks on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) and steel and aluminum products in October.
The rates contribute to global trade tensions in the midst of rate announcements by the United States, China, Canada and Mexico.
Chinese police leads a convicted man to a special execution bus (file image)
Chinese President Xi Jinping depicted earlier this week
“China sends us a message that we have to take steps if we want to see an improvement in the relationship,” said a former Canadian ambassador in China, Guy Saint-Jacques.
Ian Brodie, a former staff chief of ex-Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, posted on social media that it appears that “agricultural rates were not the worst part of the VRC (People of China) on EV rates.”
And the conservative politician of opposition Michael Chong said: “Performing a number of Canadians in short order is unprecedented and is clearly a sign that Beijing does not intend to improve relations with Canada.”
China is the second largest trading partner of Canada, but relations have been bad since the Canadian authorities in 2018 arrested a former Huawei director who had accused the US of fraud.
China imprisoned two Canadians shortly after Canada Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the founder of the company, had arrested an extradition request for American extradition.
They were sent back to Canada in 2021, on the same day Mrs. Meng returned to China after reaching a deal with American authorities in her case.
Many countries called China's 'hostage politics', while China described the charges against Huawei and Mrs. Meng as a politically motivated attempt to stop the economic and technological development of China.
Although the communist does not release his official figures, rights groups believe that many thousands of people in China are executed every year – more than such from Iran, Saudi Aarabia and the US, even when they are together.
