It is not often that this blog can quote the Chinese authorities in full agreement:
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters: “…detention without giving any reason violates a person’s human rights.”
[“We have made solemn representations to Canada and the US, demanding that both parties immediately clarify the reasons for the detention, and immediately release the detainee to protect the person’s legal rights.”]
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
January 4, 2019 at 10:58
[…] And then there is the remarkable reaction by the same Government when it concerns a Chinese citizen as in the case of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/12/06/chinese-government-quote-of-the-year/ […]
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