Supporters Focus on Freeing Canadian Held in China Amid Geopolitical ‘Ups and Downs’

Supporters Focus on Freeing Canadian Held in China Amid Geopolitical ‘Ups and Downs’
Kamila Talendibaeva, wife of Huseyin Celil, a Canadian citizen being held in a prison and serving a life sentence in a Chinese prison holds news conference on behalf her husband in Ottawa on April 26, 2007. The Canadian Press/Fred Chartrand
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A leader of the fight to secure freedom for a Canadian human-rights activist detained in China for 17 years is taking the latest diplomatic deep-freeze between Ottawa and Beijing in stride.

Wilf Ruland, a volunteer fieldworker with Amnesty International Canada, says a sustained, long-term campaign aims to keep Huseyin Celil’s case in the public eye and in the minds of Canadian and Chinese authorities.