Release Canadians From China, Australia’s Former Foreign Minister Says

Release Canadians From China, Australia’s Former Foreign Minister Says
Former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 21, 2008. Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
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Former Foreign Minister Gareth Evans is urging the Australian government to take bolder action against Beijing over its continuing detention of two Canadians in China.

In what he described to be an act of political retaliation by the communist regime, Evans slammed China’s arrests as “deeply troubling” and said the Australian government must act immediately.