In this file image made from March 28, 2018, video, Michael Kovrig, an adviser with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based non-governmental organization, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. OTTAWA -- Canadian prisoner Michael Kovrig is trying to hold on to a sense of humour as he and fellow countryman Michael Spavor approach one year in solitary confinement in China, says Kovrig's current boss.
The incident triggered a diplomatic meltdown between Canada and China, that has also led to the People's Republic banning some Canadian agricultural products, including canola. Robert Malley, the president of the Washington-based Crisis Group, said he wishes Meng no ill-will but that there's no comparison between how she and Kovrig and Spavor are being treated.
"I don't think anyone is expecting they will improve to the point that Ms. Meng is experiencing," he said. "That would probably be an unrealistic expectation. But at least that he be treated fairly and that he have access to family members, to lawyers, to others and that he could live a little bit more normally than he is today."
Malley, who previously served on former U.S. President Barack Obama's national security council, said Kovrig's fate is wrapped up in events outside his and Canada's control.
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Be nice if Trudeau focused on getting them home.
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