Canadian Jailed for Life in China..Political nightmare ensues !

Does this man look like a terrorist? Well looks aren't really a great indicator for a terrorist, but the Chinese Government says this Canadian is and he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Sentenced today in Chinese Court, Huseyin Celil, a Canadian as of 2005, was a member of Western China's Muslim Uigur minority, an "illegal" political group under the Communist regime. He fled China to Uzbekistan in 2001 and then made his way to Canada, where he lived until 2006. In 2006 he had to return to Uzbekistan for a family matter and was arrested by the police there, who then deported him not to Canada, but to CHINA!

Now the "he said she said" starts between Canada and China, with China declaring Celil a terrorist and Canada demanding evidence of terrorism and basically evidence of ANY wrong doing. Canada claims Celil was and is tortured and wrongfully detained without just cause. Plus China has not allowed any Canadian official or legal council to see Celil, which are both illegal in the view of world law and UN policy. Now China views demonstrations of human rights and political parties not in line with Communist regulations, illegal, but in Canada this is rather the opposite. And this is what Celil was doing back in the 1990's and was jailed for it, but broke out of jail and fled China to Canada. China also claims he helped assassinate a political leader yet refuse to give Canadian officials any evidence of this act.

Today Peter McKay, announced a formal protest in Celil's defence, and urges China to comply with Canada's request of evidence, just cause and visitation by legal council and Canadian Embassy workers:

"We call upon the government of China to investigate these claims promptly and impartially, and to ensure that Mr. Celil's rights are adequately protected,." Mr. MacKay said.

Mr. McKay also sent harsh words to China for their response and rather lack of it saying that Canada would review the foreign Embassy policies in China, meaning Canada would look ways of political protest as in trade or travel. China of course responded with an attack against Canada saying "[we] should stay out of China's domestic issues".

Even if Celil's crimes of murder are true or that he broke Chinese law, his human rights have been violated and his legal rights as a Canadian have been taken away illegally. I really hope this situation calms itself down and the Chinese give Canada some sort of positive response, rather than making this turn into an international trade war. China is a very opinionated nation and Canada must uphold the rule of law. Our industry and China's both rely on each other, but more importantly, the USA also relies on both of us. Having an unstable trade network between the 3 nations would bring about a global crisis.