Global Affairs would not identify those executed, and China’s embassy in Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment
An unspecified number of Canadians were executed by China earlier this year, Global Affairs confirmed Wednesday.
“Canada repeatedly called for clemency for these individuals at the senior-most levels and remains steadfast in its opposition to the use of the death penalty in all cases, everywhere,” she said. “We continue to provide consular assistance to the victims' families.” China’s embassy in Ottawa did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the executions. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not be reached for comment at press time.according to Amnesty InternationalExecutions of Westerners are rare however, with the last two cases being those of British national Akmal Shaikh, who was killed in 2009, and Lau Fat-wai, a Portuguese-Chinese resident of Macau, who was executed in 2013, both on drug trafficking charges.
Ms. MacLeod confirmed that Mr. Schellenberg was not among those Canadians executed earlier this year, and added Ottawa was continuing to advocate for clemency on his behalf.
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