Introduction

Reassessing Strategies

Former Politicians' Perspectives

Human Rights Advocate's Insights

Huseyin Celil's Family Silence

Diplomatic Challenges

Canadian Government's Role

International Support

Current Status of Huseyin Celil

Conclusion and Next Steps

The team goes back to the drawing board on how to best get information on Huseyin Celil. They turn to two high profile former Canadian politicians and an American self-described, human rights salesman, for help. Meanwhile, Huseyin Celil's family still will not return host Yusuf Zine's calls and Yusuf takes stock of who this show really serves.
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Clip credits
Canada's Conservative Party wins majority government - ABC News (Australia)
Chinese Fugitive Lai Changxing Faces Trial in Xiamen - NTD Televison
WRAP Canadian FM Peter MacKay meets Chinese FM ADDS presser - AP Archive
China confirms arrests of two detained Canadians - CGTN
China charged two Canadians with spying: What happens next? - CBC News
Two Michaels released from China - City News 1130
Two Michaels receive standing ovation in House of Commons #shorts - CBC News
What we've learned about the Chinese spy balloon - CBS News
Chinese government operating illegal 'police stations' in Canada: RCMP report - CTV News
China accuses Canada of smearing its reputation over allegedly operating overseas 'police stations' - CTV News
Joly: Canada is expelling Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei over alleged threats to MP Chong - CTV News
Canada braces for retaliation over Chinese diplomat's expulsion- CBC News: The National





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The team goes back to the drawing board on how to best get information on Huseyin Celil. They turn to two high profile former Canadian politicians and an American self-described, human rights salesman, for help. Meanwhile, Huseyin Celil's family still will not return host Yusuf Zine's calls and Yusuf takes stock of who this show really serves.
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Clip credits
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaHwR6eflYU">Canada's Conservative Party wins majority government - ABC News (Australia)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoq6s4">Chinese Fugitive Lai Changxing Faces Trial in Xiamen - NTD Televison</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTPG4JWDJ14">WRAP Canadian FM Peter MacKay meets Chinese FM ADDS presser - AP Archive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwvickzCeJQ">China confirms arrests of two detained Canadians - CGTN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCnB90DUy0&amp;t">China charged two Canadians with spying: What happens next? - CBC News</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bsEMFtNQ0">Two Michaels released from China - City News 1130</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y36w6RG59I0">Two Michaels receive standing ovation in House of Commons #shorts - CBC News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G1kFbUmUy0&amp;t">What we've learned about the Chinese spy balloon - CBS News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_hSY-QMO2o&amp;t">Chinese government operating illegal 'police stations' in Canada: RCMP report - CTV News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSs-1v-9KeE">China accuses Canada of smearing its reputation over allegedly operating overseas 'police stations' - CTV News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61S0KWz9ec&amp;t">Joly: Canada is expelling Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei over alleged threats to MP Chong - CTV News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKP28AVjGRA&amp;t">Canada braces for retaliation over Chinese diplomat's expulsion- CBC News: The National</a></li>
</ul>
 
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In 2006, Canadian Huseyin Celil, a Uyghur refugee, travelled with his wife and children to Uzebekistan to visit family. What was supposed to be a family reunion ended when he was arrested under false pretenses and eventually delivered to China where he was sent to prison. 17-years later, his fate remains unknown and his family desperate for answers.

‘Extradition: The Search for Huseyin Celil,’ a six-part investigative series from TVO Today, reopens the diplomatic cold case. With China implementing harsher crackdowns on its Uyghur population, Huseyin was cut off from communicating from his family. No one knows how he’s doing or where he is. In the wake of the release of the Two Michaels in 2021, the series re-examines why Canada couldn’t do the same for Huseyin. It investigates whether the Canadian government has done all it can to release him, and takes matters into its own hands to get more information on Huseyin’s whereabouts today. Hosted by Yusuf Zine.

In 2006, Canadian Huseyin Celil, a Uyghur refugee, travelled with his wife and children to Uzebekistan to visit family. What was supposed to be a family reunion ended when he was arrested under false pretenses and eventually delivered to China where he was sent to prison. 17-years later, his fate remains unknown and his family desperate for answers.
‘Extradition: The Search for Huseyin Celil,’ a six-part investigative series from TVO Today, reopens the diplomatic cold case. With China implementing harsher crackdowns on its Uyghur population, Huseyin was cut off from communicating from his family. No one knows how he’s doing or where he is. In the wake of the release of the Two Michaels in 2021, the series re-examines why Canada couldn’t do the same for Huseyin. It investigates whether the Canadian government has done all it can to release him, and takes matters into its own hands to get more information on Huseyin’s whereabouts today. Hosted by Yusuf Zine.

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