Introduction

Canadian Government's Engagement

Final Calls to Xinjiang No. 1 Prison

New and Surprising Response

Reflections on the Search

Personal Letter to Huseyin Celil

Family's Perspective

International Efforts

Human Rights Implications

Conclusion and Next Steps

The team investigates how "actively engaged" the Government of Canada is on the case of Huseyin Celil. Plus, the team makes their final round of calls to the Xinjiang No. 1 Prison in a last-ditch attempt to learn anything about Huseyin's location and well-being. This time, there's a new and surprising response from the jail. Finally, host Yusuf Zine reflects on the results of this search for Huseyin - and adds his own personal letter to the piles of correspondence trying to reach him.
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Clip credits:
Wife of Huseyincan Celil makes impassioned plea for government to take greater role in securing his freedom - Global News
Release Huseyin Celil! - Garnett Genuis’ Facebook (ParlVu)
Dominic Barton on Canadian Huseyin Celil - CBC
MP says ‘Canada is meeting the moment’ as Parliament votes to support the relocation of 10,000 Uyghurs - CBC
Canadian MP Heather McPherson criticises Canada’s parliament for ‘politicising human rights’ - Middle East Eye
Beat 1163: Shehide, USA (English) - Uyghur Pulse
Beat 1205: Subhi, USA (English) - Uyghur Pulse
Beat 1210: Nurhoja, Australia (English) - Uyghur Pulse
Beat 1049: Jewlan, Turkey (English) - Uyghur Pulse
Beat 1206: Tumaris, USA (English) - Uyghur Pulse
Beat 221: Abduweli, Norway (English) - Uyghur Pulse
Hostage Diplomacy: The forgotten Canadian imprisoned in China - Global News





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The team investigates how "actively engaged" the Government of Canada is on the case of Huseyin Celil. Plus, the team makes their final round of calls to the Xinjiang No. 1 Prison in a last-ditch attempt to learn anything about Huseyin's location and well-being. This time, there's a new and surprising response from the jail. Finally, host Yusuf Zine reflects on the results of this search for Huseyin - and adds his own personal letter to the piles of correspondence trying to reach him.
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Clip credits:
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<li><a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/2477862/wife-of-huseyincan-celil-makes-impassioned-plea-for-government-to-take-greater-role-in-securing-his-freedom">Wife of Huseyincan Celil makes impassioned plea for government to take greater role in securing his freedom - Global News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=328801268153958">Release Huseyin Celil! - Garnett Genuis’ Facebook (ParlVu)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.5454874">Dominic Barton on Canadian Huseyin Celil - CBC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.6733986">MP says ‘Canada is meeting the moment’ as Parliament votes to support the relocation of 10,000 Uyghurs - CBC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmIXxCznQGI">Canadian MP Heather McPherson criticises Canada’s parliament for ‘politicising human rights’ - Middle East Eye</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6rf6mh45g">Beat 1163: Shehide, USA (English) - Uyghur Pulse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xrg3mszABg">Beat 1205: Subhi, USA (English) - Uyghur Pulse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ngpFaZl94&amp;t=25s">Beat 1210: Nurhoja, Australia (English) - Uyghur Pulse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6skk7sXV3c">Beat 1049: Jewlan, Turkey (English) - Uyghur Pulse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zZxlTN2rE">Beat 1206: Tumaris, USA (English) - Uyghur Pulse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbgOo26wgPc">Beat 221: Abduweli, Norway (English) - Uyghur Pulse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkxTMmWzzGs&amp;t">Hostage Diplomacy: The forgotten Canadian imprisoned in China - Global News</a></li>
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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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