; Whereas the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly urged Canada to immediately release Meng Wanzhou and threatened that otherwise it will definitely have grave consequences, and [Canada] will have to bear the full responsibility for it ; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China detained Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian executive Michael Spavor on December 10, 2018, in apparent retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou; Whereas Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig have faced harsh conditions while in detention that include limited consular access, no access to a lawyer, being unable to turn off the lights at night, and lengthy interrogations, including in the case of Mr. Kovrig, about his official activities during his previous tenure as an accredited diplomat in the People’s Republic of China, potentially in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961; Whereas, on January 14, 2019, a third Canadian, Robert Schellenberg, in Chinese custody for drug smuggling, had his case reviewed and his 15-year sentence changed to the death penalty; Whereas the Department of State’s Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2018 stated that [a]rbitrary arrest and detention remained serious problems in China and that Chinese judges regularly received political guidance on pending cases, including instructions on how to rule, from both the government and the CCP [Chinese Communist Party], particularly in politically sensitive cases ; and Whereas while neither Michael Kovrig nor Michael Spavor has been formally charged with any crime under Chinese law, the Government of the People’s Republic of China formally arrested them on May 6, 2019, following their detention on December 10, 2018: Now, therefore, be it