A Houston man, Mark Swidan, is finally free after over a decade in a Chinese prison.
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Advocacy efforts, including U.S. Senate resolutions and testimony from his mother, highlighted his harsh prison conditions. Despite the charges, Swidan maintained his innocence. Over a decade later, he remained in detention, as calls for his release intensified.In 2017, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reviewed his case and found he couldn’t have committed the crimes, as he wasn’t in China when the offenses occurred. No drugs or evidence were found in his possession or hotel room, and no forensic evidence linked him to the crime. Despite this, China sentenced him to death in 2019. He appealed the verdict.
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