U.S. Representative Michael Cloud SAN ANTONIO, Texas – U.S. Representative District 27 Michael Cloud met Mark Swidan this morning. Congressman Cloud presented to Swidan House Resolution 90. Cloud led this bipartisan letter urging Secretary Of State Antony Blinken to prioritize Swidan’s case in all dealings with China. The resolution calling on his release from China passed in the House unanimously last…
The US has brokered the release of three Americans it said had been wrongfully detained in China for many years, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. The White House national security council named the three as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung and said all the US citizens it deemed to…
Key Takeaways Mark Swidan, a Houston man, was imprisoned in China for over 12 years on drug trafficking charges despite insufficient evidence. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found no evidence against him in 2017 He remained on death row until his release in 2024. Advocacy efforts, including U.S. Senate resolutions and testimony from…
China has freed three Americans considered wrongfully detained in a swap with the United States, US officials said Wednesday, meeting a key goal of outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration. The three Americans — Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung — were the last prisoners in China classified by the State Department as wrongfully detained,…