Category: Mark Swidan

House Passes Bipartisan Resolution Condeming CCP, Calling on Biden to Free Mark Swidan

April 25, 2023
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The House of Representatives is formally condemning China’s communist regime for its continued imprisonment of a U.S. citizen on false charges. The House moved to pass a bipartisan resolution on April 25 demanding that the Chinese Communist Party release businessman Mark Swidan, 48, who has been held in detention for more than a decade and…

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US Criticizes China’s Death Sentence of ‘Wrongfully Detained’ American Citizen

April 14, 2023
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The United States on Thursday expressed its “disappointment” over China’s decision to uphold a death sentence of an American man who had been “wrongfully detained” for over a decade on drug-related charges. Mark Swidan, a Houston resident, was detained on Nov. 13, 2012, while on a business trip to China. He was accused of being…

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Republicans Demand Immediate Release of Chinese-Held American Mark Swidan

February 7, 2023
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In the midst of rising tensions between the United States and China, Republicans—including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)—are calling for the release of American Mark Swidan, who has been detained by Beijing for more than a decade. Cruz—along with Texas Republicans Sen. John Cornyn and Congressman Michael Cloud—introduced a resolution calling for Swidan’s immediate release on…

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