Texas Republicans are renewing calls for the release of Mark Swidan, a 38-year-old American on death row in China on drug charges the U.N. says is wrongfully detained.
determined that Swidan was not in possession of drugs on his person or in his hotel room, and records show he was not in China at the time of the alleged offense.
Swidan’s mother Katherine, who has not been able to see him since 2018, says that her son’s health is deteriorating and that he has lost more than 100 pounds."We just want to get Mark home, so we can take care of him," Katherine Swidan told Fox 26 Houston."They tried to coerce him to confess. Whatever they do to him, he will not ever confess to something he did not do. His passport shows that he wasn’t in China at the time of any crime.
"I'm calling on the Biden administration to use all of the tools at our disposal to secure Mark's release," Cruz said."And I'm calling on the government of China to finally release Mark."
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