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Taiwanese Human Rights Activist Released From Chinese Prison After 5 Years

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:48 pm
by claireokc
A Taiwanese human rights activist who was “forcibly disappeared” by Chinese authorities while visiting China in 2017, returned to Taiwan on Friday after serving a 5-year prison sentence in China. Li Ming-che, a volunteer with the Taiwan-based human rights group Covenant Watch, arrived at Taoyuan International Airport on Friday morning, Focus Taiwan reported. He was detained in China in 2017 and sentenced to five years in prison for “subversion of state power,” making him the first Taiwanese activist detained under the law. During his trial, Li admitted to having criticized China’s ruling communist party and to having shared articles and arguments promoting Taiwan’s multi-party democracy. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/taiwanese ... 06052.html