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The Case of Mark Swidan

The Case of Mark Swidan

An American Political Prisoner in Communist China for Over a Decade

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Jason Ian Poblete
May 05, 2023
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Imagine being locked up in a medium-sized walk-in closet for years, a concrete slab to sleep on, and incandescent lights turned on for twenty-four hours. That is just the start of the story of the harrowing ordeal of an American from Luling, Texas, who has been wrongfully locked up in Communist China for over a decade.

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