The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on Wednesday released its annual report, which documented individuals detained or indicted by Beijing authorities, including Taiwanese activist Yang Chih-yuan (楊智淵).
The report urged members of the US Congress to raise the cases when meeting with Chinese representatives.
Established by Congress under the US-China Relations Act of 2000, the CECC monitors human rights and the rule of law in China and submits an annual report to the US president and Congress.
Photo: Chiu Shu-yu, Taipei Times
CECC chair US Senator Dan Sullivan, along with cochair US Representative Chris Smith, said the report ensures that “political prisoners are not forgotten” and that “atrocities are documented.”
The report also encourages US lawmakers to use its database for up-to-date information on individual and group political prisoners.
This year’s report highlights a subset of individuals detained or sentenced by China for peacefully exercising internationally recognized rights, a group that includes Yang.
Yang was arrested in August 2022 in Wenzhou in China’s Zhejiang Province on accusations of long-term involvement in “Taiwanese independence” activities and suspected contraventions of national security laws.
The Mainland Affairs Council strongly condemned Yang’s nine-year sentence at the time, saying that the charges targeted conduct common among Taiwanese and reflected Beijing’s attempt to intimidate Taiwanese while expanding its political influence.
Yang is a cofounder of the defunct Taiwanese National Party, and served as its deputy chair in 2019.
He also ran in the 2020 legislative election in New Taipei City as a candidate for the Taiwan Action Party Alliance.
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