US EditionChinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum
Guan Heng was detained over five months after exposing Xinjiang abuses; an immigration judge cited a well-founded fear of persecution to grant asylum.
- On Tuesday, Guan Heng was released from federal detention and reunited with his mother after an immigration judge granted him asylum earlier this month.
- Facing persecution in China, Guan said he secretly filmed Xinjiang detention facilities in 2020 and released most footage on YouTube shortly before arriving in Florida by boat in October 2021, knowing he had to leave China.
- At one point he faced possible deportation to Uganda, but the Department of Homeland Security dropped that plan in December; he traveled through Hong Kong, Ecuador and the Bahamas before arriving in Florida by boat in October 2021.
- He is staying temporarily in Binghamton, New York, and Luo Yun, his mother, said she finally felt relieved, while Rep. Ro Khanna called the outcome a reminder of the rule of law.
- The case remains politically charged, given broader U.S.-China concerns, as DHS has 30 days to appeal the Jan. 28 ruling and the State Department condemns Beijing's 'genocide, religious persecution, and crimes against humanity'.
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Guan Heng , a Chinese citizen who exposed human rights abuses in his home country, was released from federal detention more than five months after being caught in the Trump administration’s massive immigration control operation. Guan was released and met with his mother on Tuesday, almost a week after an immigration judge granted him asylum and determined that he faced a well-founded fear of persecution if he was sent back to China. “I am in a v…
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Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum
Guan Heng, a Chinese asylum seeker who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released after more than five months in federal detention.
Famous Chinese asylum seeker released from Broome County Jail
(WIVT/WBGH) - Local supporters are celebrating the release of a well-known Chinese dissident who was held at the Broome County Jail for five months on behalf of ICE. Guan Heng was let out of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Batavia Tuesday afternoon. He was greeted by his mother, ShouRen Luo, and Greater [...]
Chinese whistleblower Guan Heng granted asylum, released from detention
Guan Heng, a Chinese whistleblower detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August, was granted asylum by an immigration judge last Wednesday. After being transferred to another facility, he was released on Tuesday. At a Jan. 28 hearing in Napanoch, New York, Ulster County Judge Charles M. Ouslander ruled that Guan was a credible witness and affirmed his eligibility for asylum after denying him bail in December. Guan was held at t…
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