China Detentions Update

This email arrived Sunday, regarding the detention of Alive in Baghdad's Brian Conley in China .

"We just got word that Brian and friends are on a plane to Los Angeles, arriving Monday morning. He was released with 7 other US citizen detainees[...]

They have been released 6 days early, largely (we believe) because of political pressure and media attention that forced the US Embassy to take action."

Also today we learn that UK Tibet protestor Mandy McKeown has been deported home. Background to her detention here