US religious freedom envoy calls for release of Taiwan activist jailed in China

The U.S. ambassador for religious freedom on Tuesday called for the release of a Taiwan activist jailed in China, saying the case was highly concerning to the U.S. government. Sam Brownback said activist Li Ming-che, a community college lecturer and an activist at a human rights non-governmental organisation in Taiwan, should be reunited with his wife. Li was found guilty of subversion in November in a trial that his wife denounced as illegitimate and has since been held in central China's Hunan province.