Taiwanese activist denied request to visit U.S. due to COVID-19 control

Taiwanese pro-democracy activist Lee Ming-che (李明哲), who was released from prison in China earlier this year after serving a five-year prison sentence for "subversion of state power," was rejected on Thursday for trip to the United States due to its COVID-19 control.

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