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Share Dawn Michelle's Story – Be Her Voice

Help spread awareness about Dawn Michelle Hunt’s wrongful imprisonment. Amplify her story on social media to pressure officials for her humanitarian release.

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Dawn Michelle Hunt is incarcerated in Guangdong, China, Women’s Prison. She was arrested in 2014 and charged with smuggling, a charge she vehemently denies.

Dawn Michelle’s ordeal began when she was tricked into believing she had won an all-expenses paid trip to Hong Kong. She didn’t believe it at first but checked out the company and thought they were legitimate.

The person organizing her prize sent her airline tickets to Hong Kong and she stayed there nine days with all expenses paid. Her trip was extended to visit mainland China and then Australia. Before she left mainland China for Australia, Dawn Michelle was told that she also won some designer purses. Trusting the organizers, who for two plus weeks have been gracious to her, she took the purses and packed them in luggage given to her by the organizers, as the luggage she brought with her was already full.

It was at the airport, waiting to board her flight to Australia, that airport security searched her luggage and found drugs sewn into the purse linings.

Dawn Michelle was detained in a Chinese detention center where she awaited a trial for 3 years. At her trial the judge acknowledged she was duped but stated that she should have known better and found her guilty. She received the “death penalty with two years reprieve”. Her sentence has since been changed to life in prison. This is her 11th year in prison.

Dawn Michelle has become ill and has not received appropriate healthcare. Her father is 91 and in ailing health. She must come home!

Since her incarceration, I have written hundreds of letters to officials, lawyers and anyone else who would listen. We’ve gotten our hopes up over the years, only to be disappointed, again and again.

We’ve come to learn that Chinese law allows for the transfer of prisoners out of China and it doesn’t require a bilateral prisoner extradition treaty. Our American government simply has to ask for a humanitarian release and the release of other wrongfully detained Americans.”

You can help bring Dawn Michelle home. Please share her story on your social media to help gain her release

#FreeDawnMichelle Bring her home! 📣 www.freedawnmichelle.com

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