The 46-year-old Houston businessman was arrested when he went to China to buy building materials for his design business.
Supporters and the United Nations say the charges he faced of running a drug ring are not credible and that the ensuing trial and conviction were a sham.
Escaping the brutal reality through sleep was not a given. Bright fluorescent lights were on 24 hours a day, and Schaerer’s “bed” was a wooden plank on the floor with a blood-stained paper blanket to survive the freezing night. Members of the group took turns standing watch in the middle of the night to make sure no one was attacked by another inmate as they tried to sleep. If someone was killed, the inmates were told to press a red buzzer on the wall.
Katherine Swidan said in social media posts that her son was forced to work 14 hours a day, six days a week making silk flowers for major American retailers while shackled. The harsh chemicals caused his fingers to crack and bleed, and he had injuries from the metal cuffs. Swidan said he doesn’t eat the meat because he witnessed stray dogs being slaughtered for inmate food.
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