China has expelled Swedish human rights activist Peter Dahlin, who has been under the detention of Chinese authorities since Jan. 4, on charges of 'instigating confrontation against the state'.

An official spokesperson from the Swedish Embassy in Beijing confirmed on Tuesday that Peter Dahlin had been released from detention and expelled from the country, but refused to comment any further.

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Dahlin's close colleague Michael Caster also confirmed his release. Caster further revealed that Dahlin's girlfriends, a Chinese national who was detained along with him, has also been released.

Dahlin's release comes shortly after the Swedish Embassy expressed concerns over the arrest of its few citizens (including Peter Dahlin) via Weibo on Monday.

"Two of our citizens have 'confessed' on China's national broadcaster, and we feel unsettled about this kind of action," read a statement from the embassy's official Weibo accounts.

Peter Dahlin was detained for the activities of his organization 'China Action'.

Peter Dahlin was detained on January 4th for the activities of 'China First', an organization that he founded to provide legal assistance tohttp://admin.chinatopix.com/pages/publish/publish/form.php?se_status=1&getstring=se_status%3D1%26amp%3B&page=1&w=u&ar_id=75456 people alleging human right violations in the country.

Chinese authorities accused China Action of instigating confrontation and gathering information to distort report.                 

Peter Dahlin confessed to these charges on Chinese TV on January 18^th.

He said "I violated Chinese law through my activities here, I've caused harm to the Chinese government, I've hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. I apologies sincerely for this and I'm very sorry that this ever happened".            

Following Peter Dahlin's confession on Chinese TV, many human right organizations and the Sweden Embassy reportedly started exerting pressure on Chinese authorities for his release.  

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