Self-taught legal activist Chen Guangcheng, accompanied by his wife and two children, left China on United Airlines Flight 88 to Newark. The blind lawyer describes his departure as a “leave of absence.” This follows his dramatic escape after seven years of imprisonment and torture and a month of diplomatic wrangling.
“Blind Chinese activist leaves for U.S.,” Didi Tang and Gillian Wong, AP via USA Today
Related:
“In China, Where ‘Attorney-At-Law’ Is An Ever More Dangerous Occupation,” B. Pe, Le Monde via Worldcrunch
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May 19, 2012 at 11:14 am
USA should help its own citizen illegally blocked in China for 4 years come home!!!
https://www.change.org/petitions/help-my-father-dr-zhicheng-hu-come-home
May 24, 2012 at 3:46 pm
UPDATES:
“Chinese activist’s brother flees guarded village,” Gillian Wong and Didi Tang, AP via San Francisco Chronicle
“China’s exiles warn Chen Guangcheng of hard road ahead,” Cain Nunns, GlobalPost