12-Year Sentence for Ai Weiwei’s Lawyer Xia Lin’s lawyer said he was being targeted for his human-rights work.[...]
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January 12th, 2012 - 11:41 pm § in Misc.
China: Another loss of a dissident.
Chinese dissident goes into exile in U.S., says was tortured BEIJING – One of China’s most prominent Christian dissidents, Yu Jie, has gone into exile to the United States after he said he was tortured in a crackdown on dissent, he told Reuters on Friday.[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Ai WeiWei released!
(AP) BEIJING – Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was released on bail Wednesday after confessing to tax evasion following more than three months in detention, official media said. Ai’s poor health was also a factor in his release, the Xinhua News Agency reported. It said Ai [...]
艾未未 Why is the Western Art World so Quiet About Ai Weiwei?
SPIEGEL spoke with German curator Roger Buergel, who helped Ai Weiwei on his path to stardom, about why artists have remained so passive. (excerpted) Buergel: I think that most of them are glad to be rid of Ai Weiwei. SPIEGEL: Why? Buergel: Ai Weiwei succeed[...]