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“Be a Creditor of Ai Weiwei”
When Chinese tax authorities went after artist-cum-activist Ai Weiwei in November 2011 for alleged tax fraud, many Chinese saw the allegations as a transparent attempt to muzzle the popular social and political critic, who had taken up a number of causes in recent years. So it came as no surprise...
November 26, 2012
China Rights Forum
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Comments on the Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)
This open letter (CH) from Lu Qing (路青) , the wife of Ai Weiwei (艾未未) , to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress (NPC) urges that the NPC not adopt the Draft Amendment without dropping several exceptional provisions that would allow the authorities to execute...
September 28, 2011
Open Letter
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Salman Rushdie’s Response to Liao Yiwu’s Letter
Author Salman Rushdie responds to Liao Yiwu’s recent open letter .
April 27, 2011
Open Letter
Liao Yiwu
Record of an Interrogation of an Ai Weiwei Employee
During a four-hour interrogation at the Nan'gao police substation in Beijing, Liu Yanping (刘艳萍) , a worker in Ai Weiwei's studio, was verbally abused in obscene language by a man who said that he was not a policeman, but a "hooligan, auxiliary police." The man threatened to beat her up "outside"...
April 8, 2011
Article
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Beijing Public Security Bureau: Please Tell Us Ai Weiwei's Detention Situation
In a letter to the Beijing Public Security Bureau after Ai Weiwei has been in custody for more than 96 hours, Ai’s wife Lu Qing asks the authorities to follow the law, which requires them to notify the family with official documents of the detainee’s whereabouts and the reason for detention.
April 7, 2011
Appeal
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