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China: House Arrest For Rights Lawyer

Date: 2010-11-04

by Edward Wong, New York Times
A prominent rights lawyer who was released in September after years in prison remains under house arrest in his hometown in Shandong Province and is not allowed to receive visitors, Human Rights in China, an advocacy group, said Wednesday. The lawyer, Chen Guangcheng, is a vocal critic of government policies, especially of forced sterilizations or abortions by local officials trying to enforce adherence to the one-child policy. Mr. Chen was held under house arrest for one year starting in 2005, then was imprisoned for four years on criminal convictions. Human Rights in China said no one, not even Mr. Chen’s mother, had been allowed to visit Mr. Chen, who is blind, or his wife, Yuan Weijing, since early October.

by Edward Wong, New York Times

A prominent rights lawyer who was released in September after years in prison remains under house arrest in his hometown in Shandong Province and is not allowed to receive visitors, Human Rights in China, an advocacy group, said Wednesday. The lawyer, Chen Guangcheng, is a vocal critic of government policies, especially of forced sterilizations or abortions by local officials trying to enforce adherence to the one-child policy. Mr. Chen was held under house arrest for one year starting in 2005, then was imprisoned for four years on criminal convictions. Human Rights in China said no one, not even Mr. Chen’s mother, had been allowed to visit Mr. Chen, who is blind, or his wife, Yuan Weijing, since early O