Human Rights Defenders

Behind Twists of Diplomacy in the Case of a Chinese Dissident
The New York Times, May 9, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/world/asia/behind-twists-of-diplomacy-in-case-of-chen-guangcheng.html

Chen's Dramatic Escape Spawns Conspiracy Theories
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2012
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=6915

江天勇离京换家人自由 (Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong Leaves Beijing in Exchange for Family's Freedom)
Voice of America, May 8, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20120508-9-S-XL-DC-Jiang-Tianyong-150632445.html

朝阳区法院受理发课公司起诉北京地税局案 (District Court Accepts Ai Weiwei's Company Case against the Beijing Tax Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-05082012151426.html

曾参与民运并资助维权者 李必丰诈骗案开庭获暂缓 (Case against Sichuan Dissident Poet Li Bifeng Put on Hold)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-05082012092707.html

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei: Chinese Government Cannot Censor the Internet
The Telegraph, April 16, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9206279/Ai-Weiwei-Chinese-government-cannot-censor-the-internet.html

Related:
中国政府的审查永远打败不了互联网
China's Censorship Can Never Defeat the Internet
The Guardian, April 16, 2012
CH: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/16/china-censorship
EN: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2012/apr/16/china-censorship-internet-freedom

Human Rights Defenders

China's Ai Weiwei Sues Tax Office in "Evasion" Case
Reuters, April 13, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-china-artist-lawsuit-idUSBRE83C09U20120413

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未：當局令拆網絡鏡頭 (Ai Weiwei: Authorities Ordered That My Cameras Be Turned Off)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/Inews/20120405/ca40840p.htm

倪玉兰被超期羁押逾月 律师控审判长非法拘禁 (Lawyers Call Illegal Detention as Ni Yulan Remains in Detention for over a Month)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-04042012093731.html

清明节当局严控悼念民主先烈 港支联会发起献花“六四”活动 (Authorities Keep Strict Control over Memorials for Democracy Activists during Qingming)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-04042012093750.html

Human Rights Defenders

我不愿意离开中国 (Ai Weiwei: I Don't Want to Leave China)
Deutsche Welle, March 31, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15851411,00.html

Related news:
艾未未在家设网络镜头公开生活 (Ai Sets Up Webcams around Home in Reference to 24-hour Police Surveillance)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 3, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120403/news_20120403_55_830803.htm

Human Rights Defenders

偷漏稅上訴失敗 艾未未罰 1500萬 (Appeal Fails, Ai's Company Fined 15mil)
Apple Daily, March 30, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120330&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=16204274

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei Refused Public Hearing for Tax Case
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/29/ai-weiwei-refused-public-hearing

Gao Zhisheng, Detained Chinese Lawyer, Visited by Family
The New York Times, March 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/world/asia/family-reports-prison-visit-with-long-missing-chinese-rights-lawyer.html

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未要求废止“不合法”税规 (Ai Weiwei Calls for a Repeal of the "Illegal" Tax Policy)
Deutsche Welle, March 07, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15792207,00.html

郭飞雄：乌坎选举说明中国人能够推进真实的民主 (Interview with Guo Feixiong: Wukan Shows That Chinese People Can Advance True Democracy)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120306-郭飞雄：乌坎选举说明中国人能够推进真实的民主

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未案稅局覆議 (Ai Weiwei's Tax Case to Be Reviewed)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2541080/1.html

刘晓原组律师团为乌坎村民维权 (Liu Xiaoyuan Forms Group of Lawyers to Protect Rights of Wukan Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawyer-01052012101132.html

Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

代理艾未未稅案 律師行被搜 (Law Firm Representing Ai's Tax Case Searched)
Ming Pao, December 01, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2507552/1.html

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未入选“全球百位思想家” 妻子路青成“犯罪嫌疑人” (Ai Chosen One of Worlds 100 Thinkers while His Wife Becomes a Criminal Suspect)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-11292011155732.html

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Chinese Police Question Ai Weiwei's Wife
The Guardian, November 29, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/29/chinese-police-question-ai-weiwei-wife

Human Rights Defenders -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未

Ai Weiwei and State Editor in Online Spat 
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 22, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4fdb1169ed9c3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未

Mass Nudity in Protest of Ai Weiwei Porn Investigation
Television New Zealand (via Television New Zealand), November 21, 2011
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/mass-nudity-in-protest-ai-weiwei-porn-investigation-4555552

Human Rights Defenders -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未

網民裸照聲援艾未未 (Netizen Nudity in Support of Ai Weiwei)
Apple Daily, November 20, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20111120&sec_id=15335&art_id=15817447

Ai Weiwei Photographs in 'Pornography' Probe
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=209f7a4a657b3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Tax Battle 'Opportunity' to Expose China: Ai Weiwei
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2011
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ai-says-tax-battle-opportunity-expose-china-033430478.html

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未缴保证金求上诉遭拒绝 (Ai's Deposit Refused)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 15, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111115_aiweiwei_tax.shtml

Related news:
Lawyer: Tax Authorities Impeding Ai Weiwei Appeal
Associated Press, November 14, 2011
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1758465

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未已获“借款”800多万元 (8mil+ RMB “Loaned” to Ai Weiwei)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111114_aiweiwei_tax.shtml

Related news:
With Help, Chinese Artist Will Contest a Tax Bill
New York Times, November 11, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/world/asia/dissident-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-will-contest-large-tax-bill.html

Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Ai Weiwei's Mother Accuses Officials of Hounding Her Son
The Guardian, November 09, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/09/ai-weiweis-mother-hounding-son

Related information:
艾未未的母亲要抵押房产救儿子
Ai Weiwei’s Mother to Mortgage Her House to Help Son
Human Rights in China, November 07, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5621
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5623

Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未借561万 官报批违法 (Official Media: Loans to Ai Illegal)
Ming Pao, November 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2485582/1.html

Related editorial:
Ai Weiwei's Tax Evasion Case Takes a New Twist
Global Times, November 07, 2011
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/682723/Ai-Weiweis-tax-evasion-case-takes-a-new-twist.aspx

Related information:
艾未未的母亲要抵押房产救儿子
Ai Weiwei’s Mother to Mortgage Her House to Help Son
Human Rights in China, November 07, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5621
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5623