Chinese activist's daring escape

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Beijing (CNN) -- Chen Guangcheng's voice is unwavering. For a man who has endured four years in prison and then 18 months under house arrest, he appears calm and resolute.

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Chen has posted a video online, detailing his extraordinary ordeal. The blind human rights activist is finally getting a chance to tell his story after a daring escape from his captors.
"I finally escaped. All the stories about the brutal treatment I have received from the authorities, I can personally testify they are all true," he says.
To hear Chen's story, his composure becomes all the more extraordinary. This is a tale of persecution, intimidation and brutality.

Chen, wearing black glasses, faces directly ahead and makes an appeal to China's Premier Wen Jiabao.
He asks Wen to prosecute the security team that he calls "monstrous."
"They broke into my house, and more than a dozen men assaulted my wife," Chen says. "They pinned her down and wrapped her in a blanket, beating and kicking her for hours. They similarly violently assaulted me."
Chen says his mother was violently attacked and his daughter harassed.
He says police scoffed at him. "We don't care about the law," Chen says they told him. "We ignore the law. What can you do about it?"
Chen, who activists say is seriously ill, says he was also denied medical treatment.
His bold escape is yet another chapter in a dramatic story.
He trained himself in the law and then defended the rights of poor village women against alleged forced abortions.
After organizing protests, Chen was arrested for disrupting traffic, damaging property and "pressurizing government," according to a story in 2007 from China's state-run Xinhua news agency. That same report described Chen as a "blind mob organizer."
He was imprisoned for four years and three months.
Since his release 18 months ago, his home has been vigorously guarded.

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Seriously, he became an enemy of the Chinese state for protesting the forced abortions of poor village women. They should be giving the man a medal.

[Sarissofoi]

This guy is a blind man.
So how he escape?

[Ketnix]

This guy is a blind man.
So how he escape?

Seeing eye dogs are pretty smart I've heard.

[Menelik_I]

This guy is a blind man.
So how he escape?

Do you really want to answer this question ? AFAIK The Chinese Government is interested in finding the answer too ... to put more people in jail.

This dude was protesting abortions ? Not gonna be a Hero for the western world because no one can question the sacrament of baby killing.

[Sarissofoi]

So how he escape?
Hello officer can I go on walk to USA embassy?
Ok, no problem.

So he was no prisoner at all.
Or he was helped.
Also it is kinda funny. If you look back you can see full support from USA or UN for chinese control population practices. They know and they support. Now guy who oppose these practices become a hero on West.

[Caelius]

Sarissofoi, are you a Chinese internet censor or something?

[alexanderswift]

Also it is kinda funny. If you look back you can see full support from USA or UN for chinese control population practices. They know and they support. Now guy who oppose these practices become a hero on West.

I doubt he's become a hero of western governments, actually I doubt they care. Some of the media and regular people who oppose those population control practices perhaps, there's a fine (and obvious) line there.


Also in the article it clearly states that he was helped by a group of supporters waiting nearby.

[Heathen Hammer]

So how he escape?
Hello officer can I go on walk to USA embassy?
Ok, no problem.

So he was no prisoner at all.
Or he was helped.
Also it is kinda funny. If you look back you can see full support from USA or UN for chinese control population practices. They know and they support. Now guy who oppose these practices become a hero on West.

Its CNN lol, what do you expect. Anybody who protests against anything in countries US doesn't like is automatically labeled as human rights activist.

[Border Patrol]

Its CNN lol, what do you expect. Anybody who protests against anything in countries US doesn't like is automatically labeled as human rights activist.

wat

[Armenum]

Its all Hilary Clinton,s work, She seems to have a thing for dissidents these days, Chinese, Syrian ect.

Poor Obama probably dreads her visits to the Oval Office

Given US is never consistent on their human rights agenda, I really don't see why they should do this and sacrifice a really important relationship. Just dumb decision making in my view.

[Sarissofoi]

Nope I dont work for China.
I read some comments belov local article and it looks that he was helped by USA sposnored NGO members.
Or so someone claim.
So propably USA will find use for him soon.

[alexanderswift]

I read some comments belov local article and it looks that he was helped by USA sposnored NGO members.
Or so someone claim.
So propably USA will find use for him soon.

Seems unlikely, a minor activist in China with a mediocre amount of media coverage? If the US was really interested in busting someone out to stir up in China there are far better targets.

Thats something someone who works for China would say.

Shhh, he'll send you to the gulag.

[MathiasOfAthens]

Nope I dont work for China.

Thats something someone who works for China would say.

[Sarissofoi]

Thats something someone who works for China would say.

You blow my cover man. Now we must send a killers. Write your last will.

[Rolling Thunder]

He was protesting forced abortions. Once again Menelik, I would implore you to actually read the article before making commentary.

[Menelik_I]

He was protesting forced abortions. Once again Menelik, I would implore you to actually read the article before making commentary.

Because you can have voluntary abortions in a compulsory One Child Policy Rolling Thunder ?

[Rolling Thunder]

Because you can have voluntary abortions in a compulsory One Child Policy Rolling Thunder ?

Uh...yeah? Quite obviously. It does not follow that just because you are only allowed one child that you automatically want said child.

[Menelik_I]

Uh...yeah? Quite obviously. It does not follow that just because you are only allowed one child that you automatically want said child.

You don't know the difference between being allowed to do something and being forced to do another thing right ?

[Rolling Thunder]

You don't know the difference between being allowed to do something and being forced to do another thing right ?

Dear God you worry me sometimes.

You say "lolol he's not going to be hero coz no-one in the west is allowed to protest against abortions lololol"

I say: "Menelik, that's ridiculous, we in the West dislike people who protest against voluntary abortions. He protested against forced ones, which are a thoroughly barbarous practice that any civilised person should be against"

- You attempt to imply that ALL abortion in China is forced due to the one child policy.

- I imply that such a statement is retarded.

[sephodwyrm]

Mob beating of a blind dissident is weak. Beating down a mob solo-style is macho.

Forced abortion is ridiculous.
They should have said its free. People will flock to it.