Al Jazeera English
| Jun 17, 2013
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is blaming New York University for caving in to pressure from the Chinese government to kick him (and his family) out after a year-long fellowship at the school. NYU claims his fellowship simply expired, and the un...
Press TV
| Apr 19, 2013
An analyst says while the powerful Pakistani military could protect former president Pervez Musharraf from facing justice they are allowing the democratic process of the high court to prevail. In the background of this a Pakistani ...
Euronews
| Dec 12, 2012
The European Union's annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought went to a pair of detained Iranian human rights activists. Empty chairs represented lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film-maker Jafar Panahi at the prize ceremony, where leaders praised t...
LinkAsia
| Jun 1, 2012
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar for the first time in almost 25 years this week. Suu Kyi took advantage of the country's increasing openness to speak at the World Economic Forum in Thailand. Host Yul Kwon speaks with fil...
LinkAsia
| May 4, 2012
High-level diplomatic talks between the United States and China were overshadowed this week by dissident Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng's dramatic escape from house arrest and subsequent asylum in the US embassy. South Korean broadcaster MBC has t...
Channel 4 News
| May 2, 2012
In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left the sanctuary of the US Embassy in Beijing because he feared for his family's safety - not because he chose to leave. Our Asia correspondent John Sparks ...
Associated Press
| May 2, 2012
Chen Guangcheng left the US embassy and went into a Beijing hospital after China gave officials promises about his safety. But a friend of the blind Chinese activist says he was pressured, and agreed to stay in China to protect his family.
Associated Press
| Apr 30, 2012
A human rights activist says high-profile Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is likely to get US asylum this week, which would remove a constant thorn in the side of relations between the two countries. Chen, a blind lawyer, escaped from house arre...
ABC News (Australia)
| Apr 27, 2012
Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, known as the "blind lawyer," has escaped house arrest after 18 months and gone into hiding.
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