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July 21, 2006
Chinese Daredevil
Mr. Chen Guangcheng is blind acupuncturist who has become one of China's most prominent legal advocates.
Chen is self-taught. The Chinese call him the "barefoot lawyer."
He has created a stir in Beijing by working with poor farmers in eastern China. Mostly to stop forced sterilizations of couples who have already had one child.
He is currently in jail awaiting trial on charges of unlawful assembly.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 21 July, 2006; p A6; 'Blind Chinese activist fights for rights - and lands in jail'
Posted by williamfrick at July 21, 2006 10:45 AM