China activist lawyer & wife 'beaten up'

11-02-2011

A mainland activist lawyer and his wife are reported to have been beaten by security officials for making a secret video that showed their life under illegal house arrest.

China Human Rights Defenders says a reliable source told it that Chen Guangcheng and his wife have been blocked from going to hospital after the beating, which was described as "not light" but not life-threatening.

Mr Chen, a blind, self-taught lawyer, was released from jail last September. In the video, which has now been posted on You Tube, he talks about being kept under round-the-clock surveillance since his release by a 22-man security team.

He says he has come out of a small jail and walked into a bigger one. Mr Chen is one of China's best-known activists. His case was mentioned in a speech by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, shortly before President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington last month.


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