#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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2013

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Summary

On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel “could damage state security”, he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion.

StatusReleased: 12 years ago
April 11, 2013

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