Yesterday, the Newshour's Jeffrey Brown posted this interview with filmmaker Alison Klayman. Her upcoming documentary film on Ai has given her some access to the artist, and she has some updates on his situation.
It's better, he's out of detention, but it's still not good. According to the website of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (I found this group in an article by Human Rights Watch) this was most likely part of a larger crackdown against activists, writers, lawyers in light of fears of a jasmine-style revolution taking hold in China.
A friend of mine once asked me if individuals can suffer from paranoia, why not state entities? What would that look like?
Sorry folks, but as Independence Day approaches my mind is on liberty and human rights.
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