Guo Yushan

Guo Yushan is a Chinese scholar and human rights activist. He is a co-counder of a non-governmental organization Transition Institute.[1] He was detained on October 12, 2014, on the criminal charge of provoking troubles.[2]

In 2012, Guo was instrumental in helping the blind activist Chen Guangcheng travel to Beijing after Chen escaped from house arrest in an eastern Chinese village. Chen then sought shelter in the U.S. Embassy. Hillary Rodham Clinton, then the U.S. secretary of state, managed to negotiate for him to go to the United States to study law.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wee, Sui-Lee; Rajagopalan, Megha (13 October 2014). "China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices". Reuters. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beijing detains prominent scholar on troublemaking charge, The Globe and Mail, 12. 10. 2014