China Activist Chen Is Under U.S. Protection, Rights Group Says
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Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest in eastern China and is under U.S. protection, according to a U.S.-based human rights group.
Chen fled earlier this past week from his home in Shandong province where he had been under house arrest since being released from prison in September 2010, Midland, Texas-based ChinaAid reported on its website. He is now under U.S. protection and high-level talks are taking place between the U.S. and China about his status, the group’s founder Bob Fu said in an e-mail today, citing people close to the situation that he didn’t identify. Earlier the group had said he was in a safe location in Beijing.