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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei(2013)

04/11/2013 (GB)2h 0m

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Overview

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.

James MacDonald

Director