Legal Activist Chen Guangcheng Beaten Again

October 28, 2005

Local officials again beat blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng near his home in Shuanghou township, Shandong province, on October 24, according to a report the same day on Radio Free Asia. Since September 6, officials have held Chen under house arrest for publicizing abuses by local population planning officials.

Local officials again beat blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng near his home in Shuanghou township, Shandong province, on October 24, according to a report the same day on Radio Free Asia. Since September 6, officials have held Chen under house arrest for publicizing abuses by local population planning officials.

Chen attempted to leave his home to greet two friends whom security officers guarding the house had prevented from visiting him. Eight or nine men, including two officials, then began beating and kicking Chen, according to the RFA account. Family members brought him back inside the house, but officials subsequently denied the family’s request to send him to the hospital. Local officials also beat Chen on October 4.