When Chinese Rights Activists Were Jailed, Their Wives Fought Back
Chen said that It was because of all the pressure from all sides — from state security police, my employer — and slowly I lost commitment and hope,
"I heeded the advice of the state security: no media interviews, no going abroad, no contact with other families involved in the case." But like other family members, she ran up against an opaque legal system
that held detainees in secrecy for many months with no visits by relatives or access to lawyers.
"The children kept us busy enough." Initially, when the police took Mr. Xie away, Ms. Chen
thought he would be freed quickly once investigators found that he had committed no crime.
Terence said that The story of the wives is one of the great stories of the whole
crackdown — it is a brilliant adaptation by the activists to repression,
Li Wenzu said that Leave the d
