US, EU Urge China to Release Missing Rights Activist ‘Disappeared’ While Boarding Flight to Visit Sick Wife
Renowned Chinese rights activist Yang Maodong, also known by his pen name Guo Feixiong, has raised attention at home and abroad after Chinese authorities “disappeared” him as he was boarding a flight to visit his wife, who has been receiving cancer treatment in the United States.
Yang remains missing after he was stopped from boarding for a scheduled flight by border inspection officers at the Shanghai Pudong international airport on Jan. 28. His flight was bound for San Francisco, where his wife, Zhang Qing, an American permanent resident, lives and was expecting his arrival after colon cancer surgery on Jan. 9.
China rights activist Guo Feixiong missing after being stopped at airport
Guo s family have received no information from police since he was detained at Shanghai s Pudong airport while attempting to board a flight to the US. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:16 AM CST February 7, 2021
Authorities have given no word on the status of Chinese legal rights activist Guo Feixiong after he was blocked from leaving the country last week to join his family in the United States, his sister said Tuesday.
Yang Maoping said they had no word from Guo or information from police since he was reportedly detained at Shanghai s Pudong airport Thursday while attempting to board a flight to the U.S.
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