Ai Weiwei forbidden to use Twitter
According to the source close to the artist, one of the main conditions of release Ai Weiwei was his silence in the media and the Internet
Since his release, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei refused all interviews, explaining that his silence was a condition of release on bail. However, it seems that Chinese activists have also banned to go to Twitter. Ai Weiwei to arrest very actively used Twitter, where he had 89 117 readers. He is regularly lecturing there photographs, particularly your own photo with a bloody head, made by the artist after the beating by police. Hay did in my microblog 60 162 entries - the last one came April 3, on the day of his arrest.
agency "Reuters" reports, citing sources close to the family of the artist, that he was released, among other things, the one-year terms "silence": it now appears that this prohibition applies not only to media interviews, but also to use the global network. All this casts doubt on the veracity of the allegations the Chinese government that the artist was allegedly arrested for "economic crimes».
Ai Weiwei allowed to move on to Beijing, but according to all the same source "whenever he goes outside, he is obliged to report where he goes." These conditions will be valid for a year, but does not specify who it is Ai Weiwei must report on their movements.
known lawyer, human rights expert said Pu Zhiqiang, that a similar ban on interviews and the use of Twitter is absolutely illegal. "A government that really controls the situation in the country and operates in accordance with the law, is not permitted such conditions to its citizens - said the lawyer. - If it really is about the criminal case, then why on its initiation still nothing know? »
No official explanation from the Chinese law enforcement authorities on the reasons for arrest, Ai Weiwei has not yet been forthcoming. But the family of the artist is confident that, whatever the charges may be filed, all this is just an excuse to force the artist to stop criticism of the regime.
Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI
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