World News - United States urged China on Thursday (09/11/2011), in order to restore the freedom of a blogger Ran Yunfei (43) a day after he was allowed to leave prison. Although it has been out of prison, six months ahead Ran is still subject to "house arrest", and it protested the U.S..
Ran was arrested on February 20 on charges of "inciting subversion". At that time, through social sites in cyberspace, he invited all the people Chian joined the anti-government protests. He was referring to protests that inflame the Middle East and North Africa, which marked the fall of the regime in Tunisia and Egypt.
43-year-old writer was one of dozens of writers and activists detained Beijing because the activities are judged to threaten the supremacy of the ruling Communist Party's single. On Wednesday, Ran has been allowed to go home after serving prisoners. However, during the six months he ering house arrest.
"We urge the Government of China to fully restore personal liberty Ran Yunfei. He should be required in accordance with China's commitments under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," said U.S. Embassy spokesman in Beijing.
U.S. stance comes days before U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden will visit Chengdu. Biden is scheduled to visit the hometown of Ran it on 20-21 August. He will come with the new U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke.
On Tuesday, Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, a prominent critic of the Communist leaders of China and diplomatic action supported by the U.S., using Twitter to ask support for Ran and human rights activist, Wang Linhong. Wang, a 56-year-old woman, was dragged to court in Beijing on Friday on charges of "creating a disturbance" in March when he and three other activists protesting outside a court in Fuzhou, a city in southern China.
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