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. “I have been informed that I cannot leave the country because I am under suspicion of endangering state security and other such charges. I will now go on indefinite hunger strike and call on the people of China and governments and people around the world to offer assistance,” Guo said in a text sent to friends and passed on to journalists. Guo helped government critics and had been imprisoned for more than 10 years under China’s loosely defined state security laws. “The lack of information on top of her health situation is very distressing,” Yang said.

Source: Indian Express February 07, 2021 16:30 UTC