Li Heping has defended blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng, as well as members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect, environmentalists and victims of forced eviction.
Beijing (AFP) - When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not recognise the frail white-haired man standing in her hallway.
"He is only 46 years old, but I thought he was an old man," Wang Qiaoling told AFP. "He had lost 15 kilogrammes (33 pounds) and looked completely different."
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