Disabled Chinese rights lawyer Ni Yulan sits on a wheelchair during her interview with Reuters at their home in Beijing, in this October 6, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have placed a disabled rights lawyer under house arrest and prevented a group of foreign diplomats from visiting her, she said on Monday, ratcheting up pressure weeks after the U.S. State Department gave her a bravery award.
Ni Yulan, known for defending people evicted from their homes to make way for development, had been held under house arrest for 12 days, she told Reuters.
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