Two days after his disappearance, prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong has reappeared. The 47-year-old has returned to his hometown Xinyang in Henan Province, said his wife, Jin Bianling, today the AFP news agency. He now lives in his parents‘ house, but is still monitored by the police „at every turn“. „He is still not free.“
Can „disappear“ again at any time
Jin, who lives in the US, expressed concern that her husband could „disappear“ at any time. She hopes that he will soon be able to travel to her in the USA. For six years, the couple could not see each other directly.
The human rights lawyer was released last Thursday after two years in prison. However, supporters did not meet him in front of the number two prison in Henan. Policemen outside the detention center told them Jiang had been „taken away“.
Jiang was arrested in November 2016 when he left Beijing for Changsha. He wanted to take care of the previously detained human rights lawyer Xie Yang.
Involved in several spicy processes
Prior to his arrest, Jiang had repeatedly met senior officials from foreign countries. As a lawyer, he represented, among others, followers of the religious Falun Gong movement, Tibetan demonstrators and victims of a scandal of contaminated milk powder.
