An article from hyperallergic.com, a website dedicated to art discussions posted an article about Ai WeiWei's situation and an update on the petition to free him. Change.org has started a petition to persuade the government to release Ai WeiWei. The petition is being backed by prominent people in the art world such as the Guggenheims and others. Recently the petition reached 100,000 signatures. But also with that milestone came attacks. For a few hours the petition was accessible to the public. They determined that these attacks came from within China. It is unsure whether it is a result from hackers involved with the government of other groups who support the government. Either way it is unfortunate that the government has the want and need to take thing like this down that protect their citizen’s freedoms. There have been sit-ins at Chinese embassies across the world in support for Ai WeiWei and other forms of support for his cause. It is amazing that peoplea re speaking up against human rights in China and taking a stand to let the government know that it is not okay what they are doing.
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