Upon her return to Shanghai, one member of a group of 37 petitioners described how all the individuals in their group had been badly beaten because they attempted to visit the blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng this past Sunday.
Because her house in Inner Mongolia was demolished by the authorities, Huang Zhen traveled to Beijing to petition which is legal under Chinese law. Zhen planned to petition at the special “protest areas” set up by the authorities for those who wish to protest during the Olympics.