#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (2013)

5 | Apr 11, 2013 (US) | | 02:00

https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2013/aiww-the-arrest-of-ai/

On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel “could damage state security”, he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion.