Chinese Dissident Blocked From Leaving Country to Be With Seriously Ill Wife

At approximately 9 p.m. local time on Jan. 28, prominent Chinese dissident and human rights activist Guo Feixiong was preparing to board a United Airlines Flight from the Shanghai Pudong Airport to the United States to be with his wife, who had just completed the first part of cancer surgery.

That’s when airport customs officials informed him that he was barred from leaving the country on national security grounds.

Guo remains at the airport on a hunger strike, demanding permission to travel to be with his wife during her time of need.