Ai Weiwei Confessed Under Torture, Article Says

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, disappeared by the authorities 20 days ago, is reported to have confessed to charges of tax evasion after being tortured in custody.
Ai Weiwei Confessed Under Torture, Article Says
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei poses in front of his sculpture 'Template'. Simon/Getty Images
Matthew Robertson
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei poses in front of his sculpture 'Template'. Ai was disappeared by the authorities on April 3 . An unconfirmed, anonymous article says that he confessed to charges of tax evasion after being tortured in custody. (Simon/Getty Images)
Matthew Robertson
Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.
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