Ai Weiwei's Lawyer Released, Hackers Attack Petition Site, and Berlin Says Artist's Job Is Still Available

While Ai Weiwei still hasn’t been heard from, now weeks after his sudden disappearance at the hands of Chinese officials, one person connected to the artist has now reportedly been released: his lawyer (you’ll recall that we reported on his disappearance at the start of this week). The Guardian writes that human rights lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, who has worked with Weiwei on projects like boycotting the Chinese government’s internet censoring software (the two can be seen together in