On 7 July 2012, human rights defender Mr Gu Chuan was finally permitted to leave China with his family in order to take up a position as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York.
On 4 April 2012 Mr Gu Chuan, along with his wife, Ms Li Xinai, and their two children were prevented from boarding a plane bound for America at Beijing Capital International Airport.
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