Voice your support for Chen Guangcheng

Update - 19 May 2012
We're thrilled to hear that Chen Guangcheng has arrived in New York, following his application for a student visa to the US. Do please keep uploading your messages of support, and we'll pass them on to Chen. Huge thanks to the 100+ people who have already recorded messages of support! Hear what other people are saying to Chen on Audioboo

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Last week, blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng dramatically escaped from 19 months of illegal house arrest and fled to the US Embassy in Beijing. He is now understood to be in a hospital in the city with his family.

Right now, the future of Chen and his family hangs in the balance. Please send them a loud message of support and show the Chinese authorities that we will not go quiet until Chen and his family are safe.

Leave a voice message of support for Chen

All you need to do is record yourself saying

"I'm [first name] from [town], and I'm with you, Chen Guangcheng."

If you're on a smartphone or a laptop, just press the button below and it will automatically record you and upload your message.

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Record your message in Mandarin

If you like, you can record a message of support for Chen in his language, Mandarin.

'Chen Guangcheng, keep going!' 加油
Chen Guangcheng, jia you!

'Jia you' is an informal cheer of support in Mandarin. Translated, it literally means come on, cheer up, keep on fighting.

Listen to the clip below to hear how it's pronounced.

listen to ‘Chen Guangcheng, jia you!’ on Audioboo
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"I'm with you Chen Guangcheng!" 陈光诚，我支持你
'Chen Guangcheng, wo zhi chi ni!'

Listen to the clip below to hear how it sounds.

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You can listen to everyone's messages of support for Chen on Audioboo.

Not enough guarantees from China

We know that the Chinese authorities guaranteed US officials that Chen could live a normal life in China in safety. Yet even as they were making those promises, they were detaining his associates and targeting his supporters.

“I don’t know what happened to my mother. There are guards inside the yard, in all the rooms, even on the roof. They’ve set up lots of cameras in my home and are preparing electric fences. They told my family they’d take wooden sticks and beat my family to death, so it’s very unsafe.” Chen Guangcheng, in an interview with NPR

If this is what the authorities do when the world is watching it is absolutely vital that we do not go quiet - things could get a lot worse.

Please leave your message of support for Chen now.