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Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution of Falun Gong is being resisted by more and more Chinese people. Recently hundreds of people in Tangshan, Hebei Province, formed a human wall, in a nearly two hour confrontation with the police, stopping police from arresting the Falun Gong practitioner. This story is right on the heals of another story we reported on in which people in many regions appealed to release Falun Gong practitioners by signing their names with their fingerprints. According to Minghui Net, on the morning of June 9th, Tangshan City's 610 office and CCP Politics and Law Committee manipulated public security police, broke into Falun Gong practitioner Li Zhen's home, located in "Wenxin Jiayuan" house block, Kaiping District. They tried to arrest Li Zhen, who was resting at home. Li Zhen's wife shouted for help. After hearing the shouting, hundreds of residents came to question the police, denouncing them. They also lined up and formed a human wall to stop police from taking Li Zhen away. The residents confronted the police for nearly two hours. The police still forcibly took away Li Zhen. The residents, angry at police, proposed a joint letter asking for the release of Li Zhen. Immediately, many people responded. Some people spontaneously provided paper, pen and inkpad. On the spot, more than 70 persons signed their names and pressed red handprints. Ai Weiwei gets half his freedom with the expiration of release on bail With the expiration of his release on bail, Chinese activist/ artist Ai Weiwei's bail has been lifted by the police of Chaoyang Branch, Beijing. Ai Weiwei, whose sentence was limited for 12 months, nominally gets back his personal freedom. But at the same time, the Beijing police told him that he faces charges of possession of pornography, bigamy and illegal exchange of foreign currency, among others. He is not allowed to travel abroad. Ai Weiwei told BBC that the police of Chaoyang District, Beijing, informed him that only if he agreed not to leave China, would he regain his passport. Ai Weiwei said that such a statement by the police is illegal. Ai Weiwei was arrested by the police at Beijing Capital International Airport on April 3, 2011. After being detained for over 2 months, Ai Weiwei was charged with tax evasion. After his release on June 22, Ai Weiwei was prevented from going abroad for one year, and his passport was confiscated. Cambodia temporarily delays extradition of Frenchman Devillers Two weeks ago, Cambodian authorities arrested French architect Patrick Devillers, who is involved in the case of Bo Xilai. But Devillers has not been charged in either Cambodia or China. The British "Daily Telegraph" reported that a spokesman of the Cambodian government confirmed on Wednesday that the CCP government hopes to extradite Devillers to China because of the Heywood death case. However, Beijing has not provided Cambodia with any details linking Devillers to the case. It was reported that Devillers is currently being detained in the immigration custody center in Phnom Penh. France made representations to Cambodia, requiring Cambodia to explain the reason and accusation for arresting Devillers. France warned Cambodia can not take any further action with Devillers without clear legal basis. According to the Voice of America (VOA), Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng said on Thursday that Cambodia decided not to return or extradite Devillers, but let him stay in Cambodia. 《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/