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# Ai Weiwei Attends "Little Ai" Trial, Wu Yuren's Fate Still Uncertain
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/ai-weiwei-little-ai-trial/
- Published: 2010-11-17T06:32:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:37:47.000Z
- Description: RT @markmackinnon [http://twitter.com/markmackinnon]: Dissident artist @aiww [http://twitter.com/aiww], freed from own house arrest, argues with police outside Wu Yuren trial http://twitpic.com/37i26l [http://twitpic.com/37i26l]less than a minute ago [http://twitter.com/#!/AWWNeverSorry/status/47110
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, #image-position-hidden, Ai Weiwei, Censorship, China, human rights, Wu Yuren, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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RT @markmackinnon: Dissident artist @aiww, freed from own house arrest, argues with police outside Wu Yuren trial http://twitpic.com/37i26l (via @AWWNeverSorry)

As per usual, Twitter is the best way to get information about Ai Weiwei and his continuing problems with Chinese authorities.

Today, the artist decided to attend the trial of “Little Ai” (aka Wu Yuren), which [we wrote about](http://hyperallergic.com/12164/chinese-artist-%E2%80%9Clittle-ai%E2%80%9D-goes-to-court-from-prison/) on November 9.

http://twitter.com/#!/AWWNeverSorry/status/4711090227249152

Nothing seems to have been decided today and the wife of Wu Yuren was even [denied access](http://twitter.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#!/markmackinnon/status/4709562850480128) to the trial. It appears that[ they will convene in a few days](http://twitter.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#!/BeijingWithKids/status/4774864594407424). Some great pictures from Ai Weiwei’s visit to the courthouse and the general atmosphere [here](http://img.mu/VKQMUm?ref=hyperallergic.com), [here](http://twitpic.com/37jbwm?ref=hyperallergic.com), [here](http://brizzly.com/pic/3VAK?ref=hyperallergic.com), and [here](http://img.ly/2rMa?ref=hyperallergic.com).

Also, there was a [live chat with the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/imagine/?ref=hyperallergic.com) that took place yesterday, but as a sign of the times the Ai Weiwei film’s twitterstream [reminds us](http://twitter.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#!/AWWNeverSorry/status/4680539176968192) that “although I suppose you can reach him anytime via Twitter.”

For more news about the evolving case of Wu Yuren [follow #WYR](http://twitter.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#!/search?q=%23WYR) on Twitter.