Gender rights activist Ye Haiyan freed then hounded by hostile crowd
Woman detained after protests over sex abuse at primary school in Wanning is evicted after getting a hostile reception following her release
A gender rights activist was released from detention in Guangxi yesterday morning only to be met by a protesting crowd and an eviction order.
"I have taken a very difficult path and a lonely one too," Ye Haiyan said. "It's bumpy and tiring as I'm constantly being driven away whenever I go."
I have taken a very difficult path and a lonely one too. It's bumpy and tiring as I'm constantly being driven away whenever I go
Ye, the 38-year-old chairwoman of the China Grass-roots Women's Rights Centre was released at 7am after being detained since May 30.
She was accused of assaulting three women who stormed into her apartment with a handful of people after she returned from a protest in Wanning , Hainan , against a spate of sexual assaults targeting primary school pupils.
She also started an online campaign that attracted massive support.
Local authorities issued a detention order on May 31, ordering Ye to be put under 13 days of administrative detention. The women who stormed into her flat were set free. "I think the whole attack and detention was a plot to intimidate me for my activism against sexual abuse targeting young girls," Ye said.