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A blind legal activist who is a key figure in China's rights movement has escaped the house arrest he has lived under for a year and a half, according to supporters. Chen Guangcheng slipped out of his usually well-guarded house in Dongshigu town on Sunday, according to supporters based in China and overseas.

Photo by AP Apr 27, 2012

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