虽然陈光诚在法律上有着开拓性的努力，34岁的他并没有获得过任何法律学位。在他还年轻的时候，盲人在中国是不被允许获取大学学位的，所以他只能到法律课堂上旁听。可是，他依然学到了足够多的法律知识来帮助身边的村民。去年，被强制堕胎和强制结扎运动逼得走投无路的村民找到他寻求帮助。当时至少有两名妇女在离她们的预产期只剩数天的时候被强迫堕胎。于是陈光诚到了北京去尝试看能给这些村民提供什么帮助。他的“鼓”与“呼”甚至使得一向慎言的中央计生委发表声明，说要逮捕任何违法的官员。不过，仅仅在陈光诚和《时代周刊》在北京讨论山东省野蛮计生三个小时之后，陈光诚就被从他家乡来的公安机关人员推进了一辆没有挂任何牌照的车辆中。他们把他绑架回老家，之后被软禁在家长达数月之久。而尽管计生委信誓旦旦，最后只有一名山东当地官员被拘留。与此同时，在光诚家附近固定有一些暴徒把守，这些暴徒对陈光诚非常粗暴。到了今年三月，几十名警察到光诚家里将他带走了，自那之后他就失去了消息。不过山东省的老百姓并没有忘记这位让全世界都知道他们悲剧的盲人。（郭玉闪译）
TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World
Chen Guangcheng: A Blind Man with Legal Vision
By HANNAH BEECH
Posted Sunday, Apr. 30, 2006
He may have lost his sight as a child, but Chen Guangcheng's legal vision has helped illuminate the plight of thousands of Chinese villagers. Last year officials initiated a forced abortion and sterilization campaign against women in Shandong province who were deemed ineligible to bear another child under China's strict family-planning policy. Even though national regulations prohibit such brutal measures, no one except Chen was willing to confront local officials, who may have felt that lowering the number of extra births would help their political careers. By filing a lawsuit on the women's behalf, he became a hero in Shandong and an important player in China's nascent civil society. "Someone has to fight for people with no voice," he said last fall. "I guess that person is me."
Despite his pioneering legal efforts, Chen, 34, holds no law degree. When he was younger, the blind were prohibited from pursuing college degrees in China, so Chen could only audit law classes. But he learned enough to advise fellow villagers. Distraught citizens asked him last year if he could do anything about the coerced abortions and sterilizations. At least two women had been forced to abort their babies just days before their due dates. Chen traveled to Beijing to see what he could do. His drumbeat advocacy prompted the usually reticent State Family Planning Commission to call for the arrest of any officials who break the law. Yet three hours after meeting with TIME in Beijing to discuss the issue, Chen was shoved into an unmarked vehicle by public-security agents from his hometown. They bundled him back to his village, where he was held under house arrest for months. Despite the commission's vow, only one official has been detained. Meanwhile, thugs routinely showed up at Chen's home to rough him up. In March several dozen police arrived to take Chen away, and he hasn't been seen since. But the people of Shandong haven't forgotten the blind man who let the world see their tragedies.
(博讯记者：蔡楚) (博讯 boxun.com)
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