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China activist at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng speaks at the United Nations in New York on Nov. 4, 2013. He made an appeal that China should not be elected to the Human Rights Council at a vote in the General Assembly later in the month.

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Chinese activist Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng gives a speech at Taiwan's legislature in Taipei on June 25, 2013. Chen has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012.

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Chinese activist Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng (C) greets the audience prior to giving a speech at Taiwan's legislature in Taipei on June 25, 2013. Chen has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012.

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Chinese activist Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng (C) arrives at Taiwan's legislature in Taipei on June 25, 2013. Chen has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012.

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Chinese activist Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng is interviewed by Kyodo News in Taipei on June 24, 2013. Chen has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012.

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Chinese activist Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng is interviewed by Kyodo News in Taipei on June 24, 2013. Chen has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012.

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Chinese activist Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng is interviewed by Kyodo News in Taipei on June 24, 2013. Chen has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012.

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Chinese dissident in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng, who has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012, claps during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 24, 2013.

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Chinese dissident in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng, who has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012, holds a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 24, 2013.

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Chinese dissident in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng, who has been living in the United States since leaving China in 2012, holds a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 24, 2013.

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Human rights activist Chen in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is pictured after arriving at an airport near Taipei, Taiwan, on June 23, 2013.

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Human rights activist Chen in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (C) speaks to reporters after arriving at an airport near Taipei, Taiwan, on June 23, 2013.

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Human rights activist Chen in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng smiles to reporters after arriving at an airport near Taipei, Taiwan, on June 23, 2013.

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Human rights activist Chen's brother

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, older brother of Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, shows a petition before submitting it in Beijing on June 19, 2013. He requested the state to look into abuses by authorities in his hometown.

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Human rights activist Chen's brother

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, older brother of Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, wears a T-shirt with a message calling for freedom and rights for citizens before submitting a petition in Beijing on June 19, 2013. He requested the state to look into abuses by authorities in his hometown.

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Human rights activist Chen's brother

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, older brother of Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, wears a T-shirt with a message calling for freedom and rights for citizens before submitting a petition in Beijing on June 19, 2013. He requested the state to look into abuses by authorities in his hometown.

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Chinese activist Chen awarded human rights prize

WASHINGTON, United States - Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (4th from R) attends a ceremony at which he was awarded the 2012 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 29, 2013.

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Chinese activist Cheng at U.S. Congress

WASHINGTON, United States - Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng (L in front row) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington on Aug. 1, 2012. Those attending the press conference also include House Speaker John Boehner (L in rear row) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R in front row).

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Blind human rights activist Chen's brother

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, 55, the older brother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, stands on June 8, 2012 next to a wall (R) that the younger Chen clambered over to escape house arrest in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on April 20, 2012. Afterwards Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

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Blind human rights activist Chen's mother

BEIJING, China - Wang Jinxiang, 78, the mother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, is interviewed at their home in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on June 8, 2012. After escaping from house arrest on April 20, 2012, Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

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Blind human rights activist Chen's home in China

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, 55, the older brother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, stands in front of empty bookshelves at the younger Chen's home in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on June 8, 2012. The books were confiscated by men who kept Chen under surveillance during his life there under house arrest, his family said. After escaping from house arrest on April 20, 2012, Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

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Activist's former home

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the home where Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng used to live in the village of Dongshigu in Shandong Province on June 8, 2012. Chen fled the home where he was confined before departing to the United States the previous month.

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Chinese activist Chen in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (in wheelchair) is pictured with his wife Yuan Weijing (to his L) at a park in New York on May 20, 2012. Chen arrived in the United States from Beijing the previous day with his family.

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Chinese activist Chen in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (in wheelchair) chats with his wife Yuan Weijing at a park in New York on May 20, 2012. Chen arrived in the United States from Beijing the previous day with his family.

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Chinese activist Chen arrives in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (L), accompanied by his wife Yuan Weijing (R), responds to applause and a welcome with a smile at New York University in New York on May 19, 2012. He arrived the same day in the United States from Beijing to study at the university as a visiting scholar.

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Chinese activist Chen arrives in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (L) gives a press conference at New York University in New York on May 19, 2012, after arriving the same day in the United States from Beijing to study at the university as a visiting scholar.

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China activist Chen departs for NY

BEIJING, China - A white van believed to be carrying Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng leaves a Beijing hospital on May 19, 2012. Chen left Beijing the same day by airplane for New York, ending a diplomatic row between China and the United States over his fate and human rights.

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China activist Chen departs for NY

BEIJING, China - Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng (in wheelchair) heads for his flight bound for New York at Beijing's international airport on May 19, 2012. Chen left Beijing by air for New York, ending a diplomatic row between China and the United States over his fate and human rights.

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China activist Chen departs for NY

BEIJING, China - Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng (in wheelchair) heads for his flight bound for New York at Beijing's international airport on May 19, 2012. Chen left Beijing by air for New York, ending a diplomatic row between China and the United States over his fate and human rights.

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China activist Chen departs for NY

BEIJING, China - Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng (in wheelchair) heads for his flight bound for New York at Beijing's international airport on May 19, 2012. Chen left Beijing by air for New York, ending a diplomatic row between China and the United States over his fate and human rights.

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China activist Chen departs for NY

BEIJING, China - Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng (in wheelchair) heads for his flight bound for New York at Beijing's international airport on May 19, 2012. Chen left Beijing by air for New York, ending a diplomatic row between China and the United States over his fate and human rights.

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Chinese activist Chen's supporters

WASHINGTON, United States - Fu Xiqiu (L front), founder and president of the ChinaAid Association, seated next to Rep. Christopher Smith (C front), speaks with Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng by phone, at the U.S. congress subcommittee in Washington on May 15, 2012.

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China activist may get passport in 'few days'

NEW YORK, United States - Jerome Cohen, a New York University professor who is a friend and confidant of the Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, is interviewed by Kyodo News in New York on May 9, 2012. Cohen said he expects the prominent dissident to receive a passport in ''a few days.''

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Blind dissident in China

BEIJING, China - Security police officers talk to a foreign journalist (R) in front of a hospital where blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has been admitted.

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Blind dissident in China

BEIJING, China - A security police officer points a video camera toward foreign journalists in front of a hospital where blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has been admitted.

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Beijing hospital where dissident receiving treatment

BEIJING, China - A police car on May 7, 2012, leaves Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is receiving treatment.

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Petitioner at Beijing hospital

BEIJING, China - Police officers evict a man (C), who was telling passers-by and foreign journalists of alleged wrongdoing by Chinese authorities, in front of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital on May 7, 2012. The place has been drawing people who want to raise objections to the authorities as the hospital, where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is receiving treatment, has been a focus of international media attention.

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Beijing hospital where dissident receiving treatment

BEIJING, China - A police car patrols on May 6, 2012, around Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital (in background) where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is receiving treatment.

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Blind activist in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A vehicle of the U.S. Embassy in China enters the compound of a Beijing hospital on May 3, 2012. The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has been admitted to the hospital after being sheltered at the embassy for six days.

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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - Foreign journalists gather May 3, 2012, in front of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members.

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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - A police car patrols May 3, 2012, around Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital (seen in background) where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members.

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Chinese dissident in hospital after leaving U.S. Embassy

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on May 2, 2012, shows a hospital in Beijing, where Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is believed to have arrived the same day to receive medical treatment after leaving the U.S. Embassy.

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Chinese dissident in hospital after leaving U.S. Embassy

BEIJING, China - Security police officers on May 2, 2012, prevent reporters from gathering in front of a hospital in Beijing, where Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is believed to have arrived the same day to receive medical treatment after leaving the U.S. Embassy.

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H.K. activists call for release of Chen's helpers

HONG KONG, China - Democracy advocate groups hold signboards in Hong Kong on April 30, 2012, calling for the freedom of activists who helped the breakout from house arrest of prominent Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and for the safety of his family.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said the same day.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows police vehicles keeping watch on the U.S. Embassy (shown in the background) in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said the same day.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said April 28, 2012.

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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - Foreign journalists gather May 3, 2012, in front of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members. (Kyodo)

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Blind dissident in China

BEIJING, China - Security police officers talk to a foreign journalist (R) in front of a hospital where blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has been admitted. (Kyodo)

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Blind dissident in China

BEIJING, China - A security police officer points a video camera toward foreign journalists in front of a hospital where blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has been admitted. (Kyodo)