Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was honored with the 2012 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize at a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 29. He is seen here in the center, wearing the medallion with Annette Lantos (left), Chairman of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice and wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, Chen’s his wife, Yuan Weijing, and actor and activist Richard Gere, right.Above: Blind Chinese lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng addressed a sizeable audience during the Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program, “In Search of China’s Soul,” at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 30. He is with his wife Yuan Weijing.
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