The father, a pro-democracy activist, arranged to sneak her into Burma.

"Don't support these so-called pro-democracy activists," he said, warning that they would bring neither democracy nor rule of law to China.

Other pro-democracy activists were also rounded up during the following months.

Today, he is standing up against the Zimbabwean political crisis as a pro-democracy activist and human rights advocate.

Scores of pro-democracy activists have been arrested over the past two years.

This move by the unions is a major boost for the pro-democracy activists.

He was a pro-democracy activist since the late 1980s.

More than a dozen pro-democracy activists have been arrested since November 2006.

Since his university days, he has been a labour and pro-democracy activist.

In July 2012, he visited Cuba to show support for the nation's pro-democracy activists.