Phelim Kine

Last month, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told his national police to ramp up their efforts to combat drug dealers. "Gun them down," he said, "Give them no mercy."

The AP is reporting that outspoken artist Ai Weiwei has been freed on bail by Chinese activists. Josh Markel, artist and organizer of a vigil tomorrow for Weiwei, and Phelim Kine, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, discuss his work and imprisonment, and the overall spike in detentions in China.

On the eve of President Obama’s visit to China next week, a new report alleges that a sprawling system of “black jails” has been used to detain Chinese citizens petitioning for redres...