After fleeing country, exile Chen Guangcheng has made a life in the United States away from family | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Washington (dpa) – Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng received an award Thursday from a US organization dedicated to the memory of the victims of communism. Chen, who escaped house arrest in China in 2012, was awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) at a dinner in Washington. Chen,…