【新唐人2011年4月6日訊】4月3號從首都機場被帶走的著名藝術家艾未未，至今下落不明。他的八名助手被帶到警察局問話。英、美、德、法等國，都對艾未未被帶走事件表示關注。國際特赦在網站中發表聲明說，艾未未被拘留，是中共在過去幾個月以來關押多名異議人士行動的進一步升級。
艾未未帶著助手劉豔萍準備去香港參加一個藝術會議，之後再去臺北參加藝術活動，並洽談個人藝術展。但是在首都機場，兩人被機場人員分開，改走不同通道，隨後劉豔萍和艾未未失去聯繫。艾未未事先有預感，告訴劉豔萍，如果發生意外，請她按計劃抵達香港並告知外界。
當天警方將艾未未工作室的八名工作人員帶到南皋派出所。據說至今仍有兩三人沒有被釋放。警方在工作室搜查6個小時，抄走所有工作電腦和幾臺個人電腦，約三十臺。有外媒記者到場採訪被便衣阻止，照片被刪除。
警方搜查時拒絕出示搜查許可，也沒有留下被抄走的物品清單。
艾未未的律師劉曉原表示，目前仍不知道艾未未被哪個部門警察抓走，不知道關押在何處。他說按照法律規定，警方抓人四十八小時之內必須給家屬一個正式通知。
劉曉原：「因為今天到上午四十八個小時就到了。看看公安機關到底有甚麼，會不會要通知他家人。那麼從法律上來說，一個人被公安機關採取強制措施，是可以聘請律師的，現在還在等消息吧。看看今天的情況怎麼樣。」
據了解，過去連續三天，有朝陽分局警察上門盤查艾未未身份，聲稱是對在京外籍人員進行普查登記。
儘管艾未未此前也曾受到四川警察的毆打，和北京警方的警告，他在上海的工作室今年一月也被強拆，但是他本人還不曾被正式拘留。這次「機場失蹤」是否會演變成刑事拘留甚至判刑，國內外輿論十分關注。
艾未未曾經擔任電視劇「北京人在紐約」的副導演，以及北京奧運場館「鳥巢」的設計顧問，並在國外多次舉辦過藝術展。近年來，他積極參與國內的維權行動，並毫不顧忌的批評上海當局對殺警「楊佳」審判不公。另外，他還支持助手深入汶川調查豆腐渣工程和學生死亡人數，並親自趕赴成都，為四川環保維權人士譚作人的庭審作證，結果被警方毆打至腦部重傷。
國際社會對艾未未被抓表示關切。美國國務院發言人週一（4日）敦促中國（共）政府立即釋放艾未未。
英國外相黑格說，他對艾未未的被捕感到非常關注，希望中國（共）政府能夠儘快說明艾未未的情況，並希望他能得到立即的釋放。
德國外長韋斯特韋勒敦促中國（共）立即放人，並就事件做出解釋。法國外交部發言人瓦萊羅(Bernard Valero)也發表聲明說，法國非常擔憂艾未未的命運，並密切關注他和家人的情況。
Missing Ai Weiwei: An International Concern
Renowned artist Ai Weiwei remains out of reach
since his April 3arrest, with 8 of his assistants
questioned by police. Concerns voiced in U.S.,
UK, Germany and France have risen.
Amnesty International proclaimed the arrest
of Ai Weiwei too. The intensity of dissent
activities in China has reached a new level.
Accompanied by his assistant Liu,
Ai was going to a Hong Kong Art Conference
followed by a visit to Taipei for his art exhibition,
They got separated by airport staff to follow
different routes, after which contact was lost
between them. Ai had prior told Liu that
if something were to happen, to go to Hong Kong
and tell the truth to the public.
Eight of his assistants were taken
to the Nan police office, three of whom remain
detained. Police searched his studio for hours
confiscating 30 works and personal computers.
Foreign reporters were removed from the scene
by plainclothes and had their photos deleted.
Police refused to show proof of identity
when coming to search and did not leeve a list
of the items they took away.
Xiaoyuan Liu, Ai’s lawyer, said that it remains
unknown which police officers took him,
nor where he is. According to the law police must
inform the family within 48 hours of the arrest.
Liu: “It will be 48 hours until this morning,
so let’s see if they will inform Ai’s family.
According to the law, one has the right
to summon a lawyer when forcefully arrested.
Let’s wait for news today.”
It is also said that in the past 3 days police came
to him for identity information, claiming that
it was for registration of non-Beijing residents.
Ai had never been detained in previous attacks
and warnings by Sichuan and Beijing police,
even though his Shanghai studio was illegally
demolished. Will this airport arrest evolve
into criminal detention or sentence?
International and domestic media are watching.
Ai was assistant director in TV series “Beijinger"
in New York and the design consultant
of Beijing National Stadium, which also hosted
many international art exhibitions. He has taken
part proactively in human rights activities
and criticized fearlessly the Shanghai authorities
on the unjust sentence of Yang Jia. He
has been supportive to his assistants going to
Wenchuan to investigate the students casualties
and the shoddy buildings. He also personally
flew to Chengdu to testify for Zuoren Tan,
another human rights activist, when Ai’s head
was severely injured in a police attack.
On April 4 U.S. State Department Spokesman
urged the Chinese authorities to free Ai Weiwei
immediately, refering to international concerns.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague
also expressed concern over Ai’s arrest, urging
the Chinese regime to release Ai
and give reasonable explanation on the case.
German Foreign Minister too urged China
to release Ai Weiwei and to offer an explanation.
Same concerns were conveyed by the French
Foreign Spokesman, Bernard Valero, who said
that he is worried about Ai’s family as well.
NTD reporters Xue Qin and Huang Rong