into practice. Han did not have much faith that the BWAF or the Tiananmen Protests would survive very long, but he felt that the BWAF was important since its legacy would live on through the workers who would be educated about China's constitution. Han's arrest after Tiananmen protests After finding out he was at the top of the most wanted list, Han wanted to avoid the "humiliation" of being tracked down the police and turned himself in to "straighten out" the police and tell them what really happened at the protests. Han then spent 22 months in prison, where he often debated with interrogators and prison guards about the formation of the Tiananmen protests, particularly about the protests’ spontaneous rather than planned nature. Han was freed in 1992 after an international campaign pressured the Chinese government to release him to the United States for treatment of tuberculosis, which he contracted while imprisoned. Han then attempted to travel back to China but was expelled to Hong Kong, where he founded the China Labor Bulletin. Awards 1993 Democracy Award 1996 2005 Gleitsman International Activist Award Sources Further reading The Gate of Heavenly Peace. Directed by Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton. Denise Chong. Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship. Random House Canada, 2009. George Black, and Robin Munro. Black Hands of Beijing: Lives of Defiance in China's Democracy Movement. Wiley, 1993. Hans-Heinrich Bass, Markus Wauschkuhn und Karl Wohlmuth: Menschenrechte, Arbeitsverhältnisse und Gewerkschaften in China – internationale Perspektiven, herausgegeben aus Anlass der Verleihung des 5. Bremer Solidaritätspreises an Han Dongfang, Berichte des Arbeitsbereichs Chinaforschung im Institut für Weltwirtschaft und Internationales Management der Universität Bremen, Nr. 6, 1996, External links Statement by Han to the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China Video external links Han Dongfang's Youtube page – videos of Han's call-in program with Radio Free Asia (Mandarin language) Social Justice and Harmony in China: Trade Union Movement – talk by Han to UCLA International Institute on June 2, 2005 When will we have Free Unions in China? – online video of speech given in February 2007 in Montreal Speech by Han on unions to SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West on March 8, 2008 Living people Chinese dissidents 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters 1963 births Chinese exiles People with acquired permanent residency of Hong Kong Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians