lausanne switzerland ai wei-wei denounce china crackdown lawyers free speech wednesday saw little hope upcoming communist party congress would lead freedoms chinese dissident artist speak inaugurate exhibit swiss city lausanne include political work symbolize repression accept call common value democracy freedom speech freedom religious practice independence press independence judicial system people right vote ai tell news conference china boom become powerful economic sense time trust people say 60 70 years power still people trust chance vote ask five-yearly leadership reshuffle rule communist party set begin oct. 18 ai say party function like family matter many meet always closed-door trust remain society human right watch say wednesday china launch rigorous investigations right lawyers law firm take politically sensitive issue ai live berlin return china regularly voice concern two friends human right lawyers ruthlessly put jail five 10 years respectively danger fear everything do father generation son generation 60-year-old say exhibit entitle always others view cantonal fine arts museum lausanne jan. 28 bring together 46 work make wood jade porcelain bamboo silk along photograph videos dragon progress 50-metre-long bamboo silk kite hang ceiling transform traditional symbol chinese imperial power quote imprison exile activists include nelson mandela edward snowden ai marble sculpture surveillance camera plinth depict camera set outside beijing studio free man mean go come back fine keep promise touch course state really rule law see anything still happen moment unpredictable protect law ai wei-wei critical china open swiss exhibit