Wife collects award for jailed rights activist

As a university student, Zhang Ching was captivated by the idealism and passion of the young teacher who taught her philosophy class.

She could never have imagined the qualities that drew her to become his wife would also lead to their cruel and painful separation.

Now he is a democracy campaigner and human rights activist in jail in China for the fourth time in 10 years on trumped-up charges and she is a refugee in the US, where she fights to keep his story alive.