continued her writings, even as she endured brutal torture at the hands of her jailors.After authorities confiscated her pen and paper in September 1964, she used a hairpin dipped in her own blood to write poems and essays on her cell walls, clothes, and bed sheets.
On April 29, 1968, Lin's sentence was changed to death because she refused to plead guilty to her "crimes" against the state.
Gagged and handcuffed, Lin was shot dead at Longhua Airport in Shanghai at 36.
from Radio Free Asia: Late Activist's Writings Saved
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