Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1964-04-20
Birth place Jia County Yulin City, Shanxi Province
Resident place Beijing
Education Self-taught college of laws
Profession Lawyer and internet writer (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2006-08-15 (detained)/2006-09-21 (arrested), 2011-12-26 (re-arrest)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Beijing City
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing dissident articles
Charge Inciting subversion of State power
Date of sentence 2006-12-12 (hearing), 2006-12-22 (verdict)
Organ of sentence Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court
Sentence 3 years imprisonment with 5 years suspension and 1 year deprivation of political rights.
Defender Two lawyers assigned by the court
Place of jail Shaya Prison, Shaya County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Situation in jail severely tortured many times during detention and afterwards
Date of release 2006-12-22 , 2014-08-07 (after re-arrest)
Family contact GENG He (wife), GAO Zhiyi (brother), Mobile: +86-15191985726
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on expiry of sentence on 2014-08-07 (Therefore the case closed)
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Zhisheng
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/16/c_131311157.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-china-lawyer-idUSTRE7BF1R320111216
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/08/china-gao-zhisheng-out-prison-freedom-uncertain
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28793055
http://www.transcendingfearfilm.com/