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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Brave Man, Gao Zhisheng, Stands Up Against Chinese State Power

The censorship of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s new prison memoir shows that the Chinese authorities are aware of the human rights atrocities that are being committed within the justice system.

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The politics of a martial arts book fair in Hong Kong

Political books on display at the Hong Kong book fair

Political books on display at the Hong Kong book fair, including Mao: The Untold Story, and Gao Zhisheng’s book Stand Up China 2017 (below left)

A book fair in a convention centre in Hong Kong’s Wanchai district. Continue reading

Chinese Dissident Lawyer Launches Prison Memoir Detailing Torture, Solitary

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Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, Nov. 2, 2005. AFP

Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has launched a harrowing memoir of his time in prison, while vowing never to give up the struggle for human rights in China. Continue reading

Gao Zhisheng: Join Them, and Prove Your Worth by Helping China’s Historic Change

 – A commentary in the wake of false charges against Guo Feixiong

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Translated by Matthew Robertson; posted on December 3, 2015

 

GAO ZHISHENG AND GUO FEIXIONG IN 2006.

Gao Zhisheng composed the following letter after hearing about the six year prison sentence handed to rights activist Guo Feixiong, and after reading Guo’s spirited defense and condemnation of the Party’s rule. As the letter made the rounds on social media, the Chinese authorities promptly cut off Gao’s cell phone service and placed him under house arrest in his late mother’s cave dwelling in Shaanxi Province. Both Gao Zhisheng and Guo Feixiong are Christians. — The Editors Continue reading

Dissident Chinese Lawyer ‘Incommunicado’ After Online Anger Over Activist’s Sentence

2015-12-02

e0fc87e8-65f8-441a-9df8-5a751b378bacGao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
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UPDATED at 1:50 p.m. EST on 2015-12-02

Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has ‘disappeared’ once more, his friends and family told RFA.

Gao, who is still denied any freedom of movement and access to much-needed medical treatment, lost contact with the outside world after he spoke out against the jailing of a fellow rights lawyer in the southern city of Guangzhou, Gao’s wife Geng He told RFA.

“I called Gao Zhisheng’s older brother last night but he was mumbling with Continue reading

Calls Grow to Free Tortured Rights Lawyer Ahead of U.N. Review

2015-11-12

image (17)Chinese human rights lawyer and torture victim Gao Zhisheng, in undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of ChinaAid.

Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has been denied permission by the Chinese police to see a dentist for treatment after losing teeth to torture — for reasons of ‘national security.’

Gao was prevented earlier this week from traveling to Xi’an, Continue reading

Gao Zhisheng: Chinese lawyer describes ‘torture’

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Gao Zhisheng during an interview in 2006Image copyrightAP
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Gao Zhisheng says he was tortured with an electric baton to the face
Prominent Chinese dissident and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has broken his silence to describe how he was allegedly tortured and kept in solitary confinement while in detention.

The 51-year-old lawyer was released from prison in August 2014.

At the time, his lawyer described Mr Gao, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, as emotionless, Continue reading

Chinese Rights Lawyer Marks Ten Months Under House Arrest

2015-05-06

Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his ofe0fc87e8-65f8-441a-9df8-5a751b378bacfice in Beijing, in a file photo.
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Top Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains effectively under house arrest, Continue reading