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China “revokes probation” of Christian lawyer already jailed at secret location for 2 years
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In the first official word from Chinese authorities about Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who disappeared into police custody nearly two years ago, police say they have revoked his probation and are sending him back to prison. The puzzling announcement was made in a brief official Xinhua News Agency dispatch was a devastating blow to…
Chinese lawyer’s wife pleads with VP Biden to seek her husband’s release
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The following is a plea by the wife of human rights lawyear Gao Zhisheng to U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to ask Chinese authorities to release her husband. He is “missing” — but is presumed to be in the Chinese government’s custody since in the past they arrested him and held him incommunicado as a dissident…
Chinese Christians ask UN to investigate “disappeared” human rights lawyer
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Chinese Christian expatriates have asked the United Nations to investigate the disappearance of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. The U.S.-based China Aid Association, formally requested a special U.N. investigation into Gao’s whereabouts as well as the torture he underwent in previous police detention. The request came on the five-year anniversary of his first arrest by Chinese police. The request…
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