Gao Zhisheng
Gao Zhisheng
Gao Zhishengis a Chinese human rights attorney and dissident known for defending activists and religious minorities and documenting human rights abuses in China. Because of his work, Zhisheng has been disbarred and detained by the Chinese government several times, and severely tortured. He last disappeared in February 2009 and was unofficially detained until December 2011, when it was announced that he has now been imprisoned for three years. His commitment to defending his clients is influenced by his Christian beliefs...
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Our event is completely peaceful and legal. We're using our own bodies, in our own homes to do what we choose. Yet people who have joined the hunger strike are disappearing. I don't know exactly how many people, but this is expanding. I've been followed by the police for more than three months and now they've tapped my phones and cut off most of my communication.