[CS-FSLUG] Gao Zhisheng Confirmed Tortured

[Fred A. Miller]

ChinaAid

 

Gao Zhisheng Confirmed Tortured
Named ABA's International Human Rights Lawyer of the Year

On August 6, Gao's daughter, Geng Ge (Ge Ge), proudly accepted the ABA
Lawyer of the Year Award on behalf of her father.At the annual American
Bar Association conference, held in San Francisco on August 6,
17-year-old Ge Ge smiled as she walked to the podium to accept the
International Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award on behalf of her
missing father, Gao Zhisheng.

"I am so very proud of my father," she said. "This is the first time
that this award [has been] granted to a Chinese person. If my father
knew that I accepted this award for him, he would be very happy."

The President of ABA expressed warm regards toward Gao Zhisheng,
praising him for his breadth and depth of work for human rights in the
Chinese legal system. Ge Ge then shared her admiration for her father
and his devotion to his work. "Deep in my heart, my father is the type
of person I admire very much. He can get over any difficulties, and he
is not afraid of anything.. I feel that my father is an outstanding father."

Though proud of her father's accomplishments, Ge Ge admitted, "I have
been really worrying about my dad's situation." Ge Ge and her family
continue to dread the reality that Gao continues to be held hostage by
the Chinese government and may never return home. *Read the Interview
with Ge Ge <http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/40742/> and
coverage of Gao Zhisheng's ABA award
<http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=144&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1511&month=08&year=2010>.*

Urge your friends and family to Sign the Petition
<http://www.FreeGao.com/index.html?refnum=687522> and Donate today
<https://etools.ncol.com/a/maestro/bg_ChinaAidSO_mbm_376.html?refnum=687522>
to help Free Gao Zhisheng!

*ChinaAid refuses to back down* in the call for freedom for Gao
Zhisheng, and all other human rights defenders like him. Reliable
sources in China recently confirmed that Gao Zhisheng was severely
tortured last year in Xinjiang, following his family's escape to the
U.S. After briefly resurfacing this March, Gao Zhisheng was able to talk
to his family and visit his brother and father-in-law, before being
kidnapped again by the authorities from Beijing. No one has seen or
heard from him since April 20, 2010. *Read the RFA Interview with Gao's
Brother and Sister
<http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=144&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1512&month=08&year=2010>.*


"Gao's continued forced disappearance is a blatant disregard of the
basic human rights of the Chinese people," says Pastor Bob Fu, who
visited Gao's family in June. "If there is no regard for even a
well-respected, human rights attorney's dignity, what stops the Chinese
Government from exploiting the dignity of its citizens? We will not stop
until Gao's rights are restored, as a law-abiding citizen of China. We
will not rest until Gao Zhisheng is allowed to be reunited
unconditionally with his family in the US."

ChinaAid needs your help to free Gao Zhisheng. Your donations help us
raise awareness for Gao's case and fight to preserve the basic human
rights of the citizens and their legal defenders in China.

Urge your friends and family to Sign the Petition and Donate today to
help Free Gao Zhisheng!

Visit FreeGao.com <http://www.FreeGao.com/index.html?refnum=687522> to
learn more.

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