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Gao Zhisheng
Canadians Join Global Call for Beijing to Release Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Canadians called on Beijing to release prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Shisheng at a rally outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto on Aug. 20. Mr. Gao, a three-time Nobel ...
August 21, 2023
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Andrew Chen
Global Protest Raises Support for Missing Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human rights advocates around the world came together on Aug. 13 to mark the 6th anniversary of the ...
August 14, 2023
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Mary Hong
Wife of Missing Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Implores US Lawmakers for Assistance
It has been more than five years and Geng He still doesn’t know whether her husband in China ...
April 22, 2023
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Melina Wisecup
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on ‘China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?’
The House Foreign Affairs Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee holds a hearing on China’s Political ...
April 20, 2023
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Family Marks 5th Year of Disappearance of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s wife Geng He unveiled a sculpture of Gao at the ...
September 23, 2022
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Kelly Song
Wife of Disappeared Chinese Rights Lawyer Vows to Continue Searching for Him, 5 Years On
Gao Zhisheng, “China's conscience,” was forcibly disappeared while under house arrest in 2017. It’s been five years and ...
August 20, 2022
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Mary Hong
China’s Human Rights Victims to Speak at UC Berkeley Event
Student organizers of an event to expose China's human rights abuses are hoping campus security will be tight ...
April 7, 2022
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Steve Ispas
Four Years With No Contact, Is Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Alive?
Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace ...
July 22, 2021
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Jennifer Bateman
Wife of ‘China’s Conscience’ Gao Zhisheng Worries He Has Been Murdered
The wife of Gao Zhisheng—known as “China’s conscience”—worries that the Chinese Communist Party has murdered the human rights ...
April 16, 2021
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Nicole Hao
Missing Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Sister Commits Suicide
Renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng's elder sister killed herself in May 2020, after facing years of pressure ...
January 7, 2021
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Frank Yue
Ahead of Human Rights Day, Chinese Authorities Harass Rights Lawyers, Detain Them at Home
Ahead of International Human Rights Day, authorities across China prevented rights lawyers and their family members from leaving ...
December 9, 2020
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Nicole Hao
China Has ‘Disappeared’ Tens of Thousands Under System of ‘State-Sanctioned Kidnapping’: Report
This year, at least 20 people per day will be "disappeared" by the Chinese communist regime, according to ...
September 7, 2020
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Cathy He
US, European Officials Raise Awareness for Missing Chinese Human Rights Lawyer
U.S. and European officials are calling on the Chinese regime to release information about the missing Chinese human ...
August 31, 2020
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Frank Fang
Wife of Missing Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Calls For Help From International Community
Renowned Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been missing since 2017. Gao's wife Geng He and their ...
August 10, 2020
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Hong Ning
Chinese Lawyer Event Silent on Missing Human Rights Lawyer
China’s Global Lawyers Forum (GLF) officially opened in Guangzhou on Dec. 9, one day ahead of the 70th ...
December 14, 2019
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Nathan Su
Trump ‘Will Work to Oppose the Forces of Repression’ for Dissident Chinese Lawyer
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—At an Aug. 11 afternoon press conference, the wife of Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng presented a ...
August 12, 2019
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Nathan Su
Wife of ‘Disappeared’ Chinese Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng to Attend Hong Kong’s July 1 Protest
Inspired by two mass protests in Hong Kong that brought millions to the streets, dissident and wife of ...
June 30, 2019
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Eva Fu
Sentenced Rights Lawyer Was Among First to Stand Up for Falun Gong
One day in December 2014, police in the the northeastern Chinese community of Jiansanjiang were on high alert. ...
January 29, 2019
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Leo Timm
Persecuted Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Awarded Shahbaz Bhatti Freedom Award
CUPERTINO, Calif.—A crowd of people in front of Cupertino City Hall in California watched and celebrated as the ...
August 29, 2018
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Nathan Su
New Memoir By Imprisoned Chinese Lawyer Sets Expiry Date for Communist Regime
Gao refuses to leave mainland China even though he has suffered deadly torture.
June 16, 2016
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Leo Timm
China’s Systemic Use of Torture Put Under Congressional Scrutiny
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)'s hearing on April 14 on systematic torture commonly used in Communist China's ...
April 18, 2016
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Gary Feuerberg
Family of Gao Zhisheng Cannot Contact Abused Chinese Rights Lawyer
BEIJING—Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been out of contact for three days since voicing support ...
December 2, 2015
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The Associated Press
Rule of Law Democracies Versus Authoritarian Kleptocracies in Europe and Asia Pacific
Remarks prepared for the international conference on the 25th anniversary of the formation of the "Warsaw 90 Coordination ...
November 3, 2015
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David Kilgour
With Persecution of Families, Communist Party Expands Ancient Punishment
On Oct. 6, Chinese and Burmese police raided a hotel in a border town, abducting the teenage son ...
October 20, 2015
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Larry Ong
Transcending Fear: The Story of Gao Zhisheng
Born in a cave with only stars to tell time, Gao Zhisheng overcame incredible odds to become one ...
October 12, 2015
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Epoch Video
UPDATED: Chinese Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Feared Disappeared After Breaking Silence
Update 9:20 a.m. EDT Sept. 25: Geng He, Gao Zhisheng's wife, spoke to Gao in the early hours of ...
September 24, 2015
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Larry Ong
Tortured China Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Speaks Out
BEIJING—In his first interview in five years, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was tortured with ...
September 23, 2015
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