Human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng, known for defending Falun Gong practitioners and Christian house church members, was arrested and tortured in 2005 because he refused to openly slander Falun Gong. 

In particular he has represented other lawyers targeted for their civil rights work, including Chen, Hu Jia, and Gao Zhisheng.

Her situation reminds the world of many others in China, such as lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is also under house arrest months after his latest release from prison, and poet/prisoner Zhu Yufu, and rights activist Cao Shunli, who died after being denied treatment

In a letter Chinese human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng wrote to Communist Party leaders in 2005, he described sexual abuse of Falun Gong practitioners as routine.

Geng He, the wife of Gao Zhisheng, then spoke. Gao Zhisheng is one of China’s leading human rights lawyers.

Geng He, the wife of Gao Zhisheng, then spoke. Gao Zhisheng is one of China’s leading human rights lawyers.

Sun was cited as a torture victim by Chinese human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng in a 2005 open letter to top Chinese leaders.

(Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images)A Vice-President of the European Parliament has said that missing Chinese human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng must play a role in the future of a free China.

Frank Wolf (R-Va.) made a similar argument in December last year in joining the Defending Freedoms project, where he adopted Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, hoping to secure Gao's release and lighten his treatment.

Gao Zhisheng published three open letters to the CCP in the past, with two directly addressed to Hu and Wen, in which he demanded an end of the Falun Gong persecution. 

If he could free Aung San Suu Kyi and other Burmese dissidents, why can't Xi Jinping free Gao Zhisheng and other prisoners of conscience, he asked. "Unfortunately, human rights in China are in fact getting worse," Chen said.

Prominent rights activists Gao Zhisheng, Chen Wei, and Chen Xi have also been sentenced during this time.

He cited the case of lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains incarcerated in Shenzhen for standing up for Falun Gong practitioners and petitioners in China. "It's tough for journalists. It's tough for bloggers.

Gao Zhisheng, Jan. 1, 2009 

The case of maverick human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng illustrates the trend.

Did anyone mention Gao Zhisheng? What Gao has accomplished is far beyond what most lawyers are able to do. Yet as these lawyers celebrated, have they thought of Gao?” Shi asked.

Zeng referred to the daughter of missing attorney Gao Zhisheng, who was also escorted to and from school by police and suffered much humiliation. This created severe long-lasting mental problem for the girl.

Do the Naisbitts know nothing of Gao Zhisheng, Cheng Guangcheng, Ran Yunfei, Wang Lihong, Tian Jianyong, Tang Jitian, Li Wei, Li Tiantian, etc.?

Chinese human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng (The Epoch Times)Chinese civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been held incommunicado since February 2009, spoke from the torture chamber on Monday.

The world admires Nelson Mandela of South Africa; Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma; and Gao Zhisheng, Liu Xiaobo, Dr.

The text says that Fu Zhenghua, Director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, instructed Ai’s captors to show him the video of the torture of Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer who was targeted by the authorities after writing letters

One is Gao Zhisheng, a twice Nobel Peace Prize-nominated lawyer in the tradition of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. A decade ago, Gao was named one of China's top ten lawyers by its Ministry of Justice.

Gao Zhisheng, his wife, Geng He and two children. (The Epoch Times )Updated 10:09 p.m.

Ho is also Chair of the China Human Rights Lawyer Concern Group, which has been actively involved in attempting to rescue renowned Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng.

(Wattana Bo and Jeff Nenarella/The Epoch Times) Gao Zhisheng (L) and Hu Jia (R) on December 28, 2005.

At The Epoch Times display table, a petition is presented to her and she signs—to one day let Chinese human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng witness the fall of the Chinese regime. Gao Zhisheng disappeared from sight in February 2009.

Obama Urged to Secure Release of Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng (NTD Television)WASHINGTON—A human rights lawyer who defended Falun Gong practitioners in China has emerged as one of the most prominent reminders of Chinese repression during Chinese Communist

Gao Zhisheng, a prominent human rights lawyer who was kidnapped and tortured after attempting to defend Falun Gong practitioners, was also among the nominees. Hu Jia and Gao Zhisheng were also nominated for the award last year.

The whereabouts of prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remain a concern to his wife, Geng He.

In a statement released Saturday, Locke noted a range of human rights concerns in China, including constraints on religious freedom and the "disappearing" of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.