by VOM NZ | Feb 9, 2018 | Gao Zhisheng, Updates
Update 2018 In November 2017, RFA reported that a brief audio clip was published by The Gao Zhisheng Lawyers’ Group, of Gao talking about the conditions he is being held in. According to the report, Gao has a number of illnesses. For example, his teeth have all...
by VOM NZ | Feb 9, 2018 | Gao Zhisheng, New, Updates
Courtesy China Aid The Chinese government’s persecution of human rights defense lawyer and Christian Gao Zhisheng began in 2005, when the Beijing Judicial Bureau revoked his law license and ordered his practice to shut down. In December 2006, Gao was convicted of...
by VOM NZ | Feb 9, 2018 | Gao Zhisheng, New, Updates
Gao Zhisheng is a Christian human rights lawyer who has spoken up in the defence of other Christians and minority groups in China. Because of his work, he has had his legal practice shut down, and has faced arrest, torture, and long stretches of time in prison. Gao is...
