The Telegraph Sunday 01 January 2012
China has jailed a prominent dissident lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, in its far western region of Xinjiang, the first confirmation of his whereabouts in more than 20 months, his brother and a rights group said on Sunday.
Protesters carrying placards featuring the photograph of jailed Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng walk to the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Photo: GETTY
Mr Gao – who defended some of China's most vulnerable people including Christians and coal miners – was arrested in February 2009 and has been held largely incommunicado by authorities except for a brief release in March 2010.
"I received the decision letter this morning saying Gao Zhisheng is in Shaya prison in Xinjiang," his brother, Gao Zhiyi, told AFP. He added the document was issued by a Beijing court.
The official Xinhua news agency said last month that Mr Gao had been sent back to prison after a court ruled he had violated the terms of his probation, though it gave no date.
A Beijing court sent him back to jail for three years after ruling he had "seriously violated probation rules a number of times," the report said.
Bob Fu, head of Texas-based rights group China Aid, likened the jailing to internal exile.
"The Chinese government can use this remote jail to prevent concerned people to visit attorney Gao," he said in a statement.
The case has drawn the attention of both the United States government and the United Nations.
In December last year, the United States urged China to "immediately release" Gao and to clarify his whereabouts.
Days later, UN officials also called on China to release Mr Gao after state media said he had been sent back to prison for three years.
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9 comments:
There is no justice in China
Let Gao go free.
This poor man, what he has gone through only God and Gau know, but he's been in my prayes since I first heard of his case, God bless you Gau, and protect you from evil, harm and danger.
My Prayers are with Gau, and always have been, and his family.May God bless you Gau, and work miracle of deliverance for you.
we pray nightly for Gao and his family. My 8 & 9 year olds never forget to pray daily for him. We will not forget all he has done that offers him an eternal reward. We will pray til the day we can praise God that he is reunited with his family.
Have had Gao in my thoughts and prayers since we first knew of his first arrest,
China sucks. Why do we even do business with them? It's not the people's fault, but they sure should revolt... there are way more common people than there are government bandits. FREE GAO.
We pray for his immediate release. Nothing is impossible with the Lord
We tucuman brothers. ARGENTINA are praying for the release of GAO Bro. And we are sending 4 BEDS TO YOUR PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT IN CHINA AND WE ARE PREPARING OTHER 6 card. TO BE LOVED THIS SENT TO BROTHER IN FAITH
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