Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Sends Letter to Ambassador Zhou Regarding Gao Zhisheng

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ChinaAid provides the full text of a letter written by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to Chinese Ambassaor Zhou Wenzhong regarding kidnapped Christian attorney Gao Zhisheng.

8/2/09 China (ChinaAid) On July 24, Congressman James McGovern and Congressman Frank Wolf, the Co-chairmen of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, sent a letter to Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong expressing their concern regarding kidnapped Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng.

The following is the full text of their letter:

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Mr. Gao, voted “one of China’s top ten lawyers” in 2001 by a Chinese Ministry of Justice publication, has represented numerous civil society figures, religious leaders and writers. In September 2007, Mr. Gao sent an open letter to the U.S. Congress alleging widespread human rights abuses in China. Afterwards, public security officers abducted him and held him for over 50 days, during which time he was repeatedly tortured. He was told that he would be killed if he told anyone about what happened. Mr. Gao was last seen on February 4, 2009, at a relative’s home in Shaanxi province, where more than 10 public security officers and others forcibly removed him from bed at midnight, and whisked him away to an unknown location. Mr. Gao’s whereabouts remain unknown.

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