Article overview: Persecuted lawyers

August2012

Jailed Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng wins award

Renowned Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was conferred the “Ten Best Human Rights Defence Lawyers Award” by the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Association (CHRLA) on July 24th. As Gao remains imprisoned in China, his wife Geng He accepted the award on Gao’s behalf at Capitol Hill. READ MORE

10-08-2012 Persecuted lawyers

February2012

Twitter post claims Gao Zhisheng is dead

An unconfirmed report of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s death has been posted on China’s Internet. On November 17th, a netizen with the screen name GuaDai posted a message on Twitter saying “It is believed that Gao Zhisheng passed away on November 15th in Inner Mongolia where he was detained. Man will die eventually, and to die for the sake of freedom, although dead, he is still with us in spirit.” READ MORE

19-02-2012 Persecuted lawyers

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