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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gao_ZhishengGao Zhisheng - Wikipedia

    Gao Zhisheng (born 20 April 1964) is a Chinese human rights attorney and dissident known for defending activists and religious minorities and documenting human rights abuses in China. Because of his work, Zhisheng has been disbarred and detained by the Chinese government several times, and severely tortured.

  2. Aug 13, 2019 · Gao Zhisheng is a prominent human rights lawyer in China. Over the years, he has been persecuted, kidnapped and sentenced to prison. In August 2017, he went missing again and has not been seen since.

  3. Apr 25, 2024 · Gao Zhisheng was one of the earliest human rights lawyers to emerge in the public domain in the early 2000s and was a significant leader in China’s rights defense movement. He handled cases for migrant workers and defended spiritual practitioners and Christians.

    • Logan Carmichael
  4. Such is the case of Gao Zhisheng, a forty-four-year-old pioneering Chinese human-rights lawyer, who has been missing for nearly two months after being led away from his home in...

  5. Aug 15, 2023 · Six years after prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared from his cave-dwelling home in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi, rights groups and his family are still calling for...

  6. Gao Zhisheng. Detained Since: August 13, 2017. Charges: No official charges. Sentence: No official sentence. Biography: Gao Zhisheng is one of the most respected human rights lawyers in China. He has defended activists and religious minorities and documented human rights abuses in China.

  7. Jun 14, 2016 · HONG KONG — A book written by Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese human rights lawyer who spent years in prison, has made it out of China and been published in Taiwan.