ChinaAid News Flash: Gao Zhisheng Alive! Family Visits Him in Prison

China Aid Association 

(Shaya, Xinjiang—March 28, 2012) ChinaAid has confirmed that relatives of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng were finally allowed to visit him in prison last weekend, putting to rest fears that the pioneer in the growing Christian legal defense movement in China had died during the two-plus years of his forced disappearance into police custody. 

Gao’s older brother and his father-in-law were permitted a half-hour meeting with Gao on March 24 at the Shaya prison, in a remote part of Xinjiang in far western China. They were able to see each other through a glass window and converse using a prison phone. 
Gao’s wife, Geng He, telephoned ChinaAid’s founder and president Rev. Bob Fu on Tuesday night confirming the meeting and providing details.

Prominent Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Confirmed Alive

Christianity Today March 29, 2012 10:27AM Morgan Feddes

Gao Zhisheng had disappeared into police custody nearly two years ago.

For the first time in nearly two years, family members of prominent Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng have confirmed he is alive and in good health.

Often called the “conscience of China,” the 47-year-old Christian disappeared into police custody in 2009, less than a year after being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his human-rights advocacy work, CT reported.

The ChinaAid Association reported Gao’s family had last seen him in April 2010, when he gave an interview to the Associated Press describing the torture Chinese police inflicted on him.

Radio Free Asia Exclusive: Gao Zhisheng’s family visit him in Shaya Prison on March 24

(By Zhang Min, Radio Free Asia reporter, March 27, 2012)

The older brother and father-in-law of rights defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng visited him on March 24 visited him, separated by a glass partition, in Xinjiang’s Shaya Jail after nearly two year during which his family lost all contact with him.

持续关注高智晟陈光诚及中国法制状况

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（自由亚洲电台“心灵之旅”访谈节目主持人张敏采访报道2012，03，31）

*得知高智晟家人确认在沙雅监狱见到高智晟以后*
在中国的维权律师高智晟被失踪与家人失去一切联系近两年后，他的家人3月24日去沙雅监狱，确认见到了高智晟律师。海内外各方人士得知这一消息后，进一步关注高智晟律师现在能否享有法定的各项权利，同时关注已被围困在家中一年半，近来仍然没有任何音讯的山东盲人维权人士陈光诚和他家人，以及中国现在的法制状况。

Focal Point: Whether Gao Zhiyi Will Be Allowed to Visit Gao Zhisheng

By Zhang Min, Anchor, Spiritual Journey, Radio Free Asia
January 7, 2012

Gao and his son

On January 1, 2012, Gao Zhiyi received a notice from the Shaya Jail, which did not mention when the family could visit Gao Zhisheng.

The previous program reported that, on December 16, twenty months after the human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was disappeared, Xinhua News Agency issued a brief English release, saying Gao would be sent back to jail to serve his three year terms due to violation of probation rules.