Geng He Speak on the Hill for her husband Gao Zhisheng

China Aid Association   March 5, 2013  

                                        We Shall Not Keep Silent

                                                    by Geng He 

Dear ladies and gentlemen, how are you? 

I’m very grateful that Freedom House and China Aid Association are sponsoring this seminar, which gives me a chance to speak for my husband, the human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. I’d like to take this opportunity to call on President Obama and people from all walks of life to rescue him. 

Human Rights Challenges in China

 

Freedom House and ChinaAid cordially invite you to a discussion on

Human Rights Challenges in China 

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

10:30 a.m.  – 12:00 p.m.

Room 210, Cannon House Office Building Capitol Hill

March 5th marks the beginning of the 12th National People's Congress, where Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is expected to assume full power as President and head of the Central Military Commission. Ahead of the congress, influential activistsand scholars have signed open letters urging the government to implement political reforms, including ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. While citizens in China are increasingly vocal in criticizing injustice and asserting their rights, the Communist Party continues to resort to extenstive repression to maintain its hold on power. What are the main challenges for human rights in China today? What are the prospects for change under China's new leaders? And how can Europe and the United States encourage greater respect for human rights in China? 

狱中高智晟在严控下12日获准见家人

RFA张敏

（自由亚洲电台“心灵之旅”访谈节目主持人张敏采访报道2013，01，17）


*高智晟新疆沙雅监狱服刑一年多以来第二次获准见家人*

在中国新疆沙雅监狱服刑已一年多的中国维权律师高智晟1月12日下午在严控下第二次获准见家人，距上次家人探视已9个多个月。

现在美国的高智晟的太太耿和接受我的采访，谈到她打电话给高智晟的四弟，得知他和耿和的父亲一起去监狱探视的一些情况。

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.