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eized from his home in shaanxi province on feb 4 2009 and held by security officials for 13 months was permitted to phone family members and colleagues in late march officials finally returned him to his beijing apartment on april 6 in a press conference held in a beijing teahouse the day after his return compass reported gao said he wanted to be reunited with his family who fled to the united states in jan 2009 and he claimed he no longer had the strength to continue his legal work he also said he could not comment on the treatment he received while in captivity gao also told a reporter from the south china morning post scmp that he expected to travel to urumqi within days of his release to visit his in laws compass said witnesses saw gao leaving his apartment sometime between april 9 and 12 and getting into a vehicle parked outside his building scmp reported on april 30 gao s father in law reportedly confirmed that gao arrived at his home with an escort of four police officers but spent just one night there before police took him away again gao phoned his father in law shortly before he was due to board a flight back to beijing on april 20 he promised to call again after returning home but failed to do so according to the scmp report compass reported fu said he believes that international pressure forced authorities to allow gao a brief re appearance to prove that he was alive before officials seized him again to prevent information leaking out about his experiences over the past year compass said during a previous imprisonment in 2007 gao s captors brutally tortured him and threatened him with death if he spoke about his treatment gao later described the torture in an open letter published by caa in 2009 compass said gao came to the attention of authorities early last decade when he began to investigate the persecution of house church christians and falun gong members in 2005 he wrote a series of open letters to president hu jintao and premier wen jiabao accusing the government of torturing falun gong members when the letters appeared authorities revoked gao s law license and shut down his law firm compass said sources told caa compass said he was given a suspended three year jail sentence in dec 2006 following a confession that gao later claimed was made under extreme duress including torture and threats against his wife and children gao was then confined to his beijing apartment under constant surveillance forbidden to leave his home use his phone or computer or otherwise communicate with the outside world according to a report by the new york times a self taught lawyer and a communist party member until 2005 gao was once recognized by the ministry of justice as one of the mainland s top 10 lawyers for his pro bono work on human rights cases according to scmp posted in news of china leave a comment thank you google posted by radiofreechina on january 13 2010 posted in news of china leave a comment pastor zhang mingxuan bike visits three released chinese brothers in henan province china posted by radiofreechina on december 21 2009 by dan wooding founder of assist ministries henan china ans chinaaid has revealed that the president of chinese house church alliance pastor zhang mingxuan bike and his wife visited three house church christians who were recently released from prison in zhoukou village taikang of henan province after being held for over one year pastor zhang center spent the day encouraging shu wenxiang left and tang houyong right after their release from one year in prison photo chinaaid as pastor zhang greeted the three christian brothers one by one he sought to encourage them and ascertain the condition of their families said a spokesperson for chinaaid finding that shu wenxiang and tang houyong were filled with peace and joy pastor zhang said pleasantly praise the lord you had suffered from prison but you have experienced the presence of god the bodies of christ from all around the world have been praying for you chinaaid said that pastor zhang was very concerned about brother shu wenxiang s health and he told him you don t look well i am sorry that you and your wife have suffered so much he also asked concernedly about brother xie zhengqi s health and about his family pastor zhang expressed deep concern for brother xie zhengqi who is 64 years old pastor zhang encouraged them by saying brother tang was released on october 21st brother shu was released on november 1st and brother xie went home on november 11th don t you see all these dates contain 1st it s a new beginning let us rely on the lord and follow him let us unite in him for the furtherance of the gospel the chinaaid spokesperson went on to say that on december 3rd 2008 xie zhengqi shu wenxiang and tang houyong were arrested by members of the bureau of public safety in taikang on december 16th they were sentenced to one year re education through labor they authorized ms wu chenglian to be their litigating representative and to file their administrative appeal however the zhoukou court rejected the appeal confining the three christians to a very long year of suffering in early june of 2009 xie s wife was diagnosed with heart disease at that time their son was away at college nobody was at home to take care of their farmland xie s daughter and son in law had to quit their jobs in the city to come home and reap the wheat in the field shu wenxiang s father turned 79 years old while he was in prison shu s wife was recovering from hysterectomy and was still weak with no one to tend to their crops the shu s garden went barren eliminating their sole form of income the whole family suffered from this financial crisis tang houyong s wife continued to serve at a church in xinyang city tang s other family members live in the rural area as well at one time his family had to try and make ends meet with no income pastor zhang made personal efforts to help the families and protest on the prisoners behalf while they were separated from their families said the chinaaid spokesperson on august 16th 2009 pastor zhang mingxuan appealed for them in his fourth open letter to president hu jintao but it had no avail the spokesperson said that as he embraced the men at their meeting pastor zhang gave thanks to the lord for the trials they had experienced and encouraged them to serve the lord with faith he told them the mission of chinese house church alliance is to unite help and encourage the bodies of christ the lord protected you from being beaten in prison and his name was glorified because you did not bribe the officials the lord is pleased in you because you obey and trust in him the spokesperson added chinaaid affirms the testimonies of these faithful believers and the persistence of their families and the chca s efforts to free them from their bondage we have supported the chca in helping these families of prisoners and will continue to do so as they recover and re build their lives and ministries together for more information go to www chinaaid org posted in news of china leave a comment five chinese christian house church leaders sentenced to labor camps without trial posted by radiofreechina on december 4 2009 by michael ireland chief correspondent assist news service shanxi china ans in what is seen as an arbitrary administrative sentence by the chinese public security bureau psb which circumvents the court and prosecution systems five more church leaders from linfen church shanxi were each sentenced november 30 to two years re education through labor chinaaid www chinaaid org says the sentence allegedly took effect november 11th while they were already detained in a media release chinaaid says the five christian leaders included mr li shuangping ms yang hongzhen ms yang caizhen whose husband yang xuan received three years sentence on nov 25 ms gao qin a k a gao fuqin and ms zhao guoai among the five chinaaid confirmed three members two year re education through labor sentences through their family members including yang caizhen yang hongzhen and mr li shuangping chinaaid stated the other two members sentences were confirmed indirectly by linfen fushan church leaders since their family members were being held under severe government surveillance according to chinaaid the five church leaders were accused of gathering people to disturb the public order referring to the one thousand believer prayer rally held on september 14 for the victims of the midnight attack on fushan church 17 church buildings were destroyed and over 30 believers were seriously wounded during the unprecedented mob attack on september 13 chinaaid says that according to a witness ms yang caizhen was seen being beaten severely during an interrogation one of her front teeth was knocked out during an interrogation and ms yang is reported to look very fragile the christian charity said in its media release chinaaid goes on to say that government authorities asked the prisoners family members to sign the notification to family member sentence document but refused to give them official copies they claimed the church leaders themselves had received the documents while held in detention a procedure which violates chinese law the family members of yang caizhen yang hongzhen and li shuangping all signed the notification papers respectively all ten linfen church leaders plan to appeal to arbitrarily send five innocent citizens to labor camps directly violates the international human rights covenants and norms the chinese government has signed and even ratified said chinaaid president bob fu this case shows the chinese government is determined to be on the wrong side of history by clenching its power with suppressing the basic freedom of religion and conscience for chinese citizens we call upon the international community to hold these rights abusers accountable _______________________________________________ please contact annee chinaaid org for further information contact annee kahler media coordinator 267 210 8278 annee chinaaid org jenny mccloy directory of advocacy washington dc 202 213 0506 jenny chinaaid org www chinaaid org www monitorchina org posted in news of china leave a comment nobel prize nominee attorney gao zhisheng still alive condition and whereabouts still unknown posted by radiofreechina on september 21 2009 by michael ireland chief correspondent assist news service washington dc ans christian human rights attorney gao zhisheng was taken by a dozen police officers and last seen in public on february 4 2009 gao zhisheng s wife geng he daughter geng ge 16 and son gao tianyu 5 chinaaid photo gao zhisheng has been repeatedly kidnapped arrested imprisoned and tortured by chinese authorities for defending the persecuted he has been an unyielding voice for justice in the chinese courts chinaaid www chinaaid org recently confirmed that attorney gao is alive allegedly released on parole though his condition and whereabouts are still unknown since mid july the petition to free gao zhisheng has recorded over 110 000 signatures calling for his release from the custody of the chinese government according to a chinaaid contact press secretary baodong from the chinese embassy in washington dc recently asserted that gao zhisheng was officially held on charges for attacking the chinese government and was released on parole in august inside resources with chinaaid can confirm that gao is alive but his condition and whereabouts are still unknown on september 8 2009 eleven members of the us house of representatives issued a letter to president hu jintao of the people s republic of china requesting him to uphold rule of law in china according to the chinese constitution and their international agreements congressional letter to chinese president hu jintao chinaaid photo caption three chinaaid president bob fu and gao zhisheng s wife geng he present the first installment of the petition with more than 50 000 signatures to senator byron dorgan chinaaid photo the bipartisan letter signed among others by congressmen frank wolf and chris smith specifically addresses the prolonged absence of human rights lawyer gao zhisheng view the congressional letter to president hu jintao at www chinaaid org in a media release chinaaid says we thank all freegao supporters for your concerns and contributions and ask that you continue to raise awareness of gao s case until he is freed with his full rights as a chinese citizen lawfully restored while the chinese government has verbally decided to acknowledge the case there can be no resolution with his absence and unknown condition still weighing on the minds and hearts of his supporters thanks to your help chinaaid has persisted in meeting and working with concerned officials from governments of the free world presenting the petition signatures as a sign of international support and gao zhisheng s case has not been forgotten chinaaid says gao s story of persecution is only one of many but it is also a key story in exposing the truth behind china s communist regime and its abuse of human rights chinaaid says the free gao campaign will continue gathering petition signatures and presenting them to authorities and will not relent until gao s whereabouts and safety are known below is the wording of the petition addressed to the attention to chinese ambassador mr zhou wenzhong we are aware that chinese authorities have detained christian attorney gao zhisheng since february 4 2009 he was at the home of relatives in his hometown in shaanxi province when more than a dozen public security bureau psb officers forcibly took him away he is being held at an undisclosed location gao zhisheng is a 2008 nobel peace prize nominee chinese army veteran and prominent christian attorney he cares deeply for the nation of china and is a loyal citizen since 2005 gao has been repeatedly kidnapped arrested imprisoned and tortured by chinese authorities for his work defending those persecuted for their faith he his wife and two children have been monitored and tormented by authorities for more than two years we the undersigned are deeply concerned about gao zhisheng s welfare and why he is being detained this act of arbitrary detention itself is in violation of chinese law we are praying for the leaders of china and formally request that you release gao zhisheng immediately thank you for your kind attention to this matter to see the latest information latest signature totals on the petition photos and more go to www freegao com posted in news of china leave a comment trial date set for imprisoned christian alimujiang yimiti posted by radiofreechina on july 28 2009 by michael ireland chief correspondent assist news service xinjiang china ans alimujiang yimiti is a uyghur christian prisoner who has been arbitrarily detained at kashi municipal detention center since january 12 2008 charged with revealing state secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations according to chinaaid www chinaaid ...