Category: Gao Zhisheng

Wife of Missing Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Implores US Lawmakers for Assistance

It has been more than five years and Geng He still doesn’t know whether her husband in China is still alive. Her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a renowned human rights lawyer, went missing from his home in northern China’s Shaanxi Province in August 2017. At that time, Gao had already been subjected to torture by Chinese…


Wife of China’s Missing Human Rights Lawyer Implores US Lawmakers for Assistance

It has been more than five years and Geng He still doesn’t know whether her husband in China is still alive. Her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a renowned human rights lawyer, went missing from his home in northern China’s Shaanxi Province in August 2017. At that time, Gao had already been subjected to torture by Chinese…


LIVE 11 AM ET: House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on ‘China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?’

The House Foreign Affairs Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee holds a hearing on China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?  at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 20. Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, president of Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation; President of China Aid Association Bob Fu; Geng He, wife of Mr. Gao Zhisheng; Sophie Luo, wife…


LIVE NOW: House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on ‘China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?’

The House Foreign Affairs Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee holds a hearing on China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?  at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 20. Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, president of Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation; President of China Aid Association Bob Fu; Geng He, wife of Mr. Gao Zhisheng; Sophie Luo, wife…


House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on ‘China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?’

The House Foreign Affairs Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee holds a hearing on China’s Political Prisoners: Where’s Gao Zhisheng?  at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 20. Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, president of Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation; President of China Aid Association Bob Fu; Geng He, wife of Mr. Gao Zhisheng; Sophie Luo, wife…


Family Marks 5th Year of Disappearance of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s wife Geng He unveiled a sculpture of Gao at the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington D.C., on Sept. 20. The sculpture is a floating portrait of Gao Zhisheng made by Geng He and their two children using 7,355 bullet shells. Due to his work defending persecuted…


Search for Gao Zhisheng, ‘China’s Conscience,’ Five Years On

Gao Zhisheng, “China’s conscience,” was forcibly disappeared while under house arrest in 2017. It’s been five years and his wife, Geng He, continues her search for the brave Chinese human rights lawyer. Geng recently shared her thoughts about the search for Gao with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. She said she appreciated…


Wife of Disappeared Chinese Rights Lawyer Vows to Continue Searching For Him, 5 Years On

Gao Zhisheng, “China’s conscience,” was forcibly disappeared while under house arrest in 2017. It’s been five years and his wife, Geng He, continues her search for the brave Chinese human rights lawyer. Geng recently shared her thoughts about the search for Gao with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. She said she appreciated…


China’s Human Rights Victims to Speak at UC Berkeley Event

Student organizers of an event to expose China’s human rights abuses are hoping campus security will be tight at the UC Berkeley campus in Northern California. Organizers of the “Atrocities of the CCP” event on April 15 have asked campus police to beef up security after recent unsealed complaints from the Justice Department reveal a…


Four Years With No Contact, is Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Alive?

Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize, was last seen in August four years ago and has not been heard from since. His whereabouts, life, or death remain unknown. At the closing ceremony of the International Religious Freedom Summit 2021 on July 16,…