Excerpted from Associated Press (via The Guardian):
Gao Zhisheng, who has described being tortured in the past, disappeared Jan. 19 and is believed to be detained by security officials at an unknown location, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Human Rights in China wrote in a joint letter urging his release.
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For more information on this issue:
- “Family of Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Arrives in U.S,” March 11, 2009
- Human Rights in China, “Torture Account by Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng,” February 8, 2009
- Joint statement by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Human Rights in China, “Human Rights Lawyer in Arbitrary Detention,” February 2, 2009
- Human Rights in China, “HRIC Statement on Gao Zhisheng's Sentence,” December 22, 2006
- Kerry Brown, "Review of Gao Zhisheng's A China More Just," China Rights Forum, 2008, no.1.
- 黑夜、黑头套、黑帮绑架 (Chinese original)
- Dark Night, Dark Hood, and Kidnapping by Dark Mafia (English translation)