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Human rights attorney tortured in China
Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng, has now been missing 50 days, and there is increasing concern for his life. He was last seen being hauled away from his home by more than a dozen police officers on February 4. Reports from inside China indicate he is undergoing brutal torture.
The situation is critical, and with each day that passes, Gao Zhisheng's life hangs in the balance.
Because of Gao's work defending house church Christians and others persecuted in China, the Chinese government wants to silence his voice. ChinaAid president, Bob Fu calls Gao's torture "the most severe persecution in China's modern history." Gao's wife and two children, who have also been abused and tormented by the police, escaped to the U.S. less than two weeks ago. His family is afraid that authorities, furious at their escape, are taking revenge on Gao.
ChinaAid and The Voice of the Martyrs, together with Gao Zhisheng's wife and children, call on all Christians and those who value human dignity and justice to speak out on Gao Zhisheng's behalf by signing a petition to free Gao.
- Hate to say it but you don't go to china trying to organize people, you just don't do that.DrBombay
- says the guy who in this same thread was denying any Christian persecution.designbot
- And he wasn't trying to organize people, he was defending them (Christians).designbot
- China doesn't want their people to be religious, thought you may have known that.DrBombay
- Are you actually siding with China or what Dr.B?designbot
- So you are in favor of China's position? Or you just think that no one should be allowed to challenge it?tommyo
- "China doesn't want their people to be religious" You know there are over 660 million Buddhists right?designbot
- I think it is a fact of life, no one is going to tell china anything. It is just a fact.DrBombay
- dbot, I think he doesn't think about these things for very long. He's like Bill O'Reilly, an opinionated stubborn venomous hateful mother fucker.tommyo
- hateful mother fucker.tommyo
- Buddhism and christianity are apples and oranges. Big part of being christian is trying to convert people.DrBombay
- Yes, Dr.B, admit your obviously biased. I'm sorry that can't see how messed up this is.designbot
- I never said I agreed with it, I just said fighting the chinese gov isn't going to end well. Didnt defend anything.DrBombay
- You were going off about US torture in the form of "waterboarding" and this is 20 times worse. I guess since he's a Christian in China it's ok.designbot
- Christian in China it's ok.designbot
- I am not defending a fucking thing, do you not get that?DrBombay
- Okay Okay, I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. But sometimes it's admirable to admit and see your bias.designbot
- What bias exactly?DrBombay
- look no further than your reaction and first comments on my post.designbot
- There is no bias, fighting the chinese gov as though it is a democracy is foolish.DrBombay