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In December 2004, the noted human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng wrote his first open letter to China’s top leaders, “An Open Letter to China's National People's Congress.” That was followed by an open letter to Hu Jintao, the head of the Chinese Communist Party, and Wen Jiabao, China's premier, “Stop Persecuting Believers of Freedom and Mend Your Ties with the Chinese People” written in October 2005. On Dec. 12, 2005, he wrote another open letter to Hu and Wen, "Why One of China's Top Attorneys Broke with the Communist Party." In September 2007, Gao wrote his Open Letter to the U.S. Congress.
In November 2005, Gao’s law firm in Beijing was suspended. On Aug. 15, 2006, Gao was kidnapped. Later, he was arrested with the excuse of “inciting subversion of state power.” On Dec. 12, 2006, the court conducted a trial without allowing Gao’s attorney to present his case. In the same year, on Dec. 22, Gao was sentenced to a 3-year term on the pretense of “inciting subversion of state power,” with 5 years on probation.
It has been over 2 years since all Gao’s connections to the outside world were cut off. In May 2007, the American Board of Trial Advocates granted Gao the Courageous Advocacy Award. In September 2007, Gao was kidnapped again and subjected to torture for 50 days, as recounted in this letter. Radio Free Asia has reported that on Feb. 6, last week, Gao was arrested once again.
Read on... My account of more than 50 days of torture in 2007 By Gao Zhisheng
Just a little excerpt here. The graphic description of the actual torture, you can read at the link. And let me tell you, "waterboarding" compared to what the SinoCommies do... that's nothing.
“Taking your life would be as easy as stepping on an ant. If you dare to continue to write your stupid articles, the government has to make its attitude clear. Now, did you see that attitude tonight?” Jiang spoke slowly.
I asked, “How can you treat taxpayers using such Mafia tactics? How could you face billions of Chinese citizens in the future?”
“That is why you deserve to be beaten,” said Jiang. “You are more clear in your mind than most people. Citizens count for nothing in China. Don’t talk about this term ‘citizens.’”
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“Don’t you talk about torture by the Communist Party yet, because we will give you a comprehensive lesson now!
“You are correct, we torture Falun Gong. Everything is right. The 12 courses we’re going to give to you were practiced on the Falun Gong. To tell you the truth, I am not afraid that you will continue to write. We can torture you to death without your body being found.
And the Left and the Big Media tell us that the Abu Ghraib and Gitmo terrorist captives were "tortured"? Oh, come on! What's torture, really? How about what the Chinese Communist Party does to people for exercising their human rights?
How come the Leftists don't go nuts in the streets over the way the Chinese Communists treat people? Why do they waste time instead viciously, unfairly defaming Israel for simply defending her people from the hateful, murderous Hamas, Hezbollah, Fatah, etc.? What's wrong with Leftists? Don't they know anything about the real world, what's going on in it... don't they know any truth, as opposed to merely being brainwashed by their "community organizers" and such?
