Dozens of people gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco on April 20 to call on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to immediately release renowned political prisoner Gao Zhisheng.
April 20 marked the eighth birthday Gao has had since he disappeared. He has been missing since 2017.
Gao, a human rights lawyer, is known as “China’s Conscience” and “the bravest lawyer in China.” He has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve China’s human rights situation.
As a lawyer, Gao defended the rights of minority groups that are persecuted by the CCP, such as Christians and Falun Gong practitioners. He wrote open letters to senior CCP officials expressing his concern about human rights abuses….