STATEMENT 

By Gao Zhisheng

 After working nonstop around the clock for over ten days, I can now take a break.  My investigation into the truth about the several years of brutal persecution ordered by the Chinese authorities against those who believe in freedom has run its course.

Because my wife and child remain at home alone, and because they are monitored 24 hours a day by the most notorious and immoral police whose criminal activities know no bounds --every second of my spare time has been filled with agonizing worry. May God keep them safe. Over a dozen days in close contact with Falun Gong believers was a shocking experience to my soul.

Together with Professor Jiao Guobiao I stayed 24 hours a day with these Falun Gong adherents, a group that’s suffering inhumane persecution due to their spiritual beliefs. Professor Jiao said, "I feel like I am dealing with ghosts because everyone of them has died several times." I said, "Well, we are associated with a group of saints. Their indomitable spirit, noble character, and ability to forgive the violent perpetrators are not only China's hope, but also the reason why we should continue to persevere!"

During these past 15 days I have come to know of indescribable violence done to our kind people. Ms. Wang Yuhuan, a peaceful  elderly woman, was tortured for six years in body and spirit hundreds of times by police and CCP officials with all the horrible methods. Each time, over 20 police kept torturing her for over 24 hours until they all got exhausted and desperately mad.

The entire set of major torture instruments was used to torture the old lady Wang three times in only 17 days. She was once put on the Tiger Bench for three days and two nights. Eventually, our time together came to a close and I completely lost  all hope  in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This CCP has employed the most barbarous, immoral, and illegal means to torture our mothers, wives, children, and our brothers and sisters. It has made this kind of torture part of the Party member's job description and raised the political standing of torture.

It continuously persecutes and torments the conscience, character, and kindness of we the people. From now on, I, Gao Zhisheng, who was a “Party member" who hasn't paid the membership dues for a long time and has been absent from the "party activities" for many years, declares that he quits the cruel, untrustworthy, inhumane, and evil party. This is the proudest day of my life. 

Gao Zhisheng

Mainland China

December 13, 2005

 [Note]

[1] Dr. Jiao Guobiao, a journalism professor at Peking University, was recently fired for his outspoken views on censorship. In an article posted on the Web site of Voice of America, Dr. Jiao's describes China's censorship methods as an "information pigsty" surrounded by "stinking" stones that separate China from the outside world, and the Chinese news media from the Chinese people.

[2] One episode of torture suffered by Ms. Wang Yuhuan in 2002 is described at: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/6/24/23425.html

[3] Tiger Bench is a torture device. Victims are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall. Victims' knees are tightly tied on the small bench�"Tiger Bench." Usually some hard objects are inserted underneath the victims' lower legs or ankles to make the pain more intense. (See http://www.geocities.com/transrefs/Torture-tr.html )

 
Gao Zhisheng's three open letters to Chinese leaders

First open letter:
An Open Letter to China's National Peoples' Congress, Gao Zhisheng, December 31, 2004

Second open letter (to China's President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao):
Stop Persecuting Believers of Freedom and Mend Your Ties with the Chinese People, Gao Zhisheng, Oct. 18, 2005 

Third open letter:
We Must Immediately Stop the Brutality That Suffocates Our Nation's Conscience and Morality, GaoZhisheng, December 12, 2005

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Gao Zhisheng's account of more than 50 days of torture in 2007

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Video: "A China More Just” -- Gao Zhisheng's story

Sarah Cook is a co-editor of the book “A China More Just” which was written by renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. She shares her insights on the book, as well as her experience getting involved in the campaign to free Gao.

Gao Zhisheng is currently being detained and persecuted in China for speaking out on human rights issues.