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Grace Gao (activist)

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at school because of her father's work and other students were warned not to talk to her. The security agents who escorted her to school would check her bag each morning for 'dangerous or forbidden items', messing up the contents of her school bag. The officers would beat her.
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attempt. On 15 August 2006 Gao Zhisheng disappeared while visiting his sister's family and was officially arrested on 21 September 2006. His family were beaten. This was the start of a number of extended
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in May 2017 where she lectured on "A China More Just" and in the October met with UK officials to discuss her father's case. In 2018, in an
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practitioners, Gao's family were put under 24-hour police surveillance. Over a number of years, her father received
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Grace learned English after she came to the United States, graduated from high school at 20, and went on to study
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And so, I find myself in a position of picking up the mantle and becoming a human rights defender like my father.
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on, beaten and intimidated by the Chinese authorities. She lectures internationally to promote her father's book
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in 2005 and his accusations that the government was running extrajudicial "brainwashing base" for dealing with
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Gao was escorted to school everyday by police officers who followed her wherever she went. Grace
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After Gao was prohibited by the government from attending school, her mother decided to
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China rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng ready for consequences over new book: Daughter
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because of her distress at her experiences and, at 17 years old, she was
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via motorcycle and bus (hiding in the luggage hold), then went to the
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Geng He (耿和), wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
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to speak out on behalf of her father during a state visit to China.
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and arrests Gao Zhisheng experienced over subsequent years. He was
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whilst in custody and is still under house arrest. Grace was
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and to bring attention to his case (currently, he has been
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My Father Never Spoke About The Persecution He Suffered
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Index


Gao Zhisheng
human rights activist
Chinese
human rights lawyer
dissident
Gao Zhisheng
spied
disappeared
human rights abuses in China
'Truth is power and I will keep speaking it until my father is free'
self-harmed
suicidal
smuggle
China
Thailand
United States
political asylum
New York
mental health issues
economics
Californian
Chinese Communist Party
Falun Gong
death threats
Amnesty International
assassination
forced disappearances
tortured
bullied

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