Big names behind petition to U.N. for missing rights lawyer
Sound of Hope via Epoch Times 9/2/10
The one-year anniversary of the disappearance of renowned Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was marked on Feb. 5 by the filing of a petition with the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Involuntary Disappearances. And it received strong support from big names in international human rights. Filed by Freedom Now, a panel of international human rights experts put their names behind it, including Jerome A. Cohen, Irwin Cotler MP, David Matas and David Kilgour.
The petition requests the UN’s assistance in demanding that the Chinese communist regime, in accordance with Chinese law, provide information regarding the whereabouts and physical condition of Gao Zhisheng. It also requests that Gao be granted access to a lawyer, with the opportunity to challenge his internment.
