China: Further information on: Fear for safety/ death threats: Gao Zhisheng (m)

China: Further information on: Fear for safety/ death threats: Gao Zhisheng (m)

Índice AI: ASA 17/055/2006
Fecha de publicación: 22 octubre 2006
Categorías: Asia y Oceanía, China

Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been formally arrested on charges of "inciting subversion". He is still held at an unknown location and has no access to his lawyer or family. Amnesty International fears that he is at risk of torture and ill-treatment.