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

Index Number: ASA 17/047/2006
Date Published: 21 August 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, China

Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, aged 42, was detained in Shandong Province on 15 August by police officers from Beijing. He is believed to be held incommunicado at an unknown location and is at risk of torture or ill-treatment.