Canadians Join Global Call for Beijing to Release Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng

Canadians Join Global Call for Beijing to Release Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng in a file photo. Verna Yu/AFP/Getty Images
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Canadians called on Beijing to release prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Shisheng at a rally outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto on Aug. 20.

Mr. Gao, a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has been subjected to persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for representing members of the spiritual practice Falun Gong as well as farmers in land expropriation cases.