Gao Zhisheng

EDM number 434 in 2017-19, proposed by David Linden on 19/10/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and Legal profession.

That this House expresses deep concern for the safety and welfare of the prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng; notes that Gao has been forcibly disappeared on no less than six occasions and has also been subject to torture and prison; further notes with grave concern that he was disappeared again in August 2017; and calls on the Government to make strong representations about his case to the Chinese Government

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.