The Most Tortured Man in China: Gao Zhisheng

Barefoot Lawyer Reports · Aug 10, 2023 · 8m

"Then, four men with electric shock prods began beating my head and all over my body. Nothing but the noise of the beating and my anxious breathing could be heard. I was beaten so severely that my whole body began uncontrollably shaking. “Don’t pretend to do that!” I was shouted at by a guy whom I later learned was named Wang. Then a very strong and tall (1.9 meters) man grabbed my hair and pulled me up off the ground." These harrowing words are human rights activist Gao Zhisheng's recollections of his kidnapping in 2011. After he published a series of documents highlighting human rights…