After working around the clock for more than ten days, I can now take a break. I have finished this course of investigation into the truth about the brutal persecution, ordered by the Chinese authorities, that those who believe in freedom have suffered the past few years.
Because my wife and child remain at home alone, and because they are being watched 24 hours a day by the most notorious and most immoral police who know no bad things that they dare not do--every second of my spare time has been filled with agonizing worry. May God keep them safe!
Over a dozen days' close touch with Falun Gong believers was a shocking experience to my soul. Together with Professor Jiao Guobiao [1] . I stayed 24 hours a day with these Falun Gong adherents, a group that suffering inhumane persecution has won eternal life.
Professor Jiao said, "I feel like I am dealing with ghosts because everyone of them has died several times." I said, "Well, we are associated with a group of saints. Their indomitable spirit, noble character, and ability to forgive the violent perpetrator are not only China's hope, but also the reason why we should continue to persevere!"
During these past 15 days I have come to know of indescribable violence done to our kind people. Ms. Wang Yuhuan [2] , a peaceful old woman, was tortured for six years in body and spirit hundreds of times by police and CCP officials with all the horrible methods. Each time, over twenty police kept torturing her for over 24 hours until they all got exhausted and desperately mad. The entire set of major torture instruments was used to torture the old lady Wang three times in only 17 days. She was once put on the Tiger Bench [3] for three days and two nights.
Eventually these more than a dozen days ended! And I had lost my hope for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) completely. This CCP has employed the most barbarous and most immoral and illegal means to torture our mothers, our wives, our children, and our brothers and sisters. It has made this kind of torture part of the Party member's job and raised the political standing of torture. It continuously persecutes and torments the conscience, character, and kindness of us, the people!.
From now on, Gao Zhisheng, a Party "member" who hasn't paid the membership fee for a long time and has been absent from the "Party activities" for many years, declares that he quits the cruel, untrustworthy, inhumane, and evil party.
[1] Dr. Jiao Guobiao, a journalism professor at Peking University, was recently fired for his outspoken views on censorship. In an article posted on the Web site of Voice of America, Dr. Jiao's describes China's censorship methods as an "information pigsty" surrounded by "stinking" stones that separate China from the outside world, and the Chinese news media from the Chinese people.
[3] Tiger Bench is a torture device. Victims are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall. Victims' knees are tightly tied on the small bench�"Tiger Bench." Usually some hard objects are inserted underneath the victims' lower legs or ankles to make the pain more intense. (See http://www.geocities.com/transrefs/Torture-tr.html )
Gao Zhisheng's three open letters to Chinese leaders
Video: "A China More Just” -- Gao Zhisheng's story
Sarah Cook is a co-editor of the book “A China More Just” which was written by renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. She shares her insights on the book, as well as her experience getting involved in the campaign to free Gao.
Gao Zhisheng is currently being detained and persecuted in China for speaking out on human rights issues.
