4/2/09

Will You Help??

I realize that this has nothing to do with couponing, but it is weighing heavily on my heart today...

I subscribe to the email newsletter from The Voice of the Martyrs, and this is an email that came in my inbox today:

DAY 57 of Captivity for Gao Zhisheng -- Chinese Government Responds with Deafening Silence

Gao ZhishengThe silence from the highest levels of the Chinese government regarding Gao Zhisheng's kidnapping is deafening. Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng has now been missing 57 days. When one brave reporter asked the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson about Gao, "the official paled and was visibly shaken," according to a Western journalist who was an eyewitness.

Gao Zhisheng was last seen being hauled away from his home in Shaanxi province by more than a dozen police officers on February 4. According to ChinaAid sources, Gao is being severely tortured. Because Gao fearlessly cried out to the free world, revealing the abuses of the Chinese government against house church Christians and others persecuted in China, Chinese authorities want to silence his voice. Now, you can speak out on his behalf.

Gao Zhisheng's wife and children, who have also been abused and tormented by Chinese authorities, escaped to the U.S. three weeks ago. They are grateful for the more than 36,000 who are speaking out by signing the petition and sending e-mails, but more help is needed. Will you partner with us to obtain 100,000 signatures and continue to bombard Chinese government, businesses and media with e-mails calling for Gao's release? Please forward this e-mail to friends and family and encourage them to sign the petition.

Lend your voice to sustain the outcry for Gao Zhisheng's release. Go to www.FreeGao.com to: continue to send e-mails to officials - new e-mails are posted regularly. Make a contribution online. Help us continue to press for Gao's release -- by sustaining this cry for justice.

» Go to www.FreeGao.com now.

Please, please consider signing this petition to bring about Gao Zhisheng's release.

2 Comments:

SarahJarnagin said...

I received this e-mail yesterday. So devastating and disturbing.

Nonna said...

We should praise God daily for living here in the good old U.S.A.!!!

There are literally many, many thousands of prisoners locked up around the world for opposing their terrible, opressive governments...thanks for the info on this !

 

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