In an exclusive interview
with the Associated Press Thursday, his first interview in five
years, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was
tortured with an electric baton to his face and spent three
years in solitary confinement during his latest period of
detention since 2010.
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee also vowed to never leave
China despite the hardships and having to live apart from his
family.
For years, Gao's supporters feared he might perish inside a
remote Chinese prison.
He survived his prison term.
But when he was released in August 2014 from prison to
house arrest, the formerly outspoken lawyer could barely walk or
speak a full, intelligible sentence, raising concerns that one
of the most inspirational figures in China's rights movement had
been permanently broken - physically and mentally.
He now spoke out once again in the interview with AP.
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