Concerns grow over Chinese rights lawyer’s release

By Gillian Wong

Published August 6, 2014 8:52am ET

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Concerns grow over Chinese rights lawyer’s release — BEIJING (AP) — A fiery critic of China’s authoritarian government whose imprisonment and accounts of torture triggered international criticism of Beijing appears set for release Thursday amid concerns he will continue to be denied freedom outside prison. Before being detained and jailed, Gao Zhisheng was a leading figure in the country’s small community of rights […]

BEIJING (AP) — A fiery critic of China’s authoritarian government whose imprisonment and accounts of torture triggered international criticism of Beijing appears set for release Thursday amid concerns he will continue to be denied freedom outside prison.

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