This morning as I was considering what to share with you, Gao Zhisheng came to my mind for the first time in a few weeks. So as I was looking up the latest information on Gao, on the http://www.freegao.com website, I was reading about Ai Weiwei, a "dissident" accused of tax evasion, who reportedly confessed to tax evasion, after seeing a video of Gao showing how he was tortured.
Interestingly, The New York Times, just posted an article about an hour ago, titled -Dissident Chinese Artist Is Released, in which we learn that Weiwei is now out on bail.
The Xinhua report said in English that the Beijing police department had released Mr. Ai “on bail because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes as well as a chronic disease he suffers from.” The police were also cited as saying that Mr. Ai had repeatedly said he was willing to pay the taxes he had evaded. The authorities say Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., a company controlled by Mr. Ai, evaded “a huge amount of taxes and intentionally destroyed accounting documents,” Xinhua reported.
We are thankful for this good news, and would ask that you please keep this situation in your prayers, as many believe that Weiwei was falsely accused.
Meanwhile, we are still very concerned about the whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng, who was detained over two years ago, tortured and still is not free from his oppressors.
Please take a moment to visit http://www.freegao.com and take a minute to sign the petition. There is a video that will give you all of the information we've discussed here on this blog, about Gao's torture and story. Please also pray for Gao today, and his family. Thank you.