Gao Zhisheng in the news again

I've previously posted about attorney Gao Zhisheng; see this post for links. Now he's in the news again. First, there's an Amnesty International report about an apparent attempt on his life, or at least an attempt to put a scare into him. Second, there is a profile of him in The Observer.

Attached is an email statement dated Jan. 19, 2006 attributed to Gao - I cannot vouch for its authenticity - that protests against the continued surveillance of him and his family: Download statement.pdf.