mr. fu? >> one more point to bring the true change to china, i think it's very important for congress to work together to pass the global internet freedom act. i thank the leadership of congressman wolf for this. that will provide a tremendous efficient tool to break down this firewall in china. and certainly, it has improved the chance for rapid democracy in china. thank you. >> as you know, mr. fu, that bill, the global internet freedom act, we hope to be marking it up soon in my subcommittee. it's an idea whose time has come. the enabling of high-tech -- to enable dictatorship to find, apprehend and incarcerate people of faith, the christians, the wig egers and to destroy dissident movements throughout the world calls out for this legislation so i hope to have this bill out of committee shortly so i thank you for bringing that up. i'd like to thank our distinguished witnesses aagain and without further a' dieu, the hearing is adjourned. >>> on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, the pre

i'd like to ask pastor fu if he would proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. co-chair and the honorable members of the cecc commission, and thank you for the commissioners' professional staff and for your excellent work in documenting and pursuing the human rights issue in china. china aid mission is to promote the establishment of a loving and just civil society in china that abides by the rule of law. in pursuit of this mission and out of a profound respect for gao zhisheng and to support his work, china aid has spared no effort in launching a worldwide campaign aiming at winning gao's release. over the past five years, we have expanded huge manpower and financial resources in a mobilizing effort in this regard. as a very small ngo, we are limited in what we can do, but we know that our efforts have some value in the same way that those voices against the slavery before the american civil war eventually led to the full awakening of the same, of the forces of justice. three years ago, we set up the free gao zhisheng website, called freegao.com, to draw the at

mr. gao, seeking a decision on whether his imprisonment violates international law. we will hear from bob fu, pastor fu who also spent time while in china, will discuss the free gao campaign and the need to hold china accountable for its ongoing harassment. the case of kwo kwun, a former criminal court officer and former university associate professor, illustrates how chinese officials target citizens who attempt to form independent political parties or use the internet to organize or to pose online opinions deemed too politically sensitive. in 2007, mr. kwon began posting a series of open letters to top government leaders, advocating on behalf of laid-off workers, demilitarized military contracts and displaced farmers and also wrote letters calling for a multiparty rule and government reforms. because his writings were considered two critical by the government, he lost his university professorship and was further demoted from a communist democratically state-approved party and then formed his own party. and for that, he has gotten -- and these other things -- he has gotten a ten-year prison