she has a ba from nanjing city. she and democracy advocate married in november of 1999. she worked for modern express newspaper for five years. li also li worked in import and export businesses. she arrived in the united states in january of this year, 2012. she publicly advocated on her husband's behalf and currently serving a 10-year sentence for subversion of state powers after a court found he used the internet to organize a political party and publish reactionary statements on line. we will hear from the founder of freedom now, an independent nonprofit organization that works to free prisoners of conscious worldwide. she also managing director of the consulting firm focusing on human rights projects. he was a partner in the government affairs practice of dla piper and a management consultant of kuenzie and company. he worked with and has for this commission as well as my committee, i chair the human rights committee for the house of representatives and has been a source of actionable information concerning human rights in general, but political prisoners in particul