- Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has reappeared in Beijing, saying he is giving up his campaigning so he can reunite with his family
- Mr. Gao said he had been through cruel experiences ─ "To me these [my children] are the three dearest people in the world and now, we're like a kite with a broken string"
Apr. 7.─ Mr Gao spoke at a news conference more than a year after he was arrested and disappeared, sparking international concern.
He had previously been charged with subversion by Beijing.
Mr Gao said he knew his decision would disappoint many, but that he wanted to have "relative control" over his life.
"I don't have the capacity to persevere... You know the main basis for choosing to give up is for the sake of family feelings," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"I hope I can reunite with them. My children need me by their side growing up," he said in the interview, at a Beijing tea house near his flat, AP said.
Looking visibly thinner than before his disappearance, Mr Gao, 44, said he had been through cruel experiences but wanted to put the past behind him ...
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