<h1><a href="http://gdb.voanews.com/944E7893-77F0-4924-B50B-BB90BBF08BC7_mw1024_n_s.jpg" rel="ibox" title="高智晟(档案照片)" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; color: #132fbe;"><img alt="高智晟(档案照片)" border="0" src="http://gdb.voanews.com/944E7893-77F0-4924-B50B-BB90BBF08BC7_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy11_cw0.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: block; margin: 10px 0px;" /></a></h1><div style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; clear: both; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 640px;"><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; color: #666666; line-height: 13px; margin-top: -6px; padding-top: 0px; display: block; padding-bottom: 12px; clear: both;">高智晟(档案照片)</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">华盛顿</span><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;"> — 美国国会众议员史密斯在中国维权律师高智晟生日前夕发表声明，谴责中国政府践踏人权。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /> <br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;">美国众议院全球人权小组委员会主席、美国国会-行政当局中国委员会并列主席克里斯·史密斯在声明中说，“高智晟即将在非法监禁中度过又一年，与亲人天各一方。中国政府继续惧怕高智晟所奋力维护的自由。”</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /> <br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;">高智晟是一名维权人士及公民法定权利的捍卫者，曾被中国司法部评为中国10佳律师。然而，高智晟帮助中国弱势群体维权的举动使当局从2005年开始向他和他的家人施以威胁和恐吓。这部分弱势群体包括工厂工人、煤矿工人、土地被政府征用的人及受到迫害的基督教徒等。近10年来，他多次入狱，还屡次消失和遭受酷刑，目前仍被当局关押。4月20日是高智晟的生日。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /> <br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;">史密斯众议员还抨击了中国国家主席习近平。他在声明中说，“习近平主席主导着近年来对异议声音最严厉的镇压，这令人极端失望。”</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /> <br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;">在习近平上任之初，中国国内外很多人鉴于他父亲习仲勋政治上的务实态度以及在文革中受到的严酷政治迫害，期待他领导中国进行政治改革，创造宽松的政治环境。但是，近来习近平在政治上加强管制的做法令许多人感到意外。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /> <br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; background-color: #ffffff;">史密斯还赞扬了中国人权活动人士继续为自由而战斗的勇气。他说，“新的领导人涌现出来，继承高智晟的工作，这些勇敢的律师和人权活动人士为推动中国法治、公正和自由的进步以及维护人的尊严而进行着抗争。”</span><br /> </div><div id="mainMediaBig" style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; 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