以下是两则关于美国国会在2012年 2月 14日举行的有关中国著名人权律师高智晟听证会的消息。
一、习近平访华盛顿之际美国会举行有关高智晟的听证会 (来源：法广）
借中国国家副主席习近平访美的机会，中国著名维权律师高智晟的妻子密集会见美国高官，并出席美国国会在华盛顿举行的听证会，希望美国政府向习近平询问高智晟案。据悉，耿和在公民力量与Freedom Now等人权组织的安排下，在13日、14日两天与美国多位高级官员及媒体见面，继续为释放高智晟奔走呼吁。
公民力量负责人杨建利向“参与”记者介绍了耿和的行程，耿和首先见到了负责人权事务的助理国务卿迈克尔.波斯纳(Michael Posner), 波斯纳表示在近几年与中国的人权对话中，美国多次直接提出高智晟的案子，中方总是称高智晟的状况很好，称其和家人保持经常性联络，波斯纳说他会继续关注这个案子，并呼吁美国最高层官员直接介入。
他们还见到了参议院多数党领袖哈里.瑞德（Harry Mason Reid）的政策顾问、众议院议长约翰.博纳（John Boehner）的幕僚长，他们均对高智晟的遭遇表示非常同情，瑞德和博纳都将在与习近平的会面中询问高智晟的情况。
据了解，美国东部时间下午2点半到4点半，美国国会人权委员会举行听证会，耿和出席了听证会。据本台纽约特约记者倪安介绍说，听证会刚刚结束。听证会是美国国会及行政当局中国委员会，由史密斯参议院主持。听证会的题目为：著名维权律师高智晟的案件和他受到的待遇。出席听证会的有高智晟的妻子耿和，以及中国另一位异议人士郭权的妻子。还有对华援助协会负责人，以及美国另一个人权组织现代自由负责人。
由于听证会刚刚结束，有关更为详细的情况，本台还会继续关注。(来源: 法广, 作者 安娜, 2012年 2月 14日)
二、VOA现场：美国会听证会“中国著名人权律师高智晟的案例和处理” （美国之音）
美国国会及行政部门中国问题委员会主席、国会众议员克里斯托弗·史密斯和联合主席布朗参议员举行听证会：“中国著名人权律师高智晟的案例和处理”
时间：
2012年2月14日星期二
下午2:30至下午4:30
雷伯恩众议院办公大楼2118号
Video streaming by Ustream
今天，中国最著名的人权律师之一高智晟的下落仍然是一个讳莫如深的话题。2011年12月，当高智晟的缓刑即将结束时，中国政府宣布他必须为先前为期三年的刑事判决服刑。高智晟作为一个自学成才的律师，因为揭露侵犯人权的行为而激怒了中国当局。他“被失踪”后于2010年3月“重现”，此后到现在已经再度失踪超过20个月。中国官员没有发布任何有关高的健康或下落的消息，高的家人和律师也一直无法前往探视。
美国国会及行政部门中国问题委员会的听证会把重点放在对高智晟的刑事监禁的最新宣布上，并且将提出有关他目前状况的关注。包括高智晟的妻子在内的证人将提出高对中国边缘化群体的法律辩护，包括宗教从业人员、农民工和人权活动人士以及他本人的强迫失踪等问题。其他专家将代表高智晟讨论目前的国际法和人道主义的宣传力度。听证会还将听取另一位被监禁的持不同政见者郭泉的妻子的证词。郭泉正在监狱服刑10年。他和高一样因为宣传人权和民主而受到惩罚。
证人：
耿和，人权律师高智晟的妻子
李晶，民主人士郭泉的妻子
贾里德·甘瑟，“现在自由”创始人兼“珀尔修斯战略” 总经理
傅希秋，中国援助协会（CAA）的创始人和总裁
Representative Christopher Smith, Chairman and Senator Sherrod Brown, Cochairman of theCongressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on
"The Case and Treatment of Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng"
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
2118 Rayburn House Office Building
Today, the condition of Gao Zhisheng, one of China's most prominent human rights lawyers, remains a closely guarded secret. In December 2011, the Chinese government announced Gao would be required to serve out his earlier three-year criminal sentence, just as his sentence suspension was about to expire. Gao, a self-taught lawyer who angered Chinese authorities by exposing human rights abuses, had been missing for more than 20 months, since "reappearing" from enforced disappearance in March 2010. Chinese officials have not released any news of Gao's health or condition, and Gao's family members and lawyers have been unable to visit him.
The Commission hearing will focus on the latest announcement on Gao Zhisheng's criminal imprisonment and will address concerns over his current well-being. Witnesses, including Gao Zhisheng's wife, will address Gao's legal defense of marginalized groups in China-including religious practitioners, rural workers and human rights activists-and his enforced disappearance. Other experts will address ongoing international legal and humanitarian advocacy efforts on behalf of Gao. The hearing will also feature testimony from the wife of another prominent jailed dissident, Guo Quan, who is serving a 10-year sentence and who, like Gao, has been punished for his human rights and democracy advocacy.
Witnesses:
Geng He, Wife of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Li Jing, Wife of democracy advocate Guo Quan
Jared Genser, Founder of Freedom Now and Managing Director of Perseus Strategies, LLC
Bob Fu, Founder and President of China Aid Association (CAA)
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China, established by the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 as China prepared to enter the World Trade Organization, is mandated by law to monitor human rights, including worker rights, and the development of the rule of law in China, and to prepare an Annual Report to the President and Congress. The Commission by mandate also maintains a database of information on political prisoners in China-individuals who have been imprisoned by the Chinese government for exercising their civil and political rights under China's Constitution and laws or under China's international human rights obligations. The Commission's reporting and its Political Prisoner Database are available to the public online via the Commission's Web site, http://www.cecc.gov/.
（来源：美国之音， 2012年 2月 14日）
