A Californian resident has urged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is visiting China, to help ascertain if her husband, who is under a 19-year prison term for his rights speech, is still alive after four years of  being denied visitation, correspondence, and phone calls.
Jenny Li, a Hayward-based resident, wrote to Bachelet on May 26 asking her to urgently verify that her imprisoned husband Zhang Haitao, a 51-year-old human rights advocate, is still alive, while she is in China.
“I desperately hope that you can help me to let me know whether my husband is alive or dead, whether he was tortured inside and whether he is healthy or not,” Li wrote in her letter to the UN official. “If possible, please visit him at Shaya Prison in Xinjiang.”…