July 2016

Tribute to Harry Wu

Tribute to Harry Wu

By: Chen Duanzhao

Fifty-nine years ago since the “Anti-Rightist Movement,” a commemoration was held in the United States. At that conference in 2007 I met my old friend,my “brother” Wu Hongda (Harry Wu) after an absence of thirty-eight years. It was at that “Anti-Rightise 50 anniversary commemorative event”, we shared our life experiences during our time apart. Looking back, I did not think this was actually a farewell meeting! Harry is now gone. I am infinitely wistful.

From Those Who Knew Harry Wu

Life is fleeting. We know our time is limited on this earth. Time is particularly valuable. As a Buddhist I believe in reincarnation, but life in our present being, our present spirit is ephemeral. While I lost many years to the laogai, some of that time was precious because of the people I met; for eight years, I was privileged to have known Harry Wu.

Tiger Chair: Tool for Torture

Tiger Chair: Tool For Torture

By: Laogai Research Foundation

Friday, July 22, 2016

 

Washington, D.C.—Torture methods use various apparatuses from simple rope to complex contraptions. The tiger chair is used to extract information or “crack” the detainee even if that means breaking his or her bones.

 

Police Power and Control

HRF Mourns Harry Wu, Champion for Human Rights & Founding Member of HRF International Council

NEW YORK (April 27, 2016)—Human Rights Foundation (HRF) mourns the passing of Harry Wu, the Chinese author and dissident who survived and exposed the Chinese dictatorship’s “laogai” system of concentration camps. Wu died yesterday at the age of 79, while traveling in Honduras. He was a founding member of HRF’s International Council.