Gu Yi aka Sulaiman Gu | |
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古懿 | |
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| Born | |
| Other names | Sulaiman |
| Education | University of Georgia |
| Occupation | Student activist |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Known for | On the 26th Anniversary of Tian’anmen Massacre – an Open Letter to Fellow Students in Mainland China |
Gu Yi (Chinese: 古懿), also known as Sulaiman Gu, is a Chinese student dissident and human rights activist. He was interrogated and reprimanded for discussing with Ilham Tohti and other Uyghur dissidents and criticizing China's unfair treatment of its minority citizens in Xinjiang in 2009.[1] Later he went abroad to study Chemistry as a graduate student of Chemistry in the University of Georgia continuing his political activism in terms of writings and demonstrations. He was an enthusiastic supporter of 2014 Hong Kong protests.[2] In May 2015, he became widely-known for authoring and organizing an open letter to fellow students in China on the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.[3]
- ^ 伊力哈木入狱令人寒心 [Ilham's Sentence is Depressing]. The New York Times (in Chinese). 24 September 2014.
- ^ "Pro-democracy Rally for Hong Kong Draws 200 People in Washington". Voice of America.
- ^ Emma Graham-Harrison (26 May 2015). "Chinese students in the west call for transparency over Tiananmen Square". Guardian.