Harry Wu | |||||||
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吴弘达 | |||||||
 Wu during a press conference at Washington D.C. in January 2011 | |||||||
| Born | February 8, 1936 | ||||||
| Died | April 26, 2016 (aged 79) | ||||||
| Citizenship | United States | ||||||
| Spouse | Ching Lee | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳弘達 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴弘达 | ||||||
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Harry Wu (Chinese: 吴弘达; pinyin: Wú Hóngdá; February 8, 1937 – April 26, 2016) was a Chinese-American human rights activist. Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, and he became a resident and citizen of the United States. In 1992, he founded the Laogai Research Foundation.