On Wednesday, January 18th, the Laogai Research Foundation will host a press conference at The National Press Club for Chinese dissident writer Yu Jie. The press conference will give Yu a chance to address the media with his story of imprisonment and torture, his family’s life under year-long house arrest and 24-hour surveillance, and their final flight from China to the U.S. last week.

The press conference will take place on January 18th at 1:00 pm, in the Bloomberg Room at The National Press Club 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045.

To find out more, please see our press conference webpage or contact the Laogai Research Foundation at 202.408.8300 x300 or [email protected].