Laogai Research Foundation director Harry Wu and his friend, recently exiled Chinese dissident Yu Jie (余杰), spent Valentine’s Day participating in a multiparty protest against Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s Washington visit.
Organized by Students for a Free Tibet, a coalition of Tibetan, Chinese, Uyghur, Taiwanese and human rights groups held a joint rally in support of freedom and democracy outside the White House, as Xi Jinping and President Obama met inside. Chinese groups included members of the China Democracy Party, practitioners of Falun Gong, and protesters against the One Child Policy and Chinese government land seizures. The staff of the Laogai Research Foundation stood alongside them, holding posters of Chinese dissidents currently imprisoned in the Laogai.
To watch Harry’s and Yu Jie’s speeches at the rally, and to read an interview with Yu Jie by Nippon Television, click here. You can also go directly to our Youtube channel!
