China executed approximately 2,400 people in 2013. China executes more people every year than the rest of the world combined. It puts more people to death per week than the U.S. does per year. Currently, 55 crimes are punishable by death, many of which are nonviolent or economic offenses. In addition, China’s criminal justice system…
Events
Events
Commemorating The 25th Anniversary Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre
Please join us in remembering the victims of the June 4th, 1989 turmoil When: May 31 to June 4, 2014 from 4-6:30pm Where: 1734 20th St., Washington D.C., 20009 Event starts at 4pm every afternoon Tiananmen Square Massacre Photos will be exhibited Film screening of the PBS Frontline Documentary The Tank Man from 5pm to 6:30pm Refreshments…
2012 DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk
On September 29, 2012, the Laogai Museum took part in the 2012 DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk’s resource fair along with nearly 30 other organizations committed to “a world without slavery.” Laogai Museum staff spoke with walkers and similar organizations about the ongoing abuses committed in the Laogai, China’s extensive network of forced labor camps….
Tibetan Former Political Prisoners Recall Horrors of the Laogai at LRF Conference
On June 8th, 2012, the Laogai Research Foundation hosted the first day of its “Laogai in Tibet” Conference in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Eight Tibetan exiles (some pictured with Harry Wu below) shared their moving testimonies, which detailed their experiences in the Laogai after protesting, their courage in facing religious and…
Desperation in Tibet: Laogai Research Foundation Invites Tibetan Exiles to Share their Perspective
Since March 2011, at least 38 Tibetans have resorted to self-immolation, setting themselves on fire in order to protest against the religious and cultural oppression they experience from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Twenty-nine have died as a result. Peaceful protests have been met with extreme violence from Chinese military forces. Most of the self-immolators…
LRF Participates in Tiananmen Anniversary Candlelight Memorial
The Laogai Research Foundation, along with the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, the Federation of Overseas Hong Kong Chinese DC, and the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, cosponsored a candle-lighting ceremony on Saturday at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, DC. The event anticipated the June 4th anniversary of the Chinese government’s massacre of…
International Conference on Laogai in Tibet. GENERAL PUBLIC WELCOME!
The Laogai Research Foundation is teaming up with the Lantos Foundation, the International Campaign for Tibet, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to host a conference on the China’s forced-labor prison camps in Tibet, focusing on the testimonies of Tibetan survivors of the Laogai. It will be an opportunity to expose the abuse of the…
October Film Series
2pm Saturday, 10/08 & 10/22 BBC: Prisoner Organ Donors (43 min.) This BBC investigative report uncovers China’s lucrative scheme of harvesting organs from executed prisoners. Sue Lloyd-Roberts uncovers the dark secrets of China’s organ transplant business. (Contains disturbing images and footage) 60 Minutes: Made in China (15 min.) Ed Bradley travels to China to expose…
Laogai Museum Film Series: September 2011
The Laogai Museum will be continuing with its film series in the month of September. We will be showing documentaries that show the human devastation caused by Mao and his communist regime. As always, this is open to the general public and is free of charge. In Search of Lin Zhao’s Soul September 10th,…
Laogai Museum Film Series: August 2011
For the month of August the Laogai Museum will be hosting its first ever film series. Starting August 10, the museum will be showing a different documentary every Wednesday for the rest of the month, detailing a different area of human rights in China. The films will be playing all day long in the museum’s…