Harry Wu

Harry Wu
吴弘达
Wu during a press conference at Washington D.C. in January 2011
Born	(1936-02-08)February 8, 1936 Shanghai, China
Died	April 26, 2016(2016-04-26) (aged 79) Honduras
Citizenship	United States
Spouse	Ching Lee
Children	Harrison Wu
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳弘達
Simplified Chinese	吴弘达
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Hóngdá

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.