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Chinese rights activist Harry Wu dies at 79

WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — Longtime Chinese human rights champion and former political prisoner Harry Wu, who advocated on behalf of those in brutal forced labor camps, has died at age 79, according to his research foundation. Wu died Tuesday morning while vacationing in Honduras with friends, the Laogai Research Foundation said in a statement. He founded the organization in 1992 to analyze and raise awareness about China’s “laogai” or forced labor detention centers, which began […]