[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1431-E1432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           SALUTE TO HARRY WU

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                           HON. SAM GEJDENSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 13, 1995
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, today is the 25th day of the arrest of 
American citizen Harry Wu, the tenacious human rights investigator, by 
the Chinese authorities at the Kazakhstan border.
  These are the crimes for which Harry Wu is imprisoned, and facing a 
possible death sentence: Harry testified before the U.S. Congress many 
times in the past 5 years, including the subcommittee overseeing 
international trade which I chaired--that was a crime. Harry recorded 
and filmed forced hard labor prisons in China, where he himself was a 
prisoner for 19 years--that was a crime. Harry told the world China was 
exporting prisoner-produced goods to the United States, among other 
countries--once again that was a crime. Harry revealed the horrific 
evidence of forcible removal of prisoner organs; these donations 
occurred without the donors consent, and at times there were planned 
executions so that high society Chinese officials could get the organs 
at the right time--that too was a crime.

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  The Wall Street Journal calls Harry Wu ``A hero of our time. A 
dissident of the stature of Vaclav Havel and Anatoly Scharansky, like 
them he suffered for his principles and speaks from personal 
experience.'' Harry Wu is an American citizen who was traveling with 
valid American papers, and was granted a visa from the Chinese 
Government. As an American citizen, Harry's rights, under the consular 
agreement between the two countries, to meet a U.S. Embassy official, 
within 48 hours of an official request, were violated. It took more 
than 20 days to arrange a meeting. When finally arranged, the 
conversation took place through thick glass and telephones, with armed 
supervision making sure the case was not being discussed. The Chinese 
Government and has continued to violate basic human rights of its own 
citizens, and is now doing the very same to a U.S. citizen. The United 
States cannot continue to reward China for these crimes with the most 
favored nation [MFN] status, as long as Harry's rights and so many 
others are being violated.
  The Chinese Government calls all of these admirable and courageous 
acts preformed by Harry Wu espionage and treason. I call them worthy of 
the Nobel Prize, not the death penalty.


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