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Dear Roi, i see that you're not much on line. That's okee, no problem. Today i've put the story of Gao's official withdrawel from the CCP in Dutch on internet. How are you doing my friend? How is your family?

Dear Roi, because i think you'll be interested i sent you the press release about a milestone! Renowned Chinese dissident opens museum to expose labor camps

Washington, DC, Nov. 13 - Renowned Chinese dissident, Harry Wu, has opened the Laogai Museum in Washington, DC, which is the first of its kind within the U.S. to directly address human rights topics in China. Its focus will be the Laogai -- the most extensive system of forced labor camps in the world.

In 1960, at age 23, Wu was sentenced to life in the Laogai for criticizing the Communist Party and its support for the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Wu labored for 19 years in 12 different prison camps until finally being released in 1979, following Mao's death and Deng Xiaoping's rise to power. With only $40 in his pocket, Wu immigrated to the U.S. in 1985 and established the Laogai Research Foundation in 1992. He subsequently made several trips back to China where he worked undercover to document the Laogai. He also investigated the export of Laogai products to the U.S. (it is illegal to import forced-labor products under U.S. trade law) and the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners. As a result, Wu was deemed one of China's top public enemies. Upon returning to China in 1995, he was arrested at the border and later sentenced to 15 years in prison for "stealing state secrets," but was released after 66 days in detention due to international outcry and intense pressure from many U.S. political figures.

The Laogai Museum, located at 1109 M St. NW, was created with the support of the recently-established Yahoo! Human Rights Fund. The Fund was established in conjunction with the Laogai Research Foundation to provide humanitarian and legal support to political dissidents who have been imprisoned for expressing their views online, as well as support for their families. A portion of the fund will also be used to support the Laogai Research Foundation's educational work to advance human rights.
Wu hopes that the museum will preserve the memory of the Laogai's many victims, including the millions who perished within the labor camps, and serve to educate the public about the horrors and atrocities committed by China's Communist regime. To this end, the museum will not only introduce the history and structure of the Laogai, but will also tell the personal stories of many of its prisoners. Since its inception in the early 1950s, an estimated 40-50 million people have been imprisoned in the Laogai, many of them prisoners of conscience. Materials on display, including photographs, government documents, Laogai products, and prisoner uniforms, were taken from Wu's own archives or donated by other Laogai survivors. For more information: www.laogai.org

Thanks Roi, don't worry about the English language, i will rewrite it and sent it back for confirmation. Foto: another amazingly courages human being. He survived 33 years in the Chine gulag system. In 2001 we marched with him from Nice to Geneva in 49 days.

ps. in seven visits to Israel i lived and worked in your country for about 3 years, where is Rehovot?

Dear Roi, Peace to you, your family and fellow practitioners. I would like to ask if you would like to sent me the story of your experiences (and maybe a photograph) during your hungerstrike to be published on our website. I know, the Netherlands is just a small country, but i want to raise more awareness in my country about the atrocities that has befallen Falun Gong. My website receives about 25.000 hits each year and a number of visitors take action and spread the word. I tell you honestly, i was moved to tears during watching Gao's interview for the first, the second, the third time. I printed his portrait, hang it above my computer screen in a golden frame and made the promise to do whatever i can to defend this extraordinairy compassionate human being as long as i live.

With kind regards
Willem Amendt