Wu during a press conference in Washington D.C., January 18, 2011

Harry Wu (February 8, 1937 – April 26, 2016; Chinese: 吴弘达) was a Chinese-born American human rights activist. Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps. He was born in Shanghai. He was a resident and citizen of the United States. In 1992, he founded the Laogai Research Foundation.