Asia - Voice of America: Chinese Dissident Aims to Raise Awareness of Laogai System in Tibet

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Chinese Dissident Aims to Raise Awareness of Laogai System in Tibet Jun 7th 2012, 22:16 WASHINGTON - Chinese and Tibetan human rights advocates are teaming up in Washington this week to raise awareness of the Chinese forced-labor prison camp system, known as laogai, and its use in Tibet. The three-day conference starting Friday comes at a time when Tibet is making headlines for a rash of nearly 40 self immolations in protest of what some Tibetans say are repressive policies in southwestern China and the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. The laogai system is lesser known, but it's ... Media files: 7157E3BA-775B-40F9-89F7-7C6725955B77_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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