Ms. Zhang Yunxian from Shaanxi Province Still Imprisoned after Serving Seven Year Sentence

[Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui.org website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

Ms. Zhang Yunxian, 60, lived in Xinhe Township, Baqiao District, Xian City, Shaanxi Province. She went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong on December 25th, 1999. The police arrested her at Tiananmen Square on January 1st, 2000 and imprisoned her for seven years. They first held her in a forced labour camp for one year and then incarcerated her at Shaanxi Province Women's Prison for five years. The guards ordered inmates to verbally and physically attack her, and they forced her to wear shackles weighing 53 lbs. Once, Zhang Yunxian had her hands cuffed behind her back for 16 days. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and the guards force-fed her food laced with toxic drugs.

The imposed sentence expired on September 25th, 2006, but the prison authorities refused to release her. Later, three officials from Baqiao District took her to the Shaanxi Province 610 Office¹ Brainwashing Centre.

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/7/17/182139.html