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Brutal Torture at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2010-08-30
In an attempt to have Ms. Ni Fengzhen renounce Falun Gong, she was brainwashed for three months and tortured brutally in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. They swore at her, beat her brutally, made her squat and stand for long periods of time, kicked her in the leg, and struck her in the face with a rubber ruler for three days. Ms. Ni Fengzhen is being forced to do hard labour and still suffers from physical and mental torture. -
Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Ninghe County, Tianjin
2010-08-30In 2001, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Xiuzhong was taken to the Shuangkou Labour Camp in Tianjin. While there, he was forced to stand with one foot on the ground, with the other foot raised half a metre. If he lowered his leg by a fraction, the guards incited inmates to hit his foot with a wooden club. In the summer he was forced to stay under the burning sun, and he was deprived of toilet use. He was forced to do 15 to 16 hours hard labour a day and sometimes had to work for the entire evening. Guard He Jun also shocked Mr. Li with electric batons. Guard Yang Zhiqiu made an inmate brutally beat Mr. Li. Guards Dong Xiu and Cheng Liwei used electrical batons to shock him and rubber clubs to hit Mr. Li cruelly, until he became incontinent and was unable to move. -
Mr. Wang Youzhong Is Arrested After Four Years of Being Unable to Return Home
2010-08-30Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Youzhong has been unable to return home for the past four years. This is because the police knew he practised Falun Gong and were looking for him. He was arrested in June 2010. A letter was then sent to the Qingshui Village Committee, stating that Mr. Wang had been sent to a forced labour camp for two years. There was no sender's address on the letter, no details of which labour camp he was sent to, and no authorised signature. Mr. Wang's family had to go to the various police stations to try to find out where he was, but the people handling his case refused to meet with them. They were given a phone number to call, but nobody answered the phone. When Mr. Wang's family went to the detention centre to find him, they were told that he was no longer there and had been taken away. Mr. Wang's current whereabouts are unknown. -
Mr. Li Baofeng from Beijing Given a Four-Year Prison Term
2010-08-30On April 22nd, 2008, a group of police and officials broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Baofeng's home, ransacked it and seized his money and personal property. They took Mr. Li as well as his wife and daughter to the Chaoyangmen Police Station and interrogated them. Mr. Li's wife and daughter were released at midnight that same day. After being detained for one year, he was covertly sentenced to four years of imprisonment. He is currently in a prison in Tianjin. -
Ms. Yan Pingjun Dies under Suspicious Circumstances in Hebei Province Brainwashing Facility
2010-08-29Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yan Pingjun operated a booth where she mended clothing. Her fellow practitioner, Xia Junying, is a well known tailor, and they were good friends. Ms. Xia was arrested on July 15th, 2010. Ms. Yan went to visit Ms. Xia's family on August 1st, and the police followed her back to her home. On August 2nd, police arrested Ms. Yan at home, ransacked her place, took her son's computer, and all her Falun Gong books. Ms. Yan was locked in the Hebei Province Legal Education Training Centre. The guards said she died around August 10th, due to a fall from the third floor. Ms. Yan was very healthy at the time of her arrest, but died only ten days after being detained. The brainwashing facility must be held responsible for her death, the details of which have yet to be investigated. -
The Persecution of Mr. Li Weiguo and His Family in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province
2010-08-29Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Weiguo and his wife, Ms. Zhao Fengyun were brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for persisting in practising Falun Gong. Ms. Zhao Fengyun died in a forced labour camp in 2004. Mr. Li Weiguo was arrested again in July. Mr. Li was imprisoned in the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp several times during the eleven years of persecution, and endured many inhumane tortures. He was forced to perform over 16 hours of labour daily, then beaten and verbally abused when he could not complete the work. The living conditions were terrible. -
Jiangxi Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Ao Yiwen Arrested
2010-08-29On August 10th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ao Yiwen was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Pingxiang City. She was arrested by police and has been detained at the Shangli District Detention Centre. The day after her arrest, on August 11th, a dozen or so policemen and other officials, ransacked her home, confiscating DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and some personal belongings. They told Ms. Ao's family, "She will be sentenced to twenty years in prison." Ms. Ao has been on a hunger strike at the detention centre, and her life is in danger. Prison guards sent her to the hospital for intravenous fluids. -
Police Vow Never to Release Ms. Zhen Ziuqin
2010-08-29
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zheng Xiuqin, 47, had become homeless in order to avoid ongoing police harassment and arrest. When the police found Ms. Zheng and arrested her, they vowed to never release her. Ms. Zheng's daughter and brother were worried about her, so they insisted on coming along to the police station. Now their whereabouts are unknown. -
Mr. Ji Songhai Has Been Imprisoned and Tortured in Mudanjiang City Prison for Seven Years
2010-08-28Falun Gong practitioner Ji Songhai has suffered nearly seven years of persecution in the Mudanjiang Prison. He has been tortured repeatedly and is in critical condition. In April 2010, Huang Wei, captain of the ninth prison section, forced the debilitated Ji Songhai to do hard labour. When Ji refused to comply, Huang Wei shocked him with an electric baton until he lost consciousness. His family has not heard from him for a long time. -
The Persecution of Mr. Long Tingfan from Jingmen City, Hubei Province, Continues
2010-08-28Mr. Long Tingfan was arrested days ago, and was taken to the Electric Power Hotel in the city. He was later able to escape. Detailed information is under investigation. Mr. Long's entire family practises Falun Gong. In July 1999, he and his wife were each subjected to three years of forced labour for appealing for justice for Falun Gong. Their underage child was in high school and was left alone with no one to take care of him. -
Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced by Shouguang City Court in Shandong Province
2010-08-28During the period from late December 2009, to the end of January 2010, police officers from Sunji Township, Shouguang City, Shandong Province arrested several local Falun Gong practitioners. They were physically tortured and had money extorted from them. Four of the practitioners, including were recently sentenced to prison or forced labour camp. Ms. Zhang Faxiang was arrested on the charge that she had been producing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong several years ago. Shouguang Court sentenced her to four years in prison. -
An Elderly Mother's Appeal: "Give Me Back My Daughter"
2010-08-28On June 22nd, 2010, Ms. Sun Libin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiamusi City, accompanied a teenager to see his mother, a fellow practitioner who is incarcerated in the Jiadong Police Station. Ms. Sun was arrested by the Jiadong Police. It has been over fifty days, and her mother has yet to find out her whereabouts. Sun Libin's nearly 80-year-old mother has made an appeal to the Jiamusi Procuratorate and related government officials. -
Prosecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Circumvents Established Laws
2010-08-27On July 22nd, 2010, the Liaoning Province Donggang Court, local police and staff from the Procuratorate put Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zou Jiling on trial. Li Changming and Zhang Chuanli, attorneys from Beijing, defended the accused practitioner. They addressed the indictments one by one, based on legal principles. They remonstrated that practising Falun Gong and possessing Falun Gong materials is legitimate under Chinese law, the Chinese Constitution and established regulations. The hearing showed clearly how the Communist Party circumvents Chinese laws. -
Ms. Man Shujie From Jilin Province Recounts Her Experience of Persecution
2010-08-27On September 17th, 2005, as I was picking up some Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution I was followed by policemen. They arrested me and took me to the State Security Unit. The police then went to my home and confiscated my Falun Gong books. I was sent to the Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp in Changchun. I had to work 15 hours a day. My work included making food boxes for use on airplanes, cotton slippers, peeling garlic, and making paper butterflies. The glue we used to make paper butterflies had a very strong odour, and we kept coughing from it. -
Subjected to Forced Labour Twice, Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City Arrested Again
2010-08-27Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City was arrested on July 11th, 2010 by police. She is now in the Qingdao City No. 3 Detention Centre, and her family is forbidden to visit her. Ms. Gao has been detained three times for not giving up Falun Gong. She has twice been subjected to forced labour terms. Over the past more than five years, Ms. Gao has endured all kinds of physical torture and mental torment and has suffered greatly.
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