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  • The Qiannanzhou Intermediate Court Sentenced Mr. Liang Rongqi to Six Years in Prison

    On May 27th, 2010, police broke into the home of Mr. Liang Rongqi, ransacked his home, and arrested him. Mr. Liang was sent to the Qiananzhou Detention Centre in Guizhou Province. On October 28th, the Duyun Court sentenced Mr. Liang to six years in prison. Judge Yuan Hui responded that Mr. Liang's attorney would be informed about the trial. However, on March 16th, 2011, without informing the attorney, the court did not go through the normal appeal trial procedure but rather directly dispatched personnel to the detention centre, saying the court's decision on Mr. Liang's case was upheld.
  • Tianjin Factory Owner Mr. Li Xiwang Detained for Almost Four Months

    Mr. Li Xiwang and his wife Chen Liyan were arrested on December 21st, 2010, in front of their home by police. The police ransacked their home and factory and confiscated their personal property. Tens of Falun Gong practitioners were arrested that day. Mr. Li Xiwang has been detained in the Hexi Detention Centre for almost four months. Mr. Li was sentenced to eight years in prison because he practises Falun Gong. He was detained in the Gangbei Prison, where he was brutally tortured. The guards handcuffed his hands to a pole and forced him to face the ground. They put very heavy shackles on his feet and tied his feet to two poles. One foot was tied at a higher position than the other. He was tortured this way for 28 days.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Yin Jianhui from Shijiazhuang City Suffers Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yin Jianhui was arrested in November 2007, and later transferred to Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp to serve a two-year term, where he was physically abused under police orders, by prison inmates. In November 2008, a very sick Yin Jianhui was picked up by his family. And yet in May, 2010, Yin Jianhui was arrested again by the police. As a result, Yin Jianhui is nearly blind, and his body has severely swollen.
  • 53 Falun Gong Practitioners in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, Confirmed Dead as a Result of Persecution

    Qiqihar in Heilongjiang Province is one of the places where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted practitioners the most. According to incomplete statistics, as of November 20th, 2010, 53 deaths resulting from torture had been confirmed. The oldest victim was 78-year-old retired bank employee Huang Jingkun, and the youngest was 23-year-old Wang Weihua.
  • Children of Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to a Harsh Reality Due to Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Persecution

    During the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) eleven-year-long inhuman persecution of Falun Gong, countless children have been subjected to discrimination, threats, detention, and beatings, because they conduct themselves according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, or their parents are Falun Gong practitioners. Zhang Xiaolong was 14 years old in 2006. His parents are Falun Gong practitioners. Since the beginning of the persecution on July 20th, 1999, Xiaolong's parents were arrested, detained, and tortured many times. Xiaolong experienced much hardship in his young life. Young Xiaolong doesn't understand why his parents were taken away, and why their happy family was broken apart.
  • Mr. Qin Yueming Tortured to Death in Jiamusi Prison, His Wife and Daughter also Persecuted

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Yueming was tortured to death in Jiamusi Prison on February 26th, 2011. Mr. Qin was arrested in 1999 and subjected to three years of forced labour. He was arrested again in 2002. Mr. Qin was then subjected to ten years of imprisonment and detained in Jiamusi Prison. Mr. Qin’s wife Ms. Wang Baoyu was imprisoned twice, and was arrested and sent to a brainwashing centre in November 2010. Mr. Qin’s older daughter, Ms. Qin Rongqian, was also arrested by the police and was severely beaten.
  • 66-Year-Old Mr. Peng Xibin Detained for Many Years

    Mr. Peng Xibin has been detained for many years, from his fifties to his sixties. He is still being held in Lanzhou Prison. He is imprisoned because he wants to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. A Falun Gong practitioner who knew Mr. Peng said: "The labour at the Pingantai Forced Labour Camp was mainly field work. Detainees used spades to turn the soil and hoes to work the fields. This is very intensive physical labour. It was said that Mr. Peng fainted several times while working in the field. The guards tried to make him write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, but he always wrote how wonderful Falun Gong is and how people benefit from practising Falun Gong."
  • Mr. Mei Shengxin Dies in Custody at Zhengzhou Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Mei Shengxin was arrested in December 2002, and sentenced to nine years in prison. He was first detained in the 11th Ward. He refused to accept the brainwashing no matter what means the guards used to torture him. The guards deprived him of sleep and ordered several prisoners to take turns watching him for nine whole days in 2007. The prisoners beat him whenever he closed his eyes. He passed out and bumped his head against a fish tank and blood covered his body. He was rushed to the hospital, where he required many stitches, almost dying in that incident. Right before the Chinese New Year (on February 3rd, 2011), he called home and said he was fine and that he would be released soon. But he died only a few days before his term ended.
  • Ms. Liang Yu Tortured at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    On October 11th, 2010, guard Huang Haiyan took practitioner Ms. Liang Yu to the “luggage storage room” at Donggang (a place of torture inside the labour camp). Ms. Liang was handcuffed to an iron bed and was kicked and shocked with electric batons on her face. During the following four days, Ms. Liang was either forced to stand straight for long periods or tied to the bed with her limbs stretched widely. On the first day of the torture, Ms. Liang was not allowed to use the toilet for twelve hours. She then went on a hunger strike for five days. On the fourth day, the persecutors tied her to the iron bed and force-fed her.
  • Ma Lili of Tangshan City Given a Three-year Sentence, Her Family Plans to Appeal

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Lili was sentenced to three years in prison by the Tangshan City Lubei Court in Hebei Province. The term began on February 27th, 2011. The one who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong, former leader of China, Jiang Zemin, went to Tangshan City on August 11th, 2010. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Tangshan City, Hebei Province then launched a large-scale round of persecution of local Falun Gong practitioners. Nearly twenty practitioners were arrested and detained. On August 16th, Ma Lili was arrested by police.
  • Ms. Yang Yufeng, Chinese Medicine Doctor from Macheng, Hubei Province, Suffers 12 Years of Persecution

    Ms. Yang Yufeng is a Chinese medicine doctor. She started to cultivate Falun Gong in 1994 and followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person, and she greatly benefited from Falun Gong, both physically and mentally. She treated patients with care and only charged them a minimal fee. Her treatments usually had good results and the patients felt the practitioner’s sincerity and kindness. But since 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong, Yang Yufeng has been arrested, detained, sent to a forced labour camp, physically tortured, subjected to brainwashing, and has had money extorted. She was also forced by CCP authorities to divorce her husband.
  • Three Practitioners Die within Two Weeks While Persecution Continues at Jiamusi Prison

    Three practitioners recently died within two weeks in Jiamusi Prison. In order to achieve a “transformation” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] rate of 85 per cent, Jiamusi Prison set up the “Strict Management Ward” in February 2011. The brutal persecution started on February 21st. Mr. Qin Yueming, 47, died five days later on February 26th. Mr. Yu Yungang, 48, died on March 5th, and Mr. Liu Chuanjiang, 55, on March 8th. Mr. Qin's family received a phone call from Jiamusi Prison notifying them that Mr. Qin had died from heart problems. When the family saw his body, Mr. Qin's lips were purple. Blood came out of his mouth and nose when his body was turned over. There were bruises all over and he had wound marks. Even the guards present were shocked to see it.
  • Jinzhou City Falun Gong Practitioner Huang Cheng Dies from Brutal Torture and Relentless Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Cheng was brutally tortured by officials from Panjin Prison and Taihe Public Security Bureau in Jinzhou. Police tortured him by puncturing his fingers with large needles. He was tortured with various brutal methods, which resulted in his being in critical condition. On February 24th, 2011, he died at the age of 56.
  • The Persecution at Guizhou Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioners held in Guizhou Women's Forced Labour Camp are threatened, beaten, cursed at, prevented from sleeping, searched, forced to attend brainwashing sessions, forced to write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, limited on family visits, etc. Their living conditions are very bad. They are forced to perform manual labour such as making shoes, stitching with beads, knitting, and so on. The drinking water is not disinfected or purified. During the rainy season, there are also bugs in the water. Those who consume the water often get rashes on their bodies. People also cannot sleep at night because of the large amount of bed bugs, which result in cross-infections. It takes a long time for the skin rashes to heal.
  • A Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced in Anlu City, Hubei Province

    Ms. Pan Juying was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel in July 2004, while distributing Falun Gong materials in Xiaogan City. She was held in the No.1 Detention Centre in Anlu City. During her hunger strike, the authorities persecuted her in the No. 2 Hospital in Anlu City. She was able to walk away, but was arrested again at a bus station. She was sentenced to a seven-year term in Hubei Province Women's Prison.