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Ms. Li Weizhen Arrested Again in Tianjin City, China
2011-02-23
Ms. Li Weizhen has been persecuted many times because she practises Falun Gong. In January 2002, Ms Li was arrested and sentenced to three and a half years in Tianjin Women’s Prison. She was tortured both mentally and physically. Due to the beatings that she endured, she only has a few teeth left. She also was fired from her job. Ms. Li was arrested by police on April 2nd, 2009, while talking to people about Falun Gong. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and the guards grabbed Ms. Li’s hair and slapped her in the face, causing her to go deaf temporarily. On January 17th, Ms. Li was arrested again. -
Parents Finally Allowed to Visit Their Imprisoned Son after Clearwisdom Exposes His Persecution
2011-02-22Mr. Zhang Qin was arrested for the sixth time on June 5th, 2009, and later sentenced to five years in prison. His parents, in their eighties, tried many times to find his whereabouts by calling and mailing letters to the Shanghai Bureau of Prison Administration and Tilanqiao Prison. But they never received any replies. They were finally able to see him after reading an article on the Clearwisdom website that exposed the persecution of Mr. Zhang. -
Ms. Feng Xiaomei Suffers Retaliation for Seeking Justice
2011-02-22Ms. Feng Xiaomei has experienced all sorts of injustices and persecution over the past 10 years. She was fired from her job and so were her beloved husband, father, and younger sister. As a result, she had to support the family all by herself. In addition to this hardship she was arrested and put in detention. She had no way to formally complain about the detention, the unconstitutional physical abuse, the detention, or even the heinous violence she suffered. As a result of the physical abuse, there was blood in her stool for over a year and she became extremely weak. Ms. Feng Xiaomei was released on November 27th, 2010. She sent letters to the appropriate government departments asking that the law be upheld and that those responsible for persecuting her be held legally accountable. -
Six Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested While Distributing Poems
2011-02-22Six Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by police on January 2nd, while distributing couplets (a certain type of poem often displayed on the outer doors of homes in China at the time of the New Year) in the Dumuhe Forest area. The couplets had wording praising Falun Gong. The practitioners were taken to the police station, searched and stripped down to their underwear. They were held at the detention centre of the Dongfanghong Forestry Public Security Bureau. Shi Chunbao, the deputy chief of State Security Brigade of the Forestry Public Security Bureau, beat Ms. Wu Yunlian's head and face brutally with a plastic bottle filled with water while cursing at her. -
Mr. Fu Tianxiang and Other Falun Gong Practitioners Still Held in Detention in Geermu City, Qinghai Province
2011-02-22Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Fu Tianxiang, Ms. He Jingyu, and Ms. Zuo Aifeng were arrested on separate occasions in 2009 because they distributed information about Falun Gong. They have been held in the Geermu Detention Centre the entire time. During the detention, local court officials tried them several times, and the police denied their families' visitation rights until the 2010 Chinese New Year when their families were finally allowed to visit them once. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Run Weirong Dies after More than Ten Years of Persecution
2011-02-21Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Run Weirong, who had been arrested many times, passed away in October 2010. Ms. Run first went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. She was arrested and sent to Qinghe County Prison in Beijing. She went to Beijing twice more and was arrested and detained. Later Ms. Run was sent to a brainwashing centre. Ms. Run endured tremendous pressure and suffered both physically and mentally for more than ten years, and as a result she lost her eyesight and passed away at the age of 59. -
Family of Dentists Subjected to Persecution
2011-02-21Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have often visited Mr. Zhang Kechen's home to harass him and his family. Officials have closed down Mr. Zheng's dental clinic several times. In October 2000, police arrested Mr. Zhang, ransacked his home and confiscated cash, a TV, VCR, tape recorders, computers and fine furnishings. Four of his family members were sent to forced labour camps. His wife was left at home alone to take care of several young grandchildren. -
The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Yunfei from Tangyuan County, Heilongjiang Province
2011-02-21In 2000, because of practising Falun Gong, Mr. Wang Yunfei was sentenced to one year in a forced labour camp. In 2001, he was sentenced to five years in prison. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police officers and agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) brutally persecuted him both mentally and physically. His family members and relatives have also been subject to harassment and mental torture. -
An 80-year-old Woman Passes Away While Her Daughter Is Imprisoned in a Forced Labour Camp
2011-02-21Right before the Chinese New Year in 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jin Yunzhi's husband died in a car accident. Soon after she finished taking care of her husband's funeral, on the evening of March 3rd, 2010, Ms. Jin was reported to the authorities by a person when she was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution to people in Wangjia Village. That night police went to ransack her home and confiscated her personal belongings including her computer and printer. In December 2010, Ms. Jin’s elderly mother suffered a stroke due to grief and anxiety for her daughter and soon passed away. -
Wang Quanliang of Tonghua City, Jilin Province Arrested - Wife Calls for Release
2011-02-20On October 22nd, 2010, my husband Wang Quanliang, who practises Falun Gong, was doing some construction work at home, when a dozen police officers barged into my backyard without showing any identification, or explaining their intrusion. They started beating my husband, and he shouted for help. One policeman said, "Find something to cover his mouth so the neighbours don't hear him.” I was cooking in the kitchen, and when I heard his cries, I rushed out. The moment I reached the door, four police threw me onto the sofa. One of them said that if I tried to get up again, they would beat me. My husband was carried away by four or five men to a car. He was taken to the Guangming Police Station, where his was stripped naked, tied onto a cold metal chair, and locked up for an entire night. -
Revealed Eight Years Later: Ms. Xu Wenling from Gansu Province Died in 2002
2011-02-20Ms. Xu Wenling had cancer when she was in her twenties. She recovered after starting to practise Falun Gong in 1999. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, the police constantly harassed and threatened her. This disrupted her ability to do the exercises regularly, and she started to feel unwell. Determined to have the legal right to be able to practise Falun Gong in peace, she went to Beijing to appeal in September 2000. The police arrested her and detained her. The mental torture and physical labour caused her illnesses to recur. Later, police arrested her and shocked her with electric batons until her body was covered with swollen lumps and her lips were burnt like charcoal. Under long-term persecution, and being deprived of her right to practise Falun Gong, she died in October 2002 at the age 36. -
Mr. Hong Baojia of Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province Endures Years of Persecution
2011-02-20On June 27th, 2003, I was taken to the fifth team of the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. The leader was named Zhao Shuang. He said he had 28 methods by which he tortured Falun Gong practitioners. I was beaten and shocked with an electric baton, handcuffed to an iron chair and had water poured over my head, and then shocked again with an electric baton. My arms were pulled back and lifted up to move my joints. I also suffered sexual torture. All of this persecution was due only to my cultivation in Falun Gong. -
Ms. Jia Xinghua's Account of Persecution in Qianjin Forced Labour Camp
2011-02-20Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jia Xinghua was arrested and sent to Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin for more than two years. She recounts: "In early 2008, Zhang Bo, head of the No. 1 Division, increased the work quota for each inmate. As the work couldn't be finished in the workshop by 9:00 p.m., we had to take it back to the cell to continue, which exhausted all of us. When we returned to our cells from the workshop on the evening of April 29th, 2008, I could hardly breathe. I opened the window, which was beside my bed, and tried to let in some air. Zhang Bo saw it, and ordered me to close the window, even when I told her that I had difficulty breathing. She viciously said, “Go ahead and suffocate. If you die, I don’t care.” " -
Daughter in Prison, Elderly Mother Dies of Grief
2011-02-19In March and April 2009, police officers in several cities in Shandong Province began mass arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. They arrested over 100 practitioners. Most of them were sentenced to prison and labour camps. Practitioner Liu Peizhi was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Ms. Liu's daughter is only eleven years old. Her father passed away many years ago. Ms. Liu takes care of her daughter and mother. After Ms. Liu was arrested, her daughter missed her badly and her mother was in deep grief. Her elderly mother's health began to fail, and she passed away on January 30th, 2011. Ms. Liu Peizhi is still being held in Jinan Women's Prison. -
Attorney Calls for Justice for Mr. Ruan Fanghua
2011-02-19Mr. Ruan Fanghua, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changsha City, Hunan Province was tried by the Yuelu District Court on January 24th, 2011. Mr. Jin Guanghong, an attorney from Beijing, represented him and entered a plea of not guilty. The attorney pointed out that there was no evidence against Mr. Ruan and the charge had no legal basis. The attorney called upon the judge to follow his conscience and release Mr. Ruan as a free, innocent man. Mr. Ruan was arrested on August 2nd, 2010 and subjected to both physical and mental torture in custody.
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