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Ms. He Zhiwei Severely Persecuted in Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre
2011-02-08
Ms. He Zhiwei was arrested by agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on the morning of April 9th, 2009. She was initially held at the Sanshui Brainwashing Centre and the Zhanjiang Brainwashing Centre but was transferred to the Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre in October 2009. She was tortured in both the Zhanjiang and Guangzhou brainwashing centres in authorities' attempts to force her to renounce Falun Gong. Ms. He was released on December 23rd, 2010. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in Huhehaote Women's Forced Labour Camp
2011-02-07Huhehaote Women's Forced Labour Camp began imprisoning and torturing Falun Gong practitioners in September 1999. The camp guards use several torture techniques on practitioners, including brainwashing, physical punishment, sleep deprivation, hanging up by handcuffs, force-feeding, and electric shock. The guards force practitioners to do slave labour from 5:00 a.m. to midnight. Some practitioners have been tortured until they lost their sanity; some died. In the summer of 2001, guard Zhang Siqin ordered inmate Zhang Lijuan to force-feed Ms. Qing Kejing from Baotou. The camp prisoners heard Ms. Qin scream every day at 1:00 p.m. She died in early 2003. -
Ms. Li Xiaoxia Sentenced to Forced Labour Twice, Her Family Torn Apart
2011-02-07Ms. Li Xiaoxia has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because she refuses to renounce her practice of Falun Gong. In October 2000, she was sentenced to three years of forced labour. In September 2006, she was again sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. In her own words: "In the camp, I was forced to perform laborious work and tortured mentally and physically. I was cursed at, mocked, not allowed to use the toilet, and forced to sit on a chair for a long time. After three years, I was released." -
Mr. Wang Xiaojian in Yichang City Faces Prosecution
2011-02-07Mr. Wang Xiaojian was arrested on November 12th, 2010 by officers from the Xiling District Domestic Security Division and the Yaowan Police Station in Yichang City, Hubei Province. The Xiling District Procuratorate is working on prosecuting him. According to sources within the Yichang City Police Department, many staff members in the city's police system, procuratorate, and court system are reluctant to engage in the persecution of Falun Gong. Those who work in this system and have become aware of the facts surrounding Falun Gong are afraid that they will be held responsible in the future for these illegal acts. -
Five Jiaonan Practitioners Recently Arrested
2011-02-07Ms. Liu Huimin and four other practitioners from Jiaonan, Shandong Province were arrested by the local police on January 15th-16th, 2011. The police claimed that they would sentence the practitioners. On the afternoon of January 16th, Ms. Liu Meiqin, who is Ms. Liu Huimin's sister, went to Dacun Town to ask for her release. Ms. Liu Meiqin was then also arrested. Wang Zongli has been released from detention. On January 17th, the police went to ransack the homes of the practitioners. The five practitioners have been sent to the Dashan Detention Centre in Qingdao City, Shandong Province. -
Ms. Zhang Yuhua Tortured in Forced Labour Camp
2011-02-06Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuhua was arrested in April 2009 and she was sentenced to one and a half years in Jiangsu Women's Forced Labour Camp. She was tortured in many ways and had her term extended because she refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong. Within three months at the camp Ms. Zhang's health had deteriorated. Whenever she refused to cooperate with the guards, they ordered four inmates to drag her outside. They gave her little food and made her stand for long periods of time. She was released a few months ago. -
Older Practitioner Mr. Xia Tongmu from Hebei Province Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
2011-02-06Mr. Xia Tongmu, 62-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Jizhou City, Hebei Province. He was arrested in September 2009 and brutally tortured. In March 2010 he was sentenced to five years in prison. His lawyer solidly defended against the false charges made against him during the trial. However, he was still sentenced to prison. Mr. Xia is currently detained in Jindong Prison, Tangshan City. Mr. Xia's wife, who is over 60 years old, and his daughter are very worried about his safety. His wife has been deeply depressed since the ordeal began. -
Mr. Mou Zongyan and Ms. Wang Yun from Rizhao City, Shandong Province Sentenced to Prison
2011-02-06Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Mou Zongyan and Ms. Wang Yun were arrested one year ago. At the same time more than ten practitioners were arrested because they practise Falun Gong. They have been detained in the Rizhao Detention Centre. Without notifying their families, the Donggang District Court of Rizhao sentenced them to four years in prison. The two practitioners have appealed the sentence. -
The Persecution of Practitioner Ms. Cui Yanling of Helong City, Jilin Province
2011-02-06Bajiazi is a small town in Helong City in Jilin Province. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in this place has consistently been very cruel. At present, there are still eight practitioners who are detained in prisons, forced labour camps and detention centres. In 2011, the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Legal Committee issued an online warrant for the arrest of practitioners, including Ms. Cui Yanling. -
Elderly Woman Sentenced to Eight-Year Prison Term for Handing Out Falun Gong Pamphlets
2011-02-05Ms. Shi Yazhen, 67, was secretly sentenced to an eight-year prison term for handing out pamphlets about Falun Gong. Her relatives asked, “Why are the authorities afraid of an old woman? What are they afraid of?” More than seven months elapsed from the day Ms. Shi was arrested until she was transferred to the prison. Ms. Shi's family received no legal documents or notices whatsoever during that time. The whole thing was "black case work." The Hadawan Police Station called Ms. Shi's family in January 2011, and said that Ms. Shi had been sentenced to eight years of prison and transferred to the Changchun Heizuizi Women's Prison. Ms. Shi's husband, in his 70s, was shocked by the news. -
Elderly Associate Professor at Yanbian University, Ms. Xu Xianzi, Dies as a Result of Persecution
2011-02-05Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xu Xianzi, 70, suffered long-term persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In February 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was arrested and sent back to the Yanji City Detention Centre. The police subsequently often went to her home to harass her family, ransack her home, and keep surveillance on her. They sent her to a brainwashing centre and forced labour camp to persecute her. Even after her retirement, in order to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] her, the leaders at Yanbian University often went to her home to harass her. Under such long-term persecution, Xu Xianzi had great difficulty in managing her daily life. She became depressed, fell ill, and died on October 4th, 2007. -
The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Liaoning Province Women's Prison
2011-02-05 Liaoning Province Women's Prison is notorious for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners who are detained there, particularly in the Eighth Ward. There is no practitioner detained at this facility who can escape from being brutally tortured. At least one practitioner has died from torture there. The Eighth Ward is led by Zuo Xiaoyan, who is well known for her cruelty. She carries an electric baton and relentlessly shocks practitioners whenever she can. She often publicly slanders Falun Gong in meetings. -
Elderly Ms. Liu Jimei from Huaiyang County, Henan Province Detained
2011-02-05On December 6th, 2010, practitioner Liu Jimei and her 95-year-old mother were reported to the police while they were putting up stickers exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Liu Jimei was arrested by police. At the police station police forcefully slapped Liu Jimei. They asked Liu Jimei several times who gave her the Falun Gong materials. Liu Jimei said that she did not know who placed them outside her door. Liu Jimei returned home after being detained for 15 days. -
Lawyer Mr. Wang Yonghang Savagely Abused in Shenyang No.1 Prison
2011-02-04Lawyer Mr. Wang Yonghang has been incarcerated in Prison Ward No. 18 at the Shenyang No.1 Prison since April 22nd, 2010. Prison guards Li Shiguang, Peng Li, Liu Chang and others instigated criminal inmates to viciously beat him on October 11th and 12th, 2010, and then placed him in solitary confinement. He was deprived of the right to meet with his family, make phone calls or buy daily necessities from the prison store. Mr. Wang's family overcame great difficulties, and eventually were able to visit him on November 19th and January 17th. They learned that Mr. Wang has been denied his basic rights. -
Several Letters from Masanjia Forced Labour Camp Give Persecution Details
2011-02-04The Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang brainwashes Falun Gong practitioners with force and torture, and brutally forces practitioners to give up their belief. Some practitioners have been tortured to death or disabled, or have lost sensation in their limbs. The torture methods the labour camp uses include the “stretching bed” (practitioners' arms are handcuffed to two metal beds and then the beds are pushed apart), “splitting legs” (practitioners are forcibly pushed down to the floor with their arms fully apart and handcuffed to the rails of a metal bed, then their legs are pulled in opposite directions), and the “big hang-up” (practitioners are hung from heating radiators with their two arms pulled far apart or with one arm handcuffed to the radiator).
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