Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

  • Husband and Wife Persecuted to Death in Heilongjiang Province

    Mrs. Cui Shuzhi was 63. Along with other practitioners, Mrs. Cui peacefully and legally appealed for Falun Dafa in Beijing several times. The local police abducted her to a brainwashing class and extorted a lot of money from her. Her husband Lou Lixun was forced to renounce his belief in Falun Dafa under the extreme pressure of persecution. In January 2002, he died from illness. With constant pressure from officials, on top of the agony of her husband's death, her physical and mental endurance was spent, and she passed away on March 1, 2005.
  • Mr. Zhong Jianping from Xinjiang Autonomous Region is in Critical Condition Due to Torture in Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhong Jianping was unjustly sentenced to nine years of incarceration and is undergoing cruel persecution in prison. In February 2001, he coordinated the effort to mount broadcast systems to expose the persecution in the main detention centres, forced labour camps and teams in Xinjiang. He was then arrested. In January 2005, Zhong Jianping started to experience high fever and total body oedema, however, the authorities still kept torturing him.
  • Brutality at the Yushu City Custodial and Detention Centres

    An officer at the Yushu City Detention Centre poured a bucket of dirty water onto a Falun Dafa practitioner's coat outside on a winter day when it was -16 degrees Fahrenheit. He was soaked. In Yushu City Custodial Centre when the temperature dropped again to -16 degrees Fahrenheit, the officers forced practitioners to go outside before daybreak and stand still for almost two hours without coats. Ms. Liu Jinfeng, 19, was kept in the snow for over an hour in thin clothes.
  • 65 Year Old Practitioner Ms. Li Ruilan from Hubei Province Died in 2001 after Suffering Prolonged Persecution

    65 year old Ms. Li Ruilan, was a retired official of a hospital. Her daughter and son-in-law were forced into brainwashing classes many times because they also practise Falun Gong. After her daughter and son-in-law were arrested, Li Ruilan and her nephew, who could not look after himself, were left at home. The police frequently searched their home and threatened and harassed her, which caused Ms. Li tremendous physical and mental trauma. She died on August 1, 2001.
  • Gansu Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Fu Jinmei, In Her Fifties, Died as a Result of Abuse Suffered in Detention

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fu Jinmei was 54 years old, was unjustly incarcerated several times and her home was also searched many times. On December 8, 2003, she was again arrested. She became very ill and lost consciousness because of the abuse she suffered in detention. After she was sent back home, Ms. Fu Jinmei was completely bedridden. She died on September 18, 2004.
  • Five More Practitioners in Liaoning Province Known to Have Died As a Result of Persecution

    Between April 2003 and May 2004 five Falun Dafa practitioners died as a result of police brutality and constant harassment. Before they were persecuted they enjoyed good health as a result of the practice of Falun Dafa. However, when they were denied the right to continue practising, a most basic human right to follow one's belief, they were weighed down by stress, fear, ill-health and finally, sadly, death.
  • Two Practitioners in Liaoning Province Died while forced to Become Homeless in 2003

    Mr. Lu Hua was arrested twice for practising Falun Gong and repeatedly harassed by police after he was released. He was consequently forced to become homeless in order to avoid being arrested again. Under both mental and physical pressure, he became ill and died in August 2003. Ms. Sun Dezheng was in her 70's. Ms. Sun Dezheng was also forced to become homeless in order to avoid arrest. She was under constant pressure and terror, and died in a traffic accident in March 2003.
  • My Daughter's Name Means "Joyful," But She Is Very Sad

    My little daughter, Kaixin, was separated from her mother when she was only three months old. She lost her mother at the age of one and a half. This caused her young mind to be deeply troubled. She cried to her father, "I miss Mum! Others have their mums, but I don't."
  • 73 Year Old Jilin Province Practitioner Mr. Zhou Decheng Died in 2004 as a Result of Police Brutality

    73 year old Mr. Zhou Decheng was beaten mercilessly by five policemen just because he went to a fellow practitioner's home carrying two banners with the words, "Falun Dafa is Good!" Another policeman grabbed Mr. Zhou's hair and slammed his head against the wall. Mr. Zhou Decheng died on October 21, 2004. The doctor found that he died from cerebral thrombosis (stroke) caused by the head injury he sustained during detention.
  • Never Recovering from Torture, Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Shushan Dies Two Years Later

    Mr. Zhang Shushan was 61 years old. He was subjected to hellish treatment in a forced labour camp yet upon his release he was immediately sent to a brainwashing class for further persecution. When he developed scabies, the authorities injected him with an unknown drug that made his legs turn dark and swollen. He was very weak and appeared to be dying so they released him home. Mr. Zhang never recovered and eventually died on February 27, 2005.
  • Once Recognized for his Meritorious Military Service, Mr. Hu Jianhua is Now Imprisoned for His Belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance

    Mr. Hu Jianhua joined the army and was promoted from squad leader to company commander. However after the persecution of Falun Gong began, he has been treated as a despised criminal; fired from his job, imprisoned, tortured. His family have not had letters from him since last December.
  • Mr. Shi Zuosheng Tortured to the Brink of Death and His Wife Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

    "My name is Ms Zhang Shufen. I was unjustly sentenced to 6 years in Harbin Women's Prison in 2002. Here I have experienced suffering and persecution. The prison police are extremely violent. They frequently hang us up by our wrists and place us in solitary confinement for hours and hours on end. Recently, news surfaced that my husband, Shi Zuosheng, is now terribly thin because of the persecution. He cannot work and his life is in great danger. His family members strongly request that he be released."
  • After 9 Days in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp, Gaurds Killed Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Hong

    In July 2004 Ms. Zhang Hong was incarcerated in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. The guards used vicious torture to try to force her to renounce her belief in Truthfulness- Compassion - Tolerance, to no avail. She went on a hunger strike to protest her unjust treatment and was brutally force-fed. Before her death Ms. Zhang Hong cried out, "I don't want to die!" She was tortured to death only nine days after entering Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. After her death her family saw that her body had lost almost forty pounds, and her own waste was found in her pants.
  • Elderly Ms. Zhang Dailian, a Shandong Province Practitioner, Died Because of Pressure from Local Officials

    Not long ago, a tragedy occurred in a village in Shandong Province. An elderly woman died as a result of pressure from local officials, who completely ignored the law. This case has shocked and angered the local residents. The person who died was Ms. Zhang Dailian, a gentle woman from a mountain village. she could not bear that her daughter-in-law, also a practitioner, had been tortured to such a terrible condition and could not take care of herself.
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Du Borang Tortured to Paralysis Then Dies

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Du Borang from Anhui Province, was followed and persecuted by "610 Office" personnel for his persistence in Falun Gong practice. It happened while he was visiting his relatives in Zhuhai City in 2004. The lower portion of his body became paralysed from torture, and he died at home on February 10, 2005.