Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Daughter Sentenced, Mother Suffers Brutal Persecution for Making Appeal

  2008-12-03
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qiu Yuxia was recently sentenced to three years in prison by the Jiamusi Middle Court, and she is now imprisoned in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. Ms. Qiu was arrested by the Jiamusi 610 Office and the Jiamusi City National Security Team on July 2nd, 2008, while she was hiring a lawyer to make an appeal for her imprisoned daughter Ms. Ma Duo, who is also a practitioner. Ms. Qiu Yuxia is being tortured during her incarceration. Ms. Qiu was also imprisoned in the Jiamusi City Forced Labour Camp for three years. She was hung above the ground with her hands cuffed behind her back. As a result of this torture, she lost feeling in her hands and was almost permanently disabled.
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• Ms. Tian Suhua of Xiangcheng City, Henan Province, Handicapped as a Result of Persecution, Is Again Arrested and Detained

  2008-12-02
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tian Suhua, 43, was arrested by police on July 3rd, 2008. She was detained in detention centres. In 2001 Ms. Tian was detained again. A doctor stuck about two dozen needles into Ms. Tian's body while attempting to resuscitate her. One of the needles was stuck deep into Ms. Tian's heels. Ms. Tian lost feeling in both feet, resulting in difficulty walking. Her eyesight was also affected and she suffered from blurred vision. She was sent to Shibalihe Women Labour Camp in Zhengzhou City where the torture continued because she remained steadfast in practising Falun Gong. On November 17th, 2008, Ms. Tian was taken to Nandun District Court where she exposed the police brutality that caused her disability.
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• Ten Jilin Practitioners Including Ms. Feng Guirong Unjustly Tried

  2008-12-02
  During June and July 2007, police arrested ten Falun Gong practitioners. They have been detained in the Jilin City Detention Centre for more than a year. On November 4th, 2008, the Jilin City 610 Office prosecuted these practitioners for three days in the Chuanying District Court. Except for those who asked for lawyers, family members were not even informed about the opening session. At the Jilin City Police Dog Base, Ms. Feng Guirong was tortured to extract a "confession." She was force-fed mustard oil and beaten. The police hit her legs with iron rods. The torture made her head and lips swell, her ears rang, and she could not walk straight. When Ms. Feng was taken to the detention centre, she could hardly walk at all.
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• Close to 400 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Baoding City in the Run Up to the Olympics (Map)

  2008-12-01
  Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Baoding City has been counted among the worst in the persecution of practitioners. Additionally, Hebei Province can lay claim to having the greatest number of practitioners tortured to death. The total confirmed number to date is 74 deaths. Baoding practitioners are still being persecuted, harassed, and having their possessions looted. Each and every blacklisted practitioner has been harassed.
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• Mr. Guo Jian and His Wife Arrested in Shenyang, Their Nine-Year-Old Daughter Misses Her Parents

  2008-11-29
  The nine-year-old daughter of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Jian and his wife is a second grade student at the Zhenxing Second School in Heping District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Every day, she grasps the hands of her elderly grandparents and begs them to bring her parents back. On August 19th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Jian, 35, was arrested outside his home by police officers from the Xinxing Police Station. Mr. Guo is currently detained at the Heping Police Station. His wife, Gu Xhunying, 32, was also arrested on September 16th. Ms. Gu is a very kind person. She is currently detained at the Shenyang City Detention Centre.
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• Thirty-one Practitioners Detained in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region No. 5 Prison

  2008-11-29
  Since July 1999, all male Falun Gong practitioners with prison sentences have been detained in the Region No. 5 Prison. Currently there are 31 practitioners still imprisoned there. Guards have tried to brainwash practitioners by limiting their personal freedom, depriving them of sleep, forcing them to stand for a long time, closely monitoring them, and force-feeding them. The prison's 610 Office head, Zhang Yongjun, has actively participated in the persecution and has received awards from the regional 610 Office multiple times.
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• Three Women Arrested in Front of the Court in Jilin City, Jilin Province

  2008-11-27
  At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 11th, 2008, in front of the Chuanying District Court, three women in their fifties and sixties were arrested for shouting "Falun Gong is good." That morning, inside the building, the trial of three practitioners, Mr. Liu Chengda, Mr. Wang Ying, and Mr. Li Hailong, was held, ending at about 10:30 a.m. At 10:45 a.m., the police van with the three practitioners who were on trial was leaving the courtyard, while the crowd at the gate shouted, "Falun Gong is good! Falun Gong is good!"
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• Mr. Chen Yongtao and His Wife, Mrs. Zou Danyu, from Guangzhou Arrested

  2008-11-26
  On April 15th, 2008, Mr. Chen Yongtao and his wife, Ms. Zou Danyu, were arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) staff members. Their family went to the station to ask the police to release them. The police refused and would not allow the family to visit them, either. When the family tried to deliver some clothes on their first visit, the police would not allow them to give them the clothes, claiming that they did not have enough documentation. The second time the family members went to deliver some clothes, the police would not even allow them to enter, saying it was because of the Beijing Olympics. The third time their excuse was the Paralympics. The police told the family that they could deliver clothes after September 22nd, 2008. The family members asked, "What do the Beijing Olympics have to do with delivering some clothes?" The answer they got was, "It is an order from above."
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• Retired Teacher and Her Daughter Detained in Liaoning Province

  2008-11-25
  Ms. Yang Shuqing, 68, is a retired teacher from the No. 38 Middle School in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. She and her daughter, Ms. Li Fangfang, were arrested by officers from Shisiwei Road Police Station in Heping District before the Olympics, because of their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. They have been detained for over four months, with Ms. Yang's husband, close to seventy years old, left at home without any care.
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• Nanjing Military Region Retired Elderly Veteran Arrested Again

  2008-11-25
  On June 28th, 2008, 76-year-old Ms. Luo Zuhua was arrested for explaining the truth about Falun Gong in public. Police put her under house arrest, however, she still managed to leave her residence. The deputy head of the commission, Xu Caihou, issued a warrant to catch Ms. Luo, alive or dead. In September they arrested Ms. Luo again and detained in the Huaxi Retired Military Officers' Sanatorium. In 2001 she was sentenced to two years of forced labour and after that detained for another two years in a brainwashing centre.
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• Ms. Chai Yuehua from Huairen County, Shanxi Province, Sentenced

  2008-11-25
  In August 2000, police arrested me for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. I was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour in Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp. I suffered from brutal tortures, including beatings, verbal abuse, and being hung by my handcuffs. Once I nearly died from a brutal beating. I went on a hunger strike for 56 days to protest the persecution but was force-fed. I was pressured to write a "Repentance Statement". I also became mentally disordered due to the abuse. In February 2008, while handing out CDs exposing the persecution, I was arrested again. I was taken to Yuci Forced Labour Camp for a 3-year sentence and brutally mistreated.
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• Facts of the Persecution of Mr. Liu Pinhong and His Wife, Ms. Wang Lingyun, in Hubei Province

  2008-11-25
  Mr. Liu Pinhong, age 35, and his wife, Ms. Wang Lingyun, age 29, live in Suizhou City, Hubei Province. They were both arrested in 2006 by the 610 Office and Domestic Security officers Li Jinbo, Zhang Yong, and Liu Guoqing. Mr. Liu Pinhong was sentenced to 21 months of forced labour, and his wife was sentenced to 15 months of forced labour. They were both released in 2008, but they are both still very swollen and very weak.
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• Ms. Shen Honglei Put on Trial Five Times in Shanghai

  2008-11-24
  Ms. Shen Honglei has been arrested and detained for one year by the police and Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) agents of the 610 Office in Shanghai. During this period, she has been put on trial five times, and still has not been sentenced. However, the personnel of the 610 Office sent her to a forced labour camp for three years. The date on the notification letter sent to her family members was later than the expiration date by which they were allowed to appeal the case to an upper-lever court. As a result, they didn't have any way to appeal for her.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Ou Jiafa from Chenxi, Hunan Province Arrested and Persecuted Again

  2008-11-24
  On September 18th, 2008, when the police took 60-year-old Mr. Ou Jiafa away again, he had not yet recovered from injuries incurred as a result of being tortured in the Hunan Huaihua Brainwashing Centre. Currently Mr. Ou is being held in a detention centre. In September 2007, police arrested Mr. Ou and took him the Huaihua Brainwashing Centre. Later on, a doctor examined Mr. Ou and declared that he was ill. Those in charge forced Mr. Ou to take drugs that destroyed his central nervous system, which caused him to drool, walk slowly, and speak unintelligibly.
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• Anqiu City Court in Shandong Province Sentences Several Falun Gong Practitioners to Heavy Prison Terms

  2008-11-23
  Falun Gong practitioners in Anqiu City including Ms. Wang Haiqing, Ms. Li Mingxia and Ms. Lin Shuzhen were sentenced by Anqiu City Court to heavy prison terms on October 8th, 2008. Ms. Wang Haiqing was sentenced to 12 years, Ms. Li Mingxia 11 years and Ms. Lin Shuzhen 10 years. The severe torture that she was subjected to caused Ms. Wang Haiqing to completely lose feeling in her legs. She can no longer stand or sit and has to lay down all the time. Due to being paralysed from the lower back down, she can no longer control her bladder, yet she continued her hunger strike to protest the persecution. On September 23rd, the city court held a hearing, Ms. Wang Haiqing was carried to the court.
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