Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Elderly Widow Arrested by Police from Honggang District in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, Despite Severe Injuries from a Fall
2008-06-17
On the morning of April 7th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Yanxiang, 71, jumped from the window of her third floor apartment to avoid being arrested. Ms. Wang's neighbours found her and took her to Longnan Hospital in Daqing City. She suffered several broken ribs, a broken leg, and internal injuries that resulted in fluid in her pleural cavity. Her daughter Liu Shufen is unable to care for her because Ms. Liu was sentenced to eleven years in prison and is currently in Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Prison. -
Judge in China Imprisoned Because He Started to Practise Falun Gong
2008-06-16Judge Li Dejun was a chief judge of the Hongqi Court under the Ganjingzi District Court in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. After listening to several cases brought against Falun Gong practitioners, he himself became a steadfast Falun Gong practitioner. In June 2006, he was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel. In February 2008, he was sentenced to three years in prison. He is currently being held in the Dalian Railroad Detention Centre. -
Practitioners Arrested and Their Homes Ransacked in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
2008-06-16Numerous practitioners have been arrested and their homes ransacked in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Practitioners Ms. Fan Xiaoli, Ms. Guo Shulan, and Ms. Yang Fenglan are currently detained at the Hexi Detention Centre. In April 2008, the Tongliao City Police Department, Ke District Police Department, Domestic Security Division, several police stations, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel from neighbourhood administrations made a coordinated effort to conduct a so-called "secret check-up" on local practitioners. They phoned or visited them, using the excuses of address verification, low income assistance registration, or providing job opportunities. On May 30th, they began wide-spread arrests. -
Elderly Zhang Zongsu and Her Husband, Li Guocai, Arrested and Held for Thirteen Months in Tangshan City, Hebei Province
2008-06-16Two elderly Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Zhang Zongsu and her husband, Mr. Li Guocai, were arrested by plain-clothes police on April 26th, 2007. Six months later, on October 20th, 2007, Ms. Zhang was sentenced to seven years in prison and Mr. Li Guocai to four years in prison. Until recently, they were detained at the Tangshan City First Detention Centre. In the beginning of January 2008, practitioners held in the detention centre began a group protest. Ms. Zhang was beaten and cursed. She was made to wear 22-pound handcuffs and shackles. On January 8th, 2008, her hands trembling uncontrollably, Ms. Zhang fainted. Afterwards, she could not take care of her own personal hygiene, she could not feed herself, and she could not clean her own clothes for two weeks. -
Ms. Yu Zhiying from Ningpo City Arrested and Facing Sentencing
2008-06-15On May 18th, 2008, Ms. Yu Zhiying, a Falun Gong practitioner, was reported to the authorities as she distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong at a food market. She was then once again arrested by the Zhenhai police and imprisoned. She will likely face sentencing. Meanwhile, her daughter in junior high school and her husband who had previously been poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are now facing harassment and confiscation of the family's property. Previously, her husband had submitted Falun Gong books and leaflets to the court, which provided so-called "evidence" for Ms. Yu to Moganshan Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years. -
Practitioners who Consoled Earthquake Victims are Mercilessly Beaten, Robbed and Arrested by Police Officers in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province
2008-06-14Practitioner Ms. He Meixian and her family have been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began. Ms. He's family members have been beaten to death by police, her home has been decimated, and her life made extremely difficult due to the persecution. Prior to the large earthquake in Sichuan Province, there was an earthquake in Pan County, Guizhou Province, in early May 2008. This earthquake damaged Ms. He Meixians house. After this news got out, practitioners in Guiyang City went to visit her at her temporary home. They were all arrested by police. -
Practitioners Hu Ruirong and Lei Yunqun, Husband and Wife from Hengyang City, Hunan Province, Repeatedly Arrested
2008-06-14Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wu Ruirong and Ms. Lei Yingqun, husband and wife, were arrested by the police at 11:30 a.m. on May 24th, 2008 as they were working in a bridal studio in Hengyang City. The police ransacked their residence and used the pretext of "having found six pieces of evidence" as reason to hold them. On March 13th, 2002, Hengyang City Police Department agents detained Wu Ruirong for an unnamed crime and later incarcerated him at the Kaipu Forced Labour Camp in Changsha for two years. The family has suffered greatly due to the persecution. -
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Personnel in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province Arrest and Torture Ten Practitioners
2008-06-14On April 11th, practitioner Mr. Zhang Hejun had already been detained and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for a year. He was arrested again and was taken back to Zhuzhou City. The party members hung him by his wrists and poured pepper juice on him. Mr. Zhang is now deaf in his right ear, his right hand is numb, and his right foot is fractured. The police officers also threatened to beat him to the point of mental collapse. -
Details of the Persecution of Older Practitioner Ms. Qiu Xiu'e from Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province
2008-06-13Ms. Qiu Xiu'e is a 56-year-old Falun Gong practitioner. She has been arrested and detained several times since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. On February 3rd, 2004, Ms. Qiu was sentenced to a three-year jail term. She appealed and went on a hunger strike to protest this unjust sentence. As a result, both her hands and feet were handcuffed, and she was tied on a bed so that she could not move and later lost control of her bladder. On February 24th, she was tortured in Zhejiang Women's Prison. She was not allowed to sleep if she did not write the guarantee statement declaring that she gave up Falun Gong. She was personally monitored and forcibly brainwashed. Until May of 2008, officials withheld part of her pension for the time of her detention. -
Ms. Zhang Xiulan from Xining City, Qinghai Province, Arrested
2008-06-12On May 13th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhang Xiulan, in her 50s, her sister, Ms. Zhang Xiuchun, and four other people, including their parents, were arrested by police officers from Chaoyang Police Station after the officers broke into their home. Ms. Zhang Xiulan is still detained in the Ershilipu Detention Centre but the others have been released. The officers ransacked the homes of Ms. Zhang Xiulan, Ms. Zhang Xiuchun, and Ms. Xiao Ruan and stole personal items. -
Large Scale Arrests and Harassment of Practitioners in Shouguang City
2008-06-11Since March 2008 the authorities in Shouguang City have been carrying out large-scale persecution and arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. On March 25th, 2008, Shouguang City Police broke into 60-year-old practitioner Zhang Zedong's home in Xiguan Village and arrested him. Then, they sent Zhang Zedong to the detention centre. On April 2nd, 2008 the Shouguang City Television Station broadcast a meeting of local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials showing city CCP Committee Secretary Liu Zhonghui making arrangements to persecute practitioners. Immediately after, he held a city-level meeting to devise a plan to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. -
Two Brothers and a Sister Arrested and Tortured
2008-06-10Mr. Fu Hongru is over 50 years old and lives in Tonghua City, Jilin Province. On April 23rd, 2008, he was arrested by the Tuanjie police and for the next two days was shocked with electric batons and beaten. When he was taken to the Changliu Detention Centre on April 25th, he was covered with cuts and bruises. To cover up the truth, the police officers wrote on the arrest warrant that he was arrested on April 25th. Fu Hongru's brother, Fu Hongjian, 46, and sister, Fu Lisa, were also arrested. Mr. Fu Hongjian was so brutally tortured that he was unable to walk. -
15 Practitioners and Family Members Arrested in Beijing
2008-06-10On May 14th, 2008, three police officers broke into Liu Baoguo's home. The police ransacked his home and then arrested him and tenant Jingjing. Their whereabouts is unknown. Liu Baoguo's home is in a mess because of the police ransacking. Since Liu Baoguo is a well-known honest fellow, his bitter experience has raised public anger. After experiencing constant harassment, Liu Guifu, wife of Liu Baoguo, moved abroad in forced exile. Liu Baoguo stopped practising Falun Gong when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong in 1999 because he was afraid of what the CCP would do to him and his family. -
Following Years of Persecution, His Wife Already in a Labour Camp, Disabled Man in His 60's is Arrested in Mengyin County, Shandong Province
2008-06-10On May 9th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Li Zongping, a disabled elderly man was arrested by police officers from the local 610 Office and Jushan Police Station. Before this happened, his wife Wang Fafeng had been sentenced to eighteen months in a labour camp. She was sent to the No.1 Women´s Labour Camp in Shandong Province on January 28th, 2008. During the nine years of persecution of Falun Gong, the couple has been arrested several times. Their home was searched by police. Authorities have extorted a total of 9260 Yuan from them in so-called "fines." -
Police in Linjiang City, Jilin Province Arrest Numerous Falun Gong Practitioners, as well as Ransack Their Homes and Extort Money from Family Members
2008-06-09Beginning in 2008, officials from the Linjiang City Police Department and those from the Senlin Police Department in Linjiang City have continually harassed and arrested practitioners. Practitioner Chi Minbao has been continually persecuted at the hands of officials from the Linjiang City Police Department for many years. The police tried to arrest him again recently. Chi Minbao decided to live away from home to avoid further persecution. Furthermore, the police also threatened, extorted money and ransacked the residence of practitioners Jiang Ying and Jiang Mingli and confiscated their personal belongings.
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