Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

  • Recent Persecution Cases against Practitioners in Benxi City

    Because she persists in cultivating Dafa, she was illegally sent to the Masanjia Labour Camp, where she endured a lot of brutal torture. However, nothing has changed her righteous belief in Dafa. Later, she escaped. Before the 16th Party Congress, personnel from the police station in the Huolian village arrested Ms. Zhang again and sent her to the Benxi City Detention Centre for further persecution. Without knowing what kind of tortures the police had inflicted on her, they sent Zhang Huishuang home after she was nearly completely incapacitated physically.
  • The Cruel and Long-Term Suffering of Tangshan Dafa Practitioners

    Zhang was not allowed to sleep on the very first day she was there. They forced her to stand day in and day out for fifty-seven days. But she held fast and wouldn't give in to the pressure...Later, Zhang was again forced to stand day in and day out, without sleep, for over a month close to the end of February 2002.
  • Practitioners in Daqing City Illegally Sentenced for 7 to 12 Years in Secret Trial

    Dafa practitioner Jiang Derong was kidnapped by the police from his home in May 2002. When the police kidnapped him, they made up a story and told his neighbours that he wanted to kill his mother. Then in broad daylight, to spread further propaganda, they called in the fire brigade to break into the house through the window and abducted him and held him at the detention centre in Daqing City. He was illegally sentenced to seven years.
  • Dafa Practitioners Alleged to Have Interrupted TV Programming Stand Firm and Are Tortured in Court

    Practitioners were not allowed to defend Falun Dafa in court. As soon as any Falun Dafa practitioner said, "Falun Dafa is good," or pointed out any rumour or slander of Falun Dafa by the government, or gave any example of illegal torture and extortion of Falun Dafa practitioners, he or she would be taken out of the courtroom and tortured.
  • Japan: Yoko Kaneko Rescue Committee Holds Press Conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

    He confirmed that she looked like she had lost about 10 kilograms in weight and appeared to be very weak, but more alarmingly she seemed to have changed mentally and had large bruises around her wrists, indicating she may have been tortured or ill-treated in the camp. The once high-spirited Yoko had an unusually sullen expression.
  • The Terror I Experienced and Witnessed in the Women's Detention Centre of Baimalong

    Just for reciting Dafa books and articles, a practitioner named Cao Jingzhen was kicked so hard that she suffered from internal bleeding. For several days she could not eat anything..They dragged her outside and tortured her with high voltage electric batons.
  • Ex-policewomen Tortured For Upholding Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance

    She had endured numerous forms of torture. These included, withstanding severe cold in the dead of winter, scorching heat in the summer, sleep deprivation, high voltage electrical shocks from electric batons, and "tying the rope" torture...Under order by the police, the staff there deprived her of sleep for 6 days and nights and continuously tortured her.
  • Entire Family in Ruins; One Tortured to Death, the Rest in Prisons and Labour Camps

    Her elder brother, Chen Aizhong was tortured to death. Her father, second brother and younger sister have long been suffering illegal imprisonment. Now she and her mother are also in prison without just cause. Jiang's regime has imprisoned the whole family simply because they persist in their belief in Truth, Compassion and Forbearance.
  • After Being Shot By Police, Dafa Practitioner Is Tortured and Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

    In order to frame Jiang Honglu, the Mishan Police Department tried to force him to admit that he had attacked the police while being chased and shot at. Jiang Honglu firmly denied the charge, so the police beat him up brutally. Jiang passed out, and after he regained consciousness, the police continued to coerce him. However, the police failed to extort a confession from Jiang no matter what torture methods they used on him.
  • Police Send 6-Month-Old Baby to a Detention Centre with His Parents--Because His Grandparents Practise Falun Gong!

    Prior to the 16th Party Congress in November 2002, the local police broke into the baby's home and tried to force his parents, who are non-practitioners, to tell them where his grandfather lived--but his parents didn't know. Then, without saying another word the police arrested both parents and sent them along with the baby to a detention centre.
  • Two Senior Citizens Cruelly Tortured for Practising Falun Dafa in Chibi City

    He kicked the lower part of her body with boots and consequently, that part of her body has remained swollen for more than two years. Her internal organs were severely damaged by his kicking. She was forced to kneel down on the ground for half a day and her eyes were struck blind. She could not even walk, sit down, eat, move, or get up due to the severe beatings. Some times she was so heavily pummelled that she fainted into unconsciousness.
  • The Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in Hebei Province

    One of the arrested practitioners was a woman in her sixties. For over an hour, she was badly knocked around by Li Shanghong. He forced her to kneel on the ground while he electrically shocked her mouth, face, head and other sensitive ares with an electric baton. He left her lying on the ground in the icy winter wind.
  • Dafa Practitioners Sentenced to Thirteen Years in Prison

    At the police station she was barely able to get out of the van, even with assistance. The next day Liu Mei had a headache, severe pain in her arms, legs, and pelvis, and was still extremely shaken. But for the next two days she was threatened, beaten and cursed by the First Department of the Dandong Police Department. Her husband Zhu Changming was hung up and beaten by the Criminal Police Team of Donggang City for six days.
  • The Relentless Persecution of A Professor and Her Family in Chongqing City

    He is suffering all kinds of tortures and is on the verge of death, but the police do not allow Gu Zhiyi to visit him. Gu Zhiyi has to raise the family alone, and take care of her disabled husband, sickly daughter and young grandson.
  • Police in Langfang Intensify Their Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners Before the Party's 16th Congress

    Cao Baochen is still being held in a detention centre. His mother, who is over 80 years old, is left uncared for at home...in response, local villagers have said, "What's wrong with doing an exercise practice? His son recovered from his illness after practising. Does that make someone guilty? Why tear a family apart for that?"