Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Mr. Ma Zhiwu, Tortured for Years in Detention, Has Been Arrested Again
2010-10-02
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu was arrested by the State Security Division on September 12th, 2010 and detained for the second time. After Jiang Zemin, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Ma suffered ongoing persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was imprisoned for a total of eight years in the Yinchuan Detention Centre, Ningixa Forced Labour Camp and Wuzhong Prison in Ningxia. In the forced labour camp, guards gave the green light to drug addicts and thieves to beat Mr. Ma without cause. They beat Mr. Ma with batons, stools and rubber tubes, all over his body. -
Five Falun Gong Practitioners from Changling Oil Refinery Subject to Persecution
2010-10-02Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wen Miaoying, 70 years old, was suddenly arrested by police in September 2005. Her family members tried to find officials who could help release her, spent more than 20,000 yuan in bribes, and wrote a Guarantee Statement to renounce practising Falun Gong on her behalf. She was sentenced to four and a half years, which was to be served outside of detention. -
Communist Officials in Baoding City, Hebei Province Intensify Relentless Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2010-10-01Since June 2010, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Domestic Security Division in Baoding City, Hebei Province have escalated the arrest and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Prior to each arrest, Communist Party authorities dispatched secret agents to spy on the targeted practitioners, and determined the practitioners' daily schedules. The police officers broke into practitioners' homes. They kicked in doors, pried locks open, and confiscated cash and private property. The arrests of more than 60 practitioners were confirmed in June. Most were imprisoned in a forced labour camp. More than 100 families were harassed during this period. -
Ms. Yang Donglian and Mr. Hu Fangjin Arrested by Agents from Xinhuang County 610 Office in Hunan Province
2010-09-30Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hu Fangjin was arrested on September 1st, when he went out to fetch water. Several people had been waiting for him since the early hours. Mr. Hu has been arrested by agents from the 610 Office numerous times since the onset of the persecution in 1999, and was twice subjected to forced labour. He was beaten so severely that he had blurred vision and his legs were numb. He was dismissed from his job and had to sell water to make a living. Ms. Yang and Mr. Hu were taken to the Huaihua City Brainwashing Centre on September 11th. -
Mr. Zeng Yuxian Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
2010-09-28Cangxi District Court in Sichuan sentenced Mr. Zeng Yuxian to seven years in prison for practising Falun Gong on August 13th, 2010. Prior to the hearing, on the afternoon of July 16th, 2010, Mr. Zeng's parents hired their first defence lawyer. The lawyer went to Cangxi courthouse to see Mr. Zeng's file. Upon requesting the file however, a courthouse staff member stated that lawyers defending Falun Gong practitioners require a background check. The lawyer asked what law stipulated this requirement, but the staff member could not give an answer, as no such law exists. Due to the pressure and harassment by the authorities, this lawyer decided to withdraw from the case. -
High School Teacher Tang Wenyan Sentenced to Prison in Guangdong Province
2010-09-28The Third People's Court of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, held a trial for Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tang Wenyan on March 3rd, 2010. Ms. Tang had hired a defence lawyer, but when he came to the hearing, he told her family that the Bureau of Justice in Dongguan City ordered him not to take the case. Under pressure from the authorities, he agreed to not represent Ms. Tang. On July 15th, Ms. Tang was notified that she had been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. -
Baoding City Court Officials Refuse to Accept Falun Gong Practitioner's Lawsuit
2010-09-27Police took Mr. Li Dezhi to the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp on December 8th, 2009 to hold him for one and a half years. Mr. Li's wife hired two lawyers who submitted a statement of complaint on February 8th, 2010 to the Xicheng District Court's Case Filing Chamber in Baoding City. But the court has not filed the case, having refused to accept the complaint. The officials based their refusal on the communist regime's political and judiciary system's "Three Don'ts" policy for Falun Gong petitioners, that is, don't accept [the plaintiff], don't accept [the case] and don't provide an explanation. -
Ms. Li Guizhi Arrested Thirteen Times
2010-09-26On August 25th, 2010, police demanded that Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Guizhi sign a guarantee statement that she would renounce Falun Gong. Ms. Li refused. The following day Ms. Li Guizhi and Xu Shaojin were arrested at their home. They are held at the Langfang Brainwashing Centre. Since the persecution began in 1999, Ms. Li has been harassed and arrested by the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and police over and over again, a total of thirteen times. -
Villagers Condemn the Police for Attempting to Arrest Two Senior Falun Gong Practitioners in Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province
2010-09-26On August 1st the officers went to Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Shuwen's home and found the door locked. When they were seen searching everywhere, villagers told the police, "Liu Shuwen is nearly 80 years old and he did not commit any crime. Why do you want to arrest him?" After being reproached, the police left. -
Ms. Li Shihong from Wuhan City Imprisoned
2010-09-26Ms. Li Shihong was sentenced to four years in prison, and sent to the Baofenglu Women's Prison on September 7th. Ms. Li Shihong was arrested on March 31st, 2009 for practising Falun Gong and held in the Wuhan City No.1 Detention Centre for one and a half years. A lawyer entered a not-guilty plea for Ms. Li. Neither the procurator nor the judge responded to the lawyer's defence and inquiries. -
Qingdao Judge: "I Gave You a Three-year Sentence Because You Hired a Lawyer"
2010-09-24On May 3rd, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Shang Dexing was arrested by police because his seven-year-old grandson gave someone a Falun Gong CD. He was sent to Qingdao No. 2 Detention Centre. He was tried in Laoshan Court on August 5th. Judge Yu Yong didn't give a verdict inside the courtroom. Yu Yong went to the detention centre to announce his verdict and told Mr. Shang, "I told you not to hire a lawyer but you insisted on hiring one. I planned to pronounce you not guilty. Now I am giving you a three-year sentence because you hired a lawyer." Mr. Shang asked him, "I'm not guilty. Why do you still sentence me?" Yu Yong answered, "I gave you a three-year sentence just because you hired a lawyer." -
Twenty-three Falun Gong Practitioners from Quyang County, Hebei Province Arrested, About Half Sentenced to Forced Labour
2010-09-24Police from Quyang County, Hebei Province arrested 23 local Falun Gong practitioners and ransacked their homes on August 15th-16th, and more than ten of them were sentenced to forced labour. All of the male practitioners were held in the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp in Gaoyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, while the female practitioners were held in the Women's Forced Labour Camp of Hebei Province in Shijiazhuang City. -
Dr. Cui Wei Tortured and Sentenced to Forced Labour in Fushun, Liaoning Province
2010-09-23On August 19th, 2010, police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Cui Wei and ransacked her home and confiscated expensive electronic items. They took Ms. Cui to the Fushun Detention Centre. Ms. Cui Wei was violently beaten because she refused to give her fingerprints. Ms. Cui began a hunger strike on August 26th to protest her detention. By September 3rd, Ms. Cui had been force-fed three times at the hospital. Without any judicial process Ms. Cui was sentenced to three years of forced labour. -
Attorney Ms. Gu Hong from Pingdingshan City, Henan Province Arrested
2010-09-23Ms. Gu Hong, in her mid-40s, is a senior lawyer and Falun Gong practitioner. On July 23rd, police officers from the Xinhua District 610 Office and local Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Gu Hong at her workplace. They confiscated her computer, Falun Gong books and some of her personal property. On August 20th, the Xinhua District Procuratorate announced the arrest warrant for Ms. Gu and is processing a lawsuit against her. -
Kind Lady, in Her Sixties, Sentenced to Prison for Practising Falun Gong
2010-09-22On April 24th, 2010, police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jia's home. They arrested her and her husband, Mr. Li Hua, and took them to Wujiawa Detention Centre. Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chaoyang Political and Legal Committee, and Shuangta District Court jointly conspired to sentence Ms. Jia to 13 years in prison and Mr. Li to three years in prison with five years suspension. Mr. Jia appealed but the court called Ms. Jia's family members to threaten them. It also prohibited Ms. Jia from seeing an attorney even if she hired one. It wouldn't schedule a trial for the appeal and had already decided to uphold the original verdict.
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