Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Ms. Xu Peiyan from Heilongjiang Province Jailed for Five Years for Talking to People about Falun Gong
2010-03-12
Ms. Xu Peiyan once had serious Hepatitis B, which was very painful. In March 2003, Ms. Xu began to practise Falun Gong. Soon, this stubborn illness was completely cured without any treatment. Since then, she has been telling her friends and family about the beauty of Falun Gong. On March 22nd, 2004, Ms. Xu was reported for telling others about her experience of practising Falun Gong. She was arrested, interrogated for two days and then taken to Mishan Detention Centre. On September 22nd, 2004, the police took her to Harbin Women's Jail. In the jail, Ms. Xu was tortured in different ways. Often they did not let her sleep, and beatings occurred almost every day. They wanted to force her to give up her faith. -
Mr. Zhang Haiming, Ms. Zhang Guizhi and Other Practitioners Sent to Forced Labour Camps
2010-03-11Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Zhang Haiming, Ms. Zhang Guizhi, Ms. Song Yuhong, and Ms. Gao Liping were arrested in their offices in Harbin City in December 2009 by police from Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia. Recently they were sentenced to forced labour camps. Mr. Yan Jiguo was arrested at the same time, and will face trial. During their detention of over two months, their family members requested many times to visit them, but were all denied by the National Security Team. It was reported that Mr. Yan Jiguo was tortured, and is now disoriented. -
Mr. Chen Yong Tortured in Yingcheng City, Hubei Province
2010-03-11After Chen Yong began to practise Falun Gong his illnesses, such as schistosomiasis and hepatitis vanished. Additionally, he improved mentally. After 1999, he was tortured because he told people the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution. He was sentenced twice to forced labour and taken to the Hubei Forced Labour Camp in Shayang. He recalls: “When I was in Shayang Forced Labour Camp, three people tortured me…day and night, both physically and mentally. I could not go to sleep until around 4:00 a.m. but had to get up around 5:30 a.m. They also shocked me with electric batons. A month later, I was forced to perform hard labour.” -
Ms. Yu Xiaohua from Anda City, Heilongjiang Province Subjected to Forced Labour
2010-03-11Ms. Yu Xiaohua was sentenced to two years of forced labour and is currently imprisoned at the Harbin City Drug Rehab Centre. Ms. Yu has been repeatedly harassed for practising Falun Gong since the persecution began in 1999. Ms. Yu's family learned of her whereabouts two days later. Ms. Yu had been taking care of her parents-in-law since 1998. While she was detained, her mother-in-law passed away without the opportunity to say a final farewell. -
Practitioner Guo Gang Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
2010-03-09On January 1st, 2000, Mr. Guo Gang and another Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. Mr. Guo was taken to the Acheng District Harbin City Detention Centre. He was held for several months past the maximum detention period and in June 2001, he was sent to the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City for a year. On January 25th, 2008, Mr. Guo Gang was arrested again. He was tried at the Acheng District Court in June 2008 and sentenced to five years in prison. He appealed, but his appeal was rejected and the original verdict was upheld. -
Manager of Foreign Owned Company in Sichuan Province Arrested for Purchasing Tickets of Shen Yun Show in Hong Kong
2010-03-08Wu Li was a manager of a foreign owned company in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Wu was arrested and then detained for eight days in Jinhua Brainwashing Centre for purchasing tickets for the Shen Yun show in Hong Kong. Shen Yun Performing Arts is a New York based company showing traditional Chinese culture through classical dance and music. Some dance pieces in the show depict the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and how they show their compassion under extreme conditions. After being arrested at the office, Wu was forced to leave the company. -
Ms. Wang Wuxiu from Shaoyang City on Hunger Strike to Protest Persecution
2010-03-08On April 18th, 2009, police arrested, Ms. Wang Wuxiu and confiscated her belongings. They also arrested husband and wife Mr. Gong Deyuan and Ms. Yan Shuzhou. Ms. Wang was then taken to Xin County Detention Centre in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. Later, she was transferred to the Second Detention Centre of Shaoyang City. There, the authorities instigated the head inmate to savagely beat and torture her. Ms. Wang's husband protested the beatings and demanded her immediate release. However, the authorities at the detention centre ignored him and denied any wrongdoing. She is still being held in the Second Detention Centre and recently went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. -
Mr. Liu Deyu from Jingmen City, Hubei Province Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment
2010-03-06On February 3rd, 53-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Deyu was sentenced to four years of imprisonment at Dongbao District Court, Jingmen City, Hubei Province. Not until the next day was his wife notified by the court. In addition, she was only given until February 8th to appeal. Such a brazen violation of the law could only be for the purpose of stopping her from appealing to a higher court. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Liu was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. He was forced to undergo brainwashing and subjected to all kinds of humiliation and torture -
Jinchang City Court Holds Closed Trial for Ms. Wang Yumei and Ms. Li Xia
2010-03-05On January 20th, 2010, the Jinchuan District Court in Jinchang City, Gansu Province held a closed-door trial for Ms. Wang Yumei, Ms. Li Xia, and Mr. Shi Ruzhen. No family members or practitioners were allowed in the court. No verdict was announced after the day-long trial. A rumour circulated that the court would sentence the practitioners for distributing Falun Gong DVDs and the Jinchang City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) was behind the scenes manipulating the trial. -
Persecution of Ms. Zhong Dongmei in Hebei Province
2010-03-05I went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing on July 20th, 1999, the day the persecution began. The police arrested me and took me to the Tiananmen Police Station, where many other practitioners were also held. I saw police officers violently beating practitioners. They attacked primarily the practitioners' chests, backs and abdomens. Soon officers took me back to my hometown. A deputy police chief interrogated me. Before I entered his office, a group of people approached me, and hit and kicked me. They whacked my head, eyes, ears and face until I lost consciousness. They sent me to the Dingxing County Custody Centre. This was my first detention. I was forced to pay them more than 380 yuan. -
Two Practitioners Sentenced in Puyang City, Henan Province
2010-03-04Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Jiang Zhaofang and Ms. Ju Lili were arrested on May 17th, 2009, while posting flyers exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Police officers took them to the Puyang Detention Centre. Hualong Court in Puyang City officials sentenced Ms. Ju to four years in prison and Ms. Jiang to three years in a covert trial on July 16th, 2009. The pair was sent to the Xinxiang Women's Prison on January 16th, 2010. Both have suffered abuse and mistreatment in mental hospitals and forced labour camps ever since the onset of the persecution in 1999. -
Professor Yue Zhongsheng from the Civil Aviation University of China Subjected to Forced Labour Again
2010-03-03Due to practising Falun Gong, Mr. Yue Zhongsheng, an associate professor at the Civil Aviation University of China, was arrested by officials from Haidian District, Beijing, in February 2009 and was subjected to forced labour again. Right now, he is being detained at the No. 1 Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province. Mr. Yue Zhongsheng has been tortured repeatedly while in police custody. In early 2006, Mr. Yue was arrested and sent to the Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin for being suspected of having copies of materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Eight of his ribs were broken during a brutal beating there, and he was fired from his job. -
Free Mr. Li Tianjing, an Innocent Man
2010-03-03Two lawyers defended Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Tianjing during a court trial on the morning of January 15th, 2010. The hearing was held in the auditorium of Shouxihu Farm in Shou County. The lawyers from Beijing and Henan demanded the immediate release of Li because belief in Falun Gong is not a crime. During the court debate, the lawyers refuted the prosecutor's points as "non-factual, unsubstantiated, inappropriate use of the law," and they suggested that the charges be dismissed. -
Yao Ruirong from Rongcheng City, Shandong Province Subjected to Forced Labour
2010-03-03Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yao Ruirong went to Haixianwang to attend a meeting in Rongcheng City on December 23rd, 2009. A security person reported her to the police as she distributed information about Falun Gong. Officers from the Lijiang Police Station arrested her on her way home. They took her cash and the Falun Gong materials in her handbag. Ms. Yao was subjected to forced labour and is now being held at the Wangcun Women's Forced Labour Camp in Zibo. -
Liu Deyu in Jingmen City, Hubei Province Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2010-02-27Mr. Liu Deyu is a Falun Gong practitioner in Jingmen City, Hubei Province. On February 4th, 2010, his wife went to the relative department to ask about his situation, but was told that Dongbao District Court in Jingmen sentenced Mr. Liu to a four-year prison term on February 3rd, and he could only appeal until February 8th. Actually the court had made the decision long before but never informed her. It was a lie to claim that he had been sentenced the day before, leaving only four days to appeal. Previously, Mr. Liu was forced to undergo brainwashing and was detained many times. He suffered greatly from continuous abuse and persecution.
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