Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office
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Ms. Jiao Xuemei in Prison after 10 Years of Persecution
2011-03-02
Ms. Jiao Xuemei learned Falun Gong so that she could improve her health. Soon after she began the practice, her sinus infection and vitiligo were healed. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted her for the past 10 years for her belief in Falun Gong and the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Ms. Jiao was arrested for her belief four times between 1999 and 2009. She was sentenced to three years and has been detained at the Hebei Provincial Women's Prison since April 1st, 2009. The sentence was based entirely on the prosecutor’s statement and no physical evidence was provided. -
Practitioner Ms. Sun Shuhua Recounts Torture at Dagang Women's Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin
2011-03-01Disabled practitioner Ms. Sun Shuhua was arrested for discussing the facts about Falun Gong. Later on, she was sent to Dagang Women's Forced Labour Camp and tortured. She recounts: "The head of the division arranged for some inmates to brainwash me every day. They instructed the inmates to force me to stand still or sit on a small stool from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.. Even though they knew I was disabled, they would force me to stand against the wall so closely that my toes, stomach and nose were up against it at the same time." -
Ms. Wang Dongjiao Arrested Eight Times and Sent to a Mental Hospital
2011-03-01Practitioner Ms. Wang Dongjiao has suffered persecution repeatedly because of her belief in Falun Gong. Between March 18th, 2000 and June 2005, she was arrested eight times and was detained in detention centres or forced labour camps and sent to a mental hospital. In Majialong Forced Labour Camp in November 2001, she often felt dizzy and threw up after eating. Once, another practitioner, Ms. Chen, ate Ms. Wang's food by mistake and she had similar symptoms of severe stomach pains while Ms. Wang had didn't have these symptoms after the meal. Ms. Wang was convinced that there was some kind of unknown drugs being put into her food in order to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] her by causing her state of mind to be unclear. -
Ms. Li Hongzhen from Shanghai Arrested Again
2011-03-01Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Hongzhen, in her 50s, from Shanghai was arrested on February 18th, 2011. Ms. Li was previously sentenced to five years in prison in 2001, and held in Shanghai Women's Prison. In prison, guards and inmates continually harassed her and forced her to do heavy labour. When Ms. Li heard that a deputy to the National People's Congress would come to inspect the prison in 2002, she wrote a letter exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and asked a practitioner to help pass it to the deputy. She was reported and placed into solitary confinement. -
Ms. Yang Conzhi Covertly Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment, Her Husband Disabled as a Result of Persecution
2011-02-28Ms.Yan Congzhi was arrested in September by the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). For the past three months, her family has tried in vain to visit her. The local 610 Office, public security bureau, and detention centre have shirked responsibility and has denied her family visitation rights. It was only in January 2011 that her son found out that she had been sentenced to four years of imprisonment. Her husband was also previously sentenced to a forced labour camp, and the torture he suffered there caused him to become paralysed from the waist down. -
63-Year-Old Mr. Luo Chaoming, Still Recovering from Prior Abuse, Again Detained in Deyang Prison
2011-02-27Deyang Prison officials recently deceived Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Chaoming who had been released on medical parole into going to the prison by claiming to be “making up for health checkup data,” and then held him in custody. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents had previously arrested Mr. Luo for spreading information about Falun Gong and sentenced him to imprisonment. Severe physical abuse and mistreatment in prison resulted in Mr. Luo being in a life-threatening condition. He was released on medical parole and he began to recover through practising Falun Gong. -
Mudanjiang Railway Employee Mr. Zhang Liansheng Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
2011-02-27The Mudanjiang Railway Transportation Court recently sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Liansheng to five years in prison, without any legal grounds. The court deliberately did not notify Mr. Zhang's family. Mr. Zhang was arrested at work on December 7th, 2010 by the police. He was detained at the Aihe Forced Labour Camp in Mudanjiang. -
Nine Years and Fifteen Days of Persecution
2011-02-26I started practising Falun Gong in June 1996. I had a variety of illnesses prior to practising, and had no money for medical treatments. After practising Falun Gong for a period of time, I became physically healthy and all my illnesses disappeared. I began conducting myself according to the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," and became a better person. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. I have been harassed and mistreated during the past ten years. I was detained at a detention centre for 45 days, in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp for one year and eleven months, and in Yongchuan Prison for seven years. I have been detained for a total of nine years and 15 days. -
Older Sister Arrested the Day After Her Brainwashed Younger Sister Is Released
2011-02-26On January 17th, Ms. Wang Dongying was arrested by Baoshan District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Shanghai. The 610 Office claimed Dongying’s younger sister, Ms. Wang Wenju, reported her to the authorities. The police found 1,000 yuan with Falun Gong information written on them at Ms. Wenju's home. The authorities told her as long as she admitted to the money coming from her older sister, she would be released and they would not bother her sister. Ms. Wenju had been brainwashed by the 610 Office for three months, became mentally disorientated and so cooperated with the authorities. She was released the same day Ms. Dongying was arrested. -
Ms. Chu Xiuhe Tortured and Poisoned with Unknown Drugs at the Heilongjiang Women's Prison
2011-02-26Practitioner Ms. Chu Xiuhe has been arrested twice for practising Falun Gong and was sentenced to a total of seven years in prison. She was subjected to physical abuse and torture in the Heilongjiang Women's Prison between January 2004 and November 2006, and again between April 2007 and October 2008. Prison guards instructed prisoners to inject Ms. Chu with unknown substances and to lace her food with poisonous drugs, causing her to be in a confused state of mind. She was weak and unable to walk on her own. She could not take care of herself. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Liu Xixiang Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2011-02-26Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xixiang was repeatedly persecuted for her belief. She was in a forced labour camp from 2002 to 2004. On November 17th, 2008 she was again arrested, tortured, and severely injured. She was given a four-year prison sentence in April 2009 and sent to the Jinan Women’s Prison, where she remains. The persecution caused her family great harm. Her mother-in-law and husband died recently, after the long-term mental pressure brought to them by the persecution. -
Mr. Wang Lijun Tortured at Second Forced Labour Camp in Shandong
2011-02-24Mr. Wang Lijun was arrested by police on November 5th, 2009, when he was distributing Falun Gong materials. After being taken to the police station he was beaten until he lost consciousness. On November 27th, Mr. Wang was taken to Shandong Province Second Forced Labour Camp where he was tortured. he recounts: "I was forced to perform hard labour. I wrote “Falun Gong is good” on my table. After guard Li Gongming found out, he handcuffed me to a bed frame, so I was hanging in the air with my wrists supporting my body weight. I was in excruciating pain and broke out into a cold sweat." -
Six Falun Gong Practitioners in Tangshan Taken to Forced Labour Camps
2011-02-24Between mid-November 2010 and early this year, members of the Tangshan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and officers from the police departments, domestic security divisions, and police stations arrested over 50 Falun Gong practitioners in a wide area. Six practitioners have been taken to forced labour camps. Ms. Fu Wenhuai and Ms. Wu Suxiang were arrested by police. The police confiscated computers, printers, Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution, and personal items. On December 9th, Ms. Fu was taken to the Hehuakeng Forced Labour Camp to serve a one-year term. Ms. Wu was also sentenced to one year of forced labour. -
First-Hand Account of the Brutal Torture Experienced by a Falun Gong Practitioner
2011-02-23I went to Gaotou Village to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in February 2001. Police arrested me and took me to an abandoned room in the Jianhua Construction Development Company. There were several bunk beds in the room. Five agents participated in abusing me. They handcuffed my hands behind my back and onto the upper level of one bed, and stretched my feet to another bunk bed. Yu kicked me hard to make my body swing between the beds. I immediately started to sweat profusely from the pain, and then lost consciousness. They put me down on the floor and used a teacup lid to push hard between my ribs, twisting and rubbing. Then they took electric batons and shocked me in the heart area, chest, private parts and armpits. It was very painful. -
Ms. Feng Xiaomei Suffers Retaliation for Seeking Justice
2011-02-22Ms. Feng Xiaomei has experienced all sorts of injustices and persecution over the past 10 years. She was fired from her job and so were her beloved husband, father, and younger sister. As a result, she had to support the family all by herself. In addition to this hardship she was arrested and put in detention. She had no way to formally complain about the detention, the unconstitutional physical abuse, the detention, or even the heinous violence she suffered. As a result of the physical abuse, there was blood in her stool for over a year and she became extremely weak. Ms. Feng Xiaomei was released on November 27th, 2010. She sent letters to the appropriate government departments asking that the law be upheld and that those responsible for persecuting her be held legally accountable.
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