Death Cases
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Ms. Zhang Zhaozhi Died in 2009 After Years of Persecution
2010-05-28In 2001 Ms. Zhang was arrested by police and sentenced to 18 months of forced labour. was tortured while in the Banjiao Women's Forced Labour Camp. She was forced to stand still for hours, work overtime, and sit on a narrow bench in the same position for hours. Guards deprived her of sleep, and ordered two inmates to closely monitor her. She was not allowed to talk to anyone and if she did, she was beaten, kicked and verbally abused by the guards. Ms. Zhang Zhaozhi died in October 2009, after suffering years of persecution. -
Children Tortured, Mother Held in a Brainwashing Centre, Father Passes Away from Stress and Grief
2010-05-27In the 11 years of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, practitioner Ms. Cai Yuchang and her family have endured harassment and threats from police station staff, 610 Office officials (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and the residents' committee. Her two sons and one daughter who practice Falun Gong were taken to forced labour camps or psychiatric hospitals, and she herself was detained several times in a brainwashing centre. Ms. Cai's husband, a non-practitioner, could not withstand the endless threats and attacks and finally passed away due to the stress and grief. The whole family was torn to pieces by the CCP. -
Ms. Shi Rongxian Arrested Seven Times, Her Husband Persecuted to Death, and Her Daughter Homeless
2010-05-25Since July 20th, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong, police have frequently persecuted Ms. Shi Rongxian and her husband and daughter. She recounts: "On October 23rd, 1999, my husband, my daughter, and I went to Beijing to legally appeal for Falun Gong, but police officers arrested us. In the detention centre, guards forced me onto a chair and took turns whipping my hips with a leather belt. Huo Cai slapped my face, beat my head, and hit my head against the wall. They asked me, "Who let you go to Beijing?" When I didn't reply, they tortured me and beat me until it was dark. My hips were beaten black and blue. My husband was tortured Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp with "Five Horses Splitting a Body" in 2001. After my husband was released he was extremely skinny and never recovered. On March 26th, 2006, he passed away." -
Additional Information about the Persecution and Death of Mr. Wang Donghai
2010-05-23Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Donghai from Qingyuan County, Hebei Province was harassed and persecuted many times by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. In July 2006, Mr. Wang watched a Falun Gong video and was reported to the authorities, who again extorted money from him, a sum of 5,500 yuan. They arrested him and whipped his legs with a phone cord. As a result of the beating, he could not walk and his legs were severely bruised. Mr. Wang's parents and children suffered greatly from the ongoing police harassment. Mr. Wang was not able to do the Falun Gong exercises for a long time. His health deteriorated drastically. On January 25th, 2009, Mr. Wang passed away at the age of 51, after suffering years of persecution. -
Ms. Zhou Liping Detained Elderly Mother Dies Due to Mental Trauma
2010-05-23Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhou Liping, in her forties, started practising Falun Gong in 1998. On January 10th, 2010, Ms. Zhou, Ms. Bai Jingzhi and three other practitioners were arrested and imprisoned in the Huadian City Detention Centre. They have not been released yet. Ms. Zhou Liping's 77-year-old mother witnessed the police officers ransacking her daughter's home. The police pushed this elderly lady roughly around, severely frightening her. Due to being traumatised, she could hardly eat and passed away on March 1st. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Involved in Changchun TV Broadcast Dies in Custody
2010-05-22A Falun Gong practitioner who tapped into China’s state-run TV died on May 1st. Liang Zhenxing had suffered persecution in various prison camps for the past nine years. The 46-year-old resident of Changchun was sentenced to 19 years in prison back in 2002. Liang was part of a group of Falun Gong practitioners who tapped into state-run TV stations on March 5th that year. They showed about 50 minutes of programmes—including this one: “Falun Dafa Around the World”—which showed that Falun Gong is widely practised, and that the Chinese regime was making up lies to justify its persecution of the group. -
Mr. Ji Liewu Is Imprisoned For Twelve Years, His Mother Dies From a Broken Heart
2010-05-20On April 26th, 2010, Mr. Ji Liewu's 85 year old mother died from a broken heart. In his hometown Mr. Ji Liewu is well known for his talents, and had been an active participant of the Falun Gong Research Association in Beijing since its early years. His parents loved him very much. However, on December 26th, 1999, he was sentenced to twelve years in prison. His parents tried so many times to visit him, but were never allowed. His father died three years ago, with the regret over never having been able to visit his youngest son. His mother, missed her son even more. Mr. Ji's relatives could not bear to see her like that, and told the village officials, "What is wrong with practising Falun Gong? Who else are good people in this society? It is inhuman not to let her see her son!" The village officials had no reply. -
Ms. Fu Hongxia, 45, Dies as a Result of Years of Persecution
2010-05-19After the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, practitioner Ms. Fu Hongxia was repeatedly harassed and subjected to brainwashing. She was arrested four times and imprisoned in a forced labour camp for two years. The guards used every possible means to try to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] practitioners, including brainwashing, overtime forced labour, sleep deprivation, brutal beatings, and torture. Ms. Fu went on hunger strikes on many occasions to protest her imprisonment. She was subjected to verbal and physical abuse, as well as brutal forced-feedings. Ms. Fu's health deteriorated. Ms. Fu died on March 3rd, 2010. -
Mother Left Us in Miserable Pain
2010-05-19After the persecution against Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, my mother decided to go to Beijing to appeal in October 1999. Beijing police arrested her. She was detained in Jiamusi City Detention Centre and fired from her job. With cold wooden boards to sleep on, thirty practitioners were locked in a room. Some had to sit on the floor over night. Practitioners went on hunger strikes many times, and they were tortured with brutal force-feeding of highly concentrated salt water plus corn meal. After 11 months of such inhuman mistreatment, my mother, who went in with a healthy body, came back home emaciated. Mother was injected with unknown drugs that permanently damaged her nerves. During another detention, she was tortured with "Back cuff," which was extremely painful, and disabled her arm. Later she fell sick and died on April 25th, 2010. -
Mr. Tong Jinfu, 60, Dies After Seven Years on the Run to Avoid Persecution
2010-05-19After Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, officials in Mr. Tong's village had people monitor practitioners. Police arrested and detained Mr. Tong Jinfu at the police station several times. They also took him to the Xinbin County Detention Centre twice. In 2003 he was released from detention in a very weak state. Despite his weakness Mr. Tong lived in other cities for the next nearly seven years to avoid persecution. In April he fell into a coma and went to hospital. Mr. Tong Jinfu passed away on April 24th, 2010. -
Wife Dies Due to Persecution--Husband in Serious Condition
2010-05-18Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Kaiming lost consciousness and was in danger of losing his life on April 14th, 2010, after being persecuted by prison guards at Panjin Prison in Liaoning Province. Mr. Wang was granted medical parole by the prison authorities but local police head Zhao Yanhua refused to authorise it. Mr. Wang Kaiming's wife Yao Guilan died due to persecution last August because she exposed the persecution. -
Mr. Qi Guangfa Sentenced to Prison, Grief-stricken Parents Pass Away
2010-05-18At the beginning of December 2009, Mr. Qi Guangfa was arrested by agents of the Public Security Bureau and Domestic Security Brigade of Linghai City, where guards subsequently forced a confession from him. In early April 2010, Mr. Qi Guangfa was secretly and sentenced to three years and six months of imprisonment by the Linhai City Court. On April 13th, Mr. Qi was taken to Nanshan Prison of Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. Upon hearing that her son was put into prison (the court did not inform Mr. Qi's family about his sentence), Mr. Qi's elderly mother passed away, unable to say goodbye to her beloved son. -
Elderly Ms. Su Zebi from Chongqing City, Sichuan Province Dies as a Result of Persecution
2010-05-17In May 2008, Ms. Su Zebi was arrested by police. In June 2008, she was sent to the Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp for one year, where she suffered tremendously, both physically and mentally. She was released on June 1st, 2009, but police repeatedly harassed and threatened her after that. If they could not find her, they would harass her daughter and son-in-law. Ms. Su's health continued to deteriorate, and she passed away on November 14th, 2009, at the age of 71. -
Ms. Feng Xiaomei in Serious Condition Following Persecution
2010-05-16Ms. Feng Xiaomei was arrested on April 27th, 2009, in her office. She was so badly tortured at the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp that she now has bloody bowel movements and is too weak to walk without support. Mr. Wang Hongbin, Ms. Feng's husband, died at the age of 39 in 2003 after being mentally and physically abused in a forced labour camp. Ms. Feng Xiaomin and Mr. Wang Xiaofeng, Ms. Feng's sister and brother-in-law, had to flee home after being repeatedly harassed. Ms. Feng Xiaomin was in critical condition while she was in prison. Her health kept deteriorating. She finally died in 2004 . -
Additional Information Regarding the Recent Death of Mr. Liang Zhenxing
2010-05-15Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liang Zhenxing died on May 1st, 2010 as a result of relentless torture since he was arrested in 2002. Mr. Liang was handed a 19-year prison sentence. At Jilin prison, guards ordered inmates to beat him. Guards put him twice on a torture device, "Immobilisation Bed" that consists of a 6-foot-long wooden board with steel plates fixed at each end. Holes in the steel plates are used to fix handcuffs and shackles. In addition to the function of "stretching," the main function of this device is to immobilise the victim. The victims were only released from the torture device when having a bowel movement; urinating and sleeping spelled no such release. This torture device causes tremendous pain for the victim and in some cases it has led to permanent disability.