Ms. Wang Wuhui, 61, Died of Kidney Failure after Being Tortured

Summary of Key Persecution Facts:

Name: Wang Wuhui
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Address: 11 Shangnan Street, Yaoyue Economic Development District, Pingjiang County
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: December 24th, 2012
Date of Most Recent Arrest: June 28th, 2008
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hunan Women's Prison
City: Yueyang
Province: Hunan
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, sleep deprivation, forced labour, brainwashing, beatings, hung up, imprisonment, solitary confinement, detention

Ms. Wang Wuhui of Hunan Province died of torture injuries on December 24th, 2012. Because she refused to renounce her faith in Falun Gong, Ms. Wang was repeatedly arrested, imprisoned, and tortured in Hunan Women's Prison before she died.

Born on August 29th, 1951, Ms. Wang was a local resident in Yaoyue Economic Development District, Pingjiang County and previously worked at the Agricultural Bureau in Pingjiang County, Yueyang, Hunan Province.

She was critically ill before she found Falun Gong. Her left kidney had to be removed, but her right kidney was failing as well. She was bedridden for four years. In fact, her family was preparing for her death when she started practising Falun Gong in 1997. As a result of taking up the practice, she became completely healthy in less than six months.

When the Chinese Communist regime started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, its state-run media began running hate-filled propaganda around the clock to incite resentment toward Falun Gong. As someone who benefited from the practice and who knew the propaganda on TV to be false, Ms. Wang felt compelled to inform people of the lies in the propaganda.

She was arrested for the first time on April 27th, 2000, for exercising her constitutional right to appeal to the State Appeals Office in Beijing.

She was arrested again on November 11th, 2000, for handing out materials containing important facts about Falun Gong.

She was arrested for the third time on January 18th, 2001 for attempting to appeal to the State Appeals Office in Beijing. She was sentenced to one year in a forced labour camp.

She was arrested on January 21st, 2002, for writing on a wall the words: “Falun Gong Is Good,” “Falun Gong is a Righteous Practice,” and “Falun Gong Has Been Framed.” Consequently, she served four years in Hunan Women's Prison, from January 21st, 2002 to January 20th, 2006. She was made to do slave labour, was tortured and abused, and was once in a critical condition.

She was arrested again on June 28th, 2008, for distributing materials containing facts about Falun Gong in Qinyi Village. She was sentenced to three years in Hunan Women's Prison.

Because she would not give up her faith in Falun Gong, Ms. Wang was subjected to an escalated level of torture and abuse. She was shocked with electric batons. She was beaten. She was kept in an isolated cell. She was made to stand in the sun for long hours. She was made to sit on a small stool or stand still for long hours. She was deprived of sleep. She was not allowed any visitors. She was made to work as a slave. She was even suspended by handcuff until her shoulders were dislocated and her wrists were torn.

A total of seven years in prison resulted in a severe toll on her health. Her body was swollen. She had lasting high fevers. She coughed up blood. She couldn't eat. She couldn't stand. She was eventually diagnosed with kidney failure.

The prison released her on medial parole in November 2010 when she was dying.

Her family took her to Xiangya Hospital. They confirmed the kidney failure, but also discovered that all of her internal organs were failing as well. She passed away on December 24th, 2012.

Ms. Wang may have died in a country without justice, but the evidence against her perpetrators has been brought to light and will be used for future legal actions.

Hunan Women's Prison

Fax: +86-731 2323023
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 410004
Physical Address: 528 Xiangzhang Road, Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan Province
Zhao Xingyun, warden
Zhao Lan, deputy warden