Violence Inside Shijiazhuang City Prison: Sleep Deprivation and Driving Nails into Practitioners' Fingers

Beijiao Prison in Shijiazhuang City has jailed more than 100 Falun Dafa practitioners. The prison's Education Division is the major section that persecutes Dafa practitioners. Practitioners who are newly imprisoned all have to go through so-called "Transformation" (i.e. forcing Falun Gong practitioners to publicly renounce practising Falun Dafa).

The most vicious means the guards use is sleep deprivation, keeping them awake until they can bear no more and give in. This has severely harmed Dafa practitioners' mind and spirit. The guards have also directed criminal inmates to brutally torture Dafa practitioners. The inmates turn small benches upside down and forced practitioners to sit on the sharp edges of the benches with their legs crossed while the inmates drive nails into their fingers.

In November of 2003, Li Mingtao, a Dafa practitioner from Handan City, Hebei Province was sent to the Beijiao Prison. The prison guards locked him up in a small dark cell and organized several inmates to torment him. They forced him to sit on a small bench in the cell's corner and started a torture called "boiling the hawk," which is sleep deprivation for several consecutive days with constant beatings. Meanwhile, an official from the Education Division attempted to deceitfully persuade him, "Don't be so stubborn. How can you practise Falun Gong while you are in prison? We do not mind what you think in your heart. It is okay as long as you write a promise (to renounce Falun Gong). You know this institution forces people to transform!"

However, several days later, Li Mingtao still insisted, "It is not wrong for us to practise Dafa and to be good people." Li also protested the persecution that was forced on him and rejected their unreasonable requests. After constantly clarifying the truth and keeping steadfast in his faith in Dafa, the Education Division and other prison "transformation" employees could no longer remain calm and began to torture him even more furiously. Zhao Jun, a police guard from the Education Division even drove nails into Li's left hand little finger and thumb. Today, after over six months, one of Li's fingers is still festering.

Dafa practitioner Ge Zhenli was deprived of sleep for 7 consecutive days. They beat him as soon as he closed his eyes. Ge Zhenli suffered brutal torture because of practising Falun Gong. He has been imprisoned since December of 2003 and, to this day, suffers inhuman torment

The guards in Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City, have used all kinds of methods, combining brutal tortures with threats and coercion, to persecute Dafa practitioners. Because of the strict information blockade, a lot of news cannot reach the outside world. The above information was sent out by a Dafa practitioner who risked his life to break through the blockade. We hope all Dafa practitioners and people of justice will pay attention to the persecution situation in Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City.

The persecutors' names:

The Party Secretary of Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City: Xiao Feng

The Education Division Director of Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City: Wang Guobin

The most vicious man in Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City: Li Ming

The vicious police guard of Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City: Ming Gang

The vicious police guard of the Education Division, Beijiao Prison, Shijiazhuang City: Zhao Jun.

The General Phone Number of the Beijiao Prison: 86-311-7751812 ext. 6216, 6264

We hope that the fellow practitioners in Shijiazhuang City will help to search for their personal phone numbers.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/6/7/76513.html