The Conduct of Authorities in Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp Changchun, Jilin Province

While authorities are persecuting Falun Dafa and its disciples, the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province is one of its instruments. Ever since July 20, 1999 when the persecution began, they have detained many practitioners, from teenagers to the elderly.

1. Strict Supervision: There are monitors in the corridors as well as bathrooms. The practitioners work, eat, and sleep in the same room. They can only go to the bathroom together. Under the watch of two or three inmates, they have no personal freedom. They are not allowed to leave the room, nor are they allowed to speak to others. Their families cannot visit them, and they cannot write or call them, they are practically cut off from the world and left in the hands of the perpetrators.

2. Time Limit: The practitioners are given 5 minutes for eating and 10 minutes for washing clothes every ten or 15 days. They cannot take a shower for several months. Then when actually taking a shower, they only have 15 minutes. Every one has 5 minutes to use the bathroom. One has to get out even if he hasn't finished.

3. Heavy Labor: Every one has to work 17-18 hours a day and finish a certain workload. Practitioner Wang Yan is 17 years old, yet she has double the workload compared to other people. Her hands are deformed from the heavy work.

4. Mental Torture: The newcomers (practitioners) are not allowed to sleep at night. There are some people taking turns brainwashing them. The perpetrators punch and kick practitioners late at night, forcing them to stand for long hours. It goes on like that for ten days to a month. Some practitioners developed high blood pressure during the torture; some even had heart attacks and lost consciousness. In cases like that, the guards would say, "He is pretending to die."

5. Forced brainwashing: Practitioners are forced to watch videos and displays slandering Falun Dafa and its founder. Those who refuse to watch are beaten, cursed, and shocked by electric batons.

6. Overdue Detention: There are numerous practitioners still under detention after they have served their terms because they refuse to give up practicing. They go on a hunger strike, demanding release, but are force-fed, shocked by electric batons, or locked in solitary confinement. The police also play music at mind numbing levels to unnerve them. Some practitioners are sent to the hospital due to the torture, but the torture continues even in the hospital.

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