Practitioners who gave in and signed "statements of repentance" were immediately sent to the Seventh, Eighth or Ninth squadrons. The rest, who refused to renounce their beliefs, were detained in the Fifth squadron for at least 3 or 4 months. Some were even detained there for 5 months before being sent on to the other squadrons. These three squadrons, particularly the Seventh, were the cruellest in the labour camp for persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners,. Almost every day, they broadcast propaganda slandering Falun Dafa or the collaborators [former practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture] read articles defaming Falun Dafa, forcing steadfast practitioners to listen. Film crews from the local TV station came many times to fabricate propaganda.
Even under such conditions, in order to safeguard Falun Dafa, some practitioners persisted in practising the exercises, some recited Teacher Li's articles, and some disclosed that all the media and TV propaganda were lies. They all refused to cooperate with the plot of the TV station. Angered from humiliation, the guards brutally tortured these practitioners. They shocked or handcuffed them, confined them in a solitary compartment, gagged them with towels, yanked their hair, slapped their faces, kicked and punched them in a frenzy, forbid them drinking water or toilet use, threw them into the scorching sun or torrential rain etc. From 6:30 a.m. to midnight the practitioners were forced to stand in "army posture". This long-term physical and mental torture has become a common occurrence. Despite this brutal persecution, Falun Dafa practitioners would not yield. They all refused to cooperate. Slowly, one after another, they are being released.
Source:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/4/29/21484.html
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