Older Mr. Zhang Lizhu Dies as a Result of Persecution in Henan Province

Mr. Zhang Lizhu, 67, lived in Pozhang Village, in Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province. In March 2007, officers from the Hedian Township Police Station and Shangcai County Political Judiciary Committee arrested him and detained him in a detention centre. He was transferred to the Xinmi Prison at the end of 2007 and tortured until his life was in danger. On March 2nd, 2008, his family picked him up, but the Xinmi Prison Administration took him back into custody again after a month. He was later taken home due to his critical condition. He died on July 11th, 2008.

The following individuals are responsible for the persecution of Mr. Zhang Lizhu: Hedian Township Police Station Director Zhu Ruoyu (male), police driver Ge Changxin (male), and Chinese Communist Party Director Zhai Zhichun (male).

Additional Information on the Death of Ms. Hu Qinglan in Gansu Province

Ms. Hu Qinglan, in her 50s, was a retired employee from the Gansu Province Construction Second Machinery Factory. She went to Beijing to appeal on July 7th, 2000, and she was subsequently detained in a detention centre in Beijing for more than twenty days, where she had to eat mouldy food, was stripped of her clothes, and was forced to sit on hard stools for extended periods of time. She was detained another fifteen days after she returned home in the Yaoshuping Detention Centre. Guards forced her pull a heavy cart in 104 degree Fahrenheit weather. She was forced to drink muddy water and do late-night overtime heavy labour, such as unloading the coal truck. She became as thin as a skeleton. People were very worried when they saw Ms. Hu after she was released. The union chairman constantly had "talks" with her around any sensitive date. Under this huge physical and mental pressure, Ms. Hu died on April 29th, 2001.

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