Ms. Deng Hui's Personal Account of Persecution

Name: Deng Hui
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Address: B21-A Jixin Building, Buji Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 19th, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Guangzhou Women's Prison
City: Shenzhen
Province: Guangdong
Persecution Suffered: Sleep deprivation, forced labour, brainwashing, imprisonment, home ransacked, detention, denial of toilet use

Ms. Deng Hui has been persecuted several times over the last ten years. She was held in a forced labour camp twice and was sentenced to three years in prison last year. The following is Ms. Deng Hui's own account of her experience:

My name is Deng Hui. I was harassed and arrested several times because of my belief in Falun Gong.

I went to Beijing trying to appeal for justice for Falun Gong in October and December of 1999. I was held at the Henggang Detention Centre in the Longgang District for 15 days both times. In May 2000, I was going to Beijing again, but was arrested at the Guangzhou Railway Station. I was sentenced to two years of forced labour in October 2000 and was released on probation in September 2001.

Officials from the National Security Bureau ransacked my home and confiscated my Falun Gong books and leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on May 18th, 2002. I was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and was first taken to the Xili Brainwashing Centre. After seven months of brainwashing sessions, I was transferred to the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp. They used many methods to torture me in the labour camp, such as denying me use of the toilet, depriving me of sleep, and forcing me to remain in strenuous positions for long periods of time.

Agents from the Shenzhen 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] broke into my home and ransacked it on April 19th, 2009. They confiscated a computer, printer, DVD burner, and Falun Gong leaflets. I was held in the Jiuwei Detention Centre in the Bao'an District for more than a year. I was then sentenced to three years in prison. I appealed the court's decision, but the judgment of the lower court was upheld. I have continued to appeal.

A guard from the Jiuwei Detention Centre violently pushed me on July 9th, 2010, and I nearly smashed my head on an iron gate. My hands were cuffed behind my back, and I was sent to Guangzhou Women's Prison. The prison guards tortured me and tried to force me to give up my belief.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/12/1/233156.html