Atmosphere of Terror in Changsha Female Prison

By Dafa practitioners from Changsha Female Prison

On June 25th, 2002, there was a meeting held with about 2000 attendees at Changsha female prison, Hunan Province. The agenda included fabricated reports to defame Falun Dafa and practitioners. The speeches also tried to cover up the facts of the persecution going on in the prison for the last three plus years and to deceive those non-practitioners who had a sense of justice. When Dafa practitioners protested the speech delivered by jail director Zhao Lan, the police forcefully dragged them out of the auditorium. A tall male policeman, brutally beat female practitioner Yan Hong, while dragging other Dafa practitioners away They locked her up in a smelly, hot and mosquito infested solitary cell. It is said that Yan Hong is still locked in the solitary cell and being subjected to this inhuman misery.

Dafa practitioners in the solitary cells went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. There was a 60 year-old female practitioner named Zhang Yawei who was too weak to get up from her bed during the hunger strike. Her body was covered with mosquito bites. After 9 days, she was emaciated and looked like a different person. She also had a fever for the duration of the hunger strike. The guards, completely devoid of any human pity, ignored her situation. Other practitioners heard her crying and groaning in pain, when she was suffering from the fever, and were very saddened. They beat on the door of the solitary cell so that they could help her. They asked the male criminals for water and put her hands and feet in it to bring down the fever. They covered her abdomen and chest with a damp towel. The elderly woman had lost consciousness, but then started to recover. After two months the mosquito bites had not all healed. While Dafa practitioners are being dragged around, beaten, and locked in the solitary cells in handcuffs, the Changsha female jail is ridiculously claiming to be a "civilized jail" with a "humanitarian administration."

The jail gave severe punishment to those inmates who made contact with Dafa practitioners. Ms Yan Youqun from Changfeng No.4 team, helped practitioners pass on a note. Li listened to rumours spread by other inmates and punished Yan by making her kneel for nearly 8 hours, all the while beating and kicking her. He also cruelly tortured Yan Youqun by way of "carrying a sword on the back" [The hands are tied behind her back with one hand over the shoulder and the other hand against the lower back. The police then apply a great deal of force to pull the two hands toward one another and handcuff the two hands together.] Yan also lost 20 points toward her release, [meaning that her sentence would be extended]. This punishment caused quite a stir among the inmates. The behaviour of the policemen not only incited conflicts between practitioners and inmates, but also made all aspects of prison life difficult for the practitioners. The policemen tried to incite the hatred of the inmates against the practitioners, attempting to isolate and pressure the practitioners in this way. However, this has only made more people realise how much the prison authorities are deceiving the public and not following the rule of law.

On June 28, Dafa practitioner Ms Miao Cui, about 50 years old, opposed the persecution by taking off her jail uniform. On the night of the 29th, when she was walking through the 3rd gate, team leader Li Jun called over two male policemen, and in front of 6 or 7 policemen and two inmates, punched Ms. Miao in the face, kicked her very hard, and said, "I will beat you to death. Go ahead and sue us!" The other policemen watched with indifference. After that, they threw Miao Cui into the solitary cell. She was in great pain and could not sleep that night. After a few days, she still had severe headaches, and didn't eat or drink for one day and two nights. Fifteen days later, five people dragged her to work, cutting and scraping her on the way. When they were going through the 3rd gate, the policemen ordered 5 inmates to drag, push, step on and kick her in order to make her kneel down. There was one policeman holding an electric baton at the ready to shock her. In a few days, she ended up covered with cuts and bruises. And still Li Jun adopted more cruel tortures on her. In so much pain, Miao Cui couldn't stop sweating, and she was tortured to the brink of death. Miao Cui was tortured for nearly 20 days; an example of how the Changsha female prison inhumanely and viciously persecutes Dafa practitioners.

Changsha female jail utilized handcuffs, electric batons, and forms of torture like "carry a sword on the back", handcuffing from behind and hanging up, or hanging up while tiptoes touched the ground to try to break the practitioners' will. An inmate said, "I have been in this jail for almost 10 years, and this was my first time that I ever witnessed such miserable things. This is just horrible." On November 12th, a policeman used an electric baton on Miao Cui, all the while saying, "Feel free to sue me. It wasn't me who hurt you, it was the electricity!" Time and time again the guards' words and actions have shown how much they want to make the practitioners suffer in retaliation for exposing their brutality to the outside world. These incidents also show that the prison supervisors conspired with policemen and criminals to beat Dafa practitioners; even the supervisors themselves beat practitioners.

The way many policemen in the Changsha female prison persecuted righteous Dafa practitioners so viciously has shocked everyone who has heard the news.
The policemen in Changsha female jail assault the practitioners and violate their human rights at will. They act as if nothing is wrong while torturing and persecuting practitioners. There is an ancient saying: "Good will be rewarded with good, evil will be met with evil retribution." We hope that people with a sense of justice from all walks of life will come to learn the truth of the persecution, and give us their help and support!

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