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Ms. Zheng Muzhi from Helong City, Jilin Province, Sentenced to Four and a Half Years in Prison
2012-02-06On January 4th, 2011, police officers arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zheng Muzhi outside of the building where her elder brother lives. Later, she was sentenced by the Helong Court to four and a half years in prison. She is currently incarcerated in Changchun Prison. Previously, while in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Ms. Zheng refused to cooperate with the officials, so they tied her to the "death bed" for eight days. -
Chengdu Teacher in Critical Condition after Nearly 30 Days of Hunger Strike Protesting Unfair Arrest
2012-02-05Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Hui is a former teacher who went missing in mid-December 2011. After inquiring for information through many avenues, in January 2012, her family learned that Ms. Liu had been arrested at home on December 14th. To this day, Ms. Liu's family has received no notification, nor has anyone assumed responsibility for Ms. Liu's arrest. It has been confirmed that Ms. Liu started a hunger strike on the second day of her arrest. Nearly 30 days have passed and she is in critical condition. -
Ms. Wang Meiying and Mr. Zhao Fuqiang from Tianshui City, Gansu Province, Detained Over Five Months
2012-02-05Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wang Meiying, in her sixties, and Mr. Zhao Fuqiang, about 50, went to Wuying Town in Qin'an County on the evening of August 10th, 2011 to distribute materials explaining the facts about Falun Gong. Villagers who did not understand the truth blocked them and took them to the local police station. Ms. Wang and Mr. Zhao were later taken to the Qin'an County Detention Centre. They were recently transferred to an unknown location. -
Chen Xuzhong from Jinchang City Gansu Province Arrested Again after Twice Being Persecuted in Forced Labour Camps
2012-02-04Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Chen Xuzhong at work on November 15th, 2011. This was the third time he has been arrested after serving five years of forced labour. In Gansu Provincial First Forced Labour Camp food was very poor and barely enough, while the workload was huge. There were no breaks during the day. After one day of slave labour, practitioners could hardly stand up up straight. In the harvest season they had to leave for work at 6:30 a.m. and didn't finish until 9:00 p.m., 13 or 14 hours. -
Ms. Jia Guilan, 69, Tortured at Heilongjiang Women's Prison
2012-02-04Sixty-nine-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jia Guilan was arrested for her belief in April 2009. While detained in Ward 9 of the Heilongjiang Women's Prison, she was subjected to extremely inhumane torture. The guards assigned criminal inmates to closely monitor Ms. Jia around the clock. Their job was to force Ms. Jia to sit on a small plastic stool daily, from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Her back had to be straight, hands on knees, and her legs had to form a 90-degree angle. She had to remain in this posture for 17 hours straight. The inmates brought her meals, so she did not have any chance move. The stool she sat on had a rough texture. After a long time of sitting, her buttocks became badly bruised, the skin was broken, and blood soaked her trousers. -
After Being Detained in Forced Labour Camp for One Year, Mr. Xia Dong and His Wife Are Sentenced to Forced Labor and Held in Detention Centres
2012-02-03Ms. Yan Xiaoyue and her husband Xia Dong were arrested by officers from the Jiulongpo 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), on August 11th, and in November 2010, respectively. The couple was sent to forced labour camps for one-year terms. Mr. Xia was detained in the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, while his wife Ms. Yan was held in the Shimahe Forced Labour Camp. Recently, when their terms had supposedly ended, the couple was transferred from the forced labour camps back to the Huayan Detention Centre. -
Failing to Arrest an Outstanding Teacher, Police in Sandong Province Arrest Her Husband Instead
2012-02-03Seven or eight police officers broke into a residential house on the morning of November 21st, 2010, in an attempt to arrest Ms. Ma Qin, an outstanding teacher. When they discovered that Ms. Ma was not home, they took her husband to the Taishan Road Police Station and locked him up for a day. Ms. Ma Qin only practised Falun Gong for five to six years. All her chronic diseases disappeared without medication after she began to practise. She set the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as her standards, worked conscientiously, and willingly bore the burden at work, therefore, she was well respected by her students and highly praised by their parents as the only teacher in the development zone who did not accept gifts. -
Mr. Zhao Xianghai Handcuffed and Shackled to a Bed and Injected with Unknown Substances at Xiangtan Mental Hospital
2012-02-02Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Xianghai is currently incarcerated in the Patient Department of the Xiangtan City Fifth Hospital (Mental Hospital) in Hunan Province. He is being held in Ward No. 2, the first room to the left behind the second layer of metal gates. Mr. Zhao is handcuffed and shackled to a metal bed all day long. -
Sexual Assault of a Male Practitioner and Other Atrocities at the Handan City Labour Camp
2012-02-02A severe sexual assault of Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Wang Gang, occurred on December 30th at the Handan City Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province. The camp officials are now attempting to keep the incident from being exposed. Guard Xing Yansheng forced him to write statements to give up his practice. Mr. Wang was unable to sleep at night since then and often talked to himself. Under instruction from the guards, inmates often bullied and beat him. The guards handcuffed Mr. Wang to heating pipes three times. -
Retired Farm Worker Dies after Being Tortured in Heilongjiang Women's Prison
2012-02-01Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Bixu, 66, was arrested for explaining the facts about Falun Gong on August 4th, 2008. She was later sentenced to three and half years in prison and was incarcerated in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. In 2011, she was hospitalised for about seven months in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison Hospital. The prison authorities refused to release her. In January 2011, Ms. Zhao was again hospitalised for some time. She died on January 14th, 2012. -
Yan Yuhua from Nanjing Arrested Again and Her Whereabouts Unknown
2012-02-01Ms. Yan Yuhua was arrested by police and persecuted in detention centres, labour camps, and prisons due to her refusal to give up her belief in Falun Gong. On November 20th, 2011, she was arrested and sent to the Nanjing Women's Prison. This happened less than one month after she returned home. Her current whereabouts are unknown. -
Ms. Song Caihong from Xingcheng, Liaoning Province, Again Persecuted to the Brink of Death
2012-01-31On December 30th, 2011, Ms. Song Caihong was reported to the police for talking to people about Falun Gong. She was arrested and taken to the Huludao Detention Centre that night. In just a few days Ms. Song, who originally weighed about 130 pounds, became emaciated. She was beaten many times by guards because she would not give her name and shouted that “Falun Gong is good!” Ms. Song vomited blood and could not eat at that time. A few days ago, guards brutally beat Ms. Song again. As a result, her kidney was injured and she had symptoms of acute uraemia. -
My Personal Experience of Being Persecuted for 11 Years
2012-01-31The communist regime has persecuted me for 11 years, and harmed my family tremendously. After hearing that I was sentenced to nine years, my elderly father could not sleep for two weeks and was constantly afraid of the police. After my release from prison, I met my 20-year-old son at a railway station. We could not recognise each other. -
Courageously Upholding Their Belief, Young Women in China Endure Severe Persecution
2012-01-30The persecution suffered by Ms. Zhang Xiaoli and her sister Zhang Yueqi, Ms. Xu Lu, Ms. Wang Yujie and Ms. Hu Miaomiao are but a few examples of many cases of young women subjected to severe persecution simply because they wish to practise Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. These young girls have experienced insult and torture throughout what should be the best time of their lives. They suffered just because they persisted in their belief and clarified the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong. The Chinese Communist regime is persecuting innocent young people and violating the rights of all Chinese citizens. -
Practitioners Held for One Year before Secret Trial in Jiaonan City Court--Families Not Notified, Lawyers Not Allowed
2012-01-30From August 23rd to September 1st, 2011, the Jiaonan Court of Shandong Province sentenced Falun Gong practitioners Xing Huaiping, Liu Meiqin, Fu Aixian, Zhang Xiuhua, and Zhang Shuhua during a court session held inside the Qingdao Dashan Detention Centre. The practitioners’ families were not notified and the court rejected the practitioners’ lawyers efforts to represent them at the hearing.