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Mr. Zhang Fengjun Arrested and Sent to Forced Labour Camps Multiple Times
2010-11-06
Mr. Zhang Fengjun began to practise Falun Gong in 1996. During the more than ten years of persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), he has been arrested five times and taken to forced labour camps three times. On August 30th, 2010, police and others, broke into Mr. Zhang's home at 5:00 a.m. They arrested him and took him to the Xiuse Village Brainwashing Centre. Police ordered him to watch videos slandering Falun Gong. They tried to brainwash him, but did not succeed. Mr. Zhang escaped on the third day, and is still homeless to avoid being arrested. -
Former Deputy Head of Finance Suffers Nine Years of Imprisonment
2010-11-06Ms. Wu Jingjun began to practise Falun Gong at the beginning of 1999. From March to October 2000, she went to Beijing many times to appeal for Falun Gong and, as a result, suffered brutal torture. In January 2001, she was reported to the police for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Fengxin City. She was first held at Fengxin Detention Centre, then moved to Nanchang No. 3 Detention Centre, and finally sentenced to three years of forced labour in June 2001. She was released in June 2004. On September 10th, 2010, she was explaining the facts about Falun Gong on a bus when she was arrested by officer Li of Chaonong Police Station. The police took her to Nanchang No. 3 Detention Centre. Liu, the director of the police station, physically abused Ms. Wu on the way to to the detention centre. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Liu Shuling Shocked to Death with Electric Batons in the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Centre
2010-11-05On July 3rd Ms. Liu Shuling was tortured to death in the Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. According to informed sources, a dozen or so practitioners were tortured by being hung up, then forced to sit in an iron chair, in an attempt to coerce them to write the so-called "five papers" (conversion paper, separation paper, repentance paper, exposing paper, and pledging paper) to give up their belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Liu remained steadfast in her belief and refused to write anything. The police tied her to a chair and shocked her with electric batons until she died. -
Ms. Wang Yingxia Recounts Her Mistreatment in Harbin Women's Prison
2010-11-05While I was talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in Tongjiang City in December 2007, I was arrested by the local police and moved between different detention centres before being sentenced to three years in Harbin Women's Prison in June 2008. When my elder sister went to the Tongjiang Police Department to request my release in December 2007, the police found out that she was also a practitioner and later arrested her. She was held in a detention centre and then was transferred to a labour camp for a year and three months. -
Ms. Wang Gaizhen Sent to Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province for Two Years
2010-11-05Practitioner Ms. Wang Gaizhen is a nurse. She was arrested at work for her beliefs on July 26th by police. After being detained for more than a month at the Datong Detention Centre, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour on September 17th. She is imprisoned at the Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. This is the third time that Ms. Wang has been arrested for her beliefs. She was arrested for telling others the facts about Falun Gong on November 2nd, 2001, and was subjected to three years of forced labour at the Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp. -
Mr. Li Haidong in Serious Condition, Jidong Prison Refuses to Release Him on Medical Bail
2010-11-05On February 24th, 2009, police arrested and tortured Mr. Li Haidong because he practises Falun Gong. The Zunhua City Court sentenced Mr. Li to five years in Jidong Prison in Tangshan City. On September 7th, Mr. Li went on a protest hunger strike in the prison and was force-fed. By the time of this report, he had not eaten for over 40 days. On October 14th, Mr. Li's brothers and relatives and the head of Xiaonian Village went to Jidong Prison to visit him. Mr. Li was pale and emaciated. Three inmates had to carry him to the visiting room because he was too weak to walk on his own. -
First-Hand Persecution Account from Liu Fengbao of Yushu City, Jilin Province
2010-11-04Because I practise Falun Gong, I have been arrested five times. I was detained twice in the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, where I was brutally tortured both physically and mentally. In July 2003, I was taken to Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp by police. I was forced to squat for a prolonged period of time. The guards also ordered a criminal inmate to pour water over my head. Practitioners who were not "transformed" [forcibly renounced Falun Gong] were each forced to sit on a small stool. We had to carry dirt and bricks on our backs, and to work from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. without a break from the demanding work. Sometimes we had to work until midnight or even 1:00 a.m. Guard Gao Zhilu often beat us. -
Ms. Hu Yunhuai on Verge of Death due to Torture
2010-11-04Ms. Hu Yunhuai was arrested on May 7th, 2010, and put on trial by the Xichang City Court in September. The verdict has not been disclosed, but she is being held at the Tuohuang Detention Centre in Xichang. Ms. Hu's dentures were confiscated while in detention. In June, she felt that something was stuck in her throat and requested a medical check-up, but it was denied. She lost weight rapidly and now weighs only around 35 kg. She could only take in liquid food provided by her daughter and thus became extremely weak. Ms. Hu was denied medical treatment for four months. She was diagnosed with late-stage oesophagus cancer and is now on the verge of death. -
Mr. Qin Yongjie Taken to Weifang Detention Centre
2010-11-04On September 25th, Mr. Qin Yongjie, a teacher in the Physics Department of Weifang University in Shandong Province, was arrested on his way to work. He was taken to the Weifang Detention Centre. The police took keys from his pockets and conducted a search of his home, confiscating a picture of the founder of Falun Gong and a set of Falun Gong books. Since the suppression of Falun Gong began in 1999, the Chinese Communist regime has not allowed this kindhearted university teacher to live in peace and has repeatedly arrested and detained him, ransacked his home, and taken him to forced labour camps. -
Mr. Wu Shengli Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2010-11-04Mr. Wu Shengli is a teacher. He has followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since he started practising Falun Gong. Police arrested Mr. Wu when he was seen talking to people about Falun Gong on August 31st. He was sentenced to one year and three months of forced labour, and sent to the Anhui Province Juvenile Labour Camp on October 9th. When Mr. Wu's family went to visit him on October 13th, a guard told them," We have plenty of methods to get him to change his belief." -
Husband Sent to Forced Labour Camp Three Times--Wife Repeatedly Tortured
2010-11-03Ms. Guo Yujun and her husband Mr. Liu Changping both practise Falun Gong and no longer have illnesses. They lived a happy life. However, during the past ten years of persecution, Mr. Liu Changping was sentenced to forced labour three times and was brutally tortured. Ms. Guo Yujun has been detained in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp twice. During her detention in the police stations, detention centres, and labour camps, she was shocked with electric batons and brutally forced-fed. She was at times on the verge of death. -
The Ordeals of Retired Doctor Liu Maimei
2010-11-03I was sent to the Hewan Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. As soon as I arrived, I was subjected to surveillance by other prisoners. I encountered collaborators, former practitioners who are made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners, and was subjected to non stop, around the clock brainwashing tactics. I was forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong and forced to write a self-examination every day. I was also intimidated and tempted with promises of rewards if I capitulated and gave up Falun Gong. I was deprived of sleep, and denied use of the toilet. The whole time I was in the labour camp, I was subjected to brainwashing and forced labour. -
Teacher at Minzu University of China Sentenced
2010-11-03The Haidian District Court in Beijing sentenced Ms. Liang Bo to three-and-a-half years of imprisonment on October 22nd. Ms. Liang was recently arrested on May 20th, by police. Officer Dong Yongping viciously beat her, cursed at her, deprived her of sleep, forced her to wear the inmate uniform, and forcibly cut her hair. Dong, who weighs around 170 pounds, also sat on her chest and pressed his left leg hard against her chest, fracturing her costal cartilage and inducing internal bleeding. -
Ms. Wang Guoxin and Ms. Xing Liqiu Persecuted for Talking to People About Falun Gong
2010-11-03Ms. Wang Guoxin and Ms. Xing Liqiu from Dezhou City, Shandong Province, were arrested by police on October 12th, when they were seen speaking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong at a local market. They were detained at Dongdi Police Station and then taken to Dezhou Detention Centre the same day. Zhang Xikun, from the Public Security branch in Decheng District, led other officers to ransack Ms. Xing's home. They confiscated a computer, Falun Gong books, and a mobile phone. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Cai Guijiao from Hunan Province Persecuted
2010-11-02During the over 10-year-long persecution, like tens of thousands of other practitioners, Ms. Cai Guijiao, 60, was arrested several times and her home was ransacked. She was even held in a brainwashing centre and sentenced to forced labour. On October 13th, 2010, police took forcibly Ms. Cai to a brainwashing centre. Ms. Cai was brutally tortured for 60 days. Guards forced her to watch video programmes that slandered Falun Gong and its founder all the time. They forced her to stand still for a long time. Sometimes they tied her hands and legs and hung her to the frame of a TV set, in an attempt to force her to write the Three Statements guaranteeing not to practise Falun Gong.
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