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Methods of Torture Used in Yunnan No. 2 Women's Prison

2010-05-25

Practitioners taken to the prison are first subjected to brainwashing in an attempt to try to force them to renounce their spiritual beliefs. If practitioners do not give up their faith, they suffer prolonged torture, including injections that damage the central nervous system, solitary confinement in small spaces, the death bed torture, electric shock, severe beatings, and being deprived of water. They are not allowed to have any contact with others or communicate with the outside world. This brutal physical and mental torture resulted in the deaths of some practitioners. Several became physically disabled, and several were driven to mental breakdowns.

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The Persecution of Qi Lizhen at Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp

2010-05-25

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qi Lizhen is a very kind lady, yet she was fired from her job after being sentenced to a forced labour camp because she practised Falun Gong. After Ms. Qi appealed for justice for Falun Gong outside the Beijing Appeals Office, she was arrested and sentenced to a one-year term at Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp. Because she also lost her job, Ms. Qi had no source of income. Her husband was forced to divorce her. In 2004, she was sentenced to a three-year forced labour term.

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Practitioners Tortured with Electric Shocks at Tiefeng Police Division and Tailai Prison

2010-05-24

I was arrested on March 29th, 2006. Police drove me to the Tiefeng District Police Department in Qiqihar City, where they bound me to a metal chair and tortured me for about 40 minutes. They forced my hands through two holes at the back of the chair and handcuffed me. My body was stretched forward with my feet on the ground, which forced the majority of my body off the chair. I was essentially suspended in the air. They tortured me like this three times. The next day they hung me onto a wall by my hands. Then the police connected electrical wires to my thumbs and genitals. These wires were connected to a high-voltage generator. They repeatedly sent electric shocks through me. I couldn't withstand the suffering. It was so painful that I would have rather died. They then handcuffed me to a chair and connected electric wires from my fingers to the generator, in order to shock me again.

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Practitioner Chen Jihai Arrested for Helping a Neighbour Cure Her Eye Disease

2010-05-24

On the morning of April 27th, 2010, Practitioner Chen Jihai, was arrested at his home by the local police because personnel from the local 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] learned from the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net) that Ma Fengqin, was cured of her eye disease by practising Falun Gong. The police approached Ma Fengqin and asked her whether the reported story was true, and if so, who taught her Falun Gong. Ma Fengqin confirmed the report and told them the true story.

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Elderly Mr. Peng Chuhao from Hunan Province Mistreated in Prison

2010-05-24

Police officers arrested 74-year-old Mr. Peng Chuhao in late January 2010. The police took him to the Jin City Detention Centre in Changde, Hunan Province. Two months later, Mr. Peng was taken to the Wuling Prison in Changde. Mr. Peng strongly protested the persecution and refused to write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong. Because he persisted in practising the Falun Gong exercises in prison, he was brutally force-fed. He became very weak and often had to urinate more than ten times each night. His teeth fell out and he was not given enough food. The officials took Mr. Peng to the hospital when his life was endangered. As soon as he recovered a little, they took him back to the prison.

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Disbarred Chinese Lawyer: True Loser is the Legal System

2010-05-24

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice in a hearing on April 22nd revoked the law licences of two attorneys, Tang Jitian and Liu Wei, both of whom are well-known for defending Falun Gong adherents and others who are disenfranchised in China. Prior to the hearing, Tang Jitian spoke to reporters outside the courtroom. He characterized the situation as just another attempt by the authorities to intimidate and suppress lawyers. In actuality, he said, the authorities were only jeopardizing their own moral and legal credibility with the people of China.

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Additional Information about the Persecution and Death of Mr. Wang Donghai

2010-05-23

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Donghai from Qingyuan County, Hebei Province was harassed and persecuted many times by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. In July 2006, Mr. Wang watched a Falun Gong video and was reported to the authorities, who again extorted money from him, a sum of 5,500 yuan. They arrested him and whipped his legs with a phone cord. As a result of the beating, he could not walk and his legs were severely bruised. Mr. Wang's parents and children suffered greatly from the ongoing police harassment. Mr. Wang was not able to do the Falun Gong exercises for a long time. His health deteriorated drastically. On January 25th, 2009, Mr. Wang passed away at the age of 51, after suffering years of persecution.

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Three Practitioners from Liquan County, Xianyang City Arrested and Homes Ransacked

2010-05-23

State Security Division officers from Liquan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province arrested Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Feng Jianying, Mr. Zhao Yaer and Mr. Hu Mingyou on April 25th, 2010. Without a search warrant, the police confiscated the 27,000 yuan that Mr. Hu had saved up over many years. Ms. Feng Jianzhen's home was ransacked and her whereabouts are unknown.

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Ms. Zhou Liping Detained  Elderly Mother Dies Due to Mental Trauma

2010-05-23

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhou Liping, in her forties, started practising Falun Gong in 1998. On January 10th, 2010, Ms. Zhou, Ms. Bai Jingzhi and three other practitioners were arrested and imprisoned in the Huadian City Detention Centre. They have not been released yet. Ms. Zhou Liping's 77-year-old mother witnessed the police officers ransacking her daughter's home. The police pushed this elderly lady roughly around, severely frightening her. Due to being traumatised, she could hardly eat and passed away on March 1st.

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Party Officials in Deyang City Force Residents to Sign "Pledge Card"

2010-05-23

Since this March, the Deyang Municipal Party Committee in Sichuan Province and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have been forcing residents to sign "pledge cards" against Falun Gong and are distributing brochures attacking and slandering Falun Gong. In the Guanghua community at Dongshanbei Lane, residents who receive low-income financial assistance are forced to sign pledge cards against Falun Gong. Otherwise, their payments are withheld. In the Fourth Team of Nanxing town, most residents have signed the pledge card. They were told that if they did not sign, their children cannot join the army or go to college in the future.

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Falun Gong Practitioner Involved in Changchun TV Broadcast Dies in Custody

2010-05-22

A Falun Gong practitioner who tapped into China’s state-run TV died on May 1st. Liang Zhenxing had suffered persecution in various prison camps for the past nine years. The 46-year-old resident of Changchun was sentenced to 19 years in prison back in 2002. Liang was part of a group of Falun Gong practitioners who tapped into state-run TV stations on March 5th that year. They showed about 50 minutes of programmes—including this one: “Falun Dafa Around the World”—which showed that Falun Gong is widely practised, and that the Chinese regime was making up lies to justify its persecution of the group.

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Mr. Liang Keming Sentenced to Three More Years in Prison After Serving Seven Year Sentence for Practising Falun Gong

2010-05-22

On April 28th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liang Keming from Loudi City, Hunan Province, was sentenced to three years in prison. He is now detained in Jinshi Prison in Changde. Mr. Liang had previously been sentenced to seven years because he practised Falun Gong. After he was released he was arrested again. Before being sentenced to prison, he was detained for eleven months at the No. 1 Detention Centre in Loudi City. He was fed only brine with several pieces of radish, and was forced to work long hours.

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Two Falun Gong Practitioners from Fuyu County, Jilin Province Persecuted

2010-05-22

During the Chinese New Year in 2010 Mr. Wang Huanli, a practitioner from Fuyu County, Jilin Province, was arrested by local police. After he was released, he became homeless to avoid being arrested. Another practitioner, Mr. Liu Qing, was accused of being in contact with Mr. Wang and was arrested recently. Mr. Wang had been sentenced to forced labour and was sent to Jiutai Labour Camp in Jilin Province. He was in critical condition because of the abuse in the camp. In Jiutai Forced Labour Camp, Mr. Wang suffered from serious ulcerations in his lungs. When he went home, his condition became so bad that he constantly vomited blood in big mouthfuls.

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Shanghai Expo Intensifies Chinese Regime's Crackdown of Falun Gong

2010-05-22

This month the Shanghai Expo opened its door to the world with the slogan: ‘Better City, Better Life.’ But for followers of the spiritual practice Falun Gong, also called Falun Gong, life has not been better because of the Expo. Levi Browde is executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Centre, a New York-based group. He says the Chinese regime is using the pretext of the Shanghai Expo to carry out its campaign to eradicate Falun Gong.

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Twenty-two Year-old Girl Arrested and Taken to Forced Labour Camp − Mother Disappears While Looking For Her Daughter

2010-05-21

Practitioners Ms. Wang Yujie and Ms. Ma Yuanxin were arrested by police on March 11th. The practitioners were taken to the No. 1 Detention Station and detained for 15 days. On March 26th, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) secretly transferred Wang Yujie and Ma Yuanxin to the Erdaopeng Brainwashing Centre. Chen Ye, Wang Yujie's mother, went to the police station looking for her daughter. Then, after March 17th, Chen Ye hadn't returned home and there was no news about her. It is presumed that she was also arrested and detained. Officials sentenced the two practitioners to one-year forced labour terms.

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