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Lawyer Imprisoned for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners Denied Family Visits

2010-05-14

Mr. Wang Yonghang, a lawyer from Dalian City, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defending Falun Gong practitioners. He is now being held in Liaonan Prison, Liaoning Province. His family went to visit him on April 14th, 2010. His wife asked to see him but the guard at reception refused to let them in, saying that the person they wanted to visit was a Falun Gong practitioner. Whoever refused to give up their belief in Falun Gong would not have visitation rights. On hearing these words, Mr. Wang's mother went to the reception window and asked, "Which law says that I cannot visit my son?"A female guard at the next window said, "My regulations are the law. I am the law."

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Three Generations of a Family Suffer Endless Persecution

2010-05-13

All the members of a three-generation family in Dougou Village, Qinan County, Shandong Province, practise Falun Gong. This family has been subjected to endless persecution ever since July 20th,1999. The head of the family, 72-year-old Nie Hongting, was sentenced to forced labour, as were his son and daughter-in-law, who are still serving terms at labour camps. Mr. Nie Hongting's wife died after suffering long-term persecution, and his granddaughter was expelled from school in 2005.

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Ms. Tian Guifang Tortured in Huaian County, Hebei Province

2010-05-13

Because of her belief in Falun Gong, Ms. Tian Guifang was detained three times and sent to a forced labour camp once. In addition, she was humiliated, threatened, and had money extorted from her. Ms. Tian Guifang and other practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 2000. They were arrested by Beijing police and then taken back to the local detention centre. When they went on a hunger strike to appeal, officers dragged Ms. Tian out of the room and threw her onto a bed in another room. Then 5 or 6 people came and forcibly held down her head, legs, and arms so that she could be force-fed by inserting a tube in her nose. Because of the torture, Ms. Tian vomited blood. The force-feeding was repeated several times.

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Ms. Liu Xinru Held 9 Months on False Charges in Beijing's Fengtai District Detention Centre

2010-05-13

Ms. Liu Xinru, a Falun Gong practitioner from Beijing, has been held in the Fengtai District Detention Centre for more than nine months. On March 26th, 2010, the Fengtai District Court put her on trial and attempted to convict her of false charges. Two attorneys defended her with a plethora of evidence clearly showing that the authorities generated fake evidence to frame her. The attorneys asked for Ms. Liu's acquittal and release.

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Shenyang Court Brings Falun Gong Practitioners to Trial

2010-05-13

Trials were held on April 19th - April 21st, 2010 in Shenhe District Court, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province for Mr. Wang Yuchun, Ms. Ma Guoqi, and Ms. Guo Hongyan respectively, Falun Gong practitioners from Shenyang City. On September 24th, 2009, police officers arrested Mr. Wang Yuchun at his workplace and later took him to the Shenhe District Detention Centre. On September 22nd, 2009, police took Ms. Ma to the Shenyang City Detention Centre, where she was detained for over seven months, and not allowed any visitation from her family.

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The Persecution of Ms. Zhu Yaping and How it Tore Her Family Apart

2010-05-12

Ms. Zhu Yaping has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) simply because she follows the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as a Falun Gong practitioner. She was arrested and "sentenced" to a forced labour camp twice for a total of three years, and she was also detained in a brainwashing centre. Ms. Zhu was constantly harassed at her home by the police, creating tension among her family members. Her husband, who couldn't bear it any longer, divorced her, leaving Ms. Zhu to live and take care of herself alone.

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Mr. Li Liandong Sentenced to Forced Labour Camp Three Times

2010-05-12

On August 27th, 2008, Mr. Li Liandong was arrested and sentenced to three years of forced labour. Mr. Li is being held at the Tumuji Forced Labour Camp. This was the third time he was sentenced to a term of three years in a forced labour camp. When Mr Li's second term of forced labour finished in March 2007, officials took him to a hotel and brutally tortured him, but still refused to give up his belief in Falun Gong. Mr. Li was tied to an iron chair for over seven days. He was viciously beaten, deprived of sleep for over 20 days, and barbaric methods were used to force-feed him.

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I Suffered Severe Persecution at Jinan Women's Prison

2010-05-12

After I decided to become a Falun Gong practitioner and cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I was unjustly arrested on October 15th, 2006, and sentenced to twelve years in prison. I was jailed at the Jinan Women's Prison on April 23rd, 2007, and that same night, transferred to the group training team that specialised in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Every day from 6:00 a.m. to midnight, prisoners controlled by the guards bombarded me with brainwashing attempts. Since I refused to accept the so-called "transforming" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong], they tried punishing me by forcing me to stand for long periods, depriving me of sleep, beating me, and cursing me, all to force me to give up being a Falun Gong practitioner.

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A Handicapped Elderly Woman's Defence Arguments at her Trial in Kaifeng City

2010-05-12

Recently, the court in Kaifeng City, Henan Province, tried a handicapped elderly Falun Gong practitioner. The practitioner represented herself and requested that the court drop all charges and release her. Since July 20th, 1999, she has been arrested, jailed, sent to forced labour camp, imprisoned, and had money extorted from her. In July 2009, she was arrested by officers from the Longting District Police Station in Kaifeng City. Agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) took her to the Tonxu County Detention Centre and have held her there ever since.

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Mr. Ma Yunxian, 70, Dies After Suffering Extensive Persecution in Henan Province

2010-05-11

Mr. Ma Yunxian and his wife Luo Shuhua began practising Falun Gong in March 1998 and attained good health and harmony in their family. After the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Ma's work unit froze his and his wife's retirement pension. The couple had to rely on their relatives for financial assistance. In July 2004, Mr. Ma was arrested by police. He managed to escape and began a life of homelessness until he returned home in 2006. After suffering such an extended period of persecution, Mr. Ma passed away in April of 2008. He was 70 years old. Luo Shuhua, has faced many counts of imprisonment, torture, and seizure of property.

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Police from Changsha City Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

2010-05-11

Five practitioners, including Liu Peilan and Li Zhigang, were arrested by officials from the Qiaoyi Police Station on the evening of April 17th, 2010. In order to coerce confessions from them, three male practitioners were tortured for several hours by police. The police severely beat the practitioners, squeezed their throats, twisted their hands, batted at the practitioners' faces and kicked their legs. One practitioner's leg was beaten so severely that it bled continuously and copiously and the blood even flowed out of his woollen long johns. One practitioner is still currently detained at Wangcheng County Detention Centre. Officials from the Domestic Security Division have forbidden his family members to visit him, and ransacked his home.

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Mr. Dong Shaotai, Almost Seventy, Sentenced to Seven-Year Prison Term

2010-05-11

On April 13th, 2010, Mr. Dong Shaotai, a 68-year-old practitioner who had been detained for more than six months, was tried in the Shuangliu County Court in Sichuan Province. Two human rights lawyers from Beijing overcame many difficulties to valiantly defend their client. In the end, the court followed the dictates of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and sentenced Mr. Dong, who had been persecuted almost to death, to seven years in prison. In reality the outcome of the trial had been decided long before the trial began.

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Ms. Wang Sulan from Tangshan City Secretly Sentenced to Nine Years of Imprisonment in Beijing

2010-05-11

Ms. Wang Sulan, a 48-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Tangshan City, Hebei Province was arrested in Beijing in 2009 by police officers, and then was secretly sentenced to nine years of imprisonment. Ms. Wang is currently detained at Hebei Women's Prison. Since 1999, Ms. Wang has been subjected to having her home ransacked, brainwashing and detention.

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Another Participant in the 2002 Falun Gong Cable TV Broadcasts in Changchun City Dies in Custody

2010-05-10

Mr. Liang Zhenxing was among those who participated in a successful attempt to broadcast videos explaining the true situation about the persecution of Falun Gong over cable TV in China's Changchun City in 2002. Mr. Liang, who suffered terrible torture in custody, died on May 1st, 2010 in Gongzhuling Central Hospital under surveillance of Gongzhuling City Prison guards.

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Retired Teacher from Jilin Province Suffers Years of Persecution

2010-05-10

Ms. Shao Lihong is a retired teacher from the Jiaohe City Experimental Elementary School of Jilin Province. After she began to practise Falun Gong in 1996, all her chronic illnesses were cured, and she became a healthy and happy person. As a steadfast practitioner, she appealed for Falun Gong after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a persecution campaign against it in 1999. She was arrested repeatedly, and sent to forced labour camps twice. Due to severe mistreatment and torture, her health sharply declined during her second labour camp term. All of her old diseases came back, leaving her in critical condition.

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