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Health Gym Proprietor Arrested for Practising Falun Gong, Her Home Ransacked

2009-09-06

At noon on August 17th, 2009, officials from the Hailin City No.1 Police Station in Heilongjiang Province broke into Ms. Zhou Huifang's health gym and arrested her. They sent out three police vehicles to ransack her home and confiscate her personal belongings, including printers and computers. Mr. Huo Jiuxian, Ms. Zhou Huifang's husband went to the No.1 Police Station to request his wife's release. However, officials there threatened their son and daughter-in-law to take Mr. Huo back home. Mr. Huo was severely persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Cultural Revolution. Now his wife has been arrested by the police. Whenever he thinks about his wife's misfortune, he cries uncontrollably.

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Retired Falun Gong Practitioner Forced to Collect Rubbish to Make Ends Meet After Her Pension was Suspended

2009-09-06

Ms. Cheng Hua was employed as a vet before she retired some years ago. She practised Falun Gong and followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to improve herself. She refused to renounce her practice, so officials at the Dongguan Street Administration Office suspended her pension for more than seven years. This resulted in financial hardship for her. Currently she can only make ends meet by collecting garbage.

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Mr. Jiang Bingzhi, 58, Dies in Custody in Heilongjiang Province

2009-09-05

Mr. Jiang Bingzhi, a previously healthy farmer, entered the Suihua City Labour Camp on October 30th, 2008. The Camp Administration recently notified his family that he had fallen into a coma. When Mr. Jiang's family heard that he was bedridden and could not take care of himself due to being tortured in the camp, they requested to visit him, but they were turned away. Later, his family saw him in the Bei'an City Hospital with both legs covered with bruises and at the brink of death. Only a few days later, he died on August 26th, 2009.

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Ms. Zhang Deping Cruelly Tortured in Sichuan Province

2009-09-05

Ms. Zhang Deping was captured on May 6th, 2008, and two months later forced to undergo "re-education" through forced labour. While Ms. Zhang was jailed, prison guards subjected her to many kinds of brutal tortures. Because Ms. Zhang resisted the persecution, she was locked up alone, and two drug addicts were assigned to bully her. Within a few days she was beaten until she suffered from internal injury, traumatic wounds, and her body was covered with cuts and bruises. Her big toe and second toe of her right foot were tortured to deformity. Though she was unable to squat down, she was forced to squat and could not stand up afterwards. During the night Ms. Zhang could not sleep, because when she tried to lie down it caused her excruciating pain.

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A Well-Regarded Person Arrested Again

2009-09-05

On June 10th, 2009, a group of police officers went to the home of practitioner Wang Shenlun. Mr.Wang enjoyed helping people, and was often commended for his work. After they arrested him and took him to the detention centre, they took his key and ransacked his house when no one was there. They seized personal property, worth over 10,000 yuan. A few days later, Mr. Wang was taken to the Boyuquan Jail, but family members were not allowed to visit him. His eighty-year-old mother and other family members went to the National Security Squadron many times to request Mr. Wang's release, but they were rejected and were told that Mr. Wang would be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.

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Mr. Zhang Chuanfu Brutally Tortured for Refusing to Sing Communist Party Songs

2009-09-05

Mr. Zhang Chuanfu was arrested on July 28th, 2007, and taken to a forced labour camp on October 16th. In March 2008, guards beat Mr. Zhang with batons and kicked him because he refused to sing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) songs. The guards then tied his hands behind his back and hung him up on a bed frame, with feet off the ground. They shocked him with electric batons for four hours before taking him down. Mr. Zhang's hands were numb.

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Retired Army Officer Dies as a Result of Persecution

2009-09-04

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Xinnian was brutally shocked with an a 20,000 volts electric baton in Baoding Forced Labour Camp. When one practitioner first saw Mr. Liu at the camp, he thought that he was looking at a detainee from a WW2 concentration camp as he was painfully thin. Even after being released home, the community administration frequently harassed and threatened him. Mr. Liu died on April 20th, 2009.

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Imprisoned for Years for Refusing to Quit Practising Falun Gong

2009-09-04

My name is Qu Lihua and I am forty-four years old. Because of my perseverance in practising Falun Gong, I have been arrested, locked up, fired from my job and put into forced-labour camps in the past ten years. Now I have been forced to be homeless for almost two years. In the detention centre, us Falun Gong practitioners started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Guards and prisoners dragged us out while beating and kicking us and force-fed us. We were pressed down to chairs with our arms twisted behind our backs. It felt as if my arms were about to break. Prison doctors held mouth-opening devices, pinched our noses, and force fed us highly salted corn gruel, which spilled all over our heads and bodies. Some fellow practitioners were injured to the extent that they vomited blood and some lost consciousness.

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Ms. Wang Xiangju Is Sentenced to Four Years in Prison As the Court Warns, "The Greater the Defence, the More Severe the Sentence"

2009-09-04

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Xiangju was recently sentenced to four years in prison by the District Court of Yuanbao in Dandong City, Liaoning Province. During the trial, her lawyer questioned the witness on the testimony he provided and made reasonable defence for her. However, he was threatened by the judge, who warned, "The more you defend her, the more severe her sentence will be. You have no choice but to have her plead guilty." Since the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, Ms. Wang has been repeatedly arrested and sent to jail because of her unwillingness to give up the practice.

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Secret Sentencing in Chengdu Court As Judge Lin Qiao Is Again Responsible for a Miscarriage of Justice

2009-09-04

Chengdu Falun Gong practitioner Chen Changyuan sued the court after being sentenced to three years. On July 18th, he received a notice overruling his appeal and the unjust sentence from the first trial was upheld. He was taken secretly to Deyang Prison, but his attorney and family members were not notified by Judge Lin Qiao. After Mr. Chen's appeal for a hearing was accepted by the Intermediate Court, Lin Qiao tried many tactics to thwart Mr. Chen's attorney, first by preventing him from copying the notes from the first trial; second, by informing the attorney that it would be a "written trial" and not heard publicly; and third, by insisting the attorney hand over his speech for the defence prior to the case being heard.

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Mr. Sun Xi Died as a Result of Torture in Tiebei Prison in Changchun City

2009-09-03

Mr. Sun Xi was arrested in October 2000. He received a heavy sentence and was sent to the Tiebei Prison in Changchun City in the spring of 2002. Mr. Sun endured brutal beatings and other forms of torture while he was imprisoned and suffered muscle atrophy as a result, which caused him great difficulties in walking. After he was released, Mr. Sun was bedridden, coughed up blood and was incontinent. He died on August 5th, 2009.

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Mr. Li Wanyun and His Wife Suffer Severe Persecution before His Death from Persecution

2009-09-03

After the Chinese regime began its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999 Mr. Li Wanyu and his wife, Ms. Sun Wanmei were sent to forced labour camps twice. Mr. Li was severely mistreated in the Chaoyanggou Labour Camp of Changchun City and ended up in a critical condition. The labour camp released him temporarily for medical treatment, although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials continued to harass him and tried to extort money from him. He died on August 3rd, 2006 in an emaciated state.

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Mr. Feng Gang Arrested Again in Dalian, His Whereabouts Unknown

2009-09-03

Falun Gong practitioner Feng Gang was detained and tortured at a detention centre for more than one month and was in critical condition. He was taken to the hospital on August 10th. Despite the pain he was in, Feng Gang left the hospital to escape the police. It was said that Feng Gang was arrested by police at a supermarket, after returning home from the hospital. Feng Gang's family members went to a local police station and policeman Li Hongqiao told them: "Feng Gang will die within a few days."

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Married Couple Mr. You Changbao and Ms. Gao Wencheng Arrested Again in Harbin City

2009-09-03

On August 14th, 2009, police Mr. You Changbao while he was on his way to work. He was taken back to his home. The police confiscated dozens of Falun Gong books, one laptop computer and 2,000 yuan in cash. When asked if they had a search warrant, the officers replied: "There is no need for a search warrant for people like you (those who practise Falun Gong)." Mr. You's wife, Ms. Gao Wencheng, ran out of the house, but the officers caught her. They grabbed her by the hair and the ear and took her to a police car. Mr. You and Ms. Gao are now held at the Tonghe County Detention Centre.

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The Inhuman Abuse Ms. Liu Dan Endured Over the Past Four Years

2009-09-02

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Dan is a graduate of Jiamusi University. In October 2005, at the age of 29, she was taken into custody by police in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province and was tortured around the clock for five days. Later she was sent to Heilongjiang Women's Forced Labour Camp, where she was tortured to near death. In January 2006, Ms. Liu was sentenced to four years in prison and was sent to Heilongjiang Women's Prison. She is still in prison and suffering daily abuse and torture.

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