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Sixty-Year-Old Ms. Teng Wenzhi from Dalian City Persecuted by the Chinese Communist Regime
2009-07-27
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Teng Wenzhi, 60, was arrested by the Chinese Communist regime's police, and she was sentenced to three years in prison. During the time Ms. Teng was held in prison, police, along with 610 Office personnel, tried to locate and arrest her husband as well. During the long-term persecution by the Chinese Communist regime, Ms. Teng's husband's health deteriorated, and he passed away on December 24th, 2007. The couple did not get to see each other before he died. -
Mr. Li Hongkui Suffered Seven Years of Torture and Persecution During Two Jail Sentences
2009-07-26Mr. Li Hongkui remained steadfast in practising Falun Gong and suffered brutal persecution in jail for the past seven years. In May 2004, Mr. Li Hongkui put up some Falun Gong banners in a park and was kidnapped by police. They handcuffed Mr. Li Hongkui's hands to a steam-heating pipe and shocked him with electric batons repeatedly. Three men beat him madly from 10 p.m. until noon the next day. His face and eyes turned black and his body was covered in black and blue. He sustained several fractures to his ribs. He felt great pain whenever he breathed. He suffered pain all over his body and his clothes were torn apart. -
Persecution of Yao Rongzhen's Family by Kunshan City 610 Office in Jiangsu Province
2009-07-26Falun Gong practitioners from Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, Ms. Yao Rongzhen, her blind son Wang Chao and daughter-in-law Xie Hongmei were severely persecuted by the local 610 Office, a gestapo-like agency set up specifically to carry out the persecution of Falun Gong. Police interrogated Yao Rongzhen and Xie Hongmei in turn. Yao Rongzhen didn't cooperate with them and policeman Zhou hit her face several times. Her mouth bled and six of her teeth were loosened. A 610 Officer repeatedly hit Xie Hongmei's face and damaged two of her teeth. Police handcuffed her hands behind her back and lifted them upwards. This torture method is called "Airplane Flying." They threatened her and tried to force her to sign a confession made up by police. -
A Good Person Is Persecuted to Death; a Great Spirit Remains in the World Forever
2009-07-26 In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to brutally persecute Falun Gong. Ms. Guo Henghong went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong a few times and was arrested, detained, brainwashed, tortured, and beaten by the police. Guo Henghong went on hunger strike many times in the detention centre to protest the persecution and demand the restoration of Falun Gong practitioners' good reputation. Her longest hunger strike lasted for nine days without eating and drinking anything, but the police from the 610 Office, the national security team, and the detention centre not only did not release her, but tied her to the long bench, fixed her hands and feet, and force-fed her food through a thick, long rubber tube. The brutal persecution caused her death in July 2002 at the age of 36. -
Seventy Year-old Ms. Li Mengshu Dies as a Result of Imprisonment in Sichuan Province
2009-07-26Ms. Li Mengshu, 70, went to a small town to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, and was reported and arrested by police. She was detained in the Jianyang City Detention Centre. Her family went to request her release, but Domestic Security refused them. Ms. Li's husband could not take the stress. He got sick and died on April 22nd, 2007. On June 8th, 2007, Ms. Li was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and sent secretly to the Chengdu City Women Prison. The guards did not allow her to practise Falun Gong and brutally tortured her until her life was in danger several times. The prison had to take her home in January 2009. She died on April 21st. -
Ms. Chen Hongyu Severely Persecuted at Jilin Women's Forced Labour Camp
2009-07-25In May 2009, Ms. Chen Hongyu and her husband were arrested for practising Falun Gong. Ms. Chen was sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp and is being detained in the Six Division of Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp. She has been subjected to severe abuse and torture in detention. After Ms. Chen was sent to the forced labour camp, she firmly resisted the persecution and refused to write a "guarantee letter" to renounce Falun Gong, do forced labour, or wear the prison uniform. The two guards used two electric batons to shock her neck. Later, guards ordered prisoners to hang Ms. Chen by the arms from a bunk bed, with her two arms pulled straight and only her toes touching the ground. She was kept in this position from 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, the intense pain making Ms. Chen sweat profusely. -
Practitioner Li Ziran Suffers Torture in Wanglin Prison in You County, Hunan Province
2009-07-25Since July 20th, 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began, Li Ziran has been arrested six times by the 610 Office, the National Security Bureau, and the Public Security Bureau. On four separate occasions, he suffered such torture and mistreatment in detention that his life was in danger. He has also been placed under house arrest. In Wanglin Prison, his health continued to deteriorate and he became very weak in 2007. The guards still forced him to do intensive labour such as stringing light bulbs and sweeping the floor. Li Ziran went on a hunger strike for four days. A guard kicked Mr. Li to the floor and ordered three or four inmates to brutally force-feed him. Using a hard plastic tube, they forcefully pried open his mouth and force-fed him. -
The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Liang Keming
2009-07-25Since Jiang Zemin's, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Liang Keming has been arrested and detained by the police many times. In February 2001, the police broke into his home and detained him in the Loudi City Detention Centre. Later he was sentenced to seven years in prison and finally released in February 2008. However, Mr. Liang is again subjected to persecution by police and was arrested again on June 25th, 2009. Now he is detained in the First Detention Centre of Loudi City. -
Hou Jingtao from Mudanjiang Tortured to Mental Collapse in 2001
2009-07-25Hou Jingtao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, was sent to Jixi Forced Labour Camp and tortured to the point of mental collapse. He was forced to go through brainwashing sessions and sit on a narrow bench for eight hours each day, with only a few minutes allowed for toilet necessities. In a so-called "physical examination," Hou Jingtao was secretly injected with nerve-damaging drugs. Soon after that, he started to appear to be mentally disordered. -
I Was Tortured in Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp
2009-07-24In order to resist the detention, in December 2001, many practitioners held hunger strikes. The guards ordered prisoners to "force-feed" practitioners. Some forced open practitioners' mouths with spoons and some of them pinched practitioners' noses so that they had to open their mouths. Several people pushed me down on the ground, some of them pinched my nose, and others pinched my cheeks, held down my arms and legs, and used spoons to force open my mouth to force feed me. They did not care if I swallowed the food, they just kept going through the motions, dumping one spoon after another into my mouth. Sometimes I was not able to breathe. -
The Stolen Life of Ms. Qie Lili, an Elementary School Teacher from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province
2009-07-24Over the past 10 years Lili has been cruelly persecuted. She was forced into homelessness for three years in total and suffered great economic losses since the extortion money that she paid to authorities amounted to nearly 20,000 yuan. She has been detained seven times--four and a half years in all--and cruelly tortured. Her elderly father died as a result of police harassment and intimidation, and her mother was imprisoned for eight months because of her efforts to seek justice for her daughter. Lili is still being held in the First Detention Centre of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. -
Four People in One Family Arrested, Young Child Left Homeless
2009-07-24More than ten police officers from the Hengshan District in Jixi City rushed into the home of senior citizen Mr. Xiang Hongfu on May 14th, 2009, at 4:00 a.m. Mr. Xiang is a Falun Gong practitioner who lives with his wife in the Dahengshan residential area. The police ransacked his home, making a mess, and arrested him; his wife, Yu Shuqin; son, Xiang Bin; and daughter-in-law, Huang Yingjie. The police also confiscated a number of family possessions. The four adults are being held at the Jixi Detention Centre. Mr. Xiang's young grandson, with no one at home to take care of him, became homeless. -
Pan Feng Arrested and His Wife Close to Giving Birth
2009-07-24On June 28th, 2009, Mr. Pan Feng was spotted while he was distributing Falun Gong DVDs in the student dormitory of Lideyuan in Binwen Higher Education Park, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The Puyan Police Station dispatched two vehicles and seven or eight policemen to arrest Mr. Pan. The police forced him to take off his shoes and confiscated his credit card, MP3 player, Falun Gong books, and other items. Mr. Pan was detained in the Puyan Police Station. Pan Feng has been transferred the Hangzhou Detention Centre. His wife is close to giving birth. -
Torture at Mudanjiang Prison Has Caused Over Ten Deaths and Numerous Disabilities
2009-07-23Mudanjiang Prison in Heilongjiang Province has 22 wards, and imprisons over 100 practitioners. Aside from forcing the practitioners to work overtime at hard labour, the prison openly tortures practitioners in order to improve the "transformation" rate. They subject practitioners to a variety of torture methods, including electrical baton shocks, beatings, force-feeding, hanging, tying, freezing, stabbing with awls, solitary confinement, and coercing other inmates to beat them. Many practitioners have been disabled or killed by the torture. The number known to have been killed is over ten. -
Partial Account of the Persecution of Mr. Lu Zhen Before His Death
2009-07-23Practitioner Mr. Lu Zhen died due to persecution in the First Prison of Shandong Province on June 22nd, 2009. His family was told that he died from a heart attack. His body is stored at the Shandong University Medical School Hospital. It was reported that his neck and hips were covered with bruises. Mr. Lu had excellent health, and no one in his family had any history of heart disease. Not long ago, the 610 Office in Linyi, Mengyin spread the rumour that he was insane. His family was not notified of anything until the day they were told that he had died. Mr. Lu had been seriously persecuted in Shandong Prison. The possibility that he might have died as a result of electric baton shocks or psychiatric drug injections cannot be ruled out.
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