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Four Falun Gong Practitioners from Miyi County, Sichuan Province, Disabled Due to Persecution in Prison
2009-07-19
Mr. Zhu Mingchun, a physician, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Because he escaped on the way to the prison and later was arrested again, his prison term was lengthened by one and a half years by the judge and judicial officers at the Miyi County Court on April 6th, 2004. His total prison term is nine and a half years. He is now in Wumaping Prison, Muchuan County. He has also became disabled due to persecution in prison. -
Changchun City Intermediate Court Obstructs Human Rights Lawyers from Defending Falun Gong Practitioners
2009-07-19On March 27th, 2009, the Nong'an County Court in Jilin Province held a "public sentencing" of seven Falun Gong practitioners without notifying any family members. After that day, other practitioners and their families hired fourteen human rights lawyers to defend them at the second trial. The Changchun City Intermediate Court continues to obstruct the involvement of the lawyers in this case. After overcoming various obstacles, the fourteen lawyers delivered the lawyers' letter to the intermediate court. The court was afraid after seeing this large team of lawyers that were defending the practitioners, so they never responded regarding the date of the second trial. The date of the second trial is still in limbo. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in the Yang-ai Prison, Guizhou Province
2009-07-19The prison guards forbade the family members of the practitioners who refused to give up Falun Gong in Yang-ai Prison to see them, thus cutting off their financial sources. They forced the practitioners to say "The Communist Party is good" before they could eat. To avoid doing that, many practitioners went on hunger strike or simply gave up their meals. A practitioner asked the prison guard Huang Chun: "Why don't you release them for medical treatment when they are in such poor physical condition?" Huang said: "They have not yet been transformed into giving up Falun Gong, so they cannot be released for medical treatment." -
Practitioner Zhang Hongwei Is Critically Ill after Eight Years in Jilin Prison
2009-07-18On January 20th, 2001, Mr. Zhang Hongwei was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment by the Fangshan District Court in Beijing after he was found preparing materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. Mr. Zhang has been subjected to brutal torture for eight years. Because he refused to give up his belief, he was forcibly put on a "stretching bed" -- this is where the guards fix a practitioner's limbs to a specially made bed on which there are four rings and the practitioner's hands and feet are fixed in the rings. The guards then apply force to the rings so that the practitioner's body is pulled up, away from the bed as their limbs are stretched. Mr. Zhang is now critically ill, but Jilin Prison authorities won't allow him to be released on bail for medical treatment, and his family has not been not allowed to visit him. -
Mourning the Loss of Practitioner Zhang Dezhen
2009-07-18
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Dezhen, 38 years old, was persecuted to death a few years ago by the Mengyin County 610 Office in Shandong Province. On January 31st, 2003, doctors injected toxic drugs into Zhang Dezhen, which soon caused her death. Zhang Dezhen's family and friends strongly requested the Mengyin County Judicial Department to punish the murderers according to the law. But several years have passed, and they still haven't had any response. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Peng Xiaomei from Hunan Province Forced into Brainwashing Centre
2009-07-18On June 9th, 2009, Ms. Peng Xiaomei, 56, a Falun Gong practitioner retired from China Construction Bank in Hunan Province, was arrested by the Liuzhengjie Public Security Bureau in Changsha City. Without any legal representation or judicial protocol, Ms. Peng was taken to the Changsha City Rule of Law Education Training Centre (a brainwashing centre) in Laodaohe Town, Kaifu District, Changsha City. Over the last decade Ms. Peng has endured much harassment and numerous arrests at the hands of the local authorities. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Beaten and Tortured in the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province
2009-07-18In March 2009 the Heizuizi Labour Camp refused to release a Falun Gong practitioner from the 4th Squadron, although her term had officially ended. Instead, they arbitrarily extended her term and beat her. In protest, other Falun Gong practitioners at the camp refused to perform forced labour, put on the prisoner uniform and name card or to answer roll call. In retaliation, many of those steadfast practitioners were tortured on the so-called "death bed". Ms. Jin Yingshi was then taken to the prison guards' office where many prison guards shouted at her, beat her, and tried to force her to put on the prison uniform, but she refused. After six continuous days of torture she became bedridden and became unable to go to meals on her own. -
Two Sisters Imprisoned; Their Elderly Father Dies of a Broken Heart
2009-07-17Ms. Chen Yuxiang and Ms. Chen Yufen, sisters and Falun Gong practitioners from Laixi City, Qingdao, Shandong Province, were arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel and sentenced to five and three years of imprisonment, respectively. Their father was over 80 years old and in poor health. When he heard that his beloved daughters were jailed by the CCP simply because they believed in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and tried to be good, he could not bear the mental pressure and the heavy blow. His condition deteriorated and he passed away in the evening on May 19th, 2009. -
Practitioners Harassed at the Qingpu District Domestic Security Section in Huai'an City, Jiangshu Province
2009-07-17The Qingpu District Domestic Security Section in Huai'an City, Jiangshu Province, has harassed more than ten practitioners in the last two months. Ms. Sha Suyun, 74, was arrested on May 25th, 2009, by police and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. The officers searched her home and interrogated her at the Zhakou Police Station and later at the Qingpu Police Department. Officer Ma Erhua forced her to sign a notice stating that she was sentenced to one year of forced labour and that she would serve her sentence outside the labour camp. -
Countryside Teacher Zhu Puzhao in Exile to Avoid Further Persecution
2009-07-17While Mr. Zhu Puzhao was putting up posters exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in November 2005 some people reported him and he was arrested. Police sent him to the Hunan Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp to serve one year and three months of hard labour. Zhu Puzhao was subjected to a multitude of tortures. He suffered brutal forced-feeding. During the forced-feeding, the camp doctor used a device to keep his mouth wide open, then used a pair of pliers to pull his tongue. Porridge mixed with unknown yellow-coloured substances was then forced into his mouth from a funnel connected to a rubber tube. The porridge ran into his lungs as he breathed. It has been a year and a half since Zhu Puzhao decided to leave home and become homeless. -
The Naked Truth about Jiangsu Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2009-07-17Jiangsu Province Women's Forced Labour Camp has received many awards and commendations from upper-level authorities in the past, won due to falsifications and deceit by camp personnel. In the pursuit of justice and to keep their evil conduct from spilling over into other camps, I'm making public the true situation. Prisoners are forced to get up at 5:45 or 6:10 a.m. These times change every five days. We work until around 10:00 p.m. or even later. When we have a deadline, it is not uncommon that we work until midnight or sometimes until the morning. Everyone is stressed out. Prisoners often beat and curse people. A drug addict beat me. My head was swollen, but the officer on duty simply laughed and walked away. -
The Torture I Experienced in Shanxi Province First Prison
2009-07-16One night I did the Falun Gong exercises and was reported. Two guards came. One of them shocked me behind my neck with an electric baton, causing me excruciating pain. After the sizzling sound, I smelled a strong burning smell. I was also cuffed to the bed and deprived of sleep at nights by the inmates assigned to watch me. When forced to stand against a wall and I was not paying attention, and the police officers violently hit my head against the wall. They did not care that I might get injured. I was told they had killed practitioners this way. -
Mr. Wang Xinchun Arrested and Tortured, His Wife Sentenced to Forced Labour and His Daughter Forced to Quit School
2009-07-16Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Xinchun is from Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province. In the No. 2 Detention Centre of Jixi City, the guards tortured him, attempting to force him to make a "confession." As a result of the abuse, his face swelled up, his mouth bled, one could see the white of his skull, and he fell unconscious. Presently, he is receiving emergency treatment in a hospital. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution against Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Wang has suffered severe persecution while in custody four times. -
Lou District Court Officials in Yueyang City Hold Secret Court Session for Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Xue Li
2009-07-16Lou District Court officials in Yueyang City, Hunan Province held a secret court session the morning of June 30th, 2009 to try Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xue Li, without notifying any of her family members. All those who attended the hearing were personnel from the Public Security, the Procuratorate and the Court, except for Ms. Xue Li. Ms. Xue's sister-in-law got to know about the trial when she went to visit Ms. Xue in the detention centre. She then went to the court, but by the time she got there, the court had adjourned, and she had no chance to defend Ms. Xue's innocence. -
Mr. Ma Chuncheng Arrested, Denied Family Visits
2009-07-16On March 25th, 2009, police arrested Mr. Ma Chuncheng, in his thirties. His family learned that he had been detained at a detention centre. Mr. Ma's parents and his sister worried that he would be brutally tortured, and they went to the police station to request his release. They were told that they would be notified in three to twenty days.Only on April 30th, the deputy chief of the Fangzheng County State Security Division called his family to notify them that Mr. Ma had been formally arrested. They went to the Fangzheng County Police Department every day, but the police refused to release him or allow his family to see him.
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