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Excellent Teacher Pan Xujun in Critical Condition after Seven Years in Prison
2009-05-16
Pei County 610 Office agents arrested Mr. Pan Xujun, an outstanding teacher, in September 2002. Mr. Pan was arrested for his belief in practising Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. The Pei County Court sentenced him to nine years in prison in 2003, despite lack of evidence of any wrongdoing. Mr. Pan has been held at Hongzehu Prison in Jiangsu Province for more than seven years, where he was savagely tortured. His life is in danger. -
The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Lu Qiqi and his Family in Wuhan City, Hubei Province
2009-05-16
On March 31st, 2009, while Ms. Li Shihong was coming home a group of people suddenly appeared and took her away. Two hours earlier, Ms. Song, Ms. Li's mother was also arrested. Three months prior, Mr. Lu Qiqi, Ms. Li's husband was also arrested. After Ms. Li was taken away security police went to her 12-year-old son's class and pressured him to tell them who had been in contact with his mother. -
Four Elderly Practitioners Expected to Receive Long Prison Sentences in Qingong County, Guizhou Province
2009-05-16
Four elderly practitioners were arrested for distributing Falun Gong fliers in Qingong County. They were taken to the Laocheng Detention Centre where they remain to this day. Agents of the county court and judiciary department, as well as the local police, are planning to sentence each of them to long prison terms. Their families are very angry that their loved ones were arrested and detained. -
Ms. Zhao Yabin Injured by Staff of Lunan District Court
2009-05-16Under the pretence of visiting her, the police arrested Ms. Zhao Yabin at home. Later, Lunan District Court opened a court session to try her. When she was being taken out of the court, Sun Jian, a staff member of the court, pushed her down from very high stairs. As a result, she was badly injured and could not move. She was carried to Tangshan City People's Hospital. After a CT scan, she was diagnosed with a lumbar vertebra dislocation femur necrosis. Later, she was transferred to an orthopaedic hospital where she was given the same diagnosis. -
Rural Woman Abducted, Sent to Forced Labour Camp, and Tortured to Death by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials
2009-05-15
Ms. Shi Yongqing, 35, became healthy throught practising Falun Gong by living according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Yet, the township Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary abducted her and later sentenced her to forced labour. She died on January 9th, 2004, as a result of gross abuse and mistreatment at the hands of personnel from the police department, the Political and Judiciary Committee, and the 610 Office as well as local officials. -
Practitioner Liu Yongjin Kept in Solitary Confinement in Taian Prison, Shandong Province
2009-05-15Mr. Liu Yongjin was sentenced to seven years in Taian prison, and sent to Ward V because he had not "transformed." It was said that in solitary confinement, the prison arranged a dozen or so inmates to guard him. They watched him closely around the clock, and allowed him to sleep for only two to three hours a day, and eat just two small buns (one half each morning and evening and one at noontime) for his meals. Even water was rationed. With his body already badly weakened, Mr. Liu was forced to march in military steps for four hours a day in the prison courtyard. The duration of his solitary confinement has long exceeded that permitted by the prison regulations, but the police officers keep extending it because he refuses to give in. -
Mr. Zhang Youqing Suspects the Police in Tangken Police Station Poisoned Him
2009-05-15On April 1st, 2009, police rushed into Mr. Zhang Youqing's home and arrested him. At the police station the police gave Mr. Zhang a glass of water. Mr. Zhang felt that his throat had a dry and burning sensation when he drank the water. That night, Mr. Zhang could not eat anything. He visited the toilet constantly. For the next two days, Mr. Zhang had vision and memory losses and was confused at times. On the morning of April 4th, he still could not urinate or have a bowel movement. He discharged blood when he tried to defecate. He suspects that the police poisoned him when they gave him the water to drink. -
Two Practitioners Died as a Result of Persecution, One in Jining City and the Other in Hancuan City
2009-05-15On February 18th, 2004, Mr. Guo Zhengpei, 48, was arrested while he was at his workplace. He was taken to Shayang Forced Labour Camp, where he was brutally tortured until he could not get out of bed and then was taken to the hospital. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis and accumulation of water in the lungs. The hospital decided to operate on him the next day to take out the water. The forced labour camp was afraid of him dying from the operation, so they notified his family to pick him up. After returning home, Mr. Guo continued to have no energy and kept losing weight each day. He passed away on April 25th, 2009. -
Eleven Lawyers and 127 Family Members Co-Sign Letter to Protest Against Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate Court
2009-05-14
Practitioner Mr Song Aichang was arrested by police on June 22nd, 2007. He has been detained in a detention centre for almost twenty months. He has been through three separate trials and re-trials, and is in the middle of his fourth trial. The defence lawyers of Song Aichang presented a co-signed letter to the Hebei Provincial High Court regarding the Shijiazhuang Intermediate Court's unjust actions and requested that the appeal hearings be held in a different court. -
Ms. Zhang Aiqin Tells Her Story as a Victim of the Chinese Regime's Persecution of Falun Gong
2009-05-14In 2000, my husband and I went to Russia. In 2001, I came back to China. I went to see a fellow practitioner who was just released from jail. Her home was monitored and therefore I was arrested by the police and put in jail. Another practitioner in my cell was often brutally beaten by the guards. When I first saw her, her face was badly swollen. It looked quite frightening. She was arrested when she went to a rural area to pass out flyers. A group of people brutally beat her. I was in jail for three months. My family spent a lot of money to get me out. My husband and I went back to Russia. We heard that state security in China was going to come to Russia to arrest me. I could not go back to China, and I did not have the legal status to stay in Russia. T -
Falun Gong Practitioners' Personal Accounts of the Persecution They Suffered in Tangshan City, Hebei Province
2009-05-14My name is Liu Xiaoling. I am 57 years old. In October 2004, the head of the 610 Office forcibly took me to the Tangshan City "Legal Education School," a brainwashing centre, and detained me there for 80 days. They burned my hands with fire and injected me with an unknown drug. They locked me in a room and stripped off my winter jacket and shoes. Then they opened the window to expose me to the freezing cold. For 20 days they forbade me from sleeping or using the toilet. They threatened that they would torture me to death and then tell the public that I killed myself. I was emaciated at this point from all the abuse. -
Mr. Zhang Chunlin Suffers Mental Collapse After Being Injected with Unknown Drug
2009-05-14Mr. Zhang Chunlin was an officer on the Hongguang Farm in Baiyilaga Township, Qianguo County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province. Because he remained steadfast in his belief in Falun Gong, he was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In September 2008, he was injected with an unknown drug, causing a mental collapse. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Zhang was sentenced to one year in a forced labour camp because he went to appeal for Falun Gong. He was discharged from his post. -
Police in Jilin City Arrest Practitioners, Family Demands their Release
2009-05-13On April 25th, 2009, more than 10 policemen went to Mr. Dong Qingyou and his wife's home. They arrested the couple and took them to the Zhanqian Police Station. Ms. Li's younger brother went to the police station and asked them why they had made the arrest. A policeman said it was because the couple practised Falun Gong. Chen said that they found Falun Gong books and informational materials during their search. Mr. Dong's family said they would file a lawsuit for unlawful arrest. At about 7 p.m., Mr. Dong and his wife walked out of the Zhanqian Police Station and returned home. -
My Experiences in Linxiang City Detention Centre
2009-05-13When I was explaining the truth about Falun Gong to the people in my aunt's town I was reported by somebody and was arrested on August 11th, 2008 by police officers. The police said "How dare you promote Falun Gong here. We will send you to the hospital for the mentally ill and kill you by injecting you with poisonous drugs!" Then they demanded to know about the Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution I had with me. In the detention centre an officer slapped my face and then punched me in the jaw with all his might. They also trampled all over my chest. After they beat me for several rounds, my chin was swollen and I lost my hearing in my left ear. -
67-Year-Old Mr. Zhang Xingwu from Jinan City, Shandong Province, Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
2009-05-1367-year-old Professor Zhang Xingwu's family was notified that Mr. Zhang was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. On March 31st, Shizhong District Court in Jinan City tried Mr. Zhang Xingwu. They not only prevented Professor Zhang Xingwu's defence lawyer from attending the proceedings, but also keep his family from being present in the courtroom. In addition, 70 armed, anti-riot police and nearly 200 other officers were deployed around the courthouse. One of Mr. Zhang's relatives, Ms. Liu Lijie, was detained for fifteen days and later sentenced to 21 months' forced labour just because she wanted to attend the session.
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