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  • Locals in Heilongjiang Province Remember a Deceased Falun Gong Practitioner on the Anniversary of His Arrest

    On March 28th, 2002, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Yanchao was taken away by police from Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province, and never returned. He was brutally beaten to death in police custody within just a few days. Police forced his uncle to sign off on his cremation. Every year on March 28th, the locals commemorate Mr. Zhang. It's still difficult for them to accept the fact that he was killed just because he wanted to be a good man and follow the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance.
  • Torture in Fenjin Forced Labour Camp “Hell on Earth”

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cui Hongjun was admitted to Fenjin Forced Labour Camp on August 29th, 2011. Guards shocked him with electric batons, made him sit on a small stool, tied him up on a small stool, stabbed bamboo under his fingernails, and beat him. Mr. Cui was tortured until he almost passed out. Since returning home, he often wakes with nightmares in the middle of night. He still has vivid images of being tortured, has splitting headaches, and can no longer can speak clearly. After the persecution of Falun Gong started in on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Cui was persecuted, harassed, incarcerated, and taken to forced labour camps.
  • Practitioner Believed to Have Been Given Poisonous Drugs Dies Shortly After Release from Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Zhengrong passed away on December 11th, 2013, just a few months after she was released from Guangdong Women's Prison. Her death is believed to have been caused by injections of poisonous drugs. Ms. Chen, in her 60s, was arrested in May 2010. She had been incarcerated in Guangdong Women's Prison for more than three years. She had needle marks on her arm and her family believes that she was injected with poisonous drugs prior to her release.
  • Shandong Province: Radio and Television Bureau Chief Tortured for 6 Years

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Pinggang, a former Radio and Television Bureau Chief in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, was fired from his job, detained in a forced labour camp for three years, and sentenced to six years in prison. Ms. Chang Lijun, Mr. Yang's wife, was detained in a labour camp twice, each time with a three-year sentence. Yang Kemeng, their son, was sent to a labour camp for three years during college.
  • Zhang Min, Where Are You?

    Ms. Zhang Min is from Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province. Her family has not seen her since 2002; she has been missing for more than twelve years now. She was just twenty-six years old when she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong during the New Year of 2002.
  • Ms. Zhang Chunhe Recounts Abuses at Guangdong Women's Prison: “I Was in a State of Horror Every Day”

    Ms. Zhang Chunhe was arrested by police from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on July 23rd, 2008. Despite the fact that she suffered from a large fibroid tumour, she was sentenced to three years in prison for her belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Zhang said:"During the days when I was detained at the 4th division, I was living in a state of horror every second."
  • A Couple's Sad Story of Being Separated and Persecuted for Over a Decade

    Mr. Lu Kaili and Ms. Sun Yan were once a happy couple. Mr. Lu was an engineer at the Dalian Crane Group and Ms. Sun was a kindergarten teacher at the school affiliated with the Dalian Petrochemical Company. Both of them were diligent employees and had been rewarded for their excellent performance. Despite their good standing, they have been subjected to brutal persecution over the past decade simply because of their belief in Falun Gong. They have hardly even seen each other because of the persecution.
  • The Top Three Brainwashing Centres Involved in the Torture Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners

    In the summary report, “ The Role of China's Brainwashing Centres in the Torture Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners ,” we analyzed 3653 confirmed death cases of Falun Gong practitioners over the past 15 years of persecution. We found that 746 (11%) experienced torture in brainwashing centres, and 367 deaths took place in the brainwashing centres.
  • Healthy Falun Gong Practitioner Forced to Take Four Blood Pressure Medications Every Day for Over Two Years

    The Yunnan Province First Prison forced healthy Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Peng Pingguo to take four different kinds of blood pressure medications three times a day for two and a half years straight. According to medical professionals, these four drugs, Metoprolol, Nitrendipine, Compound Hypotensive Tablets, and Enalapril, are intended for patients with severe symptoms of high blood pressure, and should never be casually taken together. Long-term use of the four-drug cocktail, especially by people with no blood pressure problems, will cause dire consequences to their health. In one physician’s words, “Such use would be like suicide in slow-motion.”
  • Evidence Pointing to Organ Harvesting: “DNA” Label on a Vial of Blood

    When I was held in a women's prison, they took a sample of my blood. The label on the test tube said, “Blood-DNA.” At that time, I only knew that DNA had something to do with genes and could be used in paternity tests. I wasn't sure why I had to have a DNA test in prison. I recently found out that DNA screening is required for an organ transplant. I then remembered that I had read about living Falun Gong practitioners having their organs removed and sold to patients who needed organs.
  • Ms. Huo Meilian Died Two Days after Her Home Was Ransacked

    Ms. Huo Meilian passed away two days after the police invaded and ransacked her home. Ms. Huo was recovering from a serious illness at home when police officers entered. Ms. Huo’s husband, Mr. Chen Mingan, demanded that the intruding officers be held accountable and punished. Pan Li of the Domestic Security Division refused to shoulder any responsibility and threatened the family. Ms. Huo, 53, was healthy until she was diagnosed with an incurable anaemia. She was arrested and detained in a labour camp for a year in the past.
  • Ms. Liu Guihong Dies as a Result of Delayed Breast Cancer Treatment and Abuses During Detention

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Guihong died in February 2014, as a result of delay in breast cancer treatment and abuses during her detention in June 2013. Despite her repeated pleas to see a doctor, guards at the Wugongli Detention Centre denied her requests and yelled at her, “Does it hurt? Deal with it!” They demanded to see documentation of the diagnosis but refused to allow her to call her family to get a copy.
  • Ms. Zhang Chengjun, 75, Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment

    Ms. Zhang Chengjun, 75, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and is being held at the Yaojia Detention Centre. Ms. Zhang has been arrested and persecuted many times because she practises Falun Gong. Officials from the Dalian Procuratorate have had her sentenced to forced labour twice over the past 13 years.
  • Mr. Jin Lin Upholds His Belief in Falun Gong Throughout an Agonizing 10-Year Imprisonment

    Throughout the 10 years of Mr. Jin Jilin's prison sentence, he was subjected to excruciating tortures and intense brainwashing in various detention facilities. Despite all this, Mr. Jin remained firm in his faith and refused to renounce Falun Gong. Mr. Jin, 48, was arrested after he was reported for informing people about the persecution Falun Gong. He was subsequently taken to court on trumped up charges and heavily sentenced. While in detention, his wife died and the prison officials did not inform him of her death, nor were his son or others allowed to visit him.
  • Arrested a Year Ago for Exercising in the Park, Thirteen Practitioners Face Unjust Trial in Shenyang City

    Dadong District Court in Shenyang City scheduled a trial for 13 detained Falun Gong practitioners on March 18th, 2014. These practitioners, ranging in age from 48 to 73 years old, were arrested for participating in morning exercises almost a year ago. They were severely tortured while in police custody. The police shocked Ms. Fu Hui's thighs and private areas with electric batons. Several practitioners were disfigured from beatings.