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Ms. Yu Jingxia Sentenced to Ten Years and Brutally Beaten in Prison
2007-12-16
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Jingxia was arrested on January 17th, 2004. After being tortured to the brink of death, she was released and monitored. After two months, even though she hadn't fully recovered, she was arrested again. In the Hebei Province Women's Prison, she was brutally beaten and subjected to brainwashing. She was on the verge of death numerous times, but she has refused to give up her beliefs. Ms. Yu has been on hunger strike many times to protest the persecution. Two months ago, she started another hunger strike to protest her three-year persecution. Her health is precarious, and her life is in danger. -
Additional Information on the Persecution of Yu Ming at Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp in Beijing
2007-12-16Mr. Yu Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner, is currently detained at Masanjia Labour Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. In order to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong, he was tortured at Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp in Beijing in 2006, including being tied to a chair for three months, resulting in muscular atrophy all over his body and other severe physical damage. The guards in Beijing were unable to shake Yu's strong belief. They transferred Yu to Masanjia Labour Camp in Liaoning Province on May 21st, 2007. Because Yu's health was so severely damaged at Tuanhe Labour Camp he was transferred to the Masanjia Labour Camp Hospital after just a few days. He remains there today. -
Recent Cases of Persecution in Handan Forced Labour Camp, Hebei Province
2007-12-16On October 24th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Gu Daping went to the wash room without reporting to the labour camp guards. Wang Zhiming (male), the political instructor of the Specially Controlled Division, viciously struck Mr. Gu with a rubber club several dozen times. On October 15th, 2007, Mr. Li Qiusheng and Mr. Xu Kai were ordered to remain standing for a long period of time. Two weeks or so later, they were ordered to stand from 9:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and subjected to sleep deprivation. Mr. Li's legs are badly swollen as a result. Zuo Tao, a labour camp division head, has viciously beaten numerous practitioners on the grounds that they did not write statements renouncing Falun Gong. -
Ms. Zhang Xiaojing, MD, Brutally Treated at Forced Labour Camps in Gansu Province
2007-12-15Ms. Zhang Xiaojing, 47 years old, was a doctor at the faculty hospital of Tongdianlan Factory in Baiyin, Gansu Province. In 1999, when Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime began to persecute Falun Gong, she was dismissed by her work unit for practising it. She was sent to a forced labour camp twice and was detained several times. Her home was ransacked and she had money extorted from her. Ms. Zhang was nearly persecuted to death and her family has been torn apart. -
Hunan Province Practitioners Mr. Xie Wutang and His Wife, Ms. Tan Xiangyu, in Their Sixties Both Tortured
2007-12-15Husband and wife, Mr. Xie Wutang and Ms. Tan Xiangyu, live in Changsha City, Hunan Province. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, the pair have been imprisoned many times. They became homeless to avoid further arrests because they refused to renounce Falun Dafa and continued to expose the persecution. On July 14th, 2007, police officers arrested them. Mr. Xie, 66, was sentenced to term of four years and eight months. Ms. Tan, 60, was taken directly to the Hunan Province Women's Prison. Her relatives tried to see her many times, but the guards refused all visitation rights. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured by Zhengzhou City Prison Guards
2007-12-15In May 2006, former prison staff member Huang Yongqiang saw practitioner Qin Hezhuang carrying a water basin. Without a word, Huang kicked the water basin out of Mr. Qin's hands and broke the basin. Mr. Qin said, "Do you call this humane treatment?" Huang was furious and immediately assaulted Mr. Qin with punches and kicks. He also used an electric baton to shock Mr. Qin's body, causing burns in many places. Huang shouted at Mr. Qin, "Now you know what humane treatment is." He forced Mr. Qin to acknowledge his words. When Mr. Qin refused to answer, Huang continued to torture him until he lost consciousness. -
Six-year-old Pengpeng Longs to Be with Both His Parents and for the Persecution to Stop
2007-12-15
Little Pengpeng is six years old. He used to live with his dad, Sun Jinghuan and his mother, Yi Luju. However, his parents were arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police many times because they refused to give up practising Falun Gong. Again, this year Pengpeng will not see his mother for a long time. His father told him that his mother was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre because she wrote a letter to the police saying that Falun Gong is good. Pengpeng's greatest wish is to be with his parents forever and for his parents to not be taken away again by the police. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to Torture at the Suihua Forced Labour Camp, Heilongjiang Province
2007-12-14In August 2007, in the No. 2 Division, practitioner Mr. Xu Yushan was on a hunger strike for over 10 days to protest the brutal treatment. In the beginning, the guards threatened, cursed, beat, and force-fed him. Afterwards, other guards to tortured Mr. Xu with the so-called "big hang up" method. They used tape to fasten a radio on top of his head, turned the radio to the highest volume, inserted earphones into his ears, and wrapped them tightly with the tape. They used cigarettes to burn his fingernails and electric batons to shock and beat him. Even after a whole day's torture, Xu Yushan did not give up. They then applied white sugar to the tip of his private part and put ants on it. -
Xiao Guiying in Her 60s Suffered from Brutal Force-Feeding at Nanmushi Forced Labour Camp, Sichuan Province
2007-12-14Ms. Xiao Guiying is 60 years old and has been detained for a long time in the Nanmushi Forced Labour Camp. For the past two months Ms. Xiao has been on a hunger strike, and now her hands and feet are extremely swollen and she is very weak and emaciated. According to insiders, if Ms. Xiao doesn't eat two consecutive meals, guards order three or four prisoners to pick her up and force-feed her. The equipment they use is never washed, so it is filthy and full of ants. Sometimes toilet waste water is used to dilute the food. -
Police in Weifang City, Shandong Province Try to Frame Ms. Li Yanhua
2007-12-14As practitioner Ms. Li Yanhua was leaving home on November 21st, 2007, she noticed a black car parked near her home and some passengers trying to cover their faces. She went to the street market to sell clothes. At around 11:00 a.m., two men came to Ms. Li's booth. They were policemen who said that they had some questions to ask her. The men forced Ms. Li into the black car and drove to her home, which they then ransacked and found Falun Gong leaflets. There were not enough leaflets to arrest Ms. Li. So, one officer went outside and returned with another bag full of materials. They then took Ms. Li to the Fushan Town Police Station. -
Ms. Chen Jingjiang Taken into Custody for the Sixth Time, Current Whereabouts Unknown
2007-12-14On November 29th, 2007, Ms. Chen Jingjiang went to the Social Security Building in Jingzhou City with her husband to draw her pension. She was told that her pension payments had been deferred for six months. When she asked why, one of the employees told her that the decision had been made by the Jingzhou City 610 Office. Ms. Chen explained the truth about Falun Dafa to them. She told them there was nothing wrong with cultivating, and following the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" to become a better person, and that it was unreasonable to defer her pension payments. Eventually, five officers from the 610 Office arrived and took Ms. Chen into custody. At present, her whereabouts are unknown. -
Mr. Zhang Youjin Died While in Prison
2007-12-13On December 16th, 2004, Mr. Zhang Youjin went to Xifeng County to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong with fellow practitioners. He was arrested, sentenced to three and half years in prison, and detained in the Dongling Prison in Shenyang City. In October 2007, a guard notified Mr. Zhang Youjin's family that he was sick. Mr. Zhang's family was shocked to see him. He used to be very strong when he was first detained in the prison, his hair was very black and shiny, and there were not any wrinkles on his face. However, when his family saw him, he had to breathe oxygen through a tube in his nose, he was as thin as a skeleton, his hair was all white, he could not stand still, his hands were shaky, and he could not talk coherently. Guards said he was sick with tuberculosis, and they needed to pay 3000 yuan for treatment. Mr. Zhang Youjin died on October 22nd, 2007. -
Two Practitioners Died under Persecution in Jilin Province
2007-12-13Ms. Song Yuhong, 53, started practising Falun Dafa in 1996 and benefited mentally and physically. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa after July 1999, when the persecution began. In 2001, she was arrested by 610 Office agents while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. She was sentenced to two years of forced labour and suffered cruel torture in the Heizhuizi Forced Labour Camp. Guards shocked her with electric batons multiple times. She lost two teeth due to being severely beaten. Her internal organs were injured by all sorts of torture. Ms. Song died in August 2001 after returning home. -
63 year-old Feng Renyu from Dazhu County, Sichuan Province Facing Unjust Sentence
2007-12-13Falun Dafa practitioner Feng Renyu was secretly arrested by police in the middle of November, 2006. Since then she has been detained. She was forbidden to communicate with her family and neither was her family allowed to visit her. Her husband requested to see her many times and was refused every time. In June 2007, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents from the Procurator's office brought so-called "charges" against her. She has been sent to the court. They plan to escalate the persecution and sentence her to prison. CCP officials have never stopped the persecution towards her. She has been detained 9 times since November 1999. Her home has been ransacked 3 times and for one and a half years she has been detained in a forced labour camp. -
Practitioners Tortured and Forced to Do Slave Labour at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2007-12-13There are a few Falun Gong practitioners assigned to the general ward at the Masanjia Women's Second Forced Labour Camp who are made to do sewing work. They are forced to get up at 5:00 a.m. and are not allowed to finish working until after 11:00 p.m., without being allowed a rest at noon. They only get to eat carrot and cabbage soup. Guards use extremely cruel means to force the newly arrived Falun Gong practitioners to write the "three statements" to renounce Falun Gong. Wardens can be found sitting in the corridor and the only thing they can hear are the screams of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured.
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