Other News, Exposing the Persecution

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  • Mr. Wu Zhanting in Life-threatening Condition in Nanshan Prison

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wu Zhanting has been sentenced to four years in prison, and locked in Nanshan Prison in Jinzhou City. Recently, the prison administration called his family, saying that Mr. Wu is very sick and asked that his family bring some medicine without a doctor's prescription or checkup. In the past two years, guards in the prison have used all sorts of inhuman means to force practitioners to accept brainwashing, but in vain. After being tortured for more than two years, Mr. Wu suffered a stroke in Nanshan Prison at the end of May 2005. Mr. Wu's family is very worried about his health.
  • Falun Gong Practitioners Liang Sulan and Jia Shuqiu in Liaoning Province Died Under the Persecution

    57-year-old Ms. Liang Sulan used to suffer from severe heart disease. After practising Falun Gong, Ms. Liang regained her health very quickly. In July 2001, when she was explaining the true situation about Falun Gong, the police arrested her together with her son and her daughter-in-law. They were severely persecuted. After being detained for several months, Ms. Liang's son could not withstand the tortures and suffered a mental collapse. Because her son was persecuted and because of the other pressures, Liang Sulan could not take it any longer. She suffered a brain hemorrhage and passed away on March 8th, 2006.
  • Wang Jianguo Killed; His Wife in Detention and Parents Threatened (Photo)

    On March 2nd, 2006, Jilin City Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wang Jianguo and his wife Ms. Zhao Qiumei were arrested by police. Subsequently, Ms. Zhao was sentenced to one year of forced labour. Mr. Wang was tortured during interrogation at the Nanjing Station and was later sent to the Jilin City Detention Centre. When he protested the unjust detention by means of a hunger strike, the police began force-feeding him. On April 10th Mr. Wang Jianguo died as a result of this persecution. He was 30.
  • Professor Xu Yin of Tsinghua University Sentenced to Forced Labour

    Xu Yin, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, was arrested at his home by officers of the Public Security Bureau on March 14th, 2006. The police also confiscated Xu Yin's Falun Gong materials. On April 13th Xu was sentenced to two years in forced labour camp by the "Re-education" Committee of the People's Government in Beijing. Simply for possessing Falun Gong books and pamphlets Xu Yin was stripped of his freedom and rights. After the arrest, Xu Yin's fourteen-year-old son was left at home alone.
  • Mr Zheng Dejun Brutally Persecuted in the Shayang Forced Labour Camp in Hubei Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zheng Dejun was imprisoned and persecuted in Shayang Labour Camp in Hubei Province. Since July 2005, he was inhumanely tortured by the wardens and inmates, and was beaten in a small room, deprived of sleep, etc. His older parents travelled a long distance to visit him, but the guards would not allow them to see him. The guards even threatened to detain his parents in the camp. In July 2005, Shayang Labour Camp added six months to his term because Zheng Dejun did not announce his name, did not report his number, and did not sing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem.
  • Ms. Sun Li in Shijiazhuang City Is Extremely Weak Due to a Hunger Strike; Her Family Urgently Calling for Her Release

    Ms. Sun Li is 50 years old. On September 6th, 2005, she was arrested because they found the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" and other Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. She was sentenced to prison for five years and six months at the beginning of March 2006. Ms. Sun was detained in the Second Detention Centre in Shijiazhuang City. The police in the detention centre constrained her in handcuffs and leg shackles. Ms. Sun believes herself to be innocent and has filed a lawsuit at the Intermediate Court in Shijiazhuang City. She has been on a hunger strike for about 20 days to protest and is very weak.
  • Concerning the Collusion of the 610 Office in Linyi City with the Irrigation Technical School to Further Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioners

    The brainwashing centre in Linyi City, Shandong Province, publicly known as the "Law System Education Centre," has been viciously persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. Practitioners held there have been tortured with brutal methods including sleep deprivation, severe beatings, force-feeding with salt water (applied to those who went on hunger strikes to resist the persecution), and constant torture by several people at the same time. All of the practitioners were arrested and their families were fined anywhere between three thousand to five thousand yuan.
  • The Persecution I Experienced at Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

    Due to my practising Faun Gong, the authorities arrested me in May 2002 and sentenced me to 11 years in prison. On June 6th 2005 I conducted a hunger strike to protest the extension of my term. On June 9th the police conducted force-feeding on me. The prison doctor inserted a stomach tube into me and had a major part of the tube inside the stomach, which caused me stomachaches and gastrectasia. In the mean time, she also used a metal mouth opener to force open my mouth, which caused injuries to my teeth, upper jaw and tongue. The same tube was used on four to five practitioners in a short period of time. There was no disinfection process, but it was merely rinsed with running water.
  • Torture Methods Used in the Shayang Forced Labour Camp in Hubei Province

    The torture methods used in Shayang Forced Labour Camp include the guards stomping on practitioners who were pushed down to the ground. They used several high-voltage electric batons at the same time to shock the practitioners and gagged their mouths with filthy pieces of cloth in order to prevent them from crying out; they also tied practitioners' whole bodies tightly with ropes, pinched their pressure points, viciously beat and kicked them, and shocked them with several electric batons at the same time.
  • 65-Year-Old Practitioner Ms. Sun Nianrong From Hebei Province Died from Persecution

    In 2001, 65-year-old Ms. Sun Nianrong was sentenced to a year of "reeducation through forced labour" and taken to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp, where she suffered tremendously. In March 2003 the police extorted 3,000 yuan of her salary through her company. Later, Ms. Sun was taken to the brainwashing centre to be persecuted again. She suffered extremely both mentally and physically and passed away on April 7th, 2006.
  • Three Practitioners from Sichuan, Anhui and Jilin Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Li Jinzhao was 63 years old. Since 1999, when Jiang Zemin's regime started persecuting Falun Gong, Li Jinzhao was sent to a labour camp and was subjected to brainwashing classes. He also suffered much physical hardship. In July 2005, the police arrested and sent Mr. Li to a detention centre. There they tortured him physically on many occasions. Then, he was sent to brainwashing classes for further persecution. By that time Mr. Li's body was already swollen from his injuries, and his life was in danger. A few days after he was released for treatment, Li Jinzhao passed away on October 3rd, 2005.
  • Investigation Lead: Memory Evoked by the Crime of Live Organ Harvesting Performed on Falun Gong Practitioners

    On the morning of January 1st, 2001, large buses filled with Dafa practitioners were dispatched from the Tiananmen Police Station. Armed police stood next to the windows inside the buses. Close to noon, after a long time of driving, the buses arrived at the gate of a detention centre. All of the practitioners were held in rooms, about 20 per room. Someone knocked on all the doors and said, "Young people, come out." One young woman practitioner inside our room, between 20 years and 30 years of age, looked at the rest of us, stood up and said, "I'm young, I'll leave first." Why did they call for young people to come out first? This thought flashed across my mind.
  • Family Members Arrested While Visiting an Elderly Detained Practitioner

    Hao Fukui, an elderly practitioner has been persecuted for the past 9 months and his life is now in danger. His family members, Hao Yaofeng, Liu Mingwei and Mu Chunmei, went to visit him on March 1st, and were detained by the police. They were all sentenced to two years of forced labour. Police sent them to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. On learning of this, their other family members tried every way possible to rescue them. During the process, they met with harassment, verbal abuse and the vicious threats from all branches of the government and the police force.
  • Persecution Leaves Wu Chunxia and Her Husband Li Zheng Unable to Reunite With Their Family

    Wu Chunxia and her husband Li Zheng from Hubei province are both Dafa practitioners. Since July of 1999, they have been persecuted. Since their wedding day in 2000, the days they were together have been less than one month! It was either Wu Chunxia or Li Zheng who were detained and tortured. Their daughter was born three years ago but has never seen her mum. Now their three-year-old daughter and Li Zheng's father, who is over seventy years old, are hoping that the day will come when Li Zheng and Wu Chunxia are released.
  • Police Constantly Persecute Du Guihua and Her Family

    During recent years, Dafa practitioner Ms Du Guihua and her family have been constantly persecuted by the policemen from Hegang City Police Department. Her second sister, Du Guilan, was tortured to death; her little sister Du Guijie is still detained in Harbin Women's Prison; a happy family was broken apart by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Furthermore, the police have also stolen savings of 5,000 yuan that she had earmarked for her child to go to school.