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  • Elderly Nursery Principal Ms. Cai Shufen in Dalian Died Due to Persecution

    Over the course of 6 years of persecution, 65-year-old Ms Cai Shufen suffered intense pressure and pain due to the harassment from the officers at the police stations and local officials. In June 2005, the Xianglujiao Police Department announced that they would arrest her again; she and her family were under much pressure. On September 1st, 2005, she passed away.
  • Six Dafa Practitioners from Hebei, Heilongjiang, and Henan Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    59-year-old Ms. Zhao Xiuzhu was sent to brainwashing sessions, because she often told the facts of Falun Dafa to people who had been misled by the government propaganda in the education system and to all of the leaders. On December 15th, 1999, Ms. Zhao left home by herself and went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was imprisoned, her family's property was confiscated, and she was tracked and harassed many times. Whenever a politically sensitive date approached, she was harassed repeatedly. On August 26th, 2005, she passed away.
  • The CCP Intensifies Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Chongqing during the Fifth Asia-Pacific Cities Summit

    Days before the Fifth Asia-Pacific Cities Summit was to be held in Chongqing, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) "cracked down" on people who might have protested during the event. The CCP regularly monitors and arrests Chinese citizens during important events or sensitive dates. In preparation for the summit, Chongqing Special Steel Company workers who have been laid off without compensation and Falun Gong practitioners, particularly practitioners who have been detained, persecuted and forced into brainwashing sessions, were followed and supervised 24 hours a day.
  • Mengyin County Local 610 Office Details How They Persecuted Falun Gong

    Recently, in order to claim credit from higher authorities in persecuting Falun Gong, Mengyin County Party Committee published a report entitled, "Work Report of the 610 Office of Mengyin County Chinese Communist Party Committee" to highlight their "achievement" in persecuting Falun Gong. The report, printed in colour, summarised how Falun Gong has been persecuted since July 20th, 1999, and how much money was spent to "transform" and brainwash practitioners. The report contains three parts: prologue, details about Falun Gong, and work in progress.
  • Eight Falun Dafa Practitioners in Hunan, Shaanxi, and Hebei Provinces Died as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Su Shukun was 78 years old and lived with her daughter. In November 2000, Ms. Su went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Dafa and was sent to a forced labour camp. She was subjected to various tortures, leaving her with deteriorating health. In July 2002, her daughter was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp because of distributing Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution. Ms. Su was so devastated and exhausted by the ongoing persecution that her old illnesses returned. Ms. Su Shukun died on August 8th, 2003.
  • Three Elderly Practitioners from Hebei, Shanxi, and Liaoning Provinces Died Due to the Persecution

    80-year-old Ms. Jiao Xiuying was harassed many times and her home was ransacked; three of her family members were sentenced because they refused to renounce Falun Gong. One night in October 2002, a group of policemen (about 20) broke into her house and ransacked it. The sudden trauma caused Ms. Jiao to collapse. She was helped to bed but was never able to get up again. A few days later, the policemen deceived and detained her daughter. Jiao Xiuying passed away in November 2002.
  • Three Years After Liu Xiwen Died, His Family Continues to Suffer Harassment

    Mr. Liu Xiwen was a retired teacher. Since the persecution began, Liu was continuously harassed and mistreated by lawless officials from his previous school. After he went to appeal in Beijing in December 2000, the persecution he endured escalated. Suffering severe injury to body and mind, Liu finally passed away on May 20th, 2002. Before this, he had been exiled for fourteen months and eighteen months of his salary was confiscated.
  • The Longsha Police Branch in Qiqihar Arrested Nearly 100 Falun Gong Practitioners in March 2005

    At the beginning of March, two female Falun Gong practitioners were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. The surveillance camera caught them. The police followed them and then started large-scale arrests. The police then subjected every arrested Falun Gong practitioner to strappado and many other forms of torture. [Note: The strappado is a form of torture in which a victim is suspended in the air by means of a rope attached to his hands which are tied behind his back.] Those Falun Gong practitioners who suffered this torture lost the ability to look after themselves.
  • Exposing the Inhumanity of the Luotai Villa Provincial Brainwashing Centre in Fushun City (Photo)

    The Liaoning Provincial government gave the Luotai Villa Provincial Brainwashing Centre in Fushun City 1.4 million yuan ($171,000). It is used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. To deceive the public, this brainwashing centre is called the "Liaoning Provincial Caring and Loving Centre" or the "Fushun Municipal Legal Education Centre." It has been expanded in scale several times after the first session was launched in March 2003.
  • Crimes Committed in the Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp

    All Falun Dafa practitioners sent to Xinkaipu Labour Camp in Hunan Province are forced to take off all their clothes and are searched as soon as they arrive. They are then immediately isolated. If the practitioner goes on a hunger strike to resist the persecution, guards order the monitors to tie the practitioner to the operation table in the clinic. Dr. Yu in the labour camp then pries open his mouth with an expander. He turns the screw rods to hold the jaws open. Then he clamps the practitioner's tongue with a surgery grip. He inserts a bamboo tube into the mouth, and fills it with fluid, such as gruel or soup mixed with the rhizome of Chinese goldthread, an herb that tastes extremely bitter, salt or chilli powder.
  • Lawless Officials from Shandong Province Arrest Many Falun Dafa Practitioners

    Recently, Diao Dechang of the Police Bureau of Luancheng City, was appointed director of the police bureau in Guan County, Shandong Province. He has declared publicly that he will eradicate Falun Gong. He said that the whole county would work together to "meet, visit, register, search, and arrest" Falun Dafa practitioners (especially those who had previously been arrested or sentenced) during the October 1st holiday.
  • Six-Year Persecution of Practitioner Ms. Zhang Jingyu From Hubei Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Jingyu was persecuted numerous times during the last six years. She whas been detained seven times in this period, each time tortured and treated in the most inhuman way. When she went on a hunger strike to protest the unjust treatment she was brutally force-fed by several men. They slapped her with such brute force that her face turned red. Eventually they were able to insert the tube. They force-fed her the same way in the following days. The tube scarred her throat and caused great pain.
  • Female Practitioner Mentally Disabled Due to Persecution in the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp

    49-year-old Ms. Sun Shujie, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province was sentenced to forced labour again in 2002. Because of the violence from torture and from brainwashing, she is now mentally disabled. In spite of her condition, the policemen still forced her to work. They also kept verbally abusing and slandering her, making her mental state much worse. Once, when she was doing chores in the workshop, she picked up scissors, trying to slash her own throat.
  • Practitioner Dismissed from Yunnan University without Cause

    "I began working toward an MA in Legal Science in 2002 as a part-time graduate student at Yunnan University. On September 28th, 2005, because I practise Falun Dafa, I received a Decision (Yunnan University Graduate School Document no 8, 2005) to dismiss me from the Yunnan University. The document was sent by my teacher in the Legal Science Institute. I am not aware of any rules or regulations that would lead to my dismissal. According to General University Student Management Regulations, article 56, 58 and 61, I appealed my case to Yunnan University. Please take back such an unreasonable decision, so that I can finish my studies."
  • A Woman's Breasts Disfigured and Infected from Severe Electric Shock Torture by Masanjia Forced Labour Camp Guards (Photos)

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Yunjie's breasts were horrifically disfigured and infected as a result of long-term torture, which included being tied up, hung up and shocked with electric batons. It was difficult to look at her and see her suffering. The long periods of torture took a severe toll on Ms. Wang's health. Although she had become extremely frail, she had to do forced labour. She was forced to make handcrafts for export, such as paper flowers. Finally, Ms. Wang gained her release. Later her family found out that the camp staff believed that she had only two months to live.