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  • Near Death, Ms. Zhang Liping and Ms. Wang Yuling Are Still Being Held in Detention

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Liping is 32 years old. She was illegally sentenced to 11 years in prison. She was originally held at a Detention Centre in Changchun City. The detention centre authorities sent her to the Heizuizi Women's Prison nine times, but the prison refused to take her because of her poor condition, brought on by mental and physical persecution. Practitioner Ms. Wang Yuling is around 48 years of age. She is currently being held at the Labour Reeducation Hospital of the Changchun City Prison, after being tortured in a Detention Centre. The Detention Centre could no longer afford the medical expenses and the authorities told the hospital to cut off her medications.
  • Tianjin Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lin Chunfang in Critical Condition from Police Torture

    On November 15, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lin Chunfang was seen distributing materials about the truth of Falun Dafa in a residential building. The police cruelly beat and tortured Lin Chunfang. After 24 hours, Lin Chunfang, who is middle-aged, was still unconsciousness from the beating, and was in critical condition. The police were scared, and sent her to the hospital for emergency care. At present, Lin Chunfang's life is in danger.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Shen Guihua and Ms. Gong Suyuan from Sichuan Province Died As a Result of Persecution-Related Illnesses

    In 2000, Sichuan Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Shen Guihua went to the local police station to tell them the truth about Falun Gong, but the police unlawfully arrested her. Under the intense pressure of the persecution, Ms. Shen Guihua's spirits were severely compromised, and the cancer she had had before she practised Falun Dafa recurred. In July 2002, she died as a result of the persecution. Another practitioner, Ms. Gong Suyuan, was constantly harassed, threatened, and intimidated by police. In April 2004, she died from organ damage related to inflammation and severe accumulation of fluid in her abdomen.
  • Practitioner Ms. Fuli's Hands Disabled by Torture at Wanjia Forced Labour Camp (Photos)

    Forty-one-year-old Heilongjiang Province practitioner Ms. Fuli was arrested and sent to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in November 1999 because she appealed for freedom to practise Falun Dafa. In Wanjia Forced Labour Camp, Ms. Fuli endured inhuman treatment. She was hung by her thumbs, placed in solitary confinement, and tortured in many others ways. To hang her by her thumbs, the police tied rope around her thumbs and then hung her up by the rope. Her thumbs had to sustain the weight of her whole body! After being suspended like that for a long time, her thumbs became deformed and her hands disabled.
  • 61 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Yang Xiuzhong Persecuted to Death in 2003

    Mr. Yang Xiuzhong was a Senior Lab Technician employed by the Southwest Petroleum Institute. Since he firmly cultivated Falun Dafa even after July 20, 1999, the Institute's administrators put him on a blacklist. He was placed under house arrest, forced to retire early, had his home ransacked, was detained, was forced to live under constant monitoring, had his home phone bugged, and was followed and harassed constantly. Due to the constant mental and physical torture, he died in June 2003, at the age of 61.
  • School Teacher Falun Gong Practitioner Li Wensheng from Liaoning Province Passed Away in 2003 as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Liu Wensheng was a school teacher at an Elementary School in Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. He started practising Falun Gong in 1998 and his body became very healthy afterwards. Since July 20, 1999, police persecuted him on numerous occasions. He was arrested and tortured many times. His home was also ransacked. In September 2001, he was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. While going from place to place, he suffered tremendous hardships. As a result, he passed away on October 18, 2003, at the age of 41.
  • Liaoning Province Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr Gao Guoyuan and Ms Yang Sulan, Die After Being Brutally Persecuted in 2002 and 2003

    In November 2000, fifty-five year old Mr Gao Guoyuan was arrested and taken to the Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp. There, he was tortured until his physical and mental health collapsed. He was released in April 2001, but he never regained his health, and he passed away in July 2002. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Sulan was sixty-five years old when she passed away. She also was arrested and sent to the Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp, where ten people tortured her. The guards did not allow her to sleep, and she was bombarded with lies about Falun Dafa. She was set free after 50 days of torture, and she passed away on June 1, 2003.
  • More Information on the 1999 Death of Practitioner Mr. Jin Zunyi from Jiangxi Province

    On September 23, 1999, Jiangxi Province Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jin Zunyi went to Beijing and was arrested on October 13, 1999. He was then transferred back to Nanchang City by train. It was heard that Mr. Jin jumped from the train to avoid further persecution, broke his leg, was chased by the police and died after being sent to the hospital.
  • Chen Aili Persecuted to Death; One Sister and Brother Died Previously, His Parents and Another Sister are Persecuted

    Such is the heartbreaking story of one family torn apart because they followed the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Aili lived in Hebei Province but passed away on November 5, 2004 due to vicious abuse by the authorities. His two brothers and sisters also died in labour camps as a result of persecution. Both his mother and mother were detained and tortured; his mother was only released when she was dying. One surviving daughter remains, yet she is also incarcerated and her daughter is detained at a nursery because there is no-one to look after her.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lin Chunfang Beaten to Death by Police in Tianjin

    On November 15, 2004, Ms. Lin Chunfang was distributing Falun Gong information in a residential area when she was stopped by police. The police brutally beat and tortured her. In just 24 hours, this kind middle-aged lady was beaten to the verge of death. Afraid of being held responsible, the police sent Ms. Lin to the hospital. However due to the severe trauma from torture, she died at 6am on November 23, 2004, only 8 days after she was arrested.
  • Baicheng City Falun Gong Practitioner, Mr. Wu Quanyi, Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Fifty-two year old Mr. Wu Quanyi, former deputy secretary of the People's Committee of Baicheng City was arrested in September 2001, because he practised Falun Dafa and was not afraid to tell people the truth about it. In October of that year, Mr. Wu was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and during his detention he suffered greatly both physically and mentally. He escaped while on medical parole and was forced to become homeless until he died on March 6, 2004.
  • The Barbaric Torture I Endured at the Dalian Forced Labour Camp

    "On November 22, 1999, my older sister and I went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. From then on I was detained in detention centres and a labour camp several times. I experienced the most inhumane and debased torture and persecution that you could ever imagine, including beatings with electric batons, forced-feedings, holding extremely uncomfortable positions for long periods etc. Yet I was able to survive due to my faith in Falun Dafa."
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Que Shanyan from Fujian Province Tortured to Death in 2001

    Mr. Que Shanyan was in his 60's and a villager from Fujian Province. He went to Beijing twice to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was detained twice by Shanghang County Police. During the second detention, he was tortured by police for his unyielding faith in Falun Dafa. He became very weak and died at noon on January 31, 2001 in Shanghang County Detention Centre.
  • Ms. Yang Mingfen from Guangdong Province Dies After Years of Mistreatment and Abuse During the Persecution

    On January 4, 2001, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Mingfen and several other practitioners from Guangzhou Province were arrested by police while painting "Falun Dafa Is Good" on the wall outside Maoming Estate. After being detained for two months, Ms. Yang was sentenced to one year in the Sansui Women's Forced Labour Camp and forced to sign documents swearing to give up her belief. After her release she declared that the so-called "transformation" statement was wrong. She was imprisoned again, brutally tortured and died on October 26, 2004.
  • 54 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Yuzhen from Hubei Province Passed Away in 2003 as a Result of Persecution

    54 year old Ms. Li Yuzhen, from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, was a retired employee of Wuhan City Sixth Pharmaceutical Company. As a Falun Dafa practitioner she felt it was important to let people know the truth about the practice when the reputation of Dafa is being undermined. For her efforts to clarify the facts, she was detained twice. Because of the long-term physical and mental persecution, Li Yuzhen passed away in January 2003.