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Mother Tortured, Police Send Homeless Child to Orphanage
2004-10-28Yu Yuejin is a 48-year-old mother from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. She was arrested by police because she practised Falun Gong and sent to Wanjia Labour Camp in Harbin City. Ms. Yu's husband is serving time in prison for an unknown reason. As a result, the police sent her four-year-old daughter to Nangang District Children's Welfare Centre (actually an orphanage) in Harbin City. -
"I Have Lost My Mummy, I Cannot Lose My Daddy"
2004-10-28Little Yuanming went to Wuxi Prison hospital with her maternal grandmother to see her dad, who has become now virtually unrecognisable due to the torture. Seeing her father, little Yuanming became so bewildered that she could only stare at him wide-eyed. Even though Yuanming is young, she can still understand, "I have already lost my mummy, I cannot lose my daddy." -
The Torture I Suffered in Beijing's Lugouqiao Police Station (Illustrations)
2004-10-27In August 2001, when my mother and I went to Beijing to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa, plainclothes policemen on Tiananmen Square abducted us and detained us for 24 hours. Then they sent me to Beijing Lugouqiao Police Station, where I suffered inhuman and atrocious torture. Several policemen kicked me until I fell face down on the floor, and then they turned my head over and stomped on my face with their leather-soled shoes. -
68 Year Old Practitioner Mo Jiaying from Guangxi Province Died as a Result of the Persecution
2004-10-27Ms. Mo Jiaying, 68 years old, was a Falun Fong practitioner from Guangxi Province. In 2001 when she was posting Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials, she was arrested again and was detained at a Brainwashing Centre. As she refused to give up practising Falun Gong, she was then illegally sent to three years of forced labour at the Nanning Forced Labour Camp. When she was sent back home in March, 2003 she was already at the brink of death. She died tragically on March 20, 2004. -
Practitioners Ms Zhang Guiqin and Mr Qiao Yanqing from Jilin City Die from Persecution
2004-10-27Ms. Zhang Guiqin lived in Jilin City, Jilin Province. Prior to her retirement, she was the vice principal of No. 39 Middle School of Jilin City. Due to the persecution, she sustained grave mental and physical trauma. She passed away on December 9, 2003. Mr. Qiao Yanqing was born in 1941, and was a senior engineer at the Jilin City Refrigerator Factory. He also lived in Jilin City, Jilin Province. In late January 2001, before the Chinese New Year, he went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. He was arrested at the Beijing Train Station as soon as he got off the train and sent back to Jilin City where he was tortured by enforcers from the "610 Office" and the police. He passed away not long after on January 30. -
12-Year-Old Child's Mother Dies in the Persecution, Father Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2004-10-27Zhu Meijuan was 38 years old when she died as a result of the persecution. She was a worker in the Boiler Metal Configuration Factory of Qingdao City and started to practise Falun Gong in spring 1996 at Erlihe, Jiaozhou City. She was fired from her job for practising Falun Gong. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and validate Dafa. In December 2001, her husband Zhou Zhaohua was arrested. -
Some Facts about Rongrong, Daughter of Falun Dafa Practitioner Zou Songtao and His Wife Zhang Yunhe
2004-10-27Rongrong was born on November 15, 1999 and is the daughter of practitioner Zou Songtao and his wife Zhang Yunhe. On November 3, 2000, Zou Songtao was tortured to death in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province. He was only 28 at the time. -
61 Year Old Falun Gong Practitioner Li Chunwen from Hebei Province Persecuted to Death
2004-10-26Mr. Li Chunwen, sixty-one years of age, was from Hebei Province. Just a few days after Mr. Li learned Falun Gong, rheumatic heart disease disappeared. Li Chunwen told everyone he met, "I could have lost my life a long time ago, if I had not practised Falun Gong." Since the persecution began Li Chunwen tried to go to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. He was arrested and since then suffered relentless mental and physical torment over the years, whilst in detention and when at home. He became so weak and thin that he would fall down frequently. He could not breathe properly and his internal organs were constantly in pain. In this condition, his life lasted until June 10, 2004. On that day, Li Chunwen fell down unconscious and died. -
Mr. Chen Heping, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Hubei Province, Dies from Prolonged Persecution
2004-10-26Hubei Province Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen Heping was 53 years old. In 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. The "610 Office" arrested him and sentenced him to two years in Shayang Forced Labour Camp. While in the labour camp, he was subjected to many tortures and forced to do hard labour. He was released on medical parole when his health deteriorated. In October 2003, he was unjustly brought to a brainwashing centre and persecuted until he became very frail. Due to the prolonged period of harassment and physical torture, Mr. Chen Heping passed away on October 15, 2004. -
Ms. Zhao Qiumei Brutally Beaten by a Group of Policemen in the Changchun Hezuizi Labour Camp (Photos)
2004-10-26On February 14, 2003, some policemen called Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Zhao Qiumei to the guards' room and cruelly beat her. After the beating, someone had to help Zhao Qiumei walk back to her room. Her hands were swollen, black and blue, and her right eye and right eyebrow were bleeding. She could not raise her right arm. Her left leg was lame. -
Ms. Li Xuewei Is Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison after Four Years of Persecution
2004-10-26Ms. Li Xuewei lived in Japan for seven years. In February 2000, when she went to visit her relatives in China, she was arrested for having a "Falun Dafa in Japan" newspaper with her. The Chinese authorities illegally detained, tortured and threatened her. They revoked her passport, thus preventing her from returning to Japan with her husband. After suffering four years of persecution, she was unjustly sentenced to seven years in prison on September 21, 2004. -
A Practitioner Recounts the Torture She Experienced at the Yuegezhuang Police Station
2004-10-25One night in July of 2001, the police brought several of us Falun Dafa practitioners to the Yuegezhuang Police Station and five to six policemen used cruel and despicable means to try to force us to confess to crimes we had not committed. They handcuffed my hands behind the back of the chair. Then they passed an electric baton through the handcuffs, catching one end of the baton on the arm of the chair, and pressed the other end forcefully, making me cry out in such pain that my voice filled the night sky. -
The Persecution of Ms. Fan Xiaoli, A Falun Gong Practitioner from Inner Mongolia, at Detention Centres and Forced Labour Camps (Photos)
2004-10-25"My name is Fan Xiaoli. I was born on September 12, 1958, and live in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia. I am a Falun Gong practitioner and have benefitted much from the practice. Because I firmly practise Falun Gong and clarify the truth about the persecution, over the past five years my life has been seriously threatened; I have been humiliated, monitored, and followed, and my telephone was tapped. I have suffered serious mental and financial torment as well as unbelievably horrific physical persecution." -
The Life of Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Liaoyang Forced Labour Camp: Torture and Excessive Workloads, but Some Guards Understand the Truth
2004-10-25"On January 29, 2004, I was transferred from Tieling Forced Labour Camp to Liaoyang Forced Labour Camp, where the persecutors continued to torture me. Right after I arrived, Section Head Zou read through every detained practitioner's file and came up with an individual torture plan for each practitioner. For the female practitioners, the perpetrators used high-voltage electric batons to shock them, forced them to stay awake for long periods of time, and forced them to perform heavy physical labour for over 20 hours a day. This kind of abuse lasted for more than 8 months." -
The Brutal Torture Methods at the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province (Photos)
2004-10-25The guards in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp cruelly tortured Li Deshan, a practitioner, because he would not give up practising Falun Gong. His hands were handcuffed to one bed and his feet to another bed. Then the beds were pulled in opposite directions. The pain was terrible and his body was stretched to the breaking point. Li Deshan died about a year later in August 2002. His death came as a result of these inhuman tortures. He suffered long-term sleep deprivation, brutal beatings, being hung up and beaten, public humiliation, and being force-fed with water and alcohol.