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Personal Account of the Persecution of Yang Guiyuan, a Doctor at the Quartermaster University
2004-08-31"Then they forced my legs into the lotus sitting position, with one leg first on top of the other thigh and tied together, then pulled the other leg from underneath to the top of the first thigh. They pulled the straps up, while they pressed my legs down by stepping on them with their feet. They used so much force to pull my legs that my two legs were almost overlapping. It was very painful. Then they tied my legs tightly together. Finally, they used the last piece of strap left from the thigh to fasten my neck into a position that made my head bend toward my legs. Thus, my whole body was tied up into a ball." -
Practitioner Ms. Cheng Qiaoyun Is Tortured to the Point of Mental Collapse
2004-08-31Ms. Cheng Qiaoyun, living at the No. 9 Oil Extraction Plant in Daqing City, was an employee of Jiulong Corporation.Officers in the Daqing City "610 Office", abducted Ms. Cheng and sent her ton a Brainwashing Class in Daqing. The authorities tortured Ms. Cheng repeatedly until she was close to death. After Ms. Cheng was sent to the hospital for several days of emergency treatment, they brought her back and continued to torture her. Forty days later, having suffered all kinds of mental and physical tortures, Ms. Cheng's mind became unclear. She would eat rice with sand in it, didn't say a single word, and didn't sleep the whole night. -
A Prisoner Is Rewarded With Good Fortune When Her Heart Turns Toward Goodness After Learning the Truth About Falun Gong
2004-08-31One day when Su Jing, Head of the Woman's Division of Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, was illegally forcing detained female Falun Gong practitioners to work near this prisoner's room, the prisoner opened the window and shouted, "Falun Dafa is great!" All the people present at that time were shocked and stared at her, especially Su Jing, who was very startled and nervous. -
A Practitioner's Recollections of the Early Years of Falun Dafa in China (Part 1)
2004-08-31In the spring of 1992 there appeared in northern China an extraordinary and wonderful practice called Falun Gong. Falun Gong resembled a resplendent bright pearl with its dazzling brilliance scattering away the dust that had settled in people's minds and illuminating the way for cultivation. In order to spread Falun Gong, the founder of Falun Gong, Master Li Hongzhi, left home for Beijing, Shandong, Taiyuan, and other places to hold classes in order to spread the teachings and teach the practice. -
Special Collection - Exposing Slave Labour Practices Inside Chinese Labour Camps Part II
2004-08-30The use of slave labour in China's forced labour camps and detention centres is a well-known phenomena. People are forced, through threats, violence and even torture, to work long and painful hours, often surviving with little food or sleep each day. This report exposes these slave labour practices and also details how goods produced there are sold in western societies. -
Family Appeals for Investigation Following Death of Zhang Hong at Wanjia Labour Camp
2004-08-30On July 31, 2004, Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Hong from Harbin City was persecuted to death by Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province. The labour camp authorities demanded that Ms. Zhang's family cremate her body as soon as possible, but this demand was firmly refused. Ms. Zhang's family is now turning to the legal process with an appeal to investigate her death. -
Ms. Wei Yaxia is Found Dead After Being Driven Out of Home
2004-08-30Following Ms. Wei Yaxia's release from Wanjia Labour Camp, policemen and police vehicles were stationed around her home. They applied pressure on her family members and threatened to fire her husband and to make her son unable to work. Ms. Wei had to leave home to avoid persecution. She hid in an empty house of a relative. On the evening of April 25 they heard someone knocking on the door of the room where Ms. Wei was hiding. On the morning of April 26, Ms. Wei was found dead outside of the building. The details of her death are still unknown. -
Police Enjoy Watching Detainees Being Tortured in Huludao Labour Camp
2004-08-30Electric batons are the most frequently used torture instruments in Huludao Labour Camp. Some policemen found amusement in torturing detainees or watching detainees being tortured and suffering. Sometimes they used six to seven electric batons simultaneously on one practitioner. After they were done shocking the front side of a practitioner's body, they turned the body over and shocked the back of the body. Even women in their sixties and one eighteen-year-old unmarried girl were not spared. -
Special Collection - Exposing Slave Labour Practices Inside Chinese Labour Camps Part I
2004-08-29The use of slave labour in China's forced labour camps and detention centres is a well-known phenomena. People are forced, through threats, violence and even torture, to work long and painful hours, often surviving with little food or sleep each day. This report exposes these slave labour practices and also details how many goods produced there are sold in western societies. -
Dafa Practitioner Mr Han Liguo Tortured to Death in Shenyang City's No.2 Prison
2004-08-29Mr. Han Liguo was a practitioner from Lingyuan, Liaoning Province, and a worker in the Lingyuan Steel Company. In October 2001 he was illegally arrested and sentenced to six years for making Falun Gong materials. He was tortured to death on August 23, 2004. Details are awaiting investigation. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms Shan Yuqin from Heilongjiang Province Dies as a Result of Brutal Torture (Photo)
2004-08-29Ms. Shan Yuqin, 48, was a forty-eight year old Dafa practitioner from Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province. Because Shan Yuqin was frequently arrested and detained, her watermelon crop was left with no one to take care of it. As a result, her family did not have any income and led a very hard life. In 2001, Shan Yuqin was arrested and detained in Wanjia Labour Camp. Due to the long-term torture, her health became poorer and poorer. Half of her body was paralyzed and she couldn't take care of herself. Although she was eventually released, she remained bedridden. On August 20, 2004, she passed away. -
Belated News - Dafa Practitioner Mr Cao Yang from Chongqing City Tortured to Death in 2002
2004-08-29In October 2000, Mr Cao Yang of Chongqing, was forcibly taken away and illegally sentenced to three years for his practice of Falun Gong. He was sent to Qianjiang for forced labour and inhumanly tortured. Each day he was monitored around the clock, deprived of sleep and the drug addicts beat him viciously. In May 2002 he was tortured to death. Afterwards the policemen did not allow his family members to see his body. They fabricated a story that he had committed suicide and hurriedly sent the body to be cremated. -
Torture Method: Stomping (Illustration)
2004-08-28At around 8:00 p.m. on December 28, 2001, Ms. Cui Yaning from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province was abducted by five policemen and sent to Ling'an Police Station in Jinzhou. After being body-searched, she was promptly beaten by the police. Several policemen then made her lie on the ground facing down and held her tightly. A strong policeman who was over 1.8 meters tall and weighed about 200 lbs then stepped on her back and stomped fiercely. -
Police Brutality: Putting a Female Dafa Practitioner in a Cage to be Bitten by Mosquitoes
2004-08-28Dafa practitioner Ms Hu Aiyun went to appeal in Beijing against the persecution and was detained in a detention centre. A policeman put Hu into a steel cage with her hands cuffed to the top of it. Inside the cage, she could neither stand straight nor squat down. The cage was placed under a tree. The summer weather was hot and humid, and the air was thick with swarms of mosquitoes. She was forced to remain in the cage outside for eight days where she was subjected to thousands of mosquito bites as the swarms covered her. -
Dafa Practitioner's Husband Dies From Shock and Grief After Repeated Arrests of His Wife
2004-08-28"On August 31, 2001 I was sent to the Shibalihe Female Forced Labour Camp in Zhengzhou City, where I was tortured, beaten, force-fed, cuffed, and hung up by my handcuffed wrists. I left the labour camp alive on January 11, 2004. After five years of torture and abuse from the persecution, I was left with permanently swollen legs and my feet numb and sore. For four years, since the year 2000, my left shinbone has suffered from a fracture that was not treated properly. At present, I am disabled and cannot work. My husband passed away three years ago, from the constant fear and pressure. During the past few years, our only daughter has been forced to struggle to live on her own, with very little money."