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An Account Of the Death of Gynecologist and Pediatrician Mrs Dong Cuifang from Beijing
2004-06-26Ms. Dong Cuifang was from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. She was a doctor. Her husband and her were arrested at the same time in 2001 for informing the public about the truth of Falun Gong. In 2002, they were both sentenced to five years in prison. Dong Cuifang died from the torture they subjected her to on March 19, 2004. She was only 28 years old at the time of her death. Prison police guard Xi Xuehui has had bad dreams every day since Dong Cuifang was tortured to death. She frequently wakes up from the nightmares. -
Brutal Torture Methods Used on Falun Dafa Practitioners at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp (Illustrations)
2004-06-25The iron cage at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp is about 1.5 meters tall, 70 centimeters in width and about 1 meter in length. A person is unable to stand up straight. He must bend his back and lower his head. The police guards handcuff the practitioner's hands to the top of the iron cage; therefore the practitioner can neither stand straight up nor squat down. One can only do a half squat. It does not take long for the muscles to be stressed and sore in this excruciatingly position. The practitioner is handcuffed and held in this position 24 hours a day. -
The Atrocities Committed Behind the Walls of the Nanmusi Female Forced Labour Camp
2004-06-25At the end of January 2002, we were sent to the Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province. The local policemen who escorted us had stolen from our bank accounts two month's worth of food costs as well as the full cost for sending us to the labour camp. They transferred any remaining money to the labour camp itself. After deducting a physical exam fee, a labour camp uniform fee, a so-called "rental of living necessities" fee (for bed sheets for example), and other expensive costs, the labour camp deposited what was left of our money into an account. -
Dafa Practitioner Ms. He Xiuling of Yantai City Persecuted to Death - Updated News (Photos)
2004-06-2552 year old Ms. He Xiuling was a resident of Yantai City. Because she practised Falun Gong, Ms. He was abducted and taken to a forced brainwashing centre on September 1, 2003, where she suffered savage torture and thus became ill. She was sent to hospital. She refused to receive any injections, but the "610 Office" and the detention centre collaborated with the hospital to forcibly inject her with something, and punctured her spinal cord in the process. This caused Ms. He to die later. All these illegal activities were conducted without notifying her family members. -
Elementary School Teacher, Ms. Liu Yumin, Relentlessly Persecuted for Refusing to Renounce Falun Dafa; Her Husband Tortured to Death
2004-06-25Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Yumin suffered unspeakable tortures because she refused to give up Falun Dafa. Liu Yumin's husband Wu Yanshui was also a Dafa practitioner. Because he also refused to give up Dafa he was sent to a custody centre for long-term detention. Physical and mental torture on top of slave labour took its toll and passed away one month after his release. Later police arrested Liu Yumin again, in her underwear and barefoot, leaving home two young children. They tortured her until she was near death and became only skin and bones. -
Supplemental Facts about How Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liu Jian Was Tortured to Death
2004-06-24Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Jian lived in Shandong Province. He was abducted and sent to a Labour Camp in Jinan City on March 2001 to serve a 3-year sentence. Because Mr. Liu persisted in his righteous belief in Falun Dafa and refused to be "transformed", the guards locked him separately in a small, dark, gloomy and damp cell. He suffered all kinds of tortures. On December 28, 2001 a prisoner called out said, "Terrible! Liu Jian jumped from a floor upstairs." According to information provided by insiders, Mr. Liu was pushed through a window in the toilet on the 3rd floor after he was already dead. -
Dafa Practitioner Ms. Luo Qiaohong Died as a Result of Persecution in Hunan Province
2004-06-24Ms. Luo Qiaohong was 28 years old and lived in Hunan Province. In October 2000, she went to Beijing with her family to appeal, and was arrested and detained in a Detention Centre. Her father and husband were sent to a forced labour camp, leaving no family members at home to care for her youngest daughter, who was less then one year old. The family had to sell the pigsty to pay 14,000 yuan in fines, yet they still didn't have enough money. Luo Qiaohong was no longer able to withstand the mental pressure, physical torture, and extreme financial difficulty. She died shortly after she was released on December 5, 2001. -
Commemorating Ms. Wang Xiuyuan: Tortured to Death for Clarifying the Truth
2004-06-24On April 27, 2004, another precious life left this earth. She lost her life for speaking the truth. She lived by the principles "Truthfulness-Compassion- Tolerance". Her name is Ms. Wang Xiuyuan, a citizen of Shenyang City. Some practitioners who were detained at the same time as her in a Labour Camp disclosed that she suffered cruel physical and mental torture. She was not allowed to sleep, was beaten severely, suffered unspeakable physical punishment, and was forced to do hard labour. She was not released until April 19, 2004 and was near death upon her release. On April 27, 2004, one week later she passed away. -
The Torture of Female Practitioners at the Tiananmen Police Station (Illustration)
2004-06-24"Practitioners described to me how they were tortured at the Tiananmen Police Station. The police placed each practitioner in small individual cells which had a water hose hanging from the ceiling. The police stripped off practitioners' clothes and poured ice cold water on them for over a half hour. The cell was so small that a person could hardly turn around in it. In the cold winter police poured ice cold water on the heads of practitioners." -
Tragedy in the Classroom -- The Attack on the Chinese Educational System Resulting From the Persecution Policies of Jiang and His Followers Against Falun Gong (II)
2004-06-24Liu Qian, a 12-year-old girl and a third-grade student at the Gegezhuang Village Elementary School, Hebei Province, was diagnosed on November 15, 2003 to be suffering from acute leukaemia. Seven days after she started practising Falun Gong, she completely recovered. Unfortunately, her school did not allow her to continue her studies, simply because she would not give up her practice of Falun Gong. Being a young child, Liu Qian was unable to deal with this cruel situation. She suddenly passed away on the 22nd day of the first month of the Lunar New Year of 2004. -
Public Statement of Nanhua University Lecturer Zhang Peng After Receiving an Unlawful Ten-Year Prison Sentence
2004-06-23"My name is Zhang Peng. I am a 29 years old, male, living in Hunan Province and I was a lecturer in the Electric Engineering Department, Nanhua University. In February of 2001 I was abducted in Changsha City. I was tortured, coerced and framed. On November 2, 2001, they convened a "court session" for Ding Shikun, Li Xuexian and me. On the 9th, a so-called "court verdict" sentenced me to ten years; Ding Shikun was given a nine- year sentence and Li Xuexian was given seven years because we refused to give up practising Falun Dafa. -
Primary School Teacher Ms. Li Huiping's Family is Destroyed Due to the Persecution
2004-06-23Ms. Li Huiping, a primary school teacher in Yunnan Province was forced to leave her job in 2002 and was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labour. The day after she was arrested her husband Bao Weiyuan was ordered to sign a "Notice for Interrogation." Mr. Bao refused and said, "You arrested and detained my wife for no reason, which infringes upon the fundamental human rights of a citizen and violates the Constitution." About ten days later he was found dead at home. Now, her only son, who suffers from several illnesses, is left at home and nobody is taking care of him. -
Anhui Province Police Department Terrorises Family
2004-06-23"On July 2, 2002, people from the Police Department in Haozhou City, broke into my office. They took me to the Longhua Hotel and tried to force me to confess that it was illegal to talk about Falun Gong and the persecution to others. They continued to persecute my family and me for 6 days and finally sentenced me to 5 years in prison. My husband was terrified and shocked. Even though it has been a year now, he is still badly traumatized. My daughter was traumatized mentally and physically. She cried the whole day after she got home and often woke up from nightmares." -
Practitioner Ms Zhao Shurong from Bozhou City Lists the Crimes of Local Persecutors
2004-06-23"On March 20, 2002, I was walking on the street when officials from the District Political and Judiciary Committee grabbed my mobile phone from me and threw me into a police van. They took me to a Police Station, where they handcuffed me for at least four hours and then sent me to Bozhou City Custody Centre for months of detention. On June 12 of that year, they sent me again to the custody centre. I have been continuously held since then, suffering terrible brutalities" -
18 Year Old Girl High School Student in Anhui Province Detained Multiple Times and Threatened by Police with a Gun
2004-06-22"I have experienced terrible things that a teenager would not normally experience only because I wanted to say, "Falun Dafa is great. Falun Dafa is righteous" and because I believe in "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance." I did not do anything wrong and did not violate any law. I am supposed to have freedom of speech and belief. I oppose this persecution. I hope the legislative departments and courts can correctly judge right from wrong. Punish those criminals who torture Falun Gong practitioners and give me back my freedom!"