Exposing the Persecution
Torture | Kidnapping | Brainwashing | Illegal Detention and Imprisonment | Extortion | Persecution Throughout Society | Inside the Labour Camps | Individual Accounts | 6-10 Office | Death Cases | Organ Harvesting
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Prison Inmate Bears Witness to the Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in China's Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
2011-07-29I am not a Falun Gong practitioner. After I was found guilty of a minor offence in 2002, I was given a jail term of one and a half years, and was put in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners was rampant at the time and practitioners were being systematically arrested and sentenced. I saw one practitioner who was bed-bound with her limbs tied to the four corners of the bed. A wooden board was placed on her body with three heavy metal pipes to weigh it down-- one on her forehead, one on her torso, and one on her ankle. Four inmates balanced on top of the metal pipes as if they were sitting on a seesaw. -
Practitioner Who Had Serious Injuries Healed after Practising Falun Gong Detained Numerous Times
2011-07-28After falling from a six-story-high overpass, 56-year-old Ms. Wang Ke was paralysed. Her injuries were so severe that the hospital could do little for her. However, shortly after she started practising Falun Gong, she was healed. When the Chinese Communist Party began its campaign of persecution against Falun Gong in July 1999, she remained steadfast in her convictions. Ms. Wang was detained several times for practising Falun Gong. In Fushun Forced Labour Camp she went on hunger strike to protest the detention. However, a guard shocked Ms. Wang's mouth and face with electric batons and forced her to balance a stool on her head. -
The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at Hubei Province Brainwashing Centre
2011-07-28Ms. Liu Limin was detained in the Hewan Forced Labour Camp in Wuhan City for one and a half years, and was put in forced labour again in June 2010. While there she was tortured with beatings, standing for extended periods, sleep deprivation, not being given any food, and solitary confinement. After serving the term, she was not released and instead was immediately sent to the Hubei Brainwashing Centre. She was again deprived of sleep, and forced to stand for long periods. Ms. Liu was also force-fed and shocked with electric batons, leaving bruises. She had difficulty straightening her back when walking and was so weak her eyesight deteriorated considerably. -
The Persecution of Fushun City Practitioner Mr. Chen Binli in Liaoning Province
2011-07-28Mr. Chen Binli, a Falun Gong practitioner in Fushun City, has been persecuted repeatedly by communist regime agents at various levels over the past 10 years. He was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in March 2004 and was severely tortured. In August 2006, he was shocked with five electric batons simultaneously in Panjin Prison. Guards brutally beat him in July 2010, shouting that they would torture him to the extreme as long as he remained alive. -
Ms. Qiang Weixiu Arrested Five Times, Now Homeless
2011-07-28Ms. Qiang Weixiu used to suffer from many illnesses. After studying Falun Gong her illnesses soon disappeared. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Qiang went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was arrested and detained several times over the years. In the First Forced Labour Camp in Ping'antai guards shackled and forced her to stand for long periods of time. Ms. Qiang could not sleep for a week because of the excruciating pain. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was brutally force-fed. In May 2001, the police were looking for Ms. Qiang so she left home to avoid further persecution. -
Ms. Yue Chunhua, 53, Detained Twice in a Forced Labour Camp
2011-07-27Practitioner Ms. Yue Chunhua has been detained many times and sentenced to forced labour twice in the past 12 years only because of her belief. She recounts her experience in Shimahe Women's Forced Labour Camp: "I went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and was brutally force-fed by the guards and other inmates. Guards cuffed my hands behind my back, while drug addict inmates held me down on the floor. A prisoner cruelly force-fed me a very thick soy milk powder. They force-fed me four times per day, from afternoon to evening. As a result, my stomach was full of water, but I was not allowed to use the toilet. I quietly endured this pain that lasted for about a month." Guards also slapped and punched her. -
Wanzhou District Brainwashing Centre Officials in Chongqing Covertly Incarcerate and Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
2011-07-27Communist regime agents in the Wanzhou District of Chongqing held a so-called "Study Session" in July 2011. They covertly arrested local Falun Gong practitioners and held them in this brainwashing facility. They refused to allow practitioners to leave the room at any time, forced them to watch TV programmes slandering Falun Gong, and attempted to force them to write the three statements promising to give up their practice. -
Two Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced in Changzhou
2011-07-27Practitioners Mr. Xu Ming and Ms. Liao Yongge were arrested by officers on the afternoon of May 26th, 2010. On June 29th, Mr. Xu Ming was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, while Ms. Liao Yongge was sentenced to three years in prison by Tiannin Court of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. On June 23rd this year, another practitioner Mr. Yang Chanrong was sentenced to six years in prison. -
Cai Yuechan and Cai Yuchang Tried in Shantou City, Guangdong Province
2011-07-27Police arrested practitioners Cai Yuechan and Cai Yuchang on December 4th, 2010 in Shantou City, and took them to the Tuopu Detention Centre. The practitioners were forced to appear in Longhu District Court on June 3rd. Ms. Cai Yuechan and Ms. Cai Yuchang went to meet someone in the manufacturing business on December 4th, 2010, in Shantou. They were meeting a businessman to give him a Shen Yun Performing Art DVD. However, when they got there, the local police and the Procuratorate were waiting for them because the man had set them up and notified the authorities. -
Associate Professor from National Prosecutors College Abused in Beijing Women's Prison
2011-07-26Ms. Li Li is an associate professor in the Philosophy Department at the National Prosecutors College. In 2000, she had to leave her home to avoid the persecution. In November 2002, she was arrested and sentenced to nine years in prison. She has been held in Beijing Women's Prison ever since. She was once deprived of sleep for more than three weeks. -
After Five Years of Imprisonment, Mr. Ren Dongsheng from Tianjin Suffers from Mental Disorder
2011-07-26Mr. Ren Dongsheng was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for practising Falun Gong and detained in Gangbei Prison. In prison, he was placed in solitary confinement for his refusal to renounce Falun Gong. On account of a section chief's prodding, Mr. Ren's inmate monitors handcuffed and shackled him. During meal time, they would place his tray of food and water on the ground, as if feeding an animal. These inmate monitors were often ordered to beat him up with batons. Such a cumulative toll, has precipitated his mental disorder. -
Mr. Zhou Hongbo from Daqing City Deceived and Arrested
2011-07-26Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhou Hongbo was deceived into going to the Hujitumo Town Central Elementary School by deputy principal Yao Juxiang, Mr. Zhou's former classmate, on July 12th, 2011. Yao collaborated with the town's judicial bureau and the police station to lure Mr. Zhou to the old Daqing City Party School to be persecuted. Previously, in 2007, Mr. Zhou was arrested again as he spoke with people about Falun Gong. Police held him in the Taikang Town Detention Centre for eight days, and then took him to the Suihua Forced Labour Camp for a one-year term. -
Retired Teacher Still Detained by Chifeng Police, Inner Mongolia
2011-07-26On the morning of June 5th, retired teacher Ms. Wu Guohui and her husband Guo Wen were shopping at the local market. Ms. Wu was arrested by the local police and then taken to the police department. Mr. Guo was arrested at his home. That afternoon, the couple was taken to the local detention centre. Mr. Guo was detained for 12 days and then released June 16th on bail; he is now awaiting his trial. The police also extorted 20,000 yuan from him, which they claimed as bail money. -
The Tragic Story of Practitioner Mr. Tang Yi's Death
2011-07-25Mr. Tang Yi was sent to the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp for a long period of time because of practising Falun Gong. He was released in November 2008 after being diagnosed with bone tuberculosis. He passed away on September 22nd, 2009 at the age of 46. He wrote about his experience in the labour camp: "I had been on a hunger strike for 32 days before I was taken to the labour camp. I was very weak. Nonetheless, I was often pushed and held down on the floor. They grabbed my injured hand and dragged me over the floor, back and forth, which caused dislocation of my joints. I suffered from violent force-feedings. They slapped or punched me during the force-feedings. The feeding tube was difficult to insert through my nose, and made my nose bleed after several attempts." -
Mr. Yang Wanming Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Exposing the Persecution
2011-07-25After he began practising Falun Gong, Mr. Yang Wanming, around 50 years old, recovered from several illnesses. In 2009, he exposed the persecution of Falun Gong and was arrested. Without his family being notified, he was secretly tried in August 2009 and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment. When his family learned of his sentence, they appealed multiple times, and finally, after tremendous effort and hardship, his prison sentence was reduced to seven years. Yang is currently detained in Baoanzhi Prison. During his detention, his home has been ransacked by police several times. In prison, he was also pressured to give up his practice.