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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Wuhan City Police Pull Out 76-year-old Lady's Hair
2011-04-22Ms. Liu Zhulan, 76, is from Wuhan City. At the end of March she went to the forced labour camp to pick up her daughter, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Weifang, and bring her home. Ms. Liu was brutally beaten by Hanjiadun Police Station officers, who pulled out a lot of her hair. Ms. Yang Weifang was sentenced to one year in a detention centre for practising Falun Gong. -
Teacher Ms. Gao Shuying from Heilongjiang Province Has Repeatedly Suffered Persecution
2011-04-22Gao Shuying is an English teacher at the No. 3 Middle School of Tahe County. During the past ten years, because of practising Falun Gong and following the principle of Truth- Compassion- Forbearance, she has been arrested by local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) staff members. Several times, she was detained at the Tahe Detention Centre, Beian Mental Hospital, Shuanghe Forced Labour Camp of Qiqihar city and suffered torture and brutal persecution. She was force-fed, forced to work, beaten up, kept in a cold environment, and suffered other abuses. Because of her situation, her mother and children also suffered countless difficulties during the past ten years. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Pan Xujun Brutally Persecuted in Hongzehu Prison in Jiangsu Province
2011-04-22Falun Gong practitioner Pan Xujun was an English teacher at the Junior High School in Pei County. He was arrested in September 2002 and sentenced to nine years of imprisonment by the Pei County Court. He suffered brutal persecution at Hongzehu Prison in Jiangsu Province. He was deprived of sleep, police used a syringe to inject water into his nostrils and eyes, many of his bodily functions were damaged and he became severely disabled. His cervical vertebra and lumbar were deformed and he was extremely weak. Mr. Pan was released in November 2010. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Chen Shiming from Meishan City, Sichuan Province, Died as a Result of Torture
2011-04-21Practitioner Mr. Chen Shiming from Meishan City, Sichuan Province, died on April 10th, 2011 as a result of torture. He had repeatedly been arrested and tortured before he passed away. In July 2010, Mr. Chen was arrested and sent to a forced brainwashing centre where he was injected with unknown drugs that caused memory loss and left him dependent on others to care for him. -
Lu Guiqin Driven Insane by Persecution at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2011-04-21Practitioner Ms. Lu Guiqin was arrested and taken to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City on December 28th, 2010. Her family was notified on March 17th, nearly three months after her arrest, that Ms. Lu had become insane and was unable to recognise people. The guards extorted 3,000 yuan from the family before they let them take her home. She has still yet to recover. Ms. Lu Guiqin and Ms. Liu Guiping were arrested by police while they were explaining the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong on the afternoon of December 18th, 2010. -
Former Industrial and Commercial Bank Employee Persecuted Repeatedly
2011-04-21Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cao Xiongbin was arrested and detained soon after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong. He was sentenced on two separate occasions to three years of forced labour, and additionally, three years of imprisonment. Mr. Cao was beaten and tortured during his imprisonment. He was physically weakened, often resulting in life-threatening conditions. He continues to suffer from pain in his chest, and sometimes experiences nightmares. -
Husband and Wife Arrested Repeatedly and Subjected to Persecution
2011-04-21Falun Gong practitioner husband and wife An Fengbo and Han Shuang were arrested by police on March 16th. They are currently detained in Jilin City Detention Centre. Since 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began, An Fengbo has been arrested and detained several times, and he has been sent to forced labour camp twice. In the labour camp he was severely persecuted for refusing to give up his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He suffered intense physical punishments including beatings, wearing handcuffs and shackles, his limbs tied together, tied to a metal chair, and punitive force-feeding. He has been severely tortured physically and mentally. -
Guards in Shandong Province No. 2 Forced Labour Camp Instigated Criminals to Viciously Assault Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Song Shufu
2011-04-20Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Song Shufu was sentenced to three years of forced labour in May 2008. While incarcerated in Shandong Province No. 2 Forced Labour Camp he was brutally beaten by other prisoners. Mr. Song, in his 40s, had only two teeth when he was released. He recounts: "Because I refused to write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, the guards ordered a prisoner to beat me. He used a table tennis paddle to slap my face. A guard woke up all the prisoners who were sleeping and ordered six or seven of them to take turns beating me. Later they stripped me and used my shirt to tie me to the pole between the upper and lower bunks and continued beating me." -
Looking Back Ten Years -- Eyewitness Account of the Notorious "319 Incident" – Several Days of Particularly Brutal Persecution in Dalian Forced Labour Camp
2011-04-20Ten years ago, on March 19th, 2001, the officials and guards at the Dalian Forced Labour Camp initiated a brutal mass persecution of Falun Gong practitioners who were detained there. It was called the “319 Incident” by local practitioners. I was one of them. "Body Folding" is a torture that is often used by the guards to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioner’s upper body and legs are forced to form a 90-degree angle; his legs are kept straight and his head points downward. His arms are raised high from behind his back to the maximum extent. Staying in this posture even a very short time leads to profuse sweating. The guards then brought out the electric batons to shock us. My hands were shocked numerous times. -
Disabled Man Hu Shihan and His Wife Ruthlessly Persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
2011-04-20Mr. Hu Shihan suffered polio as a child resulting in disabled lower legs. He and his wife, Cai Xifeng, began practising Falun Gong in 1998. Since the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, they suffered various persecution at the hands of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) thugs, such as being exposed to freezing weather; subjected to brutal beating, torture, and armed siege; brainwashing; and pressure to break up their marriage. They are still under surveillance and the local police and resident committee staff constantly harass and threaten them. In 2001, while Mr. Hu Shihan suffered in the detention centre, his wife also suffered brutal persecution both mentally and physically. While in the detention centre, she was hung by her hands from a steel door frame with heavy metal chains. She was forced to stand for over 24 hours and her feet were severely swollen. -
Outstanding Technician, Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianping Arrested; Hangzhou City 610 Office Agents Prevent Lawyers' Involvement
2011-04-20Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianping is the deputy general manager of the Production Technology Department in the Southern Cement Company, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. He was arrested along with his colleague, Mr. Wei Xiang, on November 28th, 2010, by police The two practitioners have been held in custody for four months. During this time, 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have forbidden their family members from visiting them, have created difficulties for and threatened relatives, and have not allowed lawyers to meet with the two men, claiming that the case is "secret-related." -
Forty-Three Year-Old Engineer from Chengdu City Dies After Repeated Detention and Torture
2011-04-19From 2005 to 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang Yunhong was held in the Chengdu City Xinjin Brainwashing Centre, Chengdu City Detention Centre and Wumaping Prison. As a result of the mistreatment he endured in Wumaping Prison, he suffered from symptoms of ascites and cirrhosis and was in critical condition five times. He suffered brutal torture during detention and was on the verge of death a few times. He was released when term expired in the beginning of 2009, but the doctor told his family that he would not likely live much longer. On March 8th, 2011, Mr. Jiang passed away at the age of 43. -
Ms. Li Xiufeng, 53, from Tangshan City, Dies After Prolonged Mistreatment During Repeated Detentions
2011-04-19On December 10th, 2010, Ms. Li Xiufeng and four other practitioners were handing out leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Dongshuiyu Village. Police arrested them and took them to the detention centre. Ms. Li Xiufeng developed hypertension as a result of the persecution. On December 15th, half of her body became numb, and she was released after her family was coerced to pay a three thousand yuan “deposit.” On March 9th, 2011, Li Xiufeng's husband received a phone call from Qianxi Procuratorate office and asked Ms. Li to show up the next day. On March 18th, Ms. Li suddenly had high blood pressure symptoms. She was taken to hospital and passed away on March 19th. -
Terrifying Scenes of Persecution in Qiqihar City
2011-04-19Since July 1999, Qiqihar City officials have continued to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Qiqihar police officers torture practitioners with wooden sticks, hitting their legs till the bones break. They scald their shoulders with hot-water-filled stainless steel cups, then move to other parts of the bodies when blisters appear; bind them to beds; force them to sit on metal chairs for long periods; pour cold water on them in the winter; shock the women's breasts and genitals with electric batons; tape their mouths shut; gag them with socks; deprive them of sleep; and beat them with metal rods and hammers. -
Ms. Lu Ran Arrested for the Seventh Time – Her Family in a Difficult Situation
2011-04-19Police arrested two Falun Gong practitioners on March 25th. Mr. Gai Wufan, was released, while Ms. Lu Ran is being held in Hebei Women's Forced Labour Camp. During the past 11 years of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Lu has been detained in a forced labour camp twice. Her mother was arrested several times and was subjected to beatings, extortion, and brainwashing.