Exposing the Persecution

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• 76-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner Dies After Years of Detention by the Chinese Government

  2010-04-27
  Mr. Zheng Bao was detained for over six years by the Chinese government for practising Falun Gong, and his health suffered tremendously from the detention and maltreatment. On February 22nd, 2010, he passed away at the age of 76 without receiving justice for the abuse he suffered.
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• Mr. Bu Fanwei Tortured and Imprisoned for Nine Years

  2010-04-27
  Mr. Bu Fanwei spent nine years in prison from August 1999 to 2009. He was just twenty years old at the time of the initial detention. He was detained at more than ten detention centres, forced labour camps, and prisons during this period, and he encountered inhumanly cruel persecution and torture, which left him in critical condition several times.
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• A Farmer's Account of a Decade of Persecution

  2010-04-27
  Ms. Peng Wangqin a 46-year-old farmer, was arrested on January 13th, 2010, when speaking to people about Falun Gong and was taken to the Wuhan No. 1 Detention Centre on January 25th, 2010. Gross abuse under persecution nearly killed her. She vomited blood every night for more than a month, spanning from right before the Chinese New Year until March 25th. Forced feeding injured her stomach. Following her release, Ms. Peng vomited immediately after eating anything. Her throat and tongue were swollen, and her teeth were loose from the torture. A guard threatened to take her to the toilet and force-feed her there, at noon, on the day of her release.
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• The Persecution and Torture of Huang Lizhong Prior to His Death

  2010-04-26
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Lizhong tortured at Panjin City Prison for over a year. The head of Ward 5, Wang Jianjun, tortured Mr. Huang with an electric baton on April 20th, 2009, almost killing him. More ruthless torture followed on October 20th, 2009 in Ward 7. Mr. Huang died as a result of torture some time around October 25th, 2009. Ward head Zhang Guolin did not inform Mr. Huang's family when he was in critical condition, and neither did he send Mr. Huang to the hospital for emergency treatment.
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• 74-Year-Old Peng Chuhao in Serious Condition from Abuse Suffered in Changde Jinshi City Prison

  2010-04-26
  Seventy-four-year-old Mr. Peng Chuhao was arrested and secretly confined to Changde Jinshi City Prison by Domestic Security agents from Louxing District Police Department some time in late January 2010. On March 4th, Changde Jinshi City Prison informed Mr. Peng's family that he was in a serious health condition. However, Mr. Peng still remains imprisoned to this day.
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• Recent Cases of Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jinan City from April to October, 2009

  2010-04-26
  In Jinan City, more than forty practitioners have been arrested or had their homes ransacked from April to October of 2009. An elderly practitioner in her 80's and five other practitioners were subjected to harsh jail sentences. Ms. Zhang Yuying, a 47-year-old chief nurse, was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by a Licheng District Court on April 17th, 2009. The police broke into and ransacked her home, taking away her personal belongings in the process. Mr. Zhang Xingwu, a 68-year-old professor of physics at Jinan Education College, was given seven years of imprisonment by a Central District Court on April 23rd, 2009. He was arrested at home and had all his personal belongings ransacked.
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• Persecution Ongoing in the Xianghe Area of Langfang City, Hebei Province

  2010-04-26
  Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, several practitioners in the Xianghe area, Langfang City, Hebei Province, have died as a result, including Mr. Li Wenshen, former retired official from the Xianghe County Water Affairs Bureau. Hundreds of practitioners have been sentenced to forced labour and prison terms. Mr. Li Wenju is still in prison. He was sentenced to forced labour in 2002 and not released until the end of 2003, when he was in critical condition from gross abuse and torture inflicted upon him at the Tangshan Forced Labour Camp. Mr. Li was arrested once again in April 2004 and sentenced to four years in prison.
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• The Truth About the April 25 Appeal -- Deceptive Propaganda Twists Peaceful Protest into "Justification" for Violent Repression

  2010-04-25
  In the morning of April 25, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners began to gather in neat order outside the State Appeals Office in Beijing, close to Zhongnanhai, the CCP's central government compound. They sought a return of the open environment to practise Falun Gong that they had enjoyed for years, and more specifically, the release of dozens of practitioners who had recently been arrested in nearby Tianjin City.
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• Interview with a Participant of the April 25 Appeal

  2010-04-25
  On April 25, 1999, more than ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to peacefully appeal. Several months later, former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Jiang Zemin, using this event as a pretext, launched the persecution of Falun Gong. This brutal persecution is still going on in China. Falun Gong practitioner Guoping Deng and his wife participated in the appeal on April 25, 1999. The following is an excerpt of an interview with him.
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• Lieutenant-Commander Wang Youjiang Suffers Ten Years of Imprisonment for His Belief

  2010-04-25
  Falun Gong practitioner and career Army officer Mr. Wang Youjiang was secretly sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in 2001. He has been severely abused at Dashaping Prison in Lanzhou City, and now walks with a cane. Despite the fact that he has been tortured severely over these past ten years of persecution, Mr. Wang has never given up his belief. Warden Xiao Bin said to Mr. Wang, "It has been ten years, and we don't treat you that bad. Now that your term is about to end, it would be better if you wrote the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong." Mr. Wang absolutely refused. Xiao Bin became furious, and threatened Mr. Wang, "If you do not write them, you will be directly taken to the brainwashing centre."
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• Elderly Woman Faces Another Trial After Serving a Three-Year Prison Sentence

  2010-04-25
  Ms. He Suzhen, 70, was taken into police custody more than two months ago. She suffers from serious high blood pressure. She just returned home after serving a three-year prison sentence. Officials are planning to bring Ms. He to trial once again. Ms. He's 74-year-old husband has been to the local police department every day to demand his wife's release, but to no avail. He wholeheartedly respects his wife's belief, because he witnessed how she recovered completely from being almost blind because she practises Falun Gong. He also saw that, during the 14 years since his wife started the practice she has not needed any medicine, which means that she has saved a large sum of money for her employer, their family, and the country.
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• Shandong Province Women's Prison Using Unknown Drugs to Torture Practitioners

  2010-04-25
  To pressure Falun Gong practitioners into abandoning their belief, Shandong Province Women's Prison not only uses lies and torture to persecute them but also administers unknown drugs against their will. The use of drugs to persecute practitioners results in serious consequences. Practitioners feel sleepy, foggy headed, and petrified and suffer hypomnesia as well as all kinds of illnesses, including gastrectasia and indigestion. In addition, the drugs cause practitioners to lose consciousness, eyesight and even their sanity. Moreover, practitioners' arms and legs become numb and severely swollen from the drugs.
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• While Living a Homeless Life to Avoid Persecution for Four Years, Ms. Chen Qing Experienced Mental Trauma

  2010-04-25
  Ms. Chen Qing, a former teacher, was on a police most-wanted list for four years because of her belief in Falun Gong. During this time she experienced mental trauma. The Tongnan County Education Committee administration fired her without reason after she recovered. In late 2007, her family quietly brought her home and noticed that she was suffering from mental trauma. She was afraid to go outside and wrote, "Save me! Hurry!" and "A car is downstairs" on the walls. She was afraid of noises and she thought the people around her, including her family, were spies.
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• The Tragic Death of Feng Gang

  2010-04-24
  After suffering severe torture at the hands of the police in Yaojia Detention Centre, Dalian Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Feng Gang passed away on August 14th, 2009. His family was not informed about his death until a month later. Feng Gang had begun a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The prison guards handcuffed his arms behind his back and conducted force-feedings daily. In early August, Feng Gang's oesophagus was ruptured by the force-feeding tube and became infected. The prison doctors ignored basic medical ethics and continued torturing him with the forced feedings. They even left the tube in Feng Gang's stomach for up to 48 hours at a time.
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• A Decade of Persecution for Ms. He Zhiwei

  2010-04-24
  Ms. He Zhiwei was arrested by 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) agents on the morning of April 9th, 2009, and has been held at a brainwashing facility for the past year. During this time she was transferred to Sanshui Brainwashing Centre, Zhanjiang Brainwashing Centre, and Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre. While at Zhanjiang Brainwashing Centre, a group of officials physically assaulted her until her neck was dislocated. Officials from Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre recently told her family that they would "punish her," and refused to let them see her.
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