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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Ms. Zheng Yuling Dies in Custody After Being on a Hunger Strike for 19 Days - Additional Information
2009-10-19Ms. Zheng Yuling was arrested on August 6th, 2009 while she was putting up a Falun Gong banner at the Chibi City Police Department. She was sentenced to one year of forced labour and taken to the Hubei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp in Wuhan City on August 25th. She died just one month later on September 28th. Her nose was deformed and there were many needle holes on her hand. -
68-Year-Old Ms. Shi Jinhua from Qidong County, Hunan Province Arrested 13 Times
2009-10-19Sixty-eight-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Shi Jinhua from Hengyang City, Hunan Province has been arrested by the police 13 times. The police have extorted over 10,000 yuan from her family and took over 5,000 yuan worth of property from her home. In detention, ten policemen with hard-sole leather shoes kicked and beat practitioners brutally. Ms. Shi was beaten so hard that she passed out on the ground for at least ten minutes. The police forced the practitioners to raise their hands, and beat their faces, bodies, feet, and back of their hands with wooden sticks, bamboo poles, and bamboo slabs. -
85-Year-Old Mr. Zhang Liyun Dies As a Result of Persecution
2009-10-19Mr. Zhang Liyun, 85, had been a Falun Gong practitioner for more than ten years. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong, he overcame the inconvenience of old age and often distributed Falun Gong fliers and explained the facts about Falun Gong. In June 2009 while he was explaining about the persecution of Falun Gong to others in public he was arrested. Police seized Falun Gong books from his home. Later police issued a sentence of "one year of forced labour to be served outside the labour camp under surveillance." Due to persecution by the CCP, this 85-year-old man's health became worse and worse. He passed away on September 26th, 2009. -
Ms. Yan Guangbi Dies after Losing her Eyesight as a Result of Persecution in Chongqing City
2009-10-19Ms. Yan Guangbi was a practitioner in Chongqing. Her husband is also a practitioner. They both firmly kept their faith after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, and were consequently arrested and detained many times. Ms. Yan was detained several times and was forced to go through brainwashing three times. She had to leave home for more than a year to avoid being arrested. Due to being brutally mistreated in brainwashing sessions in the Chongqing City Women's Forced Labour Camp, she lost sight in both eyes. Her husband, Mr. Chen Changjun, was sentenced to forced labour two different times. As a result of torture, he had to use crutches after he was released. Ms. Yan died on October 3rd, 2009. -
Tumen Teacher Ms. Liu Yaxian Arrested Again
2009-10-18Ms. Liu Yaxian is a school teacher and Falun Gong practitioner in Tumen City, Jilin Province. She disappeared a few days ago. People asked around and found out that she had been arrested by the city 610 Office and has been sent to the Tumen City First High School for brainwashing. On September 22nd, it was reported that Ms. Liu was detained in a student dorm opposite the high school. The Chinese Communist Party, in the name of national security, makes a point of arresting practitioners who believe in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance. -
Ms. Yang Xiaojing Cremated in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province
2009-10-18On October 8th, 2009, Ms. Yang Xiaojing's elderly parents drove several hours again to Gansu Province Prison in Tianshui City to once again beg for Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cao Dong to be allowed to bid farewell to his newly deceased practitioner wife. There were many plain-clothes police waiting outside the prison, and a large number of guards were arranged inside the prison. Dong Shoutang, the Prison Education Office Chair and Warden Liu Jiangtao refused the old couple's reasonable request, saying such a thing had never been done before. On October 10th, Ms. Yang's family held a very simple farewell ceremony. -
Hu Ying Mentally Ill as a Result of Being Persecuted at Liaoning Women's Prison
2009-10-18Ms. Hu Ying, a practitioner in Tieling City, was arrested by the police in July 2008. She was taken to the Liaoning Women's Prison and severely abused there, causing her to be hospitalised several times. She has endured various tortures including solitary confinement, electric shock, strenuous forced labour, sleep deprivation, and being forbidden to use the toilet. Recently, when her family members visited her, they found that Ms. Hu had become mentally confused and did not even recognise them. The police in the prison asked the family members to pay them 300 yuan for the medical bills, and showed them the hospital record showing that she had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Even though Ms. Hu is mentally ill, the prison would not release her. -
Guangdong Province Police Sawed Through the Locks to Arrest Ms. Liang Shaolin in Her Home
2009-10-18Police nabbed Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liang Shaolin and took her to the Maoming Brainwashing Centre in September 2009. Ms. Liang Shaolin was previously held at the labour camp and brainwashing centre nearly six years for her practising Falun Gong. During the arrest the police used an electric saw to break through the double doors. They broke the locks, arrested her, ransacked the place and confiscated cash, a computer and a bank deposit book. -
Police Attempt to Storm Practitioner's Residence, Three Daughters Seek Urgent Help
2009-10-17On September 29th, 2009, a group of officers from the Yanliu Police Station in Tianjin City showed up at the front gate of Mr. Hao Yin's residence. They announced to his three daughters inside that they wanted to conduct a home search. When the girls (Xiaojing, Xiaoyan, and Xiaojiao) refused to open the front gate door, several officers repeatedly knocked on it while other officers climbed the front wall and menacingly threatened them. When the girls shouted out to their neighbours for help, the officers climbed down and left. The mother of the girls, Ms. Gao Yan'e, was reported for telling people about Falun Gong and later sentenced to three years in prison. Earlier this year, the girls' father, Mr. Hao Yin, was arrested without cause, had his home ransacked, and later received a forced labour sentence. -
State Security Bureau Officials Harass Overseas Practitioner's Family in China
2009-10-17I started practising Falun Gong in 1996. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. At the end of 1999, when I went back to China to appeal for justice for Falun Gong, I was detained in the Shenyang Longshan Forced Labour Camp for half a year. Though I am now an American resident, the CCP still constantly harasses my family in China in an attempt to threaten me. In the past several months, two spies from the No. 11 Section of Shenyang City's State Security Bureau regularly harassed my parents, who are both over 70 years old. -
Dai Jianguo from Jiujiang City Brutally Beaten and Arrested
2009-10-17On September 18th, 2009, a group of policemen arrived at Dai Jianguo's home. They cut off his electricity, and when a family member came out to check the fuse, they rushed into his home and brutally beat him. When Mr. Dai's mother tried to stop them, she was also beaten. After the beating, the police handcuffed him, carried him downstairs into a waiting police car, and took him away. They also ransacked his home and took away many valuables. Mr. Dai is currently imprisoned in the Shili Detention Centre, Jiujiang City. -
Respected Civil Servant Mr. Zhao Wuhu Detained; His Family Members Suffering Various Forms of Persecution
2009-10-17Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Wuhu was an outstanding civil servant. He was persecuted for his belief in Falun Gong and was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. On September 18th, 2009, police arrested Mr. Zhao at his home and took him to the Xiong County Public Security Bureau. They ransacked his home and confiscated two notebook computers and a printer. Later, Mr. Zhao was taken back to Anxin County and detained. Mr. Zhao had previously been arrested during the 2008 Olympics, and later fled his home when the local police tried to arrest him again. Mr. Zhao's mother while she was shopping and detained her in the Anxin County Detention Centre. Her family managed to get her released. -
Ms. Chen Zhenbo Near Death from Torture at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp
2009-10-16Ms. Chen Zhenbo has been jailed at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp for about a year. During this time, the guards did various things to this practitioner, like inciting inmates to beat her, inserting needles into her ears, and pouring ice water on her. The guard incited these inmates, and other inmates who were drug addicts, to torture her. These inmates broke Chen Zhenbo's collar bone by kicking her. Currently, Chen Zhenbo is on the verge of death as a result of the ongoing torture. -
Torture and Crimes Against Humanity at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2009-10-16In June 2008, the camp held a meeting for attacking Falun Gong. Ms. Zhang Guozhen shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" Zhang Chunguang tortured her with the "big hang up" for more than ten hours. She was then unable to walk and her wrists were full of blisters. On October 7th, Ms. Zhang was shocked with the electric baton for more than three hours and guard Zhang Chunguang slapped her with a shoe sole. -
Wang Jinfeng and Her Husband Still Homeless After Seven Years
2009-10-16Because they practise Falun Gong, Ms. Wang Jinfeng and her husband have been tortured by Tian Guangquan and the other officers from the Hanbei Police Station, in Baoding City, Hebei Province. They have been harassed, arrested, and imprisoned, and their residence has been ransacked. Consequently, Ms. Wang and her husband were forced to become destitute and homeless to avoid further persecution. Seven years has passed, and their parents have also been harassed and threatened