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Letter from Six Lawyers Exposes Illegal Activities of Chief Justice and other Officials of the Hejiang County Court, Sichuan Province
2009-06-18
On May 19th, 2009, the Hejiang County Court in Luzhou City held a public trial of six Falun Gong practitioners. The court set up two obstacles denying the lawyers access to the trial. The lawyers demanded an investigation into the illegal abandonment of responsibilities by Chief Justice Wang Hong, Vice-Chief Yuan Hailiang, Executive Judge Tang Xianrong, and Presiding Judge Zhang Ke; and a confirmation that the May 19th, 2009 trial was illegal and invalid. -
Qingyang District Procuratorate and Chengdu City Court Persecute Practitioners and Cause the Death of Ms. Huang Min
2009-06-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Min, former deputy director of the Small Business Bureau of Chengdu City, was found tortured to death on August 15th, 2007 while in custody. When the family saw her body, she only weighed about 55 pounds. Her facial expression showed a lot of pain, with her eyes barely opened, her head leaning to the right, her mouth wide open, and her upper teeth exposed. One of her bottom teeth was missing. An unknown pungent yellow coloured drug was found in her mouth, with some covering her teeth and some on her face. Her fingers were clenched tightly as if she was trying to grab something. Her arms had black and blue finger-tip-size marks. The police forced the family to cremate her body that same day. -
Mr. Zhou Xiangyang Near Death--Jail Claims He Must Renounce His Belief to be Released for Medical Treatment
2009-06-17
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhou Xiangyang has been on a hunger strike for over 300 days, since June 2008, to resist the persecution. Mr. Zhou was previously a strong and positive man, but due to being persecuted he is emaciated and his life is in danger. In February 2009, a guard disclosed that Mr. Zhou was force-fed five times per day and that he could die at any moment. Gangbei Prison claims that to be released on bail for medical treatment, he must sign papers renouncing his practice of Falun Gong. -
Additional Information About Ms. Liu Liyun Tortured to Death at Liaoning Women's Prison in 2002
2009-06-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Liyun was tortured to death at the Liaoning Women's Prison on July 23rd, 2002. When viewing the body, one could see that the head was swollen. The prison officials deceived her father into signing the death certificate and cremation authorization. They would not let her father see more than her head in a darkened room to conceal the torture. Before her death, some sources acknowledged that the police had locked Mrs. Liu Liyun into a solitary cell and ordered eight inmates to take turns torturing her. The prisoners took Ms. Liu to a corner of the cell, pushed her to the concrete floor, stretched her hands out horizontally, and pulled her legs apart. When she closed her eyes or lowered her head, she was brutally beaten. -
The "Stretching Torture" Used on Practitioners at the Weining Forced Labour Camp in Benxi City, Liaoning Province
2009-06-17
The "stretching torture" or the "stretching bed" was implemented by placing a Falun Gong practitioner in the middle of two beds with the arms and legs handcuffed to the four outer corners of the beds. After a period of time, the two beds are forced apart and bricks are squeezed into the space between the beds. Every time a brick is squeezed in, extreme harm to the body results. -
Police Arrest 60 Year-old Disabled Practitioner Ms. Zhen Zhixian from Qian'an City, Hebei Province
2009-06-16On May 11th, 2009, police arrested 60-year-old practitioner Ms. Zhen Zhixian. In late 2008, the police had arrested Ms. Zhen. At the brainwashing centre, policeman Ha Fulong slapped Ms. Zhen on the face and tortured her in many other ways. The brutal treatment caused Ms. Zhen's health to deteriorate. Seven days later, Ms. Zhen appeared to be paralysed. The police feared being held responsible for their actions, and so told Ms. Zhen's family to hand over 10,000 yuan and pick her up. When the family came, they found Ms. Zhen paralysed. When she was arrested again this year, her health had not fully recovered. -
Falun Gong Practitioners on Hunger Strike in Fushun City
2009-06-16Since April 17th of this year, more than a dozen practitioners in Fushun City, Liaoning Province have been arrested. It is believed that they are being held at the Fushun City Detention Centre. Many of them have gone on a hunger strike to counter the persecution. Further details are unknown at this time as police have not allowed any information about them to be released and have denied family visits. Police officers covered the practitioners' entire heads with black cloth bags when they arrested them. -
Mr. Huang Weizhong Suffers Brutal Forced-Feedings in Jiamusi Detention Centre
2009-06-16Mr. Huang Weizhong is a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province. On February 12th, 2009, several police arrested him from his home and brutally beat him after the arrest. His eyes were covered with bruises. He almost lost eyesight in one of his eyes. He suffered injury to his internal organs, and he has been in pain since he has been detained in the Jiamusi Detention Centre. His family members have not been allowed to visit him. They recently learned that Huang Weizhong has been on a hunger strike since April 23rd, 2009, and he has been suffering brutal forced-feedings four times a day. -
Laiyang City Government Officials Brutally Torture Dr. Ma Qingchun
2009-06-16 On April 14th, 2008, Dr. Ma Qingchun was arrested and sentenced to forced labour in June 2008. At the brainwashing centre, Dr. Ma was brutally tortured. On the day of his arrest, Yu Yuejin grabbed his hair and punched him in the face, head and chest. At night, he was handcuffed to a table and was not allowed to sit but had to squat. He was not allowed to sleep. When he was caught falling asleep, he was beaten. The next day, Dr. Ma was still not allowed to sleep. After 24 hours of detention, he requested to be released, but in return, one official punched him and kneed him really hard repeatedly in his lower abdomen. After the torture, Dr. Ma suffered extreme pain and had difficulty turning over on the bed. -
Mr. Zhang Hui Died in April as Result of Torture at Gongzhuling Prison in Jilin Province
2009-06-15Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Hui, 30, died as a result of brutal torture he suffered at Gongzhuling Prison in Jilin Province. When the doctor tried to perform surgery on Zhang Hui in April 2009, he saw that Zhang Hui's stomach was black, which did not allow for surgery. Zhang Hui later passed away in the hospital. The prison spared no effort in covering up information related to Zhang Hui's death. Zhang Hui was savagely abused for a long time at the prison and his organs sustained serious injuries. The officials denied his request for medical parole and only notified his aunt to come to the prison for a visit when it was already too late for medical treatment. -
Mr. Qian Shiguang Tortured to Death in Brainwashing Centre
2009-06-15After Mr. Qian Shiguang was arrested and taken to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in May 2005, he was sentenced to forced labour. Guards often hung him up by his arms and beat him. This caused severe injuries, including damage to his back and spine, to the point where he walked bent over at a 90-degree angle all the time. By the end of August 2008, Mr. Qian's condition had worsened significantly under the long-term mistreatment. His personal "watcher" Jia Honglin reported that he had not eaten anything in ten days, but the guards ignored it. Mr. Qian was very pale and thin as a skeleton, and he was clearly dying. He died on September 9th, 2008. -
Ms. Xu Deqin Arrested; Her Husband Dies from Stress
2009-06-15On March 28th, 2003, police stormed into Ms. Xu Deqin's home to arrest her in Weifang City, Shandong Province. They ransacked the place and took many valuable items. Ms. Xu's husband was extremely stressed by such a violent incident, causing him to suffer heart failure. The police released Ms. Xu after extorting 5,000 yuan from her family. Unfortunately, her husband never recovered, and died on May 11th, 2003. -
Recent Unjust Court Sentences in Hanzhong
2009-06-15On May 13th, 2009, the Hantai District Court sentenced four Falun Gong practitioners to prison without informing their lawyers or families. Yang Hua was sentenced to nine years in prison. Wu Yali and Ye Hao were each sentenced to five years in prison, and Li Qingmeng was sentenced to four years in prison. The practitioners wished to appeal, but presiding judge Yan Xu made the verdict confidential. He said, "If you want to look at the verdict, ask the guards at Hantai Detention Centre. I cannot give the verdict to you." Mr. Lian, vice president of the court, also said, "You are Falun Gong practitioners. We were informed by our supervisions that we cannot give the verdict to you directly." -
The Persecution and Death of a Good Man, Mr. Lu Yuping
2009-06-14Mr. Lu Yuping, 50, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Daxinganling, Heilongjiang Province. Because of his belief in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2002. In March 2005, a few inmates, instigated by the guards, brutally tortured him in order to force him to do hard labour. On April 7th, 2007, Mr. Lu developed sudden symptoms of diarrhoea. He couldn't eat anything and became emaciated. He was transferred to the Tailai Hospital for treatment, and x-rays showed that he had developed "double pulmonary tuberculosis and an infection." On May 30th, 2009, he died in Tailai Prison. -
Elderly Xie Deqing Died as Result of Torture at the "Chengdu Legal Education Centre"
2009-06-14
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xie Deqing, 69, attended the trial of a practitioner on April 29th, and was arrested and taken to the "Chengdu Legal Education Centre". Mr. Xie changed from a robustly healthy, fit person into an emaciated, incontinent human being, unable to eat. Officials laced his food and water with toxic substances and he went into a coma. He died on May 27th, 2009.
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