Exposing the Persecution

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• Ms. Li Peiqin Persecuted to Death in Heilongjiang Province

  2009-06-06
  Since the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 1999, Ms. Li Peiqin had been arrested on several occasions. In August 2005, police arrested Ms. Li and was forcibly dragged her a train bound for Shanghai. When she arrived, the officers detained her at the police station and tortured her with sleep derivation. Two people were assigned to monitor her 24 hours a day. Even though she was in critical condition, the guards refused to release her. During that time, agents from the National Security Division went to Ms. Li's home and work unit to harass her. As a result of their continuous harassment, her health began to deteriorate further. On January 24th, 2009, she passed away at the age of 58.
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• Practitioners Peng Weisheng and His Father Have Been Detained for One Year in Wuhan City, Hubei Province

  2009-06-06
  Practitioners Peng Liang and Peng Weisheng, father and son were arrested by police on May 28th, 2008, under the guise of safeguarding the Beijing Olympics. The police also ransacked their home, tortured and interrogated them, and put them in a forced labour camp. The father was sentenced to a year and a half, and the son to a year of forced labour. They are currently detained in Hewan Forced Labour Camp in Wuhan City. Since the Chinese Communist Party began the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Mr. Peng's son, was tortured to death in prison because of his steadfast cultivation in Falun Gong. Mr. Peng's wife was also killed by the police when she tried to expose the torture committed against her son.
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• Please Help Ji Baoshan's Destitute Family in Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang Province

  2009-06-06
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ji Baoshan was arrested more than three months ago. At the time of his arrest, his wife was forced to beg for food to care for their two-month-old baby. She wrote her story on a piece of yellow cloth, explaining how her husband was arrested for practising Falun Gong and being a good person, how their home was ransacked, and how they lost their only source of income. She was calling for help.
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• Practitioners Arrested Outside of Gaoxin District Court in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

  2009-06-06
  Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Xie, 69, and Ms. Yu, 67, were arrested on April 29th, 2009, when they went to the courthouse to attend the trial of Mr. Xie's practitioner brother. Because of their steadfast faith in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, they have been spied on, tracked, and had their personal belongings confiscated. They were also fined, sent to brainwashing centres and detention centres, and had their home ransacked on numerous occasions. In addition, they had to leave home for long periods of time to avoid being arrested and harassed. Their former employer began withholding their retirement pension in March 2009.
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• Practitioners Subjected to Relentless Brainwashing in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, Liaoning Province

  2009-06-05
  Falun Gong practitioners newly sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp see over ten prison guards with electric batons in the hall on the first floor. The bursting sound of the electric batons and the prison guards' abusive shouting create an atmosphere of horror for the newcomers. After they have been assigned their groups, they take their luggage and go to a hall on the fourth floor, where they are undressed and searched. In the process the prison guards interrogate the practitioners. They want to know whether they had written the so called guarantee statement to denounce Falun Gong. They shock the practitioners with the electric batons before they can even put on their trousers.
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• Zhuhai City Police Arrest the Family of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Yin Xunzhen

  2009-06-05
  Mr. Yin Xunzhen and his wife, Ms. Xu Shujie went to visit their daughter, Yin Qi, and her family in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. On April 10th, 2009 police ransacked their home and arrested everyone. Mr. Yin is detained in Doumen Third Detention Centre, and Ms. Xu and their daughter are detained in Doumen Second Detention Centre. Their son-in-law, Lin Fengbin, has been released. Grandma and Grandpa take care of their three-year-old granddaughter. The two became sick as a result of the incident. Although their son is back, they are very worried about the others.
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• Facts about Crimes Committed by Officials from the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou City

  2009-06-05
  In February 2009, 610 Office branches from Gansu Province and Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs organized a so-called "specialist group." The group moved into the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou City and stayed there for two weeks. They threatened to imprison Falun Gong practitioners and attempted to make them give up their faith. In the end, they failed in their goal. On February 20th, 2009, Qi Ruijun, head of the brainwashing centre, got drunk and struck Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Su Jinxiu in the face. Ms. Su's face turned black and blue. Later, practitioner Niu Wanjiang saw her face and asked her what happened. Upon seeing that, guard Qiao Houquan and collaborator[former practitioner who assists in brainwashing and torturing practitioners] Liao Yongtian started beating Niu Wanjiang.
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• Crimes Committed at the Second Women's Labour Camp of Wangcun, in Zibo City, Shandong Province

  2009-06-05
  Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, prison guard Wu Xiouli confined Ms. Yao to a toilet for prison guards and fastened her to a chair with her legs stretched in an awkward position. When she was set free, she was unable to walk normally. Practitioner Jiang Xina refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong so the prison guards shackled her hands and hung her up from the toilet window rails, with only her toes touching the ground. When she was set free she had lost the feeling in her arms. In the worst case a practitioner was hung up for ten consecutive days. When set free, her hands and feet were so badly bruised that they turned very dark.
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• Rescued by Practising Falun Gong, then Arrested by the Police

  2009-06-04
  On April 29th, 2009 Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lin Shuling was arrested by officers from the Anqiu City Police Bureau at her home. She is now in the Anqiu City Detention Centre. After Ms. Li started practising Falun Gong in 2005, her cancer was cured. Police officers who took part in the arrest terrified her by claiming, "Practising Falun Gong is a crime. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not want you to practise. If you keep practising, you are violating the CCP directives."
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• Ms. He Ping from Jiayu County in Hubei Province Detained Since the Olympics

  2009-06-04
  Ms. He Ping, 52-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, is an English teacher at the Chengbei Middle School in Jiayu County, Hubei Province. Local police detained her before the Olympics and sentenced her to two years of forced labour. Ms. He is now being tortured in Hubei Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp. This is the third time Ms. He has been taken to a forced labour camp, where she is again being pressured to give up her belief in Truth-Benevolence-Forbearance. Ms. He has been imprisoned a total of six years by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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• Mr. Yang Zhi Imprisoned for Practising Truth-Compassion-Forbearance

  2009-06-04
  Recently I remembered my fellow practitioner Mr. Yang Zhi. Mr. Yang Zhi followed the principles Truth-Compassion-Forbearance day-in and day out, be it at work or anywhere else. However, in 2005, local police ransacked Mr. Yang Zhi's home and confiscated his computer, printer, Falun Gong books and other items. They arrested him and sentenced him to a seven-year prison term. His son was only two years old then. During the past several years, Mr. Yang Zhi's elderly mother has been so worried about her son's safety that her hair turned white. Moreover, Mr. Yang Zhi's wife had to shoulder the burden of making a living for the entire family.
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• Supplementary Information about the Arrest of Ten Falun Gong Practitioners in Sanjiazi Township, Lingyuan City

  2009-06-04
  Ten Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by police when they were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in July 2008. During the arrest, one policeman held a gun, while another held an electric baton and forcibly opened the practitioners' car door. After they found literature exposing the persecution, they forced everyone to get out of the car and get into the police cars. After practitioner Yun Guolin got out of the police car, he ran toward the gate. Wang Xiaofeng chased him and shot him. Yun Guolin fell, and one of his arms was injured. The police hung him up with ropes and beat him. Several of the practitioners were sentenced to long prison terms.
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• Tortures Endured by Falun Gong Practitioners in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp During the Olympics

  2009-06-03
  Shortly prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, officials from the Beijing Forced Labour Camp transferred over 100 practitioners who refused to renounce Falun Gong to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City. I was one of them. On July 17th, 2008, a guard told me if I admitted that I was wrong in practising Falun Gong, I would be spared, but I refused. The guards sat me on the ground, pushed me forward so my head was against the ground, and handcuffed my hands to separate beds. They moved the two beds in opposite directions. My arms were stretched until they couldn't be stretched any further. It felt like my arms were about to be torn off and my wrists were about to be cut off. Every part of my body was in excruciating pain and I was sweating profusely.
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• Ms. Chen Xiumei Tortured in Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2009-06-03
  On January 8th, 2009, police arrested Ms. Chen Xiumei. She was sent to the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. Since Ms. Chen refused to cooperate with the officials because she had committed no crimes, the guards brutally tortured her. She started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The head guard ordered the inmates to shock Ms. Chen in the chest, private parts and buttocks. She was slapped and kicked. She endured this torture every day.
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• Luzhou City Intermediate Court Judge Prevents Mr. Yang Ming and His Lawyers from Properly Defending Him at His Second Trial

  2009-06-03
  Jiangyang District Court officials in Luzhou City, Sichuan Province secretly sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Ming to five years in prison on January 8th, 2009. He refused to accept the verdict and appealed. The Luzhou City Intermediate Court then commenced a second trial on April 27th, for his appeal. The second trial was the first one in a decade where the lawyers defended Falun Gong practitioners in Luzhou City since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong. The judge deprived Mr. Yang of his right to self-defence. When Lawyer Liu Wei made positive statements about Falun Gong, Judge Li Xudong immediately interrupted him and shouted, "You are promoting Falun Gong!" When Lawyer Tang Jitian cited facts and evidence, the judge did not let him continue.
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