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

Heilongjiang Woman in Solitary Confinement for the Second Time in Three Months

2014-09-30

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Jianhui is again in solitary confinement for refusing to give up her belief. Her family found out on September 22nd, 2014, when they went to visit her in the Heilongjiang Women's Prison. She was previously subjected to the same torture in July. Her family could hardly recognize her when they saw her in late August. “She was skin and bones and looked 20 years older. She was so weak that she had difficulty breathing and walking,” her family recalled.

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Family Suspects Guiyang Practitioner Injected with Toxic Drugs

2014-09-29

The family of Ms. Lang Dafen, a Guiyang resident and Falun Gong practitioner, reports that she was injected with toxic drugs at the No. 368 Armed Police Hospital. The daughter received critical condition notices twice during Ms. Lang's stay there from mid October to early November 2013. She remained in a semi-conscious state after returning home on November 4th, 2013. And when she was awake, her mind didn't seem to be clear. She often grabbed and pulled her hair and would get very anxious, according to her family.

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Guizhou Accountant Dies Within Two Months on Medical Parole

2014-09-23

Ms. Chen Lizhi, a retired Guizhou Aviation Group accountant, died from multiple organ failure on September 9th, 2014, within two months of her medical parole from the Guizhou Women's Prison. She had been subjected to forced labour and brainwashing since her transfer there on December 19th, 2012. She was sent to the public security hospital for medical treatment earlier this year, but she didn't improve. She was released on medical parole at the end of June. She was skins and bones and couldn't take care of herself. She died at the age of 69.

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Tragic Events Unfold after Brutal Prison Beating

2014-09-21

In a tragic sequence of events, prison guard Lin Danrui brutally beat Falun Gong practitioner Han Haiming at Jinzhong Prison in Shanxi Province on April 4th, 2014. Mr. Han died from his injuries four days later. Falun Gong is rooted in traditional Chinese culture, which believes that those who persecute genuine cultivators or religious believers are committing huge crimes, even worse than regular crimes. Chinese people still have a sense that those who commit bad deeds will meet with consequences in the form of retribution, not only to themselves, but possibly also to their families. A few months after Mr. Han's death, the daughter of prison guard Lin Danrui, the main perpetrator in this incident, was killed in a car accident.

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Puppets of the 610 Office: How the Chinese Court System Persecutes Falun Gong

2014-09-17

For the last 15 years, the Chinese Communist Party has been leading an oppressive persecution of the peaceful spiritual practice Falun Gong, resulting in the unjust incarceration of countless Falun Gong practitioners in prisons and forced labour camps. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) was established on June 10th, 1999, for the specific task of implementing the persecution nationwide.

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More Information on the 2002 Death of Mr. Wang Jingyi

2014-09-17

Mr. Wang Jingyi was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison in August 2002, because he practised Falun Gong. Shortly after he was transferred to Huazi Prison in September, Mr. Wang died suddenly. He was 56 years old and in good health. Prison officials notified his family through the local police that he had died of an illness. However, when his family visited him a few days before his death, he showed no signs of being ill. It is strongly suspected that Mr. Wang died as a result of torture or other abuse in custody.

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Beijing Woman Forced to Undergo Psychiatric Treatment for Refusing to Renounce Her Belief

2014-09-17

Sixty-year-old Ms. Zhang Yinying has spent a total of nine years in two forced labour camps, since the persecution began in July 1999, for her belief of Falun Gong. The most brutal persecution occurred in a mental hospital. Besides being electrically shocked on the head, and forcibly given drugs that caused hallucinations, the “treatments” also included being cuffed to the bed around the clock, not allowed to use the toilet, and forced-feedings throughout the day. Not until she was in critical condition was she released on medical parole, in late 2012, after suffering for four months at the mental hospital.

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At Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, “Sujiatun” Was Used as an Euphemism for Organ Harvesting

2014-09-14

The Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning gained international notoriety due to an SOS letter found in a Halloween decoration kit purchased by a woman in Oregon, US, in 2011. The labour camp was closed at the end of 2013. At an open house at the Camp in July 2001, a reporter asked a detained Falun Gong practitioner: “Will you be released if you don't transform?” The practitioner answered: “I believe justice will prevail one day and I will go back home.” Furious at the practitioner's answer, a guard said to him in front of the visitors: “You are good as dead, just wait till you get sent to Sujiatun!” Sujiatun, in Shenyang City, harboured a secret concentration camp where Falun Gong practitioners' organs were removed while they were still alive.

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15 Years of Persecution Claims Accomplished Chef

2014-09-14

Ms. Qu Wei, an accomplished chef, died on August 26th, 2014 at the Jinzhou No. 1 Hospital, five days after being admitted. She had been repeatedly arrested, detained and tortured for her belief in Falun Gong, including a year at the notorious Masanjia Forced Labour Camp around 2011. She never recovered her health after her most recent detention in August 2013.

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Ms. Xu Huidi Died A Month After Her Arrest

2014-09-14

Ms. Xu Huidi died on June 23rd, 2014, a month after being arrested on May 20th. She had been detained at the Shenyang No. 1 Detention Centre. The detention centre claimed that she died of a heart attack. Her family demanded an explanation, as they were not aware of Ms. Xu having any health issues prior to her arrest.

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Mr. Li Chunzheng Died the Day After His Release

2014-09-11

Mr. Li Chunzheng died on March 31st, a day after he was released. Local authorities demanded that his body be cremated within three days. Mr. Li's entire body was swollen, and his ankles had deep dents. His nasal and mouth had a lot of blood clots. His right elbow had a green bump. Many purple dots covered his chest. He was emaciated and could barely move. His family asked for his diagnosis and medical records, but the hospital staff refused to provide any.

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Mr. Liu Liyan from Hunan Province Passes Away in Hospital from Torture-Inflicted Wounds

2014-09-09

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Liyan died in Changsha No. 2 Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Province, on June 13th, 2014. He was taken to the hospital from Xiangtan County Detention Centre, where it appears he was tortured to the brink of death. His family demanded an autopsy that revealed bruises, bleeding in the brain and injury to his internal organs.

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Wrongfully Sentenced to Seven Years After Six Years of Forced Labour

2014-09-09

Ms. Yan Xiling, 56, from Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, spent six years in a forced labour camp. She was recently secretly sentenced to seven years and is now in custody in the Jinan Women's Jail. Previously, in Wangcun Women's Forced Labour Camp Ms. Yan was forced to watch videos and listen to recordings defaming and attacking Falun Gong. She was not allowed to sleep or take a shower. She had to stand until her feet were badly swollen. For over ten days, she was not allowed to sleep.

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Elderly Woman Badly Beaten by Township Secretary in Hebei Province

2014-09-09

Although Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Binglan, over 70 years old, benefited from practising Falun Gong, township officials severely beat her for talking to people about Falun Gong. Ms. Gao tried to let people know the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. On December 31st, 2013, she posted banners in a neighbouring village. Someone saw Ms. Gao and reported her activities to an official and she was persecuted.

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Police Taking Blood Samples and Fingerprints of Practitioners

2014-09-09

Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners has been publicized for over ten years, with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime still denying that such activities take place. However, signs that this atrocity is still going on have come to light and are being shared with the world. For example, police have gone to practitioners' homes, drawn blood and taken their fingerprints against their will without giving any reason. Even an 80-year-old practitioner was not spared.

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