Exposing the Persecution

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• A 69-year-old Woman Tortured to Blindness in the "Legal System School"

  2009-03-01
  Ms. Lu Guiqin is a resident of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. She and her son, Guan Longshan, were both arrested in July 2007 and locked up in the notorious "Legal System School" located inside the Pangjiawan Forced Labour Camp in Lanzhou City. They were severely tortured. Ms. Lu was sentenced to four years. She was tortured until she became blind and was mentally disoriented. Meanwhile, Ms. Lu's son, Guan Longshan, was arrested in July 2007 by police and has been held in Pangjiawan Brainwashing Centre until today.
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• Practitioners' Families Torn Apart

  2009-03-01
  The Chinese Lantern Festival is supposed to be a holiday for families to get together. Because of the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, cultivators who follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, however, many happy families have been torn apart. Mr. Liu Changyou has derived great improvements, both physically and mentally, from practising Falun Gong. Yet, just because he refused to give up his belief, the Chinese Communist Party took him to a forced labour camp. It was a terrible and unimaginable blow to his children.
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• Li Jiagong, an Engineer from the Machinery and Electronics Institute of Handan City, Hebei Province, Dies as a Result of Long-Term Harassment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

  2009-02-28
  On January 13th, 2009, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Jiagong died after having endured long-term persecution and harassment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). His only son was not able to attend his funeral because he is being held in prison for a seventh year because he also practises Falun Gong. During the 16th Congress of the CCP in 2002, Mr. Li Jiagong was arrested because he mailed out letters exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. He was sent to Sucao Police Station and was prevented from sleeping for many days. At the same time, Mr. Li's older daughter was sentenced to two years of forced labour and the police extorted 8,000 yuan from his younger daughter.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Ling Tortured at Detention Centre in Gaomi City, Shandong Province

  2009-02-28
  Ms. Zhang Ling has been detained by local police for about a month. During this time, she has been locked in a cell and tortured so intensely that she has lost consciousness. She was also bound and chained for three days. She was unconscious when they carried her out of the intensified cell. According to someone who had just been released from the detention centre, the police hung Ms. Zhang by her handcuffs in an iron cage very recently. After many requests, Ms. Zhang's family was finally able to visit her in the detention centre. After being tortured for about 20 days, Ms. Zhang appeared very skinny and she lost almost 15 kilograms.
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• Five Practitioners in Hunan Province Sentenced to Three to Seven Years of Imprisonment

  2009-02-28
  The Hecheng District Court of Huaihua City, Hunan Province, tried Ms. Zhou Ling, Ms. Yi Chunxiu and three other practitioners on October 28th and 29th. Upright lawyers from the local area and Beijing defended their innocence. After three months of detention, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) district court handed down the verdicts on January 10th, 2009. Ms. Zhou Ling and Ms. Tang Kaiju rejected the ruling and have appealed to a higher court. Ms. Zhou Ling was sentenced to three years in jail, Ms. Yi Chunxiu to seven years and Ms. Tang Kaiju, Ms. Tang Fangju and Ms. Xiang Aimei were all sentenced to three years jail and three years' probation. The "crime" committed was "sabotaging the implementation of the state's laws by utilizing an [slanderous word omitted] religious organization."
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• Mr. Bao Yongsheng from Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province Arrested and Tortured by Police

  2009-02-28
  On December 2nd, 2008 police took several policemen with him to arrest Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Bao Yongsheng and Mr. Wang Jun at their workplace. The policemen tried many times to extort a confession from Bao Yongsheng using torture. Wang Jun was taken to Suihua Forced Labour Camp. Police forcefully locked up Bao Yongsheng at Jinshantun Detention Centre. They sent police officers to Bao Yongsheng's mother-in-law's home, threatening the 80-year-old woman, and forcing his mother-in-law and brother-in-law to sign an arrest warrant. Because his mother-in-law didn't know how to write, the officers wrote her name on the arrest warrant themselves.
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• The Persecution of Practitioners in the Women's Prison in Shaanxi Province

  2009-02-27
  Since May 2006, the Shaanxi Province Women's Prison has used more and more ways to torture jailed practitioners. The prison guards force them to remain standing or squatting for long periods of time, hang them up by the handcuffs, don't allow them to wash themselves, subject them to sleep deprivation, force-feed them, expose them to the elements for long periods of time, deny them use of the toilet, poke them with needles, and spit in their faces. Guards beat practitioners with police batons, kick them and pull their hair. No one was allowed to be released without writing a guarantee statement promising to give up Falun Gong.
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• Torture Suffered by Ms. Wang Yaling and Zhang Jingyan from Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province

  2009-02-27
  Falun Gong practitioners Zhang Jingyan and Wang Yaling are from Bailaowu Village in Liaoning Province. Their repeated arrests and subsequent sentencing at the hands of police has led to all manner of excruciating tortures for them. Wang Yaling suffered all kinds of inhuman torture at the Masanjia Labour Camp, including beatings, electric shocking, sleep deprivation and other forms of abuse. The guards tried to force each practitioner to give up his or her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She witnessed another practitioner, Yang Chunfang, who was beaten to disability for refusing to give up her belief.
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• Ms. Jiang Guiyun, Ms. Cao Jingyun and Other Practitioners Tortured at Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Jilin Province

  2009-02-27
  Ms. Jiang Guiyun, 59, was arrested while visiting her sister in Changchun City, Jilin Province. She was jailed in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City on August 7th, 2008. She remains there and is denied contact with anyone. As a result, Ms. Jiang suffered a stroke and lost her ability to walk. Guard Liu Shuxia, prison doctor Chen, and prison doctor Wu tied Ms. Jiang to a "Dead Person's Bed" and injected her with an unknown solution. As a result, Ms. Jiang suffered severe heart pain. At present at the forced labour camp, she continues to be forcibly injected intravenously.
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• Older Female Practitioner Detained for Six Months Without Visitation in Yunnan Province

  2009-02-27
  Ms. Dai Qiongxian, 61, went to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Hengxing Park on August 26th, 2008, but she was reported and taken into custody at the Xishan District Detention Centre. On the same day, five officers ransacked her home until 1:30 a.m., taking her Falun Gong books and other materials. It has been six months since Ms. Dai was initially detained. Her family has tried to visit her many times, but the detention centre has refused them. This is her second detention. The first time, she had gone to Beijing to appeal on October 10th, 2000, and the police arrested her and sent her to 18 months of forced labour.
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• Fan Ying Detained for Six Years, Her Young Daughter Not Allowed to Visit Her

  2009-02-26
  Ms. Fan Ying, a Falun Gong practitioner, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment, and her family members were not allowed to visit her for several years. Although she finished her term between August and September 2008, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials continued to persecute her by sending her to Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. Ms. Fan has been persecuted to the extent that she can now no longer take care of herself. Her daughter, Liu Lijuan, who is a high school student, has not seen her mother since April 2003. Ms. Liu has filed a lawsuit to seek justice for her mother.
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• Practitioner Du Ting Is Tortured in Prison, His Wife Calls for Support

  2009-02-26
  43-year-old practitioner Mr. Du Ting has been imprisoned in the Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai for about eight years now. He was stripped of his clothes and tied to the "dead person's bed", while inmates kept beating and verbally abusing him around the clock. This torture lasted for a long time. Currently Mr. Du is mentally traumatized and often appears confused. His is in extremely poor health and his life is in jeopardy. The family's request that he be released for medical care has been rejected.
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• Ms. Wang Hui from Laiwu City, Shandong Province Sent to Forced Labour Camp

  2009-02-26
  On February 7th, 2009, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Hui was arrested. Police from Chengxi Police Station took her from home. At the time, Ms. Wang's husband was visiting relatives and not home. Only their young daughter was at home at the time. When she was forcibly taken away, Ms. Wang had her house key with her. Police used Ms. Wang's key to enter the home, confiscating a computer that their daughter uses for school work and Falun Gong books The next day Ms. Wang was taken to Jinan City Forced Labour Camp.
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• Mr. Cheng Wenxian from Shandong Province Imprisoned in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp

  2009-02-26
  Mr. Cheng Wenxian, 56 years old, is from Shandong Province. Because he remained firm in his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, Mr. Cheng was repeatedly arrested. Jiaonan City 610 Office agents had him sentenced to one year of forced labour and took him to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Cheng went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. He was arrested and served three years of forced labour. Three years later Mr. Cheng wrote a letter to the local Law and Politics Bureau officials, urging them to stop persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. He was again arrested and detained at Qingdao City Brainwashing Centre to be "reformed."
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• Additional Information about the Death of Mr. Dong Fengshan in the Siping City Prison: Beaten by Inmates, His Chest Pierced with Sharp Spade Handle

  2009-02-25
  On October 13th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dong Fengshan was arrested by police and his home was also searched. He was detained at the Shanyou Detention Centre, where he was tortured. Later, he was sentenced to nine years in prison. Mr. Dong's arrest, detainment and sentencing was kept secret from his family. On October 23rd, 2008, he was taken to the Siping City Prison, where he was tortured and killed within a matter of six days. The side of his chest was pierced with a sharp spade handle and he was hit with an electric baton.
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