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

• Additional Information Surrounding the Death of Older Practitioner Ms. Chen Pingzhen in Heilongjiang Province

  2009-02-10
  Ms. Chen Pingzhen, 58, went missing on February 12th, 2006, after going to a relative's birthday party. On the afternoon of February 14th, her family saw a photo of an "Unknown Body" death announcement put out by the Hegang City Police Department; this is how they learned of her death. The autopsy revealed 700 ml. (about 3 cups) of blood trapped in her skull, one damaged kidney, and blood on both sides of her mouth. There was a bloody mark on her neck, one side of her face was very swollen and bruised, and her hands and feet were bruised. All the possessions and Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution she usually carried were gone.
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• Torture Suffered by Ms. Wang Wenqi at the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province

  2009-02-10
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Wenqi was arrested because she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. She was sentenced and taken to Wangcun Labour Camp. She suffered brutal torture at the labour camp. Wang Wenqi was forced to sit on a small stool (a form of torture) around the clock. Her legs had to stay together and her hands had to remain on her knees. She was not allowed to move or sleep, and she was not even allowed to use the toilet or take a bath. She was not allowed to sleep for four days and nights. Her buttocks became sore ridden. Wang Wenqi fell to the ground. Later, Wang Wenqi was assigned heavy labour.
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• Older Mr. Luo Chaoming in Critical Condition at Deyang City Prison, Sichuan Province

  2009-02-10
  60-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Chaoming was jailed at Deyang City Prison on January 17th, 2009. A week later, the prison called his family and told them that Mr. Luo had suddenly developed high blood pressure, heart disease, and pericardial effusion (accumulation of excess fluid around the heart). The caller reported that Mr. Luo was in critical condition and had been admitted to the Shuangliu Justice Officers Hospital in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.
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• After More Than 900 Days on a Hunger Strike, Mr. Yang Jianpo Is Released in Critical Condition

  2009-02-09
  Mr. Yang Jianpo, a practitioner, was released by the Jidong (Eastern Hebei) Prison because he was in critical condition resulting from a hunger strike that lasted more than 900 days. He is recovering. On January 16th, 2009, more than ten police officers arrested Mr. Yang at home. When the police arrived at the Yang's, the family refused to open the door. They tried to reason with the police while the police tried to force their way in. The family said, "We have not done anything wrong or broken any laws. Mr. Yang was just released and now you come to arrest him again?" The police left, but afterward, the family was put under 24-hour surveillance .
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• The Continuing Persecution of Beijing Practitioner Mr. Cao Dong

  2009-02-09
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cao Dong is currently detained and being persecuted in Tianshui Prison in Gansu Province in retaliation for an interview he gave to the Vice President of the European Parliament in which he exposed the persecution of Falun Gong. He met with Mr Edward McMillan-Scott on May 21st, 2006, and told him about the severe persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Mr. Cao was immediately arrested by police from the Domestic Security Division and taken to Gansu for detention. He was sentenced to five years in prison just before Chinese New Year's eve in 2007. His lawyer said that the only evidence justifying the sentence was a false confession.
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• I Was Cruelly Tortured in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City

  2009-02-09
  Ms. Song Wenjuan came from Heilongjiang Province. Because she practised Falun Gong, she was repeatedly tortured by the guards in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City. In order her to force Ms. Song to give up Falun Gong she was hung up, left out in the cold, beaten, and shocked with electric batons. Because of the torture, she lost consciousness many times and her left hand became completely paralysed. She also had to do slave labour.
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• The Persecution of Mr. Ma Yingju from Inner Mongolia

  2009-02-09
  On January 5th, 2009, Mr. Ma Yingju was again arrested by the local police. For nine years, he was repeatedly arrested, detained, and sentenced to forced labour for persisting in his belief. In Wuyuan Forced Labour Camp, he was allowed to sleep for only two hours each day. He was forced to read slanderous material about Falun Gong. Eight guards wrapped Mr. Ma's arms with a rope, tied his hands behind his back, forced him to kneel on the ground, and pulled the rope to keep his body straight. The guards hit him hard on the chest and lower back with three electric batons. Mr. Ma lost control of his body and shook all over. His body turned black and blue from being hit.
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• Mr. Du Ting Tortured at Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai for Seven Years

  2009-02-08
  Mr. Du Ting, 43, has been held at Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai for more than seven years. He is very weak from long-term torture. In early 2007 the guards and inmates tortured Du Ting. He developed fluid accumulation in his pleural cavities, which nearly killed him, and he eventually contracted tuberculosis and pneumonia. The authorities refused to let his wife see him. Guards ordered inmates to keep torturing Du Ting. For a while Du Ting went on a hunger strike to protest the terrible abuse. After Du Ting returned to the prison from the hospital, the guards stripped him naked and tied him to the "death bed" so he could not move at all.
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• Three Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution in Chongqing City and Hebei Province

  2009-02-08
  Ms. Pang Dingrong was a resident of Chongqing City. On October 3rd, 2007, she was arrested and detained while she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong at Huangnibang. She was sentenced to one and a half years in the Shabao Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City. While she was imprisoned, she began to suffer from a severe form of cancer, but that didn't deter the guards from brutally torturing her. Ms. Pang was released on August 21st, 2008 and passed away on December 26th, 2008 as a result of persecution.
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• Three Falun Gong Practitioners Brutally Arrested in Dalian City and Sent to Forced Labour

  2009-02-08
  On December 2nd, 2008, police forcibly took away married couple Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Yan Shoulin and Ms. Yang Chunmei, from their workplace. Several eyewitnesses said, "We saw a few plain clothes policemen surround and brutally beat Yan Shoulin. The first one stepped on Yan's head while another one stepped on his legs. The third one kicked Yan's body brutally." Yan's ribs were broken. A couple of them carried Yan Shoulin to the car. Yang Chunmei was dragged into the car, and her clothes were torn in the struggle. Two days later the same police arrested Ms. Miao Yuhuan (also a Falun Gong practitioner) for no valid reason.
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• Practitioner In Her Sixties Persecuted at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison

  2009-02-08
  In 2001, I was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. The following year I was sentenced to a three-year prison term and incarcerated in Liaoning Province Women's Prison. The prison enforced starting work at six in the morning, stopping at ten in the evening, and going to sleep at eleven. Prisoners were frequently forced to work overtime to create more income for the prison. I was allowed only three to four hours of sleep each night. Every week the prison provided only two meals of fine flour and rice in limited quantities. The rest of the meals were all coarse bread.
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• Older Ms. Su Cangxin Dies after Enduring Nine Years of Persecution

  2009-02-07
  After July 20th, 1999, when the persecution started, Ms. Su Cangxin's family of five became a target for persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. In both July 1999 and July 2000, her husband was detained for more than three weeks in the Township Police Station. Around May 26th, 2001, the persecution was the most severe, and Ms. Su's husband was arrested by police. They took him to the city courthouse and beat him for five days. They hit his legs with a wooden stick, shocked him with an electric baton, used a rubber hammer to hit his back and a wooden stick to apply pressure to his thighs, and injected him with unknown drugs. After nine years of repeatedly being harassed, threatened, and detained, Ms. Su could not bear it any longer. She became weaker and weaker and died on January 4th, 2009.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Shi Guiming Sentenced to Three Years in Prison--Her Grandson Left Alone

  2009-02-07
  60-year-old Ms. Shi Guiming is a Falun Gong practitioner from Wenling in Zhejiang Province. After being detained for six months, she was sentenced to a three-year prison term by the Wenling Intermediate Court in December 2008, and is currently detained at the Hongzhou Women's Prison. The young grandson that she was raising is left alone, spending his days in fear.
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• The Persecution of Ms. Sun Jinjun, a Teacher at the Anshan City No. 15 Middle School

  2009-02-07
  Ms. Sun Jinjun was employed as an art teacher. She's been severely persecuted for many years, including being detained in two forced labour camps. Now she barely makes enough money to cover even her most basic needs. Guards brutally beat and shocked Ms. Sun with electric batons. When Ms. Sun Jinjun's older sister, Ms. Sun Yuhua, did not give up practising Falun Gong, she was taken to Dabei Prison in 2003. The prison guards brutally tortured her and eventually beat her to death. Ms. Sun Yuhua was only 37 when she died.
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• Ms. Zhang Chunhe Continues to Be Persecuted in the Armed Police Hospital, Guangdong Province

  2009-02-07
  On July 23rd, 2008, Ms. Zhang Chunhe was arrested and taken to the brainwashing centre in Guangzhou City by agents from the 610 Office and police. She was then taken to the Armed Police Hospital in Guangzhou and has been held and persecuted there ever since. When she was held in the hospital, the district court twice attempted to try her but had to give up because Ms. Zhang was critically ill and could not even speak. Up until now, they have refused to release her, and will not offer any explanation to her family members. According to informed people, the conditions in the Armed Police Hospital, be they the food, the living conditions or the medical treatments, are even worse than in the prison
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