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

• Beijing Lawyers Ask Heilongjiang Provincial Intermediate Court to Acquit Practitioners

  2008-12-27
  Recently, two lawyers were invited to see the judge of the Heilongjiang Province Nongken Intermediate Court. They requested an open court session for the second trial of five Falun Gong practitioners. On November 13th, 2008, the two lawyers had a meeting with two officials from the intermediate court, who pressured them not to represent Falun Gong practitioners. The lawyers refused. Afterwards, the court officials suggested that the Falun Gong practitioners be sentenced to forced labour camp terms without an open court trial. Under the Chinese Communist Party's rule, judges don't have the right to impartially judge a case.
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• Mr. Zhu Zhilin Injured by Inmates in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City

  2008-12-27
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Zhilin, 45, was sentenced to one year of forced labour in January 2008. Recently, he was beaten by inmates at Xishanping Forced Labour Camp and hospitalized. His injuries were so bad that he could not eat any food and could only drink milk. Mr. Zhu was severely injured for no reason, and the inmates who beat him did not receive any sort of punishment. The guards intentionally avoided their responsibilities.
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• Ms. Yang Shuyu Arrested in Dalian City

  2008-12-27
  On November 20th, 2008, Ms. Yang Shuyu was reported to the police while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance near the Yaojia Detention Centre. She was arrested and brutally beaten by officers from the Nanguanling Station and is being detained at the Yaojia Detention Centre.
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• Mr. Chen Min Dies as Direct Result of Persecution in Hunan Province

  2008-12-26
  Mr. Chen Min, 45, was a doctor who was among the first batch of practitioners persecuted in Zhuzhou City after the persecution began in July 1999. In the past nine years of persecution, he was detained four times and sentenced to one year of forced labour in 2002, at the Xinkaipu Labour Camp. He was arrested again in September 2002. This time he was sentenced to five years in prison. Five years of this long term imprisonment and torture severely damaged Mr. Chen's mental and physical health. He was emaciated, vomiting blood, and passed blood in his faeces. He could not eat after being released to his home in September 2007, and could not care for himself. He died in June 2008.
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• Mr. Jin Junjie Dies as Result of Persecution in Jilin Province

  2008-12-26
  On October 14th, 1999, Mr. Jin Junjie went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, was arrested and sentenced to one year of forced labour. He was tortured with "Riding on a wooden horse", causing his buttocks to fester. In 2001 he was sentenced again to two years of forced labour. Guards enforced brainwashing and torture. By 2007, Mr. Jin was diagnosed him with tuberculosis. He died on December 13th, 2008.
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• Disabled Person in Hebei Province Severely Persecuted for Aiding Practitioners

  2008-12-26
  On May 7th, 2008, disabled Mr. Niu Jiming took Ms. Chen Liguan, and Ms. Jin Shuxia to Biguyou Village by tricycle. Ms. Chen and Ms. Jin went to do their business, while Niu waited by the roadside for their return. A villager found that Ms. Jin was distributing Falun Gong materials and summoned the police. The police took all three to the police station. Later, Mr. Niu and the practitioner, Ms. Jin, were sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Niu's offence was "obstructing justice through an organization" on account of the DVD and fliers belonging to Ms. Jin and Ms. Chen that were found on Niu's tricycle on May 7th.
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• Prominent Law Professor from Jilin University, Ms. Wang Weidong, Persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

  2008-12-26
  Ms. Wang Weidong was a law professor employed by the Law Department of Jilin University. After practising Falun Gong she changed from being aggressive to being kind. After the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, the police closely monitored all of her activities. They followed her, tapped her phone, and videotaped her. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials tried to force her to write articles that slandered Falun Gong. She absolutely refused, but they continued high pressure harassment. After dealing with the intense pressure of the persecution for a long time, Ms. Wang's doctor diagnosed her with breast cancer in July 2006. She died on November 5th, 2006, at the age of 66.
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• 650,000 Yuan in Cash Taken after Mrs. Zhang Yueqin and Four Members of her Family Detained in Lubei Police Department in Tangshan City

  2008-12-25
  On July 10th, 2008, police officer Chen Hong from the Lubei Police Department and other officers broke into Mrs. Zhang Yueqin's home. They damaged the lock but still couldn't open the door. They then mobilized two fire engines and used an auto-lift ladder to climb to the sixth floor and break in through two windows. They entered through those windows and arrested Mrs. Zhang and her husband. The police searched the house without showing a warrant and confiscated valuables. They also stole over 650,000 yuan (USD$95,000) that Mrs. Zhang's eldest daughter had borrowed to invest in a business with partners.
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• Many Practitioners in Shangqiu, Henan Province, Have Been Sentenced

  2008-12-25
  On April 6th, 2008, Mr. Ba Wei and Ms. He Yinghua from Shangqiu, Henan Province, were arrested by police from the national security team in the Mudan District, Heze, Shandong Province, when they were trying to rescue other practitioners from Dan County, Shandong Province. This was believed to have been a premeditated arrest, since family members of the arrested practitioners were persecuted and then cooperated with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. That night, Ms. He escaped. Mr. Ba, Mr. Lao Zhou, and other practitioners were sent to the No. 2 Forced Labour Camp of Shandong Province on May 5th. Mr. Ba was sentenced to a forced labour camp for two years.
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• Persecution against Falun Gong Practitioners in Hulan Prison's "Training Team"

  2008-12-25
  Falun Gong practitioners in the training team are ordered to sign the three statements. If a practitioner refuses to sign, the guards and prisoners will fake a practitioner's signature to get their rewards. The practitioners that refuse to sign are made to stand for long periods of time, beaten and cursed at, deprived of sleep, and supervised 24 hours a day. They are also forced to watch videos that slander Falun Gong. Practitioner Huang refused to sign the three statements. He was not allowed to sleep for several days and was threatened. He has been kept in the training team for nine months. (Usually people only stay there for three months).
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• Mr. Zhang Chuanchao and Other Practitioners Arrested by Licheng District Police in Jinan, Shandong Province

  2008-12-25
  On November 12th, 2008, the 610 Office collaborated with the police to arrest 48-year-old Mr. Zhang Chuanchao his wife, Ms. Zhang Yuying, 47, along with other practitioners that were there. At Guodian Police Station, a plain clothes officer hit Mr. Zhang twice with his hand, pushed him down on the sofa, and then hit him again. Another plain clothes agent also hit Mr. Zhang. At present, Ms. Zhang Yuying and the other practitioners are being held in the Jinan Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Cao Huiqin, in her 60s, Dies As a Result of Torture after Six Days in Custody in Gansu Province

  2008-12-24
  On December 2nd, 2008, police officers ransacked older practitioner, Ms. Cao Huiqin's home, and arrested her. On December 5th, the police took her to ta detention centre. On December 8th, the police said they checked on her at 9:45 p.m. and she was fine, but by 10 p.m., she had apparently hanged herself. The autopsy revealed her calm expression, rope marks on her neck, a needle puncture, and bruises on her back. Ms. Cao's family insists that it was impossible that she committed suicide, because her expression showed no signs of a struggle and her tongue was not sticking out as would be expected in a hanging. Her family believes she was killed and the then authorities fabricated a suicide to deceive them.
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• A Practitioner Recounts the Torture of "Desensitization" at Beijing Women's Prison

  2008-12-24
  On March 11th, 2004, I was taken to the Beijing Women's Prison. Since I refused to give up my belief, I suffered the most brutal tortures, both mentally and physically. Mentally, they forced me to watch video programmes and read books that slandered Falun Gong. They wanted me to write "confessions." Physically, they tortured me with sleep deprivation, forcing me to stand still all night in military postures. They would punch and kick me whenever they were not happy with me. Sometimes I was only allowed to use the toilet once a day. Verbal abuse, humiliation, kicks and punches, and slaps in the face were common practice. They attempted to use force to press me into giving up my belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance.
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• Practitioner's Son Dies Attempting to Rescue His Mother

  2008-12-24
  On May 5, 2003, a group of police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuzhen's home. The police took her to the Nanjing Detention Centre. Two days later, Ms. Zhang's son, Mr. Cao Gancheng, who is not a Falun Gong practitioner, went to the police station and asked to see his mother. After being refused, he became distraught and anxious. He couldn't understand how his mother could be arrested simply because she practised Falun Gong. Unexpectedly, after his mother had been detained for one week, Mr. Cao Gancheng climbed to the roof of the seven story building and shouted, "Falun Gong is good." After that, he jumped off the building. The family rushed him to hospital, but it was too late. He died at 43 years old.
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• A Brief Account of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Qinghai Province

  2008-12-24
  Ms. Tan Yingchun was a biology teacher. On December 29th, 2002, she was tortured to death at Qinghai Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. She was only 46 years old. Before she died, one practitioner who was detained with her saw alarming and disturbing wounds on her legs. Another practitioner witnessed guards putting a rope round Ms. Tan's neck, then dragging her backwards. She almost died of suffocation. In order to destroy the evidence and cover up their crime, the Labour Camp did not release the notice of Ms. Tan's death until three days later. The authorities at the camp claimed that she had "hanged herself." However, when some practitioners pointed out that if she had hanged herself, there would have been physical evidence on her neck.
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