Exposing the Persecution

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• Older Practitioner Ms. Liao Yongyi Dies Due to Years of Persecution in Sichuan Province

  2008-11-23
  On July 20th, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began slandering Falun Gong. Ms. Liao Yongyi, 66, went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong in November 1999, but was arrested, and detained for fifteen days in the Jiurucun Detention Centre in Chengdu City. The cell was wet, dirty, crowded and without sunlight. Ms. Liao was beaten, cursed, hungry and cold, and she was forced to stand outside overnight in the freezing cold. Later she was arrested again. Ms. Liao almost lost her eyesight, and developed a bad case of rash due to mistreatment during her thirty days of detention. Beginning in 2008, the Neighbourhood Administration placed guards by her apartment door. They pounded on her door 3-6 times per day, loudly questioning her as to what was she doing, and threatened her. She died in September 2008.
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• The Crimes of Sun Juan and Other Officers at Jinan City's No. 1 Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2008-11-23
  There was practitioner named Li who was in her thirties. She was often beaten by the guards and locked up in a small cell. In October 2007, when she was working in the workshop, guard Zhang Hongfen dragged her to the warehouse at the back of the workshop and beat her. Commander Sun Juan also beat her. Two hours later, Practitioner Li was dragged out. She lay there and could not move for a very long time. Later she was locked up in a small cell. She died this March due to the abuse she suffered.
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• Anqiu City Court in Shandong Province Sentences Several Falun Gong Practitioners to Heavy Prison Terms

  2008-11-23
  Falun Gong practitioners in Anqiu City including Ms. Wang Haiqing, Ms. Li Mingxia and Ms. Lin Shuzhen were sentenced by Anqiu City Court to heavy prison terms on October 8th, 2008. Ms. Wang Haiqing was sentenced to 12 years, Ms. Li Mingxia 11 years and Ms. Lin Shuzhen 10 years. The severe torture that she was subjected to caused Ms. Wang Haiqing to completely lose feeling in her legs. She can no longer stand or sit and has to lay down all the time. Due to being paralysed from the lower back down, she can no longer control her bladder, yet she continued her hunger strike to protest the persecution. On September 23rd, the city court held a hearing, Ms. Wang Haiqing was carried to the court.
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• Shijiazhuang Senior Engineer Mr. Song Aichang Appeals His Unjust Sentence

  2008-11-23
  Mr. Song Aichang, 48, is a senior engineer with the Thirteenth Institute of the China Electronic Technology Group in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. At noon on June 22nd, 2007, he was arrested near his home. He has so far been detained for one year and four months, which exceeds the maximum time he can legally be held by 10.5 months. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities in Shijiazhuang have tried him for a third time. Because the evidence against him was seriously inadequate, he was supposed to have been released. However, the court sentenced him to three years' imprisonment. Mr. Song has appealed.
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• The Persecution of Ms. Yu Liqiu and Her Husband, Mr. Dong Yufeng from Jilin Province

  2008-11-22
  On September 12th, 2008, Ms. Yu Liqiu and Mr. Dong Yufeng went to Xiaosiping Township to distribute Falun Gong materials. They were arrested and incarcerated in the Dongfeng County Detention Centre. On September 19th, Liaoyuan City 610 Office personnel went to Mr. Dong and Ms. Yu's residence and confiscated their child's computer. After their arrest on September 12th, the two practitioners went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The guards physically assaulted them and threatened to force-feed them with hot pepper juice and salt liquid. The guards still do not allow any family visits. Their current situations are unknown. Their family received a notice saying that their cases have been transferred to the courts.
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• Recent Updates on Practitioners Detained in the Shenzhen City Detention Centre

  2008-11-22
  At about 6 a.m. on January 21st, 2008, Ms. Qian Huarui, 65, was arrested while doing the Falun Gong exercises at home. She has been held in the detention centre ever since and is now in poor health. She has high blood pressure, and her hair has turned grey. Mr. Xiao Feng, Ms. Qian Huarui's husband, is about 70 years old. He is a senior engineer. He has been detained at the detention centre and his current situation is unknown. Yantian Police Station is directly involved in persecuting him.
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• The Persecution in Shouguang City, Shandong Province

  2008-11-22
  Prior to the Olympics, police in Shouguang City arrested, detained, fined, tortured, and sent over twenty practitioners to forced labour camps. During this action, they even detained and fined someone who had already given up Falun Gong practice under persecution. The wife of Liu Hongjun, Fu Shuyuan, and their 22 year old daughter, Li, were sent to a labour camp. Police beat Ms. Li and abused her with vile language. After Sang Peirao, 52 years old, just finished two years of forced labour in the Wangcun Labour Camp, he was again taken away by police and sent to the Weifang Brainwashing Centre, where he was persecuted for 50 days. Later he was detained at the Shouguang Target Practice Field for one month. Finally, he was locked in an iron cage in the Gucheng Police Station for three days.
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• Third Arrest for Mr. Zhai Wenbin--Sentenced to Forced Labour in Handan City

  2008-11-22
  In 2008, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that it would beef up security during the Olympic Games. Actually, increasing security was simply an excuse for intensifying the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Zhai Wenbin, a practitioner, was arrested for the third time and is being tortured in Handan Forced Labour Camp. His family didn't receive any information about him for over two months, and they are not allowed to visit him.
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• Ms. Yang Wenling Tortured to the Point of Mental Breakdown at Tianjin Forced Labour Camp

  2008-11-21
  Police forcibly arrested Ms. Yang Wenling, a Falun Gong practitioner, in 2006. Ms. Yang was sentenced to one year in Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin. She refused to give up Falun Gong, so Chinese Communist Party personnel forced her thumb print on a document that they wrote. The guards also incited criminals to beat her mercilessly and force-fed her with unknown drugs, causing her to become mentally unstable. Ms. Yang was forced to do physical work well over normal hours making paper cartons, which resulted in both of her thumbs being injured. The persecution caused Ms. Yang to suffer a mental breakdown, and sometimes when she goes out she cannot find her way home. At present she cannot lead a normal life.
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• The Persecution of Practitioners in Meizhou Prison, Guangdong Province

  2008-11-21
  Meizhou Prison in Guangdong Province persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners who refuse to renounce their faith are subjected to prolonged, vicious torture that inflicts great psychological and physical harm. Mr. Zhuang Zepeng, a practitioner, was sentenced to eight years. His legs were disabled. In Meizhou Prison, he was sent to the "strict discipline team" and was assaulted by other inmates. His face was badly injured, and his body had multiple wounds. Mr. Zhuang has not given up his belief in Falun Gong, and he is still imprisoned.
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• Ms. Shang Shiying from Tangshan City Arrested and Tortured

  2008-11-21
  On October 12th, 2008, police arrested practitioner Ms. Shang Shiying. Dong Zhisheng, an officer from the Diaoyutai Police Station, searched Ms. Shang and took her house key. Several officers went to her home and ransacked it without anyone present from her family. When Ms. Shang's husband returned home later in the day, the police returned and ransacked the home a second time. Ms. Shang is currently being held at the Tangshan City Detention Centre. In 2000 she was detained and tortured using a method called "carrying a sword on the back": Police kept her in this position for so long that the handcuffs cut into her flesh. They also shocked her with electric needles.
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• Liu Haijun of Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province is Harassed and Beaten

  2008-11-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Haijun began to practise Falun Gong in January 1999, and benefited physically and mentally. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong, Liu has repeatedly suffered maltreatment. In July 2005, Liu Haijun was arrested by police because he distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, and handed out information material to people. Liu was sent to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years. Recently police harassed Liu at home and beat him madly.
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• Ms. Wang Kaibi from Cangxi County, Sichuan Province Suffers Brain Damage as a Result of Torture

  2008-11-20
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Kaibi was arrested by local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel. In January 2007, she was sent to Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp in Zizhong to be "re-educated" through forced labour. The guards used all their strength to beat her head and tore out a lot of her hair. They dragged her on the ground and beat her eyes. She was dragged into the toilet and beaten during the evenings. Her clothes were removed and they poured very hot and then cold water on her. While in this camp she was tortured until she suffered symptoms of brain damage. Currently, she suffers vertigo, her eyes feel distended and her memory is very poor.
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• The Plight of Mr. Wang Yongkai and His Family

  2008-11-20
  Mr. Wang Yongkai from Shandong Province was forced to leave home and become homeless to avoid being arrested. Recently, he was taken away by the police in Jimo City. There has been no news about him since. Mr. Wang and his son had been depending on each other for their subsistence. Now his son's whereabouts are also unknown. Mr. Wang had been persecuted in the past and his family was split up several times due to the persecution. As a result of the persecution, his son, Wang Yiguang, was expelled from school at a young age.
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• I Am a Chinese Citizen That's Been Deprived of My Rights

  2008-11-20
  Ever since 1999, when Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime started persecuting Falun Gong, my family has not had a single normal day. The joyous life was no more. It is a fact that I have benefited both physically and mentally from cultivating, and that my family lived in harmony and all of my illnesses were cured. I didn't understand why they wouldn't let us practise. As a Chinese citizen I went to petition. My rights as a citizen permit this, and I told everyone who was there of the physical and mental benefits of practising Falun Gong. On September 18th, 1999, I went to the Office of Appeals in Beijing to petition, but I was taken away by the police before I even reached the office. The next day I was sent back home to a local detention centre. Later I was sentenced to forced labour.
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