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

• Two Mothers of Young Children Sentenced to Forced Labour in Guangdong Province

  2008-10-21
  In mid-August 2008, the Chinese Communist Party 610 Office in Lechang City, Guangdong Province, arrested two young mothers, both Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Gong Xuejun is the mother of an 18-month-old and Ms. Yu Shanzhen has a three-year-old. They were each sentenced to two years of forced labour and taken to the notorious Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp. Since the day Ms. Gong was arrested, her family hasn't stopped trying to reason with the departments involved, rain or shine. Everyone has given them the same answer: "The 'government' has made the decision. We can't do anything."
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• Ex-Army Officer Stationed at the Shanhaiguan Airport Is Near Death as a Result of Relentless Persecution

  2008-10-20
  Mr. Wei Danquan's wife went to Jidong Prison in Tangshan City to visit her husband on October 18th, 2008. She surmounted many obstacles to see him in person. Mr. Wei Danquan, about 40 years old, was pale and emaciated when his wife finally got to see him. He was too weak to stand and remained in a chair for the entire visit. Prison guards closely observed him the entire time. Mr. Wei's wife talked to him on the phone through the glass. Their conversation was amplified and everyone in the corridor of the reception room could hear it clearly. Mr. Wei is an ex-army officer. He was stationed at the Shanhaiguan Airport but was suspended from his duties for practising Falun Gong and has been persecuted ever since. He has been arrested, detained, tortured, and sentenced to imprisonment. He is in critical condition.
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• After Zhang Huirong's Arrest, His Wife Suffered a Mental Collapse

  2008-10-20
  Since 1999, the year when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong, Mr. Zhang Huirong has been homeless. He was arrested four times despite having left home. Now, his hands and feet have deep marks from being shackled for long periods of time. He has returned home only once since the beginning of last winter. During the Beijing Olympics, when Mr. Zhang was repairing his car in his garage, several police officers showed up and arrested him. They handcuffed him and put him in the car after ransacking his home. Mr. Zhang called out, "Police officers are arresting good people!" After his wife witnessed her husband's arrest she became terrified and suffered a mental collapse.
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• Recent Incidents of Falun Gong Practitioners Being Arrested by Police in Daqing City

  2008-10-20
  Ms. Jiang Fengqin, 56, was arrested at home while she was looking after her grandson. Her home was ransacked. The persecutors ruthlessly tortured Ms. Jiang. They put mustard oil on a mask and put it on her mouth. They also rubbed mustard oil directly into Jiang Fengqin's eyes, nose and mouth. This caused her to be unable to breathe, with great pain and tears running from her eyes. She subsequently lost consciousness. Jiang Fengqin was sentenced to eight years in prison.
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• Ms. Zhong Fangqiong and Others Cruelly Persecuted by Police in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

  2008-10-20
  On August 1st, 2008, I was riding my electric bike and I was forced off my bike by one car and then surrounded by five or six others. I was arrested. I was taken to a detention centre by police. They handcuffed me to a chair and directed a very bright bulb into my eyes. Police officers took shifts torturing me in different ways over a 24 hour period, and did not let me sleep. One officer used police equipment to stab my lower back and thighs in front of the security guard, each time for about an hour. When I fainted, he would apply a stinging chemical to my upper and lower eyelids, temples, inside my nose and even in my mouth. Every inch of my skin touched by the chemical developed a rash, swelling, and peeling skin.
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• 60-Year-Old Ms. Zhang Peilan Dies as a Result of Persecution in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2008-10-19
  On May 24th, 2008, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary Zhou Yongkang arrived in Shenyang City and caused more than fifty practitioners to be arrested on the same night. Four to five officers from the Qigong Police Station arrested Ms. Zhang Peilan, 60, from her home. She was sentenced to one year of forced labour. She was held in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. The camp administration never allowed visitation by Ms. Zhang's family, but at the beginning of August 2008, they suddenly called her family and said that she was dying. The Masanjia Camp was not willing to pay her medical costs, so her family was allowed to take her home on August 13th, 2008. Ms. Zhang died at her home on October 7th, 2008.
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• Suihua Forced Labour Camp Guards Intensified Their Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners During the Olympics

  2008-10-19
  The forced labour camp used the slogans such as "Stabilize the environment" and "Create harmony" to incite the increased brutality. They didn't allow the practitioners to drink boiled hot water, make phone calls, purchase goods, or allow them to meet with family members. All practitioners were separated, tied-up, and forced to sing the so-called "transformation" songs, study the camp regulations and orders, and read the "Reporting Lyrics" the guards drew up. If practitioners didn't read or sing, they would face physical brutality or be forced to stand for a few hours, regardless of age. The guards used electric batons and rubber clubs to hit the practitioners. They used ropes to tie them up, burned them with cigarettes, and used fire to burn their fingers and toes.
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• Mr. Guo Daoyou Arrested in Qinhuangdao City, Family Without Support

  2008-10-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Daoyou, 51, has been arrested on July 18th, 2008 for practising Falun Gong. After the officials ransacked the home they lured Mr. Guo to the police station telling him that he could have his things back and arrested him instead. That night, he was taken to the Funing County Detention Centre where he has been held ever since. The family has not been allowed to visit him. Mr. Guo's salary is not very high but he is nevertheless the sole support of a family of four who now face financial trouble. The two children may even be deprived of their education.
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• Mr. Yu Ming Transferred to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2008-10-19
  Recently, Liaoning police transferred Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Ming from Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Centre in Fushun City to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, Division 2. Practitioner Cui Dejun escaped from the Masanjia camp, and the police thought Mr. Yu was involved. On August 13th, they arrested Yu Ming's wife. The National Security Bureau, the Beijing Police Department, and the Liaoning Police Department worked together to persecute Mr. Yu. They wanted to force him to admit his involvement in Cui Dejun's escape. On September 2nd, 2008, Yu Ming's two-and-a-half-year detention term expired. Masanjia camp authorities planned to extend his term by two months. Higher officers said the extension was "not severe enough."
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• Details of Mr. Ji Yongshi's Persecution by the Mengyin County Police

  2008-10-18
  Mr. Ji Yongshi, 37, went to Beijing in 2000 to appeal for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong. He was arrested by police and sentenced to three years of forced labour. In August 2008 he was arrested again. Due to Mr. Ji's refusal to cooperate with the police, Qi Zhaohai and three other police officers punched and kicked him. Then one of them twisted his arm behind his back and pulled it up. Another policeman grabbed his hair and banged his head against the wall, causing his head to bleed severely and his face to turn purple. Mr. Ji's upper torso was covered with bruises and wounds. His father, Mr. Ji Liping, tried to approach the police but was unable to help stop the violence.
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• The Impact of the Persecution on Self-Employed People from Longkou City in Shandong Province

  2008-10-18
  On the evening of July 5th, 2008, 30 police officers from the Domestic Security Brigade in Longkou City in Shandong Province arrested Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Guo Weidong and Ms. Luan Kefen, a married couple. They have been detained at Zhangjiagou Detention Centre to this day and are undergoing torture. Both are self-employed and in the retail business and since their arrest couldn't carry on with their family business. Ms. Luan's mother was terrified after her daughter was arrested and ended up being hospitalized, which further added to the stress on Luan's family.
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• Ms. He Xianggu Still Detained in a Mental Hospital

  2008-10-18
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Xianggu has been detained in Hunan Provincial Brain Hospital (the provincial mental hospital) since July 2008. She was sent there by her employer, Hunan Women and Children's Hospital. Hospital officials have been evasive about her case, and she is still in detention. She was detained in a special ward and watched around the clock by two designated persons who were each paid 1,800 yuan per month. Ms. He Xianggu was sent to a mental hospital twice before by her employer. She was injected with drugs that damage the brain and nervous system.
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• Ms. Cheng Yanshuang and Her Young Daughter Forced into Homelessness

  2008-10-18
  On July 29th, 2008, police broke into the home of Ms. Cheng Yanshuang, a Falun Gong practitioner in Yin'gezhuang Village. They pried open the gate to her yard and the door to her house and then ransacked the whole house. At that time, Ms. Cheng's husband and son were not at home. The police took away Ms. Cheng, her four-year-old daughter, 1000 yuan in cash and valuables. The mother and daughter were sent to a brainwashing class. On the morning of July 30th, Ms. Cheng Yanshuang and her daughter managed to walk away from the brainwashing class. They were forced to become homeless and destitute in order to avoid being arrested at home again.
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• Eleven Practitioners Sentenced to Prison in Sichuan Province

  2008-10-17
  On October 10th, 2008, the Wuhou District Court in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province held the second part of an open trial to sentence eleven Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Zhong Fangqiong. The families of the practitioners were blocked from entering the courtroom. Ms. Zhong was sentenced to seven years in prison, Mr. Liu Jia and Ms. Mao Kun each to five and a half years, Mr. Jiang Zonglin and Mr. Liu Bangcheng (72 years old) each to five years, Mr. Zhu Renbin, Mr. Ding Zeyang (retired professor from Sichuan University), and Ms. Jiang Hongyuan each to four years, Ms. Mao Qi, Ms. Qin Min and Ms. Che Shikun each to three years. Practitioners shouted "Falun Gong is good" when they exited the court. The guards beat them after dragging them out to avoid being video recorded by cameras.
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• Atrocities at Erdaopeng Brainwashing Centre in the Jianghan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province

  2008-10-17
  In October 2007, practitioner Ms. Liu Yuejing, over 60, was distributing informational materials that explained the truth about Falun Gong when the police arrested her and took her to Erdaopeng Brainwashing Centre. She was inhumanly tortured. She was forced to stand during the daytime inside a circle drawn with a piece chalk. Outside the circle were slogans that slandered Falun Gong. The guards pasted slanderous notes on her clothes and beat her if she removed them. She wasn't allowed to sleep at night. The guards once broke Ms. Liu's finger when she tried to take down the slanderous slogans. She almost fainted from the pain, but the guards still didn't release her. The torture was unbearable.
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