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

• 109 Practitioner Deaths in Weifang City, the Highest Among Prefecture-level Cities in China (Part 2 of 3)

  2014-06-25
  Mr. Liu Shuchun, 38, was taken to Changle Forced Labour Camp on January 3rd, 2001. The guards instigated six inmates to beat him for over an hour and he died. His body turned black and blue all over from the beating. In order to cover up their crime, the authorities ordered that his entire head be bandaged so that people could not see his injured face.
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• Personal Account of Persecution Suffered by Falun Gong Practitioner Shen Lixin

  2014-06-25
  Gongzhuling Prison is notorious for its cruelty. There are around 3000 inmates, and death is commonplace. One year, more than 80 inmates died. In January 2001, Mr. Shen Lixin was taken to the police station in Jilin City, where he was tied to a chair with his hands cuffed behind his back and with one arm over his shoulder to cause more pain. The police used a towel to immobilise his head and started to force-feed him through his nostrils with a bottle filled with chilli and hot mustard. When he could not hold his breath, the spicy mixture went into his lungs. “I felt like my lungs had exploded, and the pain went straight to my head, as well," he said.
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• 73-Year-old Paralysed after Fall in Detention Centre, Chongqing Police Continue to Persecute Her

  2014-06-25
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xiao Shaogui, 73, was one of three practitioners from the Yongchuan District who were arrested and detained in May. Two weeks after she was sent to the local detention centre, she had a bad fall and was paralysed. Ms. Xiao was sent to the Yongchuan District Detention Centre with another practitioner, Ms. Li Yuansu, after they were arrested for talking to people about Falun Gong on May 17th, 2014.
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• Police in Hebei Province Confiscate 100,000 Yuan from Ms. Lu Guifen and Send Her to Trial

  2014-06-24
  After the police arrested and confiscated over 100,000 yuan from Ms. Lu Guifen on February 25th, 2014, they arranged for her to go on trial, which was set to take place this month. Her children were harassed and not allowed to visit her. Her attorney was also harassed while trying to access legal documents related to his client.
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• 109 Practitioner Deaths in Weifang City, the Highest Among Prefecture-level Cities in China (Part 1 of 3)

  2014-06-24
  The deaths of 3,768 Falun Gong practitioners who died as a direct result of persecution have been confirmed as of June 11th, 2014. Heilongjiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, and Shandong are the nation's provinces with the greatest number of deaths. In Weifang City alone, a prefecture-level city in central Shandong Province, 109 practitioners were persecuted to death. This represents about one third of the total number of deaths in Shandong and is the nation's highest among prefecture-level cities.
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• Ms. Zhang Guozhen Disabled and Contracts Heart Disease Due to Torture

  2014-06-24
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guozhen was arrested on November 3rd, 2012. During interrogation she was tortured, resulting in a comminuted fracture of her leg and nerve necrosis. Tang Ke, the director of the Nong'an Domestic Security Division, and several officers hung her by her thumbs. Four officers beat her brutally with sticks and plastic hoses. They ordered her to give them the names of other practitioners, but she refused to comply. She could not walk or even stand up.
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• Three Months into His Three-Year Term: Mr. Mu Zhitai Suffers Brainwashing and Torture Daily

  2014-06-24
  “Those who refuse to write the ['repentance'] statements [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] will meet the same fate: languish in three days, collapse in a week, become bedridden in two weeks, and appear in hell in a month,” threatened an inmate in Jiazhou Prison, where Mr. Mu Zhitai has been detained since three months ago. Prison guard Gong Jinfu told him, “I can't beat you with my hands and feet, but I can use my weapons to injure, disable, or even kill you. I may be cited for 'improper use of police equipment,' but I'll still have my job and get paid. What can you do to me?
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• Mr. Liu Liyan, 63, Dies of Beating Injuries Sustained in Detention Centre

  2014-06-24
  Less than a year after his most recent arrest for speaking out against the persecution of Falun Gong, 63-year-old Mr. Liu Liyan passed away at a Changsha City hospital. His death is suspected to be the result of brutal beatings in the Xiangtan County Detention Centre in Hunan Province. At the hospital, Mr. Liu's family found that his entire body was wrapped in gauze with only his head exposed. A follow-up forensic investigation indicated brain and internal organ damage, and his body was covered with dark bruises.
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• Torture and Killing of Falun Gong Practitioners Continues in Brainwashing Centres in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

  2014-06-21
  Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned Falun Gong and launched the persecution against the practice in 1999, more than 150 brainwashing centres have been set up nationwide for the sole purpose of brainwashing and “transforming” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Falun Gong practitioners. Yanbian is a Korean Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Jilin Province in northern China. Its capital Yanji City is ranked as one of the top 10 regions in China with the highest number of death cases within the brainwashing system.
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• Hunan Province: 4,350 People Sign Petition against Forced Organ Harvesting

  2014-06-16
  Over the past several years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners has been exposed internationally. Due to practitioners' constant efforts to expose the persecution and explain the truth about Falun Gong, as well as the support of concerned individuals, more and more people worldwide are calling for an end to the organ harvesting crimes in China. As of this May, 4,350 people in Hunan Province have signed the petition and demanded that the chief culprits, Jiang Zemin, Zhou Yongkang, and Bo Xilai be punished.
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• Two Falun Gong Practitioners in Xuchang Thrown into Prison a Second Time

  2014-06-16
  Ms. Zhang Ronghuan and Ms. Li Shuhua, Falun Gong practitioners in Xuchang, Henan Province, have been sentenced to four years in prison and thrown into Xinxiang Women's Prison. This is the second time that these two practitioners have been unjustly incarcerated. Ms. Zhang had previously been imprisoned in Xinxiang Women's Prison for three years in 2006. The prison authorities subjected her several times to solitary confinement, and she has also been injected with unknown drugs.
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• The Chinese Communist Party Uses the Tiger Bench Device to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

  2014-06-15
  Nineteen per cent of Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured to death in the persecution were subjected to the tiger bench torture. In October 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Ming was transferred to Masanjia Labour Camp. Masanjia guards viciously beat Mr. Yu, shocked him with electric batons and hung him up by handcuffs for several days. He was imprisoned in a custom-made iron cage for three months in which he could not stand up or lie down. Mr. Yu Ming was bound to the tiger bench for 12 days and lost consciousness several times during the torture.
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• A Real Hero - The Story of Yuan Jiang (Part 2 of 2)

  2014-06-13
  Yuan Jiang, 29, a talented engineer, a kind friend, a dutiful son, and an honest citizen, peacefully resisted the brutal persecution and stood up for justice and faith - and lost his life. Yuan had devoted all his money and time too exposing the regime's lies about Falun Gong and informing people of the facts. Despite being subjected to unimaginable torture, he did not give any information or sell out any other practitioners to the police.
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• Tan Fengjiang: Seven Years of Torture and Brainwashing

  2014-06-10
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Tan Fengjiang was released from Jiamusi Prison on April 20th, 2013, after 7 years of imprisonment. In prison, Mr. Tan was often beaten, shocked with an electric baton, and force-fed. His left ear was almost torn off during one beating. To protest the persecution he went on a hunger strike. The guards brutally force-fed him and Mr. Tan nearly died.
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• 70-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 3 Years for Practising Falun Gong; Denied Opportunity to See Elderly Mother Before She Passed Away

  2014-06-10
  Following her third arrest on March 29th, 2013, Ms. Jiang Lianying was sentenced to 3 years on August 21st, 2013 for practising Falun Gong. Though Ms. Jiang's husband and daughter were eventually allowed to see her, they couldn't bring themselves to tell her the sad news that her 103-year-old mother had passed away during her incarceration. After the suppression of Falun Gong started in 1999, Ms. Jiang was arrested and put in a forced labour camp twice for speaking up for Falun Gong and telling others about the persecution. She was incarcerated in a forced labour camp for a total of four years and three months.
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