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
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Mr. Yue Zhongsheng, Associate Professor at the Civil Aviation University of China, Fired and Sentenced to Forced Labour
2008-08-29
Mr. Yue Zhongsheng, an associate professor at the Civil Aviation University of China, has suffered severe brutal torture many times for practising Falun Gong. Because co-workers suspected him of having distributed materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on the campus, they reported him to the police and he was arrested and sentenced to forced labour. He was tortured at the Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City. Eight of his ribs were broken because of brutal beatings. Moreover, his superiors at the University fired him. -
Police Arrest Mr. Han Huiliang; His Disabled Son Misses Him
2008-08-29Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Han Huiliang, from Tangshan City, Hebei Province, has a mentally retarded, 21-year-old son. His son has a difficult time pronouncing his words clearly and needs to be looked after at all times. Since his father's recent arrest on July 29th, 2008, the boy has been repeating out loud the same sentence over and over again: "I want my daddy, I want my daddy!" -
Falun Gong Practitioners Huo Yinggui from Fushun City and Chen Sizhong from Qidong City Die after Long-term Persecution
2008-08-29Ms. Huo Yinggui, 53, went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong in October 1999, and was sent to a detention centre. She was later sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp. Ms. Huo suffered brutal torture. When she was released home, she was continually harassed by local officials, and lived in constant fear. Since 2005, Ms. Huo had been homeless and destitute since then to avoid further persecution. She was traumatized to such an extent that the sight of a police car or sound of siren would fill her with fear. Under such pressure, she could not eat and began to lose weight. In 2007, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and died on July 8th, 2008. -
Cases of Practitioners Arrested in Hubei Province under the Pretence of the Beijing Olympics
2008-08-29The Olympic Charter states that the Olympic spirit requires "mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." However, the Olympic Games in Beijing has been a time of hardship for the vast number of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The Chinese Communist Party has not only excluded practitioners from participating in the Olympics, it has escalated the suppression of practitioners in the months leading up to the Games, all in the name of using the Olympics to glorify itself. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the standing committee of the Politburo, Secretary of the Central Political and Judiciary Committee, and director of the Central Office for the Comprehensive Administration of Public Security, issued orders for a "strike-hard campaign" against Falun Gong practitioners earlier this year. -
Practitioners Are Brutally Tortured at Wumaping Prison, Leshan City, Sichuan Province
2008-08-28
I travelled over 500 kilometres on a journey lasting 18 hours and captured photos of Wumaping Prison in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. Of special note is the first photo. It shows practitioners being forced to stand facing a wall in the blistering sun. This is a common form of torture, where practitioners are forced to stand for very long periods of time, and are beaten if they move or even flinch. -
Police in Heilongjiang Province Brutally Beat Practitioners Mr. Yao Tiebin and His Wife, Ms. Zhang Fengrong
2008-08-28On July 14th, 2008, approximately ten police officers suddenly burst into the apartment of practitioners Mr. Yao Tiebin and Ms. Zhang Fenrong. The police started to confiscate Mr. Yao's private property. When Mrs. Zhang asked the police why they were confiscating her family's belongings without cause, and which law they violated to cause the police to search their home, the police started to beat Mr. Yao and Mrs. Zhang. Without answering her questions, one of the officers said to them, "The state [Chinese Communist Party] doesn't allow you to practise Falun Gong. If you practise Falun Gong, then you violate the law." On the evening of July 14th, they both were beaten by the police until their faces were swollen and black and blue. -
Mr. Geng Dong Arrested and Taken Away While His Family Members Need His Care and Support
2008-08-28On July 27th, Tianjin City practitioner Mr. Geng Dong was arrested at home by the police. After his release on July 28th, he was arrested again on July 29th and his personal computer was confiscated. Currently, Mr. Geng may be detained at the Nankai District Detention Centre. Mr. Geng was arrested after authorities at the Tianjin City Police Department received secret orders to "severely suppress Falun Gong" before the Olympics when the Olympics torch relay was passing through Tianjin City on August 1st and 2nd. Three days before he was arrested, Mr. Geng's wife gave birth. She was weak and needed care. His mother, shocked by the repeated arrests of her son, had a stroke. -
Recent Cases of Persecution in Qiqihar City
2008-08-28Mr. Li Zhenzhong lost his job after he was released from Tailai Prison. On August 5th, 2008, while Mr. Li was riding his three-wheeler to a school for an evening fair, he was arrested by a group of police officers. An older female practitioner and two young male practitioners were also arrested at the same time. One practitioner was severely beaten and injured during the arrest. As a result of the beating, he walked with a limp. Mr. Li Zhenzhong was badly beaten after he was taken to the Wenhua Road Police Station, and his head was bleeding. Police officers beat and cursed at him while they dragged him down the stairs and pushed him into a van to take him to the hospital. -
New York Resident's Open Letter to Jinan City Procuratorate: "My Parents Have Been Arrested and Their Life Savings Stolen"
2008-08-27I must to tell you about some of the things that have happened to my relatives in China. My father Zhang Xingwu and my mother Liu Pinjie are both kind, ordinary citizens. However, they have met with persecution due to their practice of Falun Gong. On July 16th, 2008, the Jinan City Zhongqu Public Security Bureau and the Weijiazhuang Police Station dispatched a group of unidentified individuals to my parents' home, breaking through the door and taking them away. Thereafter, my parents' home was ransacked and many personal belongings stolen and their life savings of 100,000 yuan. To date, there has been no list of things that were taken away. Such actions are in direct violation of Chinese laws and I urgently request that you investigate and release my parents. -
Hundreds of Practitioners Arrested This Year in Beijing
2008-08-27Based on incomplete statistics due to China's information blockade, 586 Beijing practitioners have been arrested from January to July 2008. There were 83 arrests in January, 87 in February, 57 in March, 112 in April, 144 in May, 48 in June, and 55 in July. Ms. Kang, 72, lived in Yuzhongxili community, Beijing. On May 20th, 2008, she was arrested by police officers while she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. She died on May 29th, 2008, after having a stroke while in police custody. Ms. Kang had practised Falun Gong for 15 years and was in good health. -
Authorities Round Up Practitioners in Laizhou City, Many Arrested
2008-08-27After 10 o'clock at night of July 29th, ten government officials and police broke into Mr. Li Yufu's home in Guanqian Village, and forced him down on the ground, choked him, twisted his arms and handcuffed him. Ms. Li's wife tried to reason with the police and was restrained. She shouted more than ten times, "Don't take my husband." The policemen replied ferociously, "If it were not for your little kid, we would take you as well." Mr. Li Yufu did not have any outerwear or shoes when he was taken away. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Wei Danqun of Shanhaiguan Sent To Prison in Critical Condition
2008-08-27Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wei Danquan was arrested, put on trial twice and finally sentenced to four years of imprisonment. Even though Wei Danquan has appealed this sentence, he was sent to Jidong Prison in Tangshan City. Wei Danquan is an ex-army officer stationed at the Shanhaiguan Airport. He was suspended from his duties for practising Falun Gong. He has been persecuted many times. He was arrested, detained, tortured with torture devices and sentenced to imprisonment. He has been monitored, and his house was ransacked and property confiscated. The constant persecution throughout the years caused his health to deteriorate. -
Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at Beijiang Prison in Guangdong
2008-08-26Practitioner Huang Yongzhong wrote some good words about Falun Gong in his "thought reports in prison." Guards forced him to stand in the hot summer sun for a long time. The temperature reached over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the courtyard. Huang Yongzhong collapsed, and was subsequently beaten by a group of inmates. After they finished beating him and saw that he didn't wake up, they dragged him to the toilet and poured cold water on him. They dragged him outside to expose him to the sun again. Huang's buttocks were burned very badly and festered. After five days, when he was nearly dead, the prison officials sent Huang to the hospital. Huang was allowed to go home, but it was too late. He vomited blood continuously and died ten days later. -
Chinese Communist Party Officials in Wanquan County, Hebei Province Aggressively Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
2008-08-26Government officials in Wanquan County, Hebei Province have implicated Falun Gong practitioners in the name of "Olympic security." Each town, township and village is monitoring practitioners within their area. Officials have also broken into the homes of practitioners and individuals who had read Falun Gong books before the persecution began in 1999. The government officials forced them to sign their names, took their fingerprints and confiscated their identification cards. These agents threatened to hold a brainwashing session for those practitioners who didn't cooperate with them. -
Additional Information on Mr. Zhang Wenya's Death as a Result of Persecution
2008-08-26
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Wenya died as a result of persecution by the police from the Xian City Police Department in Shanxi Province on April 22nd, 2001. Mr. Zhang's family took his cremated remains back to Changchun City on June 24th, 2001. Police informed Mr. Zhang's family of his death two months after his actual death. When his family arrived at Xian City, they observed that his body was dark and without clothes. A police officer deceived his family by claiming that Mr. Zhang had jumped off a building and killed himself. The police played a videotape of it for his family.
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