Exposing the Persecution

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• 64-Year-Old Mr. Liu Tingheng Dies After Being Tortured in Benxi City "Legal Centre" in Liaoning Province

  2008-08-07
  Mr. Liu Tingheng, 64, was arrested and detained four times. In September 2001, he was detained in the Weining Forced Labour Camp of Benxi City. Guards locked him in a small cell, cuffed his hands behind his back, which cut into his flesh and caused his wrists and hands to swell the next day. He was bitten by mosquitoes all over his body and suffered incontinence. He was then tortured with the sitting board 13 hours per day, during which he was not allowed to talk or move. In April 2007, Mr. Liu was arrested for the last time and detained in Benxi City Forced Labour Camp. He was tortured until he was bedridden for a month, his chest became full of liquid, and the camp administration allowed his family to pick him up. Only twenty days after returning home, he died, on the early morning of June 9th, 2008.
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• Police in Laishui County, Hebei Province Once Again Conduct Large Scale Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-08-07
  Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of Laishui County, Hebei Province held a meeting about persecuting Falun Gong. The officials involved in the meeting included those from the local 610 Office, police department, Procuratorate, court, and all responsible persons from towns, villages, bureaus and sections. The meeting's focus was the persecution of all practitioners in the Laishui County area in the name of the "protecting the Olympic Games." They continued arresting many Falun Gong practitioners all over the County. They also set a quota for the practitioners to be arrested, which would be no less than 300 practitioners. Moreover, a quota was set for each of the towns, villages and communities. Every village was required to hire 30 people without fixed duties, who engaged in patrols, with red arm bands.
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• The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Harassed People During the Olympic Torch Relay

  2008-08-06
  The Olympic Torch arrived in Jilin City on June 15th. The 610 Office, the Political and Legal Committee, and the police department were responsible for the arrests of many practitioners. Brainwashing sessions were held in an old building near the 205 Factory of the Jilin Chemical Company. Every practitioner was put in solitary confinement. Those in charge tried to brainwash every one of them every day. Ms. Che Didi, a young teacher, was arrested and detained in the brainwashing centre. Her daughter was only six years old. Practitioners in all areas were harassed.
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• "I Follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and That's Not Wrong"

  2008-08-06
  "I follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and that's not wrong." This was what Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lu Xingying said to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police when she was arrested. But four people surrounded her and carried her into the car. Town official Hu Shoudong forced Ms. Lu to sit on the ice-cold floor for more than an hour. Others beat and cursed at her and tried to threaten her to stop practising Falun Gong. Ms. Lu would not cooperate and several people took turns beating her and kicking her. Shi Zenghua took Ms. Lu somewhere with no light and hit her with a stick more than a dozen times. They also forced her to sit on the ground with her legs straight and arms sticking out parallel to the legs. While she was in that posture, they kicked her arms and legs, and one other person stepped on her toes.
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• Zunhua Police in Hebei Province Search Practitioners' Homes

  2008-08-06
  At noon on July 6th, 2008, police searched the home of Zhao Jingjun, a Falun Gong pracitioner in Qihu Village. That night, the police also searched the home of Mr. Liu Changyou and his wife, Ms. Wen Cuiying. On July 7th, the police searched the home of Wen Ruihua, who lives in Wenzhuang Village. Later, the police followed a list of dozens of people, which was provided by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official in Zunhua City, and started a large-scale home-search sweep in Wenzhuang Village. If Falun Gong materials were found in a house, they arrested the owner, which made everyone feel insecure. On July 10th, ten people searched the home of 76-year-old Ms. Li Chunhua, who comes from Wenzhuang Village. They confiscated a lot of personal property and detained this older person in the Zunhua Detention Centre.
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• Officials in Weifang City, Shandong Province, Arrest Over 40 Falun Gong Practitioners in Preparation for the Olympics

  2008-08-06
  On July 9th, 2008, officials in Weifang City, with Zhang Xinqi in charge, began a new round of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners under the pretext of "security" for the Olympics. Beginning at 6 a.m., officers from the 610 Office, public safety bureaus, and security bureaus arrested dozens of practitioners and confiscated their personal belongings. During the past nine years, over 93 practitioners in Weifang City died because of the persecution. Nearly 1,000 practitioners were taken to forced labour camps, and almost 100 received different kinds of sentences. This time, officials arrested over 40 practitioners within just a few hours.
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• Mr. Wang Maosheng Arrested and Beaten to Near Death by the Police

  2008-08-05
  On the evening of July 8th, 2008, while waiting for some other people, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Maosheng was arrested by four officers from Mohudian Police Station. At Mohudian Police Station, four or five officers beat him so brutally that he suffered a concussion. He felt dizzy, and his head ached. His chest was seriously injured and he coughed up blood. The injuries they inflicted on his abdomen resulted in a hernia. He was in critical condition. The police took Mr. Wang to emergency at Ling'gang Hospital. Because an emergency operation requires a signature and about 40,000 yuan, the officers just left Mr. Wang there and fled.
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• The Persecution of Older Practitioner Ms. Jiang Youchun, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Hubei Province

  2008-08-05
  Ms. Jiang Youchun, is a 58 year old practitioner. She is being persecuted because she would not renounce her belief in Falun Gong and would not stop 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. She was once detained in a detention centre in Dongguan city for 14 months and was forced to do slave labour.
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• Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Authorities in Guang'an Region, Sichuan Province, Arrest Several Practitioners in Recent Months

  2008-08-05
  Recently, in several counties in the Guang'an region including Guang'an, Huaying, Linshui, and Yuechi, more than ten Falun Gong practitioners were arrested. Guang'an City authorities planned to set up a brainwashing centre to persecute them. On the morning of June 10th, 2008, practitioner Deng Qixing was arrested. A few days later he was sentenced to forced labour. On May 5th, 2008, Guang'an authorities arrested Luo Keyu, who is over 80 years old, and several other practitioners.
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• Practitioners from Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, Recently Taken to Prison

  2008-08-05
  Ms. Wang Shuxian, 65 years old, and Mr. Geng Guoge were arrested on June 26th, 2008. They were recently taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. Since February 2008, just in Chaoyang City alone, 48 practitioners have been arrested. Ten were sentenced to long-term imprisonment, one was persecuted to death, four are critically ill, nine were sentenced to forced labour, some were forced to leave home, others were harassed and their homes were searched, and still others were forced to sign a certain statement against their will.
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• Ms. Shi Yuping, 62, of Tianjin City Was Secretly Sentenced to Three-and-a-Half Years in Prison

  2008-08-04
  Over the past nine years of persecution, practitioner Ms. Shi Yuping has been imprisoned several times because of her practice of Falun Gong. On January 25th, 2003, while she was visiting her parents, she was arrested. On December 18th, 2007, as M. Shi was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, she was arrested by officers. She was detained for two weeks. On January 3rd, 2008, Ms. Shi was released. Recently Ms. Shi, age 62, was secretly sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison after she was detained in the Wuqing Detention Centre for more than a year. She has been imprisoned since February 2nd, 2007. All family visit requests have been denied by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities.
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• Mr. He Changlong from Yongji County, Jilin Province Arrested and His Home Ransacked

  2008-08-04
  On the afternoon of July 7th, 2008, Mr. He Changlong was arrested at his home by police. They also ransacked his home. His son, who had just graduated from high school, was also arrested. Mr. He and his son were both detained at the police bureau for nearly 10 hours. Police officers ransacked his home and confiscated a satellite dish, antenna, and two bottles of ink. Because he was purposefully looking for more "evidence" so that they could press heavier charges against him, Wang Shixiang claimed that the ink, which is used for writing Chinese calligraphy, was used for a printer. His 20-year-old son, also a high school graduate, and a senior over 80-years-old are alone now and having a difficult time.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Guang'an City, Sichuan Province

  2008-08-04
  As the Olympics approaches, the Guang'an government has been harassing, arresting and persecuting Falun Gong practitioners under orders laid out in secret documents by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). During the last three months, dozens of practitioners in various counties and townships of Guang'an City have been arrested, the oldest being over 80 years old. Some of these practitioners were sent to forced labour camps to be tortured without trial.
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• Recent Persecution Cases in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province

  2008-08-04
  Mr. He Congfeng, 47, was held in the Jiamusi City Prison from April 2002 to April 2008. In April 2004, he was tortured for refusing to perform forced labour. Party Director Wang Guozhi tied him to a power pole and doused him with water from head to toe in the cold weather. In August 2004, the guards ordered other prisoners to keep him from sleeping for several days in a row. Mr. He was finally released in mid-April 2008, but on May 28th, 2008, police officers arrested him at his home during the night. They also seized his Falun Gong books and DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Jilin City Authorities Conduct Arrests in the Name of Protecting the Olympics

  2008-08-03
  To prepare for the Olympic Torch arriving in Jilin City on July 15th, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities started massive arrests of people two months prior. People targeted for arrest included dissenters who criticized the CCP's corruption, those who protested their homes being demolished by the authorities without permission, laid-off workers, and people of spiritual conviction, including Falun Gong practitioners. In a span of two months, Jilin City 610 Office agents arrested more than 100 Falun Gong practitioners.
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