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

• Practitioners Arrested and Their Homes Ransacked in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia

  2008-06-23
  In April 2008, the Tongliao City Police Department, Ke District Police Department, Domestic Security Division, several police stations, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel from neighbourhood administrations made a coordinated effort to conduct a so-called "secret check-up" on local practitioners. They phoned or visited them, using the excuses of address verification, low income assistance registration, or providing job opportunities. On May 30th, they began wide-spread arrests. Police arrived with five locksmiths at the home of a female practitioner surnamed Zhang, broke in after picking the lock, and arrested this practitioner.
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• The Persecution of Mr. Zheng Xianjin's Family in Huaiyang, Henan Province

  2008-06-22
  Before July 1999, there were many people practising Falun Gong in Lutai Township of Huaiyang, Henan Province. Ever since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong, the police have repeatedly harassed Falun Gong practitioner Zheng Xianjin's family. The couple was arrested and imprisoned many times and their three children were beaten mercilessly by the police. Mr. Zheng's mother-in-law was so worried about them in the prison that she became ill and passed away. Recently, Mr. Zheng was arrested for the fourth time and tortured in the prison.
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• Details of the Persecution of Older Practitioner Mr. Liu Cheng

  2008-06-22
  Liu Cheng, 52, has been sentenced to forced labour twice and has spent a total of five years in labour camps. In 2000, police beat Mr. Liu until he was black and blue all over, with his face swollen and his nose bleeding. One policeman used a club to strike his legs so violently that he could not walk after the beating. In the Jinzhou City Correction Centre, Mr. Liu was forced to sit on a small stool for long periods of time. When he refused he was brutally beaten and shocked with electric batons. He was abused physically for over ten hours on a daily basis.
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• Children of Practitioners Arrested by Police in Dongkou County, Hunan Province

  2008-06-22
  Practitioner Ms. Xiao Hongyan was arrested on May 13th, 2008, and is currently being held in Dongkou County Detention Centre. Practitioner Ms. Liu Qiju was arrested on July 28th, 2007, and is now imprisoned at Baimalong Forced Labour Camp. On June 2nd, 2008, Xiang Xuan, director of a legal institute went to the home of Ms. Xiao's relatives. They charged Ms. Xiao's son Xiang Zhiyuan and Ms. Liu's son Xiang Shuocheng with going on-line at an Internet cafe to demand the release of their mothers. The police wanted to arrest the two boys, but local village officials said both were still teenagers. However, that night, Domestic Security Division officers still arrested Xiang Zhiyuan. Xiang Shuocheng managed to escape.
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• Chinese Communist Party Members in Qinan County, Shandong Province Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-06-22
  Using the upcoming Olympic Games as an excuse, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in Shuanghou Town on a large scale. So far, the police have arrested four practitioners. The four practitioners are currently held at the Qinan County Detention Centre, and have been subjected to interrogation and mistreatment. Two practitioners left home to avoid persecution, many have been harassed and interrogated, and homes were searched.
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• Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials Arrest and Fine Falun Gong Practitioners in Mengyin County, Shandong Province

  2008-06-21
  It is well-known that Mengyin County of Shandong Province is one of China's most poverty-stricken areas. Police from the local 610 Office and police stations use every chance possible to harass, torture and fine Falun Gong practitioners. Usually, they arrest practitioners and ransack their homes. They steal anything of value, including chickens, rabbits, dogs and trees. They take practitioners to brainwashing centres, police stations or detention centres. They take advantage of the sentimentality of practitioners' family members who do not want to see their loved ones suffer, and force them to pay excessive fines. Some practitioners become impoverished due to the greediness of those evil people, and their children have to quit school and work to help pay the debts.
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• Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Hongjiang City, Hunan Province Arrested

  2008-06-21
  On May 28th, police officers from Hongjiang City broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Biyun's home. They ransacked the home, arrested Ms. Wang, and then detained her at Baihunao Detention Centre. At 7:00 p.m., police officers broke into Ms. Yang Jinlan's home, and arrested Ms. Yang, who is in her seventies, then also detained her at the Baihunao Detention Centre. On May 30th, each was extorted of 800 yuan before they were released.
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• Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners from Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province Arrested

  2008-06-21
  Police arrested Ms. Chen Guifang as she was distributing material exposing the persecution on December 26th, 2007. She was sentenced to a three-year prison term. Ms. Chen Guifang has a dependent mother in her eighties who is now left to fend for herself. Ms. Lu Guizhen was arrested by a police officer as she was distributing Falun Gong-related materials on January 12th, 2008. She was sentenced to a one-year prison term and became ill due to mistreatment in detention. Her mental health is very poor. Despite frequent inquiries and requests for release by her family, the prison authorities have refused to release her.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Meng Qinglin from Changchun Sent to a Forced Labour Camp for the Fourth Time

  2008-06-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Meng Qinglin is in his sixties. He has once again been sent to a forced labour camp because he was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. This is the fourth time Mr. Meng has been detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mr. Meng is currently being held in Weizigou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun. Division Chief Li and others have hung him by his handcuffed wrists and poured cold water on him, among other inhuman tortures.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Jinbo from Yanji City is Cruelly Tortured

  2008-06-20
  During nine years of persecution of Falun Gong in China, Zhang Jinbo has been cruelly tortured, and unable to marry or to live a normal life. Due to an extended forced labour term, her mental and physical health drastically declined. Her body incurred great harm from torture, and many diseases surfaced. Her residency registration was withheld, and would only be restored if she gave up her belief. It was forbidden for her to go abroad to work. She had to live a poverty-ridden existence in exile.
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• Elderly Ms. Li Xiaowen Dies After Being Tortured in Brainwashing Centre in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

  2008-06-20
  Ms. Li Xiaowen, 67, lived in Sichuan Province. In November 2007, she was arrested and taken to Chengdu City Legal Education Centre, a Brainwashing Centre located in Xinjin County. She was tortured to the point of being in critical condition, and was released in March 2008. She had been having heavy bleeding ever since. Ms. Li Xiaowen had been arrested many times, and endured torture numerous times. At the beginning of May 2008, she passed out due to the bleeding, and was taken to Sichuan Province Medical University Affiliated Hospital for recovery. She died at the beginning of June 2008.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Luo Jiabin Tortured and in Critical Condition

  2008-06-20
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Jiabin has been on hunger strike to protest his persecution since he was arrested in Chenzhou City by Communist Party officers on May 11th, 2008. He was secretly taken to the Shaodong County Detention Centre and is now being tortured there. He has been on hunger strike for 28 days and is in critical condition. His family members are very worried and are calling on people of conscience in and outside of China to help rescue him.
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• Three Female Practitioners from Yingcheng City, Hubei Province, Arrested

  2008-06-20
  On June 4th, 2008, Ms. Wang Changping, a practitioner, went to the Gepu Police Station to request the release of two female practitioners. Police officers forced her into a police car. She was detained at Dongmafang Police Station for more than two hours. During this time, the police prohibited her family from seeing her and also beat them. On June 5th, 2008, Ms. Gao Wenxia, Ms. Li Yuling, and another female practitioner visited Dongmafang Police Station to ask for the release of Ms. Wang. As a result, the three were forced into a police car and taken to the No. 2 Detention Centre in Yingcheng City.
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• 64-Year-Old Mr. Liu Yanheng Dies as Result of Being Tortured at Benxi City Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province

  2008-06-19
  On September 8th, 2007, police in Benxi City took Mr. Liu Yanheng, 64, into custody. He was subsequently sentenced to two years of forced labour. There are many means of torture means used in Benxi City Forced Labour Camp, including the stretching bed, locking in a small cell, and other brutal methods. Many detained practitioners have been tortured until they develop heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke Due to being subjected to brutal treatment while in detention, he died ten days after his release from Benxi City Forced Labour Camp on June 7th, 2008.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Cruelly Tortured in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2008-06-19
  For distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong to people, practitioner Ms. Zhong Shujuan has been sentenced to forced labour three times and detained once. She is now being inhumanly tortured and persecuted in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. She is in great anguish every day not being able to see her daughter, and her mother is close to 80 years old and isn't able to take care of herself. She has been shocked with electric batons, beaten with rubber clubs, subjected to corporal punishments, and stripped of her clothes so that others could write words defaming Falun Gong on her body.
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