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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Physically Disabled Ms. Liu Yaqin Abused in a Forced Labour Camp
2008-03-10In 2006, Falun Gong Practitioner Liu Yaqin was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. The 610 Office sentenced her to a year and a half in a labour camp. Due to complications following severe paraplegia from myelitis, she cannot take care of herself without some assistance and was rejected by the labour camp. Later, they forced her into a labour camp without a physical examination. -
Mr. Yan Hongjie of Harbin City Dies as Result of Persecution
2008-03-09Mr. Yan Hongjie was 46-years-old. In November 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and since that time endured unjust detainment and persecution. As a punishment for doing the Falun Gong exercises in Yimianpo Forced Labour Camp the guards forced him to carry heavy rocks. A full basket of rocks on one's shoulder could make a person fall and breathing was difficult. Even so, Mr. Yan was forced to run uphill with a full bucket of stones on his shoulders. This hard labour produced wounds all over his body.The persecution that Mr. Yan Hongjie was subjected to caused him physical damage and financial ruin. He passed away on February 24th, 2008. -
62-Year-Old Ms. Qi Changping of Suining City, Sichuan Province, Dies as a Result of Persecution
2008-03-09Due to the Chinese Communist Party's long term persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Qi Changping, a 62-year-old practitioner was forced to leave her home. Ms. Qi was detained many times and sentenced to a forced labour camp twice because she refused to give up her practice of Falun Gong. She was caught appealing for justice for Falun Gong. Even her relatives were harassed, and the police ransacked their homes. Her husband had nowhere to go to appeal for justice and passed away. She had to live a life in the harsh environment of homelessness until her death on February 11th, 2008. -
Police in Changchun Use a Practitioner's Young Teenage Child as Bait
2008-03-09On the afternoon of May 9th, 2007, policeman from the Shuguang Road precinct in the Nan'guan District of Changchun went to Ms. Yang Defang's house and arrested her. Later, they camped out at her home and waited for her husband to come home. In order to draw out other practitioners, they made Ms. Yang's thirteen year old son stand on the street as bait. Policemen hid on the other side of the street, intending to arrest anyone who said hello to the boy. -
More Information on the Death of Older Practitioner Mr. Hu Zengxiang from Ju County, Shandong Province
2008-03-09Mr. Hu Zengxiang was over 60 years old. Mr. Hu never gave up his belief in the principles of Falun Gong--"Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance"--even when the persecution launched by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was most severe. He never stopped speaking out for justice for Falun Gong either. In 2005, he was detained for more than a month in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. After he returned home, he was very weak due to the brutal treatment he was subjected to in the labour camp. Mr. Hu was again secretly arrested by CCP personnel on December 29th, 2007. Within about three weeks he was dead. -
Large Number of Beijing Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested Before Olympics
2008-03-08According to sources from Beijing, from the end of 2007 to early this year, at least 100 Falun Gong practitioners with confirmed names (oftentimes practitioners do not reveal their true identity to protect family, friends and colleagues) have been arrested in Beijing. Some were immediately sentenced to eight months in prison. It is believed to be a new round of suppression by the Chinese Communist Party before the next session of the National Congress in March and the Olympics in August 2008. -
Three Elderly Practitioners Persecuted by Liu Hong from Mingjiang Community Security in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
2008-03-08Mingjiang Community Security officer Liu Hong has relentlessly followed Communist regime orders to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Recently he cooperated with people from the Longquan 610 Office and arrested three elderly practitioners Ms. Zhang Cifang (72 years old), Ms. Shi Lanfang (72 years old), and Ms. Li Fangling (in her sixties) and took them to a brainwashing centre. After these three practitioners were detained in the brainwashing centre, they were closely monitored around the clock and forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong. Oftentimes, they were faced with one or more people who continually yelled at them and tried to brainwash them. They were often verbally abused and beaten. -
Exposing Crimes Committed by Guards at Hulan Prison in Heilongjiang Province
2008-03-08On January 21st, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Liu Zhimin, detained at Hulan Prison, was beaten up by political instructor Lu Mingdong. Lu said while beating Mr. Liu, "I will be responsible if you suffer a concussion." Liu Zhimin still lies in bed, his face swollen and his teeth loose. One of the many tortures meted out on practitioners includes: "chain sitting", where one's chest is bound tightly to the back of the person in front. The eyes have to focus on the front persons' head, and the legs have to be spread apart. They have to sit like this for 14 to 15 hours every day. Practitioners' eyes must be open, otherwise they would be beaten. -
Supplemental Information Regarding the Persecution-Caused Death of Ms. Li Wenxia in the Tanggu District, Tianjin City
2008-03-08Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Wenxia was arrested in 2000 and taken to the Tanggu Detention Centre. She was incarcerated for nine months and was near death at her release. She was barely breathing and looked skeletal. She could not see clearly, and her hearing was bad. She also had difficulty speaking. Communist regime agents still continually harassed and threatened her. Li Wenxia thus lived in great fear and could not recover properly. She finally died in December 2006. -
Arrested Three Times and Imprisoned for Five Years in Masanjia Labour Camp: 58-Year-Old Shi Yingchun from Liaoning Province
2008-03-07Ms. Shi Yingchun, 58, is from Huludao City, Liaoning Province. In the years of persecution of Falun Gong, Shi Yingchun has been arrested three times for practising the Falun Gong exercises in a a park and has been imprisoned and tortured for five years in total. In Masanjia Forced Labour Camp she was often beaten by guards. Compared to the physical torture, the mental torment was more cruel. Under the pressure and lies of warden Qiu Ping, Shi Yingchun was "transformed" and wrote a guarantee of "not practising any more". After that, she felt sad and depressed and often cried for no reason. Then she was sent to a mental hospital forcefully and prescribed some medication for mental disorders. She was forced to take the medication and so-called "punctuation" treatment in the forced labour camp. She felt awful after taking the medication and the treatment once, so they had to stop. -
Shanghai Court Sentences Practitioner Zhou Lixun to Three Years of Confinement
2008-03-07On January 15th, 2008, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court in the Hongkou District of Shanghai City, carried out instructions from the 610 Office, acting in accordance with prearranged procedure, to sentence seriously ill Falun Gong practitioner Zhou Lixun to three years in prison. The sentence will be served outside of prison, because of her poor health, to three years in prison. The sentence will be served outside of prison because of her poor health. When she was arrested on the street for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution one passerby said: "Why do people who practise Falun Gong have to suffer this type of mistreatment?" -
Mr. Li Zhonghua from Xichang City, Sichuan Province Arrested and Tortured
2008-03-07On May 9th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Zhonghua and two other practitioners from Xichang City, Sichuan Province, went to a fellow practitioner's home to install a satellite receiver. Personnel from the National Security Team of Xichang City arrested them. Mr. Li Zhonghua was sentenced to one year and three months of forced labour. He is currently detained and subjected to torture at the Mapingba Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Xichang City. The detainees there often extort money from him, and beat and verbally abuse him. -
The Persecution and Torture Suffered by Ms. Zhao Tianxiu from Weifang City, Shandong Province
2008-03-07On August 15th, 2006, practitioner Ms. Zhao Tianxiu was arrested at home and taken to the Weifang Detention Centre. She was then sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour. During that time, she endured inhuman tortures. Thugs beat her up. Zhao Tianxiu fainted many times from the inhuman tortures she was subjected to. After the doctor discovered her heart rate to be faster than usual and her blood pressure high, the guards stopped beating her, but they would watch her day and night, to prevent her from sleeping. She was finally released in January 2008. -
Police Torture Ms. Chi Yan Even After Prior Abuse Left Her Critically Ill
2008-03-06Ms. Chi Yan was a very healthy person before she was persecuted. However, under Chinese Communist Party rule, she was subjected to such brutal treatment mentally, physically, and financially such as being beaten with electric batons and forced labour that she developed an incurable illness. The labour camp guards intentionally delayed her treatment and now her health has deteriorated. -
50-Year-Old Practitioner Ms. Ma Xia Subjected to Prolonged Persecution in Zhengzhou City
2008-03-06Along with her child, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Xia has been arrested five times by members of the the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999. The first four times, she was imprisoned and had to leave her son to her parents. However, due to the immense psychological pressure, both grandparents passed away. Now, Ms. Ma has been subjected to prolonged persecution by the CCP along with her son.