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Persecution Continues in Brainwashing Centres in Jiangjin District, Chongqing

2014-02-25

The persecution of Falun Gong is ongoing, despite the much-touted dismantling of the forced labour camp system in China. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues its brutal repression by ordering police, prosecutors, judicial system staff, and local officials to continue with the same policies of arbitrary arrest, detention, and brainwashing. The same physical and spiritual torture methods, designed to force practitioners to renounce their beliefs, continue to be employed in brainwashing centres in Jiangjin District of Chongqing.

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Mr. Zhou Jiafu Brutally Beaten at Hulan Prison, Family Visits Denied

2014-02-25

Zhou Jiafu, a 42-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested at his home by police in September 2012. He was sentenced to four years in prison at a secret trial held by Dongshan District Court in March 2013, and was taken to Jiamusi Prison, followed by Hulan Prison. His family members went to visit him on December 24th, 2013, but were denied their right to see him. The reason given by the prison was that Mr. Zhou used someone's mobile phone to call home and was therefore placed in solitary confinement as punishment. His family learned that he was also badly beaten.

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Tortured to the End: Personal Account of the Last Person to Leave the Qianjin Forced Labour Camp

2014-02-25

Ms. Zuo Xianfeng was the last Falun Gong practitioner detained in Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City before it was shut down. She walked out of the camp on the morning of August 29th, 2013. Ms. Zuo was reported to the police by a villager while she was distributing informational materials about Falun Gong and was arrested on November 4th, 2012. She was detained there for two years and two months. On her day of release, officials still tried to make her write the “three statements” to renounce Falun Gong before releasing her and tried unsuccessfully to forcibly transfer Ms. Zuo to another detention facility.

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Mr. Song Guoli Subjected to the Torture “Hanging on Ice”

2014-02-25

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Song Guoli has been repeatedly persecuted since he was arrested in 2003. He was interrogated by torture, imprisoned in a detention centre, a labour camp and a brainwashing centre, and has suffered various tortures including a particularly brutal one known as “Hanging on ice.” In the dead of winter, head guard Lu poured cold water on the ground in the courtyard. After it began turning to ice, Lu forced Mr. Song to “stand” on the ice, with only his hands and toes touching the icy ground while his body had to be in the air. The torture lasted an hour, causing his fingers and toes to ache and become numb.

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Mr. Du Zhiying Dies Within Months of Release from County Detention Cente

2014-02-25

Mr. Du Zhiying died on January 16th, 2014, eight months after he was released from the county detention centre in July 2013. Within Mr. Du's first month in the detention cente, he had been tortured to the point where he was unable to speak and could no longer take care of himself. His over 80-year-old mother had to take care of him after his release. Mr. Du was subjected to multiple arrests, detentions, and forced slave labour over the past several years. He was shocked with multiple electric batons at 800,000 volts in the notorious Masanjia Forced Labour Camp.

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78 Year Old Woman Brutally Beaten to Being Crippled

2014-02-21

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shi Lanfang, 78, was a picture of health with a face that glowed. However, she now has a humped back and is lame in one leg after being brutally beating by a police officer. Ms. Shi was arrested in early 2001 for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. A police officer beat her with a rubber-wrapped baton for over two hours. As a result, her forearms were broken, much of her hair was pulled out, and her body was bruised all over. Her back became bent and she became crippled after the beating.

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Belated News: Mr. Yu Huinan Passed Away in 2006 as a Result of Torture

2014-02-21

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Huinan died as a result of being tortured at the hands of the communist regime on January 4th, 2006. This news has been delayed for eight years due to the information blockade in China. Mr. Yu was arrested in 2000, for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and held in Suzhou No. 3 Prison. He was tortured because he refused to renounce Falun Gong.

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Mr. Wang Haitian Dies Soon after Release from Brainwashing Centre

2014-02-21

Since Mr. Wang Haitian was released from the Shahezi Brainwashing Centre on December 5th, 2013, his health deteriorated rapidly. He suffered breathing difficulty, a severely swollen abdomen, and constipation. He died within two months of his release, on February 2nd, 2014, at the age of 45. Three days after his death, his mouth turned black and purple and his face green. Small black particles about the size of grains of rice were found in his ashes. Family members suspect that he had been injected with harmful drugs.

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Ms. Bao Wenju Recounts the Torture She Suffered

2014-02-19

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Bao Wenju was arrested by police in October 2013, and taken a brainwashing centre. She has since been subjected to torture, including being force-fed with chilli water and mustard oil through her nose, and having cigarettes inserted into her nostrils. The police have even threatened to remove her corneas.

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Torture Methods Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in Sichuan

2014-02-19

The Wumaping Prison in Sichuan Province was specifically established to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Violent prisoners including murderers, drug addicts and burglars were selected to assist the prison guards in torturing practitioners to coerce them into renouncing Falun Gong. Torture methods included: freezing: Sitting on the ground or standing in the snow, wearing thin clothes; sleep deprivation: 1-2 hours of sleep per day and shocking, also called “therapy:” Removing all clothes of the steadfast practitioners, and shocking their naked bodies with high-voltage electric batons.

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Ms. Hou Qingyuan Poisoned and Jailed for Nine Years

2014-02-19

Ms. Hou Qingyuan has been persecuted since 1999. She was detained in a mental hospital even though she is mentally healthy. She was also sent to forced labour camps, and sentenced to nine years in jail. During her incarceration she was poisoned, handcuffed and force-fed, and abused in various ways. In detention, the police put a substance that emitted toxic fumes in Ms. Hou's cell. Throughout the night, Ms. Hou was surrounded with the toxic fumes. The police then burned a poisonous-smelling stick. Ms. Hou felt like numerous tiny needles were piercing her eyes. She went into a coma-like state for more than forty days.

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Ms. Huo Meilian Dies After Years of Persecution

2014-02-19

Practitioner Ms. Huo Meillian was at home on January 24th, 2014, when Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials broke into her home. She had just recovered from a major illness. The officers confiscated her personal belongings and Falun Gong materials without a search warrant. She felt great mental pressure, resulting in a worsening health condition. She died two days later on January 26th. Ms. Huo and her husband Mr. Chen have been persecuted since the start of the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. However they persisted in their beliefs.

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Former College Professor Serving 20-Year Unjust Prison Term and Being Tortured

2014-02-19

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Min, 70, a former lecturer of the Electronic Engineering Department at Jiamusi University, is serving an unjust 20-year sentence in Shandong Provincial Prison, because he broadcast information exposing the persecution about Falun Gong in 2003 through the TV. When Mr. Huang's son went to see his father in December 2013, Mr. Huang was carried out by prison personnel. Mr. Huang's mouth was mangled, his face deformed, and there were many blisters on his lips due to force feeding.

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Teacher Handcuffed and Shackled for Two Weeks for Answering Survey Truthfully

2014-02-19

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiaojie answered a survey honestly stating that detainees in the Qinhuangdao City Detention Centre are forced to do hard labour producing paper boxes for famous bakeries and the daily workload for each inmate has increased from several hundred to more than 2,000 boxes a day. In response, officer Hu Wei put shackles on Ms. Zhang's hands and feet and immobilized her in the detention centre for half a month. The shackles weighed several dozen pounds.

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Ms. Zhao Zhiyun Dies from Years of Torture and Harassment

2014-02-19

Ms. Zhao Zhiyun from Baoding City, Hebei Province died on December 26th, 2013, as a result of repeated arrests, torture, forced labour, surveillance and harassment in the persecution of Falun Gong. When Ms. Zhao was detained in Mancheng County Detention Centre in 2001, she was subjected to force-feeding twice a day for 30 days. Guards inserted a two-foot long rubber pipe into her stomach through her nostril. They force-fed Ms. Zhao with cornmeal, vegetable soup and a lot of salt. They left the pipe in her even after force-feeding. The rubber pipe stayed in her nose and stomach to keep Ms. Zhao in pain. After force-feeding, Ms. Zhao was usually left on the ground or handcuffed to an iron cage.

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