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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Ms. Liu Chengyan from Fushun City Arrested and Force-Fed with Hot Sauce
2013-08-06On July 1st, 2013, police invaded the home of Ms. Liu Chengyan in Wulaotun Village. They arrested her and confiscated her laptop, printer and other personal items. In order to force a confession from Ms. Liu, police then force-fed her with hot sauce, which made her mouth swell. Ms. Liu's son, Yu Jixin, is two and a half years old . He was greatly traumatized by the arrest of his mother and cries for her every day. Ms. Liu is being held in the NanGou Detention Centre. -
Gu Siping, Director of 610 Office in Yangpu District of Shanghai, Harasses and Threatens Practitioners
2013-08-06Gu Siping, director of the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in the Yangpu District of Shanghai, has kept Falun Gong practitioners under surveillance and persecuted them for a long time. He has harassed and threatened practitioners in residential areas. He has also sown discord between practitioners and their families. He boasted, “I will fight with Falun Gong until the end.” Many practitioners have been subjected to mental torture and persecution as a result of his orders. -
Ms. Wang Zhenxiu Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison, Her Brother and Husband Dead After Torture and Abuse
2013-08-06Ms. Wang Zhenxiu is a Falun Gong practitioner from Zibo City, Shandong Province. Since the Chinese communist regime began persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, she and her family have been repeatedly imprisoned and tortured for their peaceful belief. Most recently, after being arrested and held in the Zibo Detention Centre for nearly a year, Ms. Wang was sentenced to seven years in prison. Her husband, Mr. Wang Jingkui, was sent to a forced labour camp twice and later died as a direct result of the torture and abuse he suffered there. Ms. Wang's brother, Mr. Wang Xinbo, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Prison authorities sent him home in January 2006, on the verge of death as a result of torture. He died on February 10th, 2007. -
The Brutal Inside Story of a Jilin Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2013-08-06Falun Gong practitioners detained in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp have to start working at 5:30 a.m., and must work until 6:45 p.m. There are no breaks in between. The little bit of time allowed to have meals and use the toilet is considered rest time. The detained must make items with toxic plastic. The guards strictly forbid them from telling anyone that the plastic used there is poisonous. The supervisor summoned Falun Gong practitioner Song Baoqin to the warehouse on January 4th, 2013, and demanded that she tell them who reported that the plastic was toxic. When Song Baoqin refused to answer, she was viciously beaten. -
Kidney Transplant Patient Believes He Received a Falun Gong Practitioner's Organ
2013-08-06A reliable source in China reported the following story to the Minghui website. A Falun Gong practitioner's husband's friend received a kidney transplant in 2004. He lives in a town near Beijing. When news of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) practice of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners became public, the practitioner asked her husband's friend, “Do you know where your kidney came from?” He said, “Yes, I know. It was from a Falun Gong practitioner, a twenty three year-old young man.” -
Ms. Xing Limin Poisoned in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp
2013-08-06Ms. Xing Limin was poisoned at the Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp in April 2013. She lost her ability to walk the same day. In the labour camp, Ms. Xing was locked in a small cell for not cooperating with the guards in being “transformed” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]. In retaliation, the guards put unknown drugs in her meal. Soon afterward, Ms. Xing experienced a lot of pain. The labour camp authorities released Ms. Xing in May 2013 to avoid responsibility. She is still feeble and unable to walk. -
Ms. Lin Shaona Passes Away After being Mistreated in Prison and Denied Medical Parole
2013-08-06Ms. Lin Shaona was arrested on September 2nd, 2009 for telling people the truth about Falun Gong. Although the judge acknowledged her innocence at her trial, she was nonetheless sentenced to three years in prison at the end of September. She was incarcerated in the Guangdong Province Women's Prison. Her family was notified on February 10th, 2010, that she had breast cancer, and she remained incarcerated after surgery for two more years. When her health condition deteriorated, the prison officials released her to avoid any responsibility. Ms. Lin was unable to recover and passed away on June 26th, 2013. -
Two Falun Gong Women in Their 60's Sentenced to Six Years in Prison at a Show Trial in Shanghai
2013-08-06Ms. Bai Gendi and Ms. Yao Yuhua from Shanghai, both in their 60s, have been sentenced to prison for their belief in Falun Gong. The Xuhui District Court sentenced Ms. Bai to 6.5 years and Ms. Yao to 6 years on May 3rd, 2013. Their appeals were denied on June 18th. Since the Chinese communist regime began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, Ms. Bai and Ms. Yao have been arrested many times for their faith. Ms. Bai has been arrested six times and detained for a total of 10 years and 2 months. -
Father Killed by Police, Son Arrested for Seeking Justice
2013-08-04Mr. Li Zhiqin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Hebei Province, was arrested in 2007 by police. They beat him to death only three hours after his arrest. For years, his family appealed to various governmental departments in order to seek justice for Mr. Li. However, none of the agencies were willing to investigate the case. On July 5th, 2013, the family again appealed to the Hebei Provincial Higher Court, requesting compensation for Mr. Li's death. Three days later, on July 8th, his son and the wife and daughter of a witness were arrested by police. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Yang Naijian Tortured and Hung Up
2013-08-04Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Naijian from Qingdao City, Shandong Province, disappeared after he was arrested by agents of the Chinese communist regime on May 2nd, 2013. A fellow detainee said that Mr. Yang was tortured and hung up for three days and nights in the detention centre and was now emaciated. Mr. Yang's family are very anxious about his safety. -
Spanish Attorney Speaks at Falun Gong Rally, Advocates Stricter Laws on Organ Tourism
2013-07-31On July 20th, Falun Gong practitioners and human right activists from 27 European countries held a rally in front of City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, condemning the 14-year long persecution of Falun Gong in China. Mr. Carlos Iglesias, a lawyer from Spain, spoke at the rally about a Spanish law that prevents Spanish citizens from getting organ transplants in China. -
Guards at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp Continue to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
2013-07-31The windows in the fourth East Gate cell at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp are covered with paper and curtains, making it completely dark. Guard Zhang Lili uses this cell to torture practitioners. The cell is smaller than 270 square feet and there are torture devices including a stretching bed, all kinds of cloth belts, handcuffs, and high-volume speakers. The walls and floor are covered with drawings that slander Falun Gong. There are also two characters, saying “transform,” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] made out of neon lights which are about 28 inch in circumference. -
Successful TV Station Host Arrested, Fired, and Harassed for Practising Falun Gong
2013-07-30My name is Luo Hui and I am 45 years old. I was the host of CCTV's former Sanjiang Food Company of the Agriculture Bureau of Heilongjiang Province for 13 years. However, due to Jiang Zemin's, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] jealousy, he launched a comprehensive persecution against Falun Gong in July 1999. I was laid off from my position at the TV station. To let people know the truth about the persecution, my husband and I went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested. Since then my husband and I have suffered repeated persecution at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
After Years in Prisons and Labour Camps, Ms. Mo Huiping Is Once Again Arrested
2013-07-30Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Mo Huiping, 37, from Yinchuan City in Ningxia Autonomous Region was arrested in Wuzhong City. We have learned that Ms. Mo was targeted by the authorities for further persecution. This is the third time she has been severely persecuted. Ms. Luo Xinping was forced to pay two thousand yuan before she was released. -
Trumped Up Charges and Fabricated Evidence--Baoding Police and Court System Conspire to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
2013-07-30Recently the South District Court of Baoding City notified the family of Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wang Jinfeng, Ms. Wang Manhong and Mr. Song Guobin that the trial against them would begin within ten days. Before this, the Procuratorate of the South District had trumped up charges and fabricated evidence three times. The police said they were arrested because the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 18th Congress would open soon, and they would be released when it is over.