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

  • 60-Year-Old Mr. Li Jinyu Died Due to Repeated Persecution

    Mr. Li Jinyu, 60, suffered from urinary bladder cancer. In 1998, however, he started practising Falun Dafa. Within several months all his diseases disappeared. The persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999. Li Jinyu said, "If I didn't practise Falun Gong, I would have died a long time ago." Because he didn't give up, authorities ransacked his home and monitored his movements. He was detained for fifteen days. They stole 70 yuan from him and extorted 200 yuan for "expenses." Soon after he was detained again and then repeatedly harassed at home. Li Jinyu had a relapse and passed away on May 17th, 2005.
  • Zhuozhou City 610 Office Returns Illegal Fines to Conceal Their Crimes

    Not long ago, Mr. Zhang Shun, Chairman of the 610 Office refunded the illegal fines extorted from Ms. Liu Jizhi (a Falun Gong practitioner raped by police), and practitioners Mr. Wang Helin and Ms. Qu Wenting. Zhang Shun gave it to the Xitong Village committee and left the money to the disposal of the committee. On the receipt it says it was a refund for the "training fee" at Nanma Base. This was an obvious attempt to obscure the facts of the crime and to hide the truth about the persecution.
  • Persecution Stories of Two Practitioners in Guojiatun Town, Shandong Province

    I went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and was arrested on Tiananmen Square. At the police station a group of police officers came and called me up to the second floor. They asked me if I wanted to continue practising Falun Dafa. I said: "Yes. Dafa is so good, I will practise for the rest of my life." Before I could finish speaking, the police officers started to beat me with their shoes. In half an hour, my buttocks became black. The police officers eventually stopped beating me. However, they forced me to press my hand onto an ink pad, and then forced me to rub my face with the dirty hand. They yelled at me, saying "If you wipe it off, we will beat you to death!"
  • Sun Fusheng and His Wife from Hebei Province Forced to Remain Homeless for Four Years

    Dafa practitioner Sun Fusheng and his wife Hou Xingzhi have been subjected to persecution because they practise Falun Dafa and forced to remain homeless for four years. In the second part of 2001, Mr. Sun was harassed by police and they tried to force him to write a "guarantee letter" promising to quit practising Falun Dafa and they handcuffed him to the heating pipes on the third floor. In order to avoid being persecuted, he left his home and went from place to place. 610 Office agents went to Ms. Hou's place of employment to harass her again and to try to force her to write the guarantee letter. The continual harassment and threat of being imprisoned forced Ms. Hou to leave home, leaving her daughter and parents behind.
  • Practitioner Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison and his Wife Recently Arrested

    In 2001, Guo Peijun and his wife were arrested. Guo Peijun and some other Falun Dafa practitioners refused to cooperate with the commands of the authorities, so police officers took turns beating them, and grabbing benches and wooden clubs to hit the head and face of Guo Peijun. Immediately, he started bleeding, and his skin was torn, with the flesh opened up. Later, while he was washing his clothes, after four rinses, the water was still red from the blood, and the clothes could not be cleaned any more. In 2005, Guo Peijun was sentenced to seven years in prison and is currently detained in Tiebei Prison. His wife Yu Jing was arrested again on July 12th.
  • Ms. Liu Guifu and Ms. Zhang Lianying Protest the Persecution in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Liu Guifu and Ms. Zhang Lianying from Beijing were imprisoned in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp for a long time. Their belief in Dafa was firm, so the labour camp gave up persecuting them with torture and brainwashing. They were each imprisoned in a single room in the training centre unit and separated from other people for a few months. At present, Ms. Liu Guifu and Ms. Zhang Lianying are taking measures to protest in the labour camp in order to be set free with a verdict of not guilty, but the details are still not known.
  • Mr. Gao Hongfei, 30, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Shanxi Province, Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Gao Hongfei, a Falun Dafa practitioner was a former student at Jilin Industrial University. While detained at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, he was subjected to numerous torture sessions and nearly died. When Mr. Gao returned to his hometown, he was again subjected to frequent threats and extortion by the local police. As a result, he became homeless and destitute. On August 9th, 2006, Mr. Gao passed away at the age of only 30.
  • 62-Year-Old Ms. Li Xuehua from Shanxi Province, Died As a Result of Persecution

    Prior to the Sixteenth Party Congress in 2002, the police ransacked the family's home and took Ms Li Xuehua to a custody centre. Her 80-year-old mother, who was left home alone, passed away one month later from starvation and illness. A citywide arrest of Dafa practitioners in Jincheng began on March 2nd, 2006. About 20 police officers broke into Li Xuehua’s home and ransacked it. They took all Dafa materials and related equipment and arrested Li Xuehua’s daughter. Long-term persecution devastated Li Xuehua. Ms. Li passed away on April 7th, 2006.
  • Ms. Lin Yanmei Force-Fed with Unknown Drugs At Sanshui Women's Labour Camp in Guangdong Province

    Ms. Lin Yanmei, a practitioner was arrested by Dianbai County Police Department 610 National Security Brigade. She has been in Guangdong Sanshui Women's Labour Camp for persecution for more than a year. The labour camp stealthily put unknown drugs in her food. At present, Ms. Lin's reactions are slow and she is depressed. Ms. Lin Yanmei's family members are extremely worried about her safety.
  • The Persecution Suffered by Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wen Aixia and Her Family

    Ms. Wen Aixia and her husband, Mr. Li Aige, suffered all kinds of persecution simply because they practise Falun Gong. During the last seven years of the persecution the couple has been detained many times and separated from their child on various occasions. Mr. Li Aige was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment for speaking to people about the facts of Falun Dafa and is now held at Baoding No. 1 Jail. Her father-in-law died as a result of harassment by the officials and missing his son. Ms. Wen had to carry her son while travelling from one place to another to avoid persecution.
  • Persecution Experiences of a Teenage Girl

    On June 5th, 2000, three practitioners and I went to Tiananmen Square to appeal to the government. We were sent to a detention centre. I had just turned 17 and finished school. I arrived at the detention centre terrified and in despair. On June 27th my family took me home. I was infected with scabies from the detention centre and spread it to my entire family. In April 2002 the authorities began a large-scale arrest of practitioners. I was sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. We were forced to pick more than 100 pounds of beans, one by one, from sunrise until sunset.
  • Beijing Falun Dafa Practitioner Bu Dongwei Sentenced to Two and One Half Years of Forced Labour Based on Fabricated Evidence

    On the evening of May 19th, 2006, Haidian Public Security Branch Bureau arrested Mr. Bu Dongwei, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Beijing. On August 15th, Mr. Bu's family received a "Statement of Reeducation through Labour" from the Legal System of the Haidian Public Security Branch Bureau, Beijing Public Security Bureau. The statement claims Bu Dongwei had hidden 80 copies of so-called Falun Gong "propaganda material" and thus was sentenced to two and one half years of forced labour. His family stated that they had only had several copies of Falun Gong books and didn't have any other materials.
  • Ding Haiqing's Suffering at Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City

    Guards used all kinds of cruel tactics to make Ms Ding Haiqing "transform," but to no avail. Ding Haiqing remained firm in her belief in Dafa. Therefore, Hou Zhihong beat her cruelly. The tortures she suffered included the "flying the airplane" and touching the head to the feet. When she could not reach that position, the guards kicked her, tortured her with electric batons, stabbed her with nails, and hit her hands against the windowsill, injuring her hands. She also suffered sleep deprivation if she did not finish what she was told to write. They forced her to stand for 17 hours (from 7 a.m. to midnight) daily without moving.
  • Details of the Unjust Arrests of More Than 20 Dafa Practitioners from Liaoning Province

    On July 22nd, 2006, more than 20 Dafa practitioners were arrested and imprisoned in the Panjin Jail and Detention Centre. The perpetrators did not show any credentials when they arrested them and confiscated these Dafa practitioners' property. In addition, some of the practitioners' family members were beaten and even arrested. Mr. Zou Liming's daughter was beaten and many places on her body were black and blue; Mr. Zhang Yawei's wife was beaten and his brother-in-law was arrested. At noon on July 22nd, the police held a banquet at Shaling Town to celebrate their arrest of so many practitioners.
  • 65-Year-Old Ms. Xu Xiuwen Persecuted by Banan District Detention Centre and Yongchuan Prison

    Elderly Dafa practitioner Ms. Xu Xiuwen was persecuted because of her steadfast faith in Falun Dafa. Police cruelly tortured her in order to extract a confession. She was later imprisoned in Banan District Detention Centre and Yongchuan Prison, and persecuted for three and half years before she was released. After being tortured for so long, she became severely sick. Her lower abdomen swelled and she could not eat, drink, or move. However, the guards still forced her to work. Her body was severely injured.