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

  • Three More Practitioners in Xinjiang, Shandong and Heilongjiang Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Zhou Shimin was a teacher in Shandong Province. After he started practising Falun Dafa in 1994, his heart problem, high blood pressure, and other illnesses all disappeared without a trace. After the persecution began, he kept explaining the truth of Falun Dafa with his own experience to the public. As a result, he was constantly harassed and once detained and forced to go through brainwashing, causing great damage to his mind and body. He passed away on June 8th, 2003, at the age of 65.
  • Reenactment of Torture Methods at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp - Part 5

    Guards and an inmate yanked practitioner Ms. Zou Guirong's hair and forced her to stand on the floor while they took turns shocking her. The guards laughed hysterically as they shocked her, saying, "This is fun! [She is] funnier than a monkey in the zoo." Ms. Li Suyun was shocked on the chest with eight electric batons, each capable of releasing 300,000 volts. Smoke rose from her body and the smell of roasted flesh could be detected outside the building.
  • Elderly Dafa Practitioner Mr Zheng Dinghe from Guizhou Province Persecuted to Death

    In September 2005, 64-year-old Zheng Dinghe went to visit his daughter and was arrested. On December 4th, he was taken back home by the 610 Office. Without any legal procedure, he was thrown into a detention centre the same day. On February 18th, 2006, the police sent him to hospital for emergency treatment, without notifying his family. The second day Zheng Dinghe's son received a notice that his father had died in the hospital that morning. When Zheng's family rushed to the hospital, they saw that his ears, mouth and nose were stuffed with cotton. His body had shrunk in size. He was only skin and bones. His hands clenched tightly. His right toes were opaque and rotten to the point that bones could be seen.
  • Detailed Information about Wang Tiesong's Torture Death at the Yanbian Forced Labour Camp in 2001

    Agents for the Communist regime arrested Wang Tiesong in October 2000 and tortured him to death at the Yanbian Forced Labour Camp in 2001. Wang Tiesong was a 32-year-old young man whom the guards murdered by savagely beating him for three hours. Wang Tiesong died for his firm belief, just because he insisted on living his life according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, to be a good person. His elderly parents have lost their son.
  • Seven Practitioners from Hebei, Liaoning, and Jilin Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    Practitioner Ms. Wang Zhiqiang, 40, lived in Liaoning Province. She went to Beijing twice to appeal and was arrested many times. Her home was ransacked multiple times. She was held in custody centres, detention centres, brainwashing classes and forced labour camps, where she was savagely tortured. She broke free and lived a homeless life. Due to the hardships of going from place to place she died on December 11th, 2005.
  • Three Falun Dafa Practitioners Die Due to Persecution

    Practitioner Ms. Yao Fuqin was 59 years old, and had severe heart disease before cultivating Falun Dafa, and took lots of medicine. Since beginning Falun Dafa practice in 1994, she had not taken any medicine and her heart disease disappeared. She rode her bike to spread Falun Dafa everywhere, telling people how miraculously her sicknesses disappeared. In 2000, she was detained in Tangshan City First Detention Centre for nine months, and it severely injured her, both mentally and physically. After she returned home, the district Education Bureau, 610 Office and police sent many people to harass her at home. They threatened her and subjected her to huge mental pressures. She died on October 30th, 2005.
  • What I Know about the Persecution at the No. 2 Women's Camp in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    In April 2005, Ms. Cong Aidong became mentally disordered after the guards savagely force-fed her. She accidentally swallowed two metal clips, which caused excruciating pain. She was sent to the hospital a few times but her condition didn't improve after nearly 1,000 yuan was spent on medical examinations. The labour camp authorities hid the truth and prevented her from receiving medical further treatment. She lived in agony. Zhang Lei handcuffed Ms. Cong to the radiator pipe for more than 10 hours, during which time she was not allowed to use the toilet.
  • Practitioners Brutally Persecuted in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison

    Agents from Liaoning Province arrested Ms. Gong Xiaochen (alias). Officer Guan Yong persecuted her relentlessly and tried to force her to tell the name of her fellow practitioners, but she refused to do so. Guan forced Ms. Gong's legs apart and beat her brutally. As a result of the torture, she was unable to walk for several days and displayed injuries all over her body, especially on her face and legs, which were full of gruesome bruises. Other practitioners in the prison were also brutally persecuted.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yingdong Leaves Home to Avoid Persecution, Heishan Police Arrest Her Husband

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Yingdong was secretly sentenced to seven years in prison when she was already on the verge of death. Due to her condition, the court issued an order allowing Ms. Zhang to temporarily serve her sentence outside the detention centre, and Zhang Yingdong was sent home. Zhang Yingdong was very frail but had no choice but to leave home to avoid additional persecution. Her current whereabouts are unknown. Her husband was taken to the detention centre as a hostage. Many police officers went to search for Zhang Yingdong throughout the area. They harassed many Falun Gong practitioners and their families.
  • Reenactment of Torture Methods at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp - Part 4 (Photos)

    Re-enactment of torture method: split legs and head against the floor. The practitioner's legs are split open to the maximum while he is handcuffed with his arms behind his back. The guards press his head downward until his face touches the floor. The practitioner's tendons are torn; it is excruciatingly painful. In mid-October 2000, practitioner Zou Guirong, who was later tortured to death, was tortured this way. She wrote, "Guards and collaborators pushed me down, tied my hands behind my back and pressed my head toward my thighs. My body bent like a compressed spring. I could hardly breathe and I screamed."
  • Police Try to Cover Up Theirs Crimes After Torturing Liu Zhirong to Death

    On January 14th, people from the Tianshui Court brought practitioner Mr. Liu Zhirong's family to see his body at the hospital. A secretary from the court told them that Mr. Liu's death was a result of suicide. Mr. Liu's frozen body was lying on top of a portable bed. There was blood on his forearms and hands. There was a 2 to 3 foot scar on the right side of his neck. Two of his blood vessels were cut. Liu's wife cried and shouted, "He did not commit suicide! He did not commit suicide! He was tortured to death by you, the police! I will find out who the murderer is." She knew that her husband was a true believer and practitioner of Falun Gong and was an honorable man. He would never have attempted to commit suicide.
  • Two Practitioners in Hebei Province, Die Shortly After Being Arrested

    On March 7th, 2006, police arrested some practitioners. Practitioner Mr. Hong, around 20, used to have kidney problems. After he took up the practice of Falun Gong, his symptoms improved, however, the kidney problem still relapsed from time to time. The female practitioner used to have cancer. On the day of the arrest, after he was taken to the police car, the police saw that Hong Fei was not in good health and they threw him out of the car and onto the street. As a result, Hong Fei died. The female practitioner fainted when she was arrested. Not long after, she also passed away. The details of these two deaths are being investigated. At present, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is spreading the rumour that the two practitioners died because of their practice of Falun Gong.
  • Two Older Falun Dafa Practitioners from Beijing Die Due to Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tang Jianshu was 65 years old. She was arrested seven or eight times for appealing for Falun Dafa. When Ms. Tang was detained in the Haidian District Detention Centre, she was tortured with severe electric baton shocks, causing her body to be covered with scars. Due to long-term mistreatment by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution, she became severely ill, had a blurry mind, could not speak clearly, experienced slow reactions, and could not recognise her friends or family. She died in October 2005.
  • Reenactment of Torture Methods at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp - Part 3 (Photos)

    This re-enactment photo shows the torture method of squatting and handcuffing. The practitioner is handcuffed to the railing of the bottom bunk and his lower body is forced underneath the bed. This is a horrific torture. The practitioner is handcuffed this way for several hours, several days or more than ten days.
  • Witness Continues to Reveal the Horrors of Organ Removal from Live Falun Gong Practitioners Inside the Sujiatun Concentration Camp

    Another interview was conducted with the witness who came forward several days ago to reveal details regarding the Sujiatun concentration camp in Northeast China. In this interview the witness revealed that her ex-husband was one of the main surgeons in the concentration camp. He is a brain surgeon, and was mainly in charge of cornea removal.