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

  • The Persecution of Practitioners Mr. Wu Jianmin and Ms. Zhou Xiaohong in Hunan Province

    Since April 2005 the authorities have imprisoned practitioner Ms. Zhou Xiaohong in the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp. Under "strict supervision" and subjected to repeated beatings, Ms. Zhou is now walking with a limp. Also, practitioner Mr. Wu Jianmin was sentenced to four years in prison for practising Falun Gong and is currently detained in the Jin City prison.
  • Older Dafa Practitioner Mr Du Shiliang from Hailing City Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances in Mudanjiang Prison

    On January 27th, 2002, Mr. Du Shiliang, in his 50s and his wife were arrested by police. Mr. Du was sentenced to six years of imprisonment and his wife was sentenced to three years. In September 2002, they were sent to Mudanjiang Prison. On January 13th, 2006, Mr. Du's wife went to Mudanjiang Prison to visit him, and his health condition was normal. At 11:00 p.m. on January 20th, 2006, she suddenly received a message saying that Mr. Du Shiliang had died at 9:00 p.m. on January 20th, 2006. The detailed information is still under investigation.
  • Practitioner Ms. Liu Dan Tortured Nearly to Death and Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

    After she was arrested on October 24th, 2005, Ms. Liu Dan, 30, suffered all sorts of torture, became critically ill twice and had to be sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. Instead, they sent her back to her family, where she was monitored in shifts by more than ten police officers 24-hours a day. On January 12th, the police suddenly took Liu Dan to court for an illegal trial, and alleged on the following day that Liu Dan had been sentenced to four years of imprisonment, and would be sent to Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison for further persecution on January 16th.
  • Experiences of an Older Practitioner in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    "In the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, I often saw and heard guards torturing steadfast practitioners and using obscenities to insult female practitioners. Female guard Zhang Qiurong often tortured practitioners. She also frequently found male guards to help her. They tied practitioner Ms. Chen in a spread-eagle fashion and tortured her. A guard pointed at Ms. Chen's private parts and said, "You are not even worth touching." Then he stepped on and kicked her insteps with his leather shoes, causing her feet to bleed."
  • Young Female Practitioner: Tortures I Received from Police in Beijing

    "In 2001 I unfurled a banner at Tiananmen Square. Several police officers appeared immediately and two of them twisted my arms behind my back and dragged me into a police van. I was sent to the Qianmen Police Station and locked away in a large jail cell. I refused to tell the police my name and address and was sent to another police station and tortured. Two of them tied a rope to my handcuffs and then used the rope to hang me up in the air in a garage. They also continuously kept pushing my head down. The weight of my whole body fell on my wrists and I felt agonising pain. They sealed my mouth so I could not make any noise. After I could not bear the torture any longer, I told them my address."
  • How a Handicapped Child and Her Mother Suffered Persecution in Beijing

    "I am a handicapped person with brain paralysis. Since practising Falun Dafa my physical condition and personal image improved a great deal. For that reason, mother and I did not hesitate about going to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. On October 1st, 2001, mother and I went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Dafa and were arrested. Because we didn't tell them our names or address, the police locked us in a cage. One policeman said: "We'll have the CCTV's 'Focal Point' people broadcast a story about a woman with her child practising Falun Gong and that the normal child has become an idiot." Mother told me that police had beaten her in an effort to force her to tell them her name and address."
  • Ms. Zhao Tingyun from Henan Province Tortured to Death on Ninth Day in Police Custody

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhao Tingyun died on the ninth day of being in police custody. On January 6th, 2006, Zhao Tingyun went to the home of practitioner Li Beiping. Police officers who were staking out Li Beiping's home arrested Ms. Zhao and put her in custody. She held a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was savagely force-fed. The police reported that Ms. Zhao died around 5:00 a.m. on January 15th.
  • Ms. Song Yanqun's Life is in Danger at the Changchun Heizuizi Female Prison

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Song Yanqun, 34, has been persecuted in the Changchun City Heizuizi Female Prison for two years. Now she weighs only around 60 lbs and her life is in danger. She was sent to the prison hospital for intravenous injection. At the same time, her health has been seriously affected and she suffers from a heart condition and liver problems. Ms. Song's parents requested the prison to release her on medical bail, but the Director of the daily health division in the prison hospital, denied their request.
  • Beijing's Liulitun Street Office in Beijing Responsible for Two Deaths and One Case of Severe Disability

    The persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners during the past six years at the Liulitun Street Office, in conjunction with personnel from the 610 Office, resulted in two cases of abnormal death and one of severe disability. Dozens of people were unjustly detained, sent to forced labour camps, sentenced to prison terms, or sent to brainwashing classes or mental hospitals for torture. One such practitioner, Ms. Han Jingui was tied to chair and tortured, then sent to a mental hospital, where she was again tortured. Due to torture she suffered a brain hemorrhage and is now paralysed and bedridden.
  • The Police Robbed Me on the Street and Hit Me on the Head with A Shovel, Almost Blinding Me

    "I was born in Hebei Province. Because of my belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, the local officials and the police have persecuted me over the past few years. I was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp many times. I was beaten so severely that I almost lost my eyesight. The police stole eight thousand yuan from me in broad daylight. The village head poured petrol on me and threatened, "We will burn you with petrol and call it self-immolation."
  • Mr. Xing Guangjun, Tortured to Paralysis in Jail in Hubei Province, Dies as a Result

    49-year-old Mr. Xing Guangjun was arrested and sentenced to five years imprisonment. In July 2002, he was sent to the Fanjiatai Jail in Hubei Province. He was brutally tortured and injected with an unknown oral liquid drug, which caused a disorder in his nervous system and paralysis. After he was released on bail for medical treatment in April 2005, he was confined to bed. His mental condition was unstable, and he could not take care of himself. He was completely dependent on his family. He passed away in January 16th, 2006.
  • Urgent: Rescue Practitioner Mr. Li Gang Whose Life is in Danger

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Gang and others from Hebei Province were arrested on their way to an electronics market in Beijing. He was deprived of the right to sleep, handcuffed, and shocked with electric batons until he became incontinent. He passed out for several hours. One State Security agent from Baoding City shouted at him, "Killing one of you is like killing an ant!" Mr. Li Gang has been on hunger strike for 11 days and has been sent to Ankang Hospital Emergency Room to be force-fed many times. He is now very weak despite his previous strength.
  • Practitioner Mr. Zhou Jingcheng from Hunan Province Brutally Force-Fed Until Life in Danger

    On January 4th, 2006, the County State Security agents and police arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhou Jingcheng, 42, at his family-owned shop without just cause. They detained him in the Shaoshan City State Security Division. On January 5th, 2006, he was locked in Jin City Prison. He has been on hunger strike without water to protest the persecution. He has been brutally force-fed, causing four of his front teeth to break off. His life is in danger.
  • Guards in the Huludao Forced Labour Camp Gang-Beat Practitioners During a Brainwashing Session

    On November 9th, 2005, captain Yang Yanguo and others severely beat Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Xu Baotian because he refused to take notes during a brainwashing session held in the Fourth Brigade of the Huludao Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province. They struck his face, chest, and head. Both his face and head were bleeding and swollen from the beatings.
  • Authorities Viciously Torture Falun Gong Practitioners in Shandong Province No. 1 Women's Forced Labour Camp

    "I am a Falun Gong practitioner from Shandong Province. I have been unjustly imprisoned and seriously tortured by the guards. As soon as I arrived in the fifth group, Wang Suzhen hit my head with his fist, said angrily, "I really want to kick you to death," and threw all my belongings out the door, including my clothing, bed cover, toothbrush, and basin. It was in the summer and very hot. Wang Suzhen imprisoned several fellow practitioners and me in a small confined compartment. We were not allowed to wash our faces, brush our teeth, or change clothes. We were slapped if we talked. The dead skin of my emaciated body peeled off layer by layer."