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

  • Practitioners Forced to Sit Motionless for 15 Hours Daily in Tianjin City Women's Prison

    In order to compel Falun Gong practitioners to give up their faith, the Tianjin Women's Prison used all kinds of cruel torture methods against them. One of the methods they used was to force Falun Gong practitioners to sit motionless on a small stool for 15 to 16 hours nonstop each day. The plastic stools were small, hard and waterproof. After sitting on them for extended periods of time, blisters started to fester on the practitioners' thighs and buttocks. In the areas where the blisters had burst, it was extremely painful. The skin around the buttocks area was festering with blisters formed on new skin after the old skin had been rubbed off.
  • Three Practitioners from Shandong Province, Heilongjiang Province, and Tianjin City Who Died as a Result of the Persecution

    Ms. Yao Qingyu, 63 years old, started to practise Falun Gong in 1998. Shortly after that, her diseases all disappeared. After the Chinese Communist Party started to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Unfortunately, she was arrested, fined 11,100 yuan, and detained for 45 days. In January 2000, she went to Beijing for the second time. She was arrested, transferred back to her hometown, fined 1,800 yuan, and tortured in a mental hospital for one month. In 2001, she was arrested again. She was transferred to and persecuted in the Tian'erhu brainwashing centre. Her previous diseases reappeared and she passed away on March 3rd, 2003.
  • The Despicable Conduct of the Police in Qinghe Town, Jilin Province

    On December 16th, 2002, police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cui Weidong. They searched his house, and confiscated his personal property. After that, they took Mr. Cui to the police station and brutally tortured him. The police stamped "Falun Dafa is Good" on his face and head, and laughed, ridiculed him, and swore at him. Afterwards, they sentenced him to a jail term, and imprisoned him in Jiangbei Prison in Jilin Province. Mr. Cui was tortured so severely that he got tuberculosis, and was in critical condition. His family members tried every means to get him out of prison and have him put on medical probation, but the Jiangbei Prison still would not release him. Consequently, a fine young man eventually lost his life.
  • Practitioner Yu Yimin from Wuhan City Lost Her Family and Was Reduced to Begging on the Streets Due to the Persecution

    42-year-old Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yu Yimin used to have a happy family. After Jiang Zemin's regime started using the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to persecute Falun Gong, Ms. Yu was arrested several times and has suffered from much inhuman treatment. In the end, her family was torn apart, her husband divorced her and ran off with Ms Yu's sister. Ms Yu thus suffered a mental collapse.
  • Hunan 610 Office Responsible for Poisoning a Family and Arresting the Daughter to Prevent UN Special Rapporteur on Torture from Investigating Their Case as Planned

    The persecution Ms. Tan's parents had suffered was reported on Clearwisdom.net. The 610 Office also knew that the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture would be arriving in China to investigate the family's case. To cover up their crimes, the 610 Office instigated someone to spray deadly poison onto the garlic that her parents had planted. On September 17th, 2005, while cooking scrambled eggs with garlic, both Tan Xiaolan and her mother noticed that the smell was strange; hence they did not eat it. But her father did not want to waste food, and ate it all. As soon as he finished, his face immediately turned blue, and he started to vomit and had diarrhoea.
  • Exposure of Masanjia Forced Labour Camp's "Reform" Methods

    "Guards at the camp forbade us from doing the exercises; two criminals monitored us and beat us when we practised or recited Dafa. The guards also beat us using electric batons. When their electric batons did not work, they would replace them with high-voltage ones. We were forced to sit barefoot on the ground while two criminals stepped on our legs. The guards shocked us in the middle of the feet, face and neck. The smell of burned skin filled the air. After the beatings, my neck and half of my face looked like rhubarb from the shocks and dripped yellow fluid for days. Sometimes they shocked us and then asked if we would still practise."
  • Three Dafa Practitioners from Heilongjiang, Anhui, and Hebei Provinces Persecuted to Death

    Mr. Yue Baoxue, 39, was very determined in cultivating Falun Dafa. Since the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Yue had been imprisoned three times. In 2001, Yue Baoxue went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. He was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp for two years, where Mr. Yue was beaten mercilessly many times. He was hung up by handcuffs for six days and six nights. This caused severe damage to his muscles, something he never could recover from. After he went back home, the police frequently went to his home to harass him. Mr. Yue's health deteriorated and he died on January 5th, 2005.
  • 1641 Deaths of Practitioners by Torture or Murder Confirmed in 2005 (Photos)

    During 2005, the Clearwisdom website posted 1,641 reports of Falun Gong practitioners in China being persecuted to death. The reports came from 29 provinces, cities and several "autonomous regions." Jiang Zemin, his regime, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong practitioners on July 20th, 1999. From then through December 31st, 2005, at least 2,805 practitioners have died due to the persecution. Of these deaths, 392 occurred in 2005. These are only the known deaths. Because the persecutors try to hide their crimes, the true death toll is certain to be higher.
  • Hunan Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. He Xuezhao Dies from Persecution; Police Arrest His Wife

    42-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. He Xuezhao was tortured by the police until he could not walk and was at the brink of death. He was released around February 2005 on medical parole. Agents from the Zixing 610 Office in Chenzhou City and from his workplace continued to harass and monitor him. He Xuezhao passed away on January 13th, 2006. Zixing police have recently arrested his wife. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Recent Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Division 1 of the Second Women's Section of the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Force-feeding is one of the most brutal persecution methods used in Masanjia. The goal is not simply to administer food into the victim's stomach through a nasal tube, but to inflict great pain in an attempt to destroy the practitioner's will. Prior to the feeding, a few guards first strike the practitioner to the ground, pin her down, and cover her nose and mouth with plastic film until she has almost lost consciousness. Then the perpetrators make a hole in the film and insert a very thick feeding tube through the nostrils into the practitioner's stomach. The perpetrators swirl the tube around to inflict greater pain, until the practitioner has reached the limit of endurance. The guards and labour camp doctor want the practitioner to give up her belief and end the hunger strike.
  • Police Officers in Hebei Province Attempt to Extort Money from Falun Gong Practitioners and Confiscate a Practitioner's Car

    On July 13th, 2005, Liu Wenming, deputy head of the Houcun Town Police Department, gathered up several other officers. In violation of the Chinese Constitution, they arrested practitioner Mr. Ma Junkai. They took him to the Houcun Town Police Department and sent him to a detention centre. Three days later Liu Wenming attempted to extort money from practitioner Mr. Ma Junkai but didn't succeed. Seven days later, Mr. Ma Junkai was sent to the Handan Forced Labour Camp to be held for three years.
  • Another Witness Steps Forward to Expose the Raping of Falun Gong Women by the Chinese Communist Party's Police

    On November 24th, 2005 police stormed into my house and forcibly took me to the police station. There, police officer He Xuejian called practitioner Ms Liu Jizhi to his room. About thirty minutes later Liu Jizhi came out. She fell into my arms, cried and shouted, "Aunt [in China, a courteous way to address women of older age], I don't want to live!" I asked, "What happened?" She said, "He Xuejian raped me." I couldn't believe my ears. I asked her once more, "Really? He did this do you?" She said, "Yes it's true!" She again held me and cried.
  • Former Teacher Mr. Du Anli Suffers Mental Collapse from Torture at the Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp

    Mr. Du Anli was a teacher at the Liaoning Art Vocational College in Liaoning Province. He was also a Falun Gong practitioner. Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp brutally tortured him for two years, causing his mental collapse. In June of last year, he was released from Shenxin Forced Labour Camp after being transferred there from Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp. Mr. Du is currently unable to work and unable to live a normal life due to the persecution.
  • Paralysed Woman Who Gained a New Life from Falun Dafa Passed Away in 2003 as a Result of Persecution

    A paralysed woman who lived in the countryside of Jilin Province miraculously recovered after practising Falun Gong. 36-year-old Ms. Xia Yufang had been completely paralysed since she was 20. After reading the main text of Falun Dafa in 1997 her body gradually returned to full health and mobility. Once the persecution began in 1999 the local police unceasingly harassed her again and again, trying to force her to stop practising Falun Dafa. Her elderly mother was arrested. Suffering deeply with the grief and indignation of her mother being persecuted, Xia Yongfang passed away on January 14th, 2003.
  • Exposing the Crimes of Yin Shuiping, Head of the 610 Office in Hunan Province

    Once Yin Shuiping, head of Yongxing County's 610 Office, wanted to go to Yuelai Hot Springs to enjoy himself but he didn't have much money, so he brought several local police officers to a practitioner's home. They illegally ransacked it, smashing furniture and searching carefully, which created a horrible scene. When the Dafa books were found, Yin started to knock on the top of the table, scolding and threatening, then "sweet-talking." Once they got the money, they immediately rushed out and went to the hot springs.