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 Falun Dafa Practitioners in Heilongjiang and Hebei Provinces Died under Persecution

    Practitioner Ms. Li Xiaohua, in her 40s, was a primary school teacher. On November 17th, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested. She was severely injured from a beating sustained in custody, and her head swelled. Ms. Li was detained in the local detention centre and then later sentenced to forced labour at the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp. She was rejected by the camp because she had high blood pressure sustained from torture. Ms. Li was detained in the detention centre until her relatives helped to get her released on medical parole. The 610 Office members and State Security Agents constantly harassed Ms. Li at her home until she died on January 2nd, 2002.
  • Heinous Crimes against Women Falun Gong Practitioners at the Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp

    I am a Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to forced labour. When I was sent to Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp I saw the words, "Rescue, Educate and Influence [through love and care]," the slogan the labour camp brandishes. While being held at Division 3, however, I experienced various tortures in this hell on earth! The guards use base and cruel methods to "reform" Falun Gong practitioners. The administrators of the labour camp don't hold back on their barbarism.
  • Five Falun Dafa Practitioners Died of Persecution in Sichuan and Jilin Provinces

    Mr. Liu Hejun, 73, was a retired teacher from Sichuan Province. Mr. Liu began Falun Dafa cultivation in August 1996. Less than one month after starting to practise all of his illnesses disappeared. Mr. Liu went to Beijing in December 2000 to appeal for Dafa and was detained for one month. Later, some vicious party members continuously went to his home to harass him and suspended his pension for several months. Mr. Liu passed away in the winter of 2002.
  • The Persecution of Dafa Practitioners at Tieling Forced Labour Camp

    A 610 Office member and several local police officers arrested Dafa practitioner Cui Shimin. Four policemen carried him away from his home in a police car and injured his back. Later on, he was sent to Tieling Forced Labour Camp. On November 5th, 2005, because Cui Shimin didn't report when his number was called, and Falun Gong practitioner Liu Zhenguo stepped forward and urged the chief warden not to beat people, corrections officers beat them both. Officer Wang Guijun beat Liu Zhenguo, whose mouth was left bleeding. Mr. Liu's eyes were blackened, and his chest hurt badly.
  • Details of the Persecution Leading to the Death of 53-Year-Old Ms Wang Xiuqing in Jilin Province

    During the past six years, the Chinese Communist Party has brutally persecuted Falun Gong. Ms. Wang Xiuqing is one of the millions of practitioners affected by this persecution. She has been arrested four times, subjected to brainwashing twice, and detained in the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun once. The long-term persecution affected Ms. Wang physically and psychologically, and it took her life on November 3rd, 2005.
  • A Review of the Inhuman Persecution in Guangdong Province (Part 1)

    Because she is firm in her belief in Falun Gong, police arrested 40-year-old Ms. Han Yuejuan in June 2001. She was held in a detention centre for two years. She was not allowed family visits nor given representation by a lawyer. Han Yuejuan was then sentenced to six years in prison. During the court proceedings, Ms. Han was asked about her understanding of Falun Dafa. Ms. Han said, "Falun Dafa is good," firmly and with a strong voice three times. Therefore, the judge from Guangzhou court extended her prison term another three years above the original three-year sentence.
  • The Brutal Persecution of Practitioners in the 7th Ward at the Women's Prison in Heilongjiang Province During the Summer of 2005

    The guards of the 7th ward in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison cruelly persecute Falun Gong practitioners using all kinds of tactics. The criminal inmates, encouraged by the guards, also torture practitioners at will. Criminal inmate Yu Chunling at one time used a cotton-padded jacket to virtually suffocate practitioner Ms. Fu Guichun until she lost consciousness. The prison guard present did not say anything. Falun Gong practitioners in the prison had no guarantee for their personal safety. The following are the crimes against practitioners committed by the guards of the 7th ward in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison in the summer of 2005.
  • Torture Methods Used at Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp Part 4 (Re-enactment Photos)

    This photo shows the re-enactment of a vicious torture method whereby the Falun Gong practitioner is injected with unknown drugs. Guards and prison doctors use very thick needles to inject the drugs. After 10-20 minutes, the practitioner will vomit and suffer severe diarrhoea, extreme thirst, and loss of consciousness.
  • Jilin Industrial University Student Subjected to Relentless Torture and Brainwashing

    While being detained at the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, Mr. Gao Hongfei was forced to go through brainwashing and torture sessions, resulting in severe injury to his lungs. Fearing that his death would create problems, the camp released him. Mr. Gao's father, unable to withstand the duress and constant threats from the authorities, passed away forcing his aged mother to return to work so she can pay off her son's huge medical expenses.
  • Ten Falun Dafa Practitioners at the Brink of Death in the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp

    On December 2nd, Dafa practitioner Miao Jianguo was tortured to the brink of death at the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp. The Jinzhou City Hospital and the Jinzhou City Affiliated Hospital refused to treat him. The labour camp authorities sent him to the Guta District Hospital and left him with his family and the hospital staff. The next day, fearing their deeds would be exposed, they dispatched six police officers. They broke into the home of Miao Jianguo's parents and took Miao Jianguo from his parents' home, although he was near death at the time. They continued to detain him in Jinzhou City Forced Labour Camp.
  • Torture Methods Used at Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp Part 3 (Re-enactment Photos)

    This re-enactment photo shows the cruel method of force-feeding. The guards insert a tube about as wide as a finger through the practitioner's nose into the stomach. As a form of torture, they insert and pull out the tube repeatedly until the practitioner suffers excruciating pain and his whole body convulses.
  • Middle School Teacher and Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Fei Chongrun Beaten to Death; Police Do Not Conduct an Investigation

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Fei Chongrun, formerly named Fei Weidong, 41 years old, was nearly six feet tall and very healthy. At noon on October 18th 2005, he talked about the human rights abuses against Falun Gong while buying a motorcycle at the Yongfeng Vehicle Shop at No. 335 West Lushan Road in Jiujiang County. The shop owner turned him in to the police. The police arrived and quickly closed the shutters before beating Fei Chongrun to death. Fei Chongrun is survived by his 80-year-old father, his three-month-old daughter, and his unemployed wife. Right now, the police are refusing to conduct an investigation.
  • The Persecution of Practitioners in Jiangxi No. 2 Forced Labour Camp

    In May 2003, the guards assigned criminal inmates to monitor me. Every day, they only allowed me to take a five minute break three times, only three minutes to use the toilet each time. If I took more than three minutes, I was pulled out of the toilet even if I was not finished. I had to listen repeatedly to recordings that slandered Falun Dafa. They handcuffed me to a bed, put headphones over my ears, and forced me to listen 16 hours a day. If I refused to listen, they ordered a group of inmates to physically abuse me. They allowed me to sleep about four hours per day.
  • Husband and Wife, Sentenced to Heavy Prison Terms after Serving More Than One Year in Detention

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Jiang Xiaoming and his wife Guo Changwei have been incarcerated at the Jiangmen Detention Centre for more than one year, because they told the facts of Falun Dafa to people who had been misled by the government propaganda and exposed the persecution. Recently the Pengjiang District Court in Jiangmen City sentenced them to ten and seven years in prison, respectively. Although they appealed to the Jiangmen City Intermediate People's Court, the 610 Office ordered the court to uphold the original verdict.
  • Enslaved in a Toxic Environment, Ms. Zhang Yuzhi Was Persecuted to Death at the Heizuizi Labour Camp

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuzhi, 48 years old, lived in Erdaobaihe Town. On February 4th 2002, she was illegally arrested from her home by police and detained in the Huizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. She was forced to work in a toxic environment for 16 hours per day. The surrounding air was viscous and contained many cancer-causing materials. Ms. Zhang worked with an adhesive substance that emitted strong, irritating smells. She was tortured psychologically by brainwashing. Under the dual pressure, she contracted leukaemia. The camp did not allow her family to take her home until she could no longer take care of herself. Ms. Zhang went home on August 31st 2002 and passed away two weeks later.