Exposing the Persecution
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Over a Dozen Falun Dafa Practitioners Tortured and Unjustly Sentenced to Long Prison Terms in Gansu Province
2005-07-25
In early September of 2002, the police unjustly arrested 13 Falun Dafa practitioners. Following former president Jiang Zemin's ruthless policy regarding killing Falun Dafa practitioners ("It is not a crime to beat them to death, just accuse them of having committed suicide"), the police brutally tortured the practitioners. Practitioners Mr. Li Yuhai and Tang Pinghu's hand joints were dislocated as a result of the torture. They were sent to the hospital to have their joints relocated, and an acquaintance actually witnessed the surgery. Sources have revealed that practitioner Mr. Huang Ruzhong was hung from the ceiling. Several days later, his trousers were still left in the room he was tortured in. Practitioner Ms. Zhou Xiuying was in her 60's, yet after she was tortured, she was hung up for an entire day and night. -
Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei and Sichuan Provinces Have Died from Persecution
2005-07-25Ms. Wei Rong was in her 30s. She was a Falun Gong practitioner from Sichuan Province. In 2000, 610 Office staff Zhou Kaiwan and others went to Ms. Wei's residence. They grabbed one of her Falun Dafa books, beat her violently and then took her by force to the Laochi Township. They hung her up from an elm tree for two days while bombarding her with propaganda. After the incident, township government officials went to Ms. Wei's home many times to harass, intimidate and persecute her, causing the relapse of her old illnesses. Ms. Wei died in January 2003. -
Persecution Suffered by Li Peiyi before His Death
2005-07-25Mr. Li Peiyi, 68, and his wife were were taken to a brainwashing centre in 2001. They were held in the detention centre in Linquan County because they refused to give up practising Falun Dafa. After they suffered inhuman persecution there, they were sent to the mental hospital for further persecution. Later, the authorities came to their home to harass them many times. Mr. Li's wife was persecuted to death in 2002. Li Peiyi was persecuted to the verge of death in August 2003 and was sent to the local police station in an ambulance. He lost his memory due to the severe persecution. He often cried. The local police station sent people to his house twice to disturb and intimidate him, and also tried to force him to write the guarantee statement despite his condition. Li Peiyi died in April. -
Police in Inner Mongolia Bulldozed Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liu Yazhi's Home and Crippled Her Because She Went to Beijing to Appeal
2005-07-25Ms. Liu Yazhi, a Dafa practitioner from Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, went to Beijing in September 2001 to tell people about the goodness of Falun Dafa and expose the persecution. She was unlawfully arrested and imprisoned. The local police station even went as far as to bulldoze her house, leaving Ms. Liu with no home to return to. Ms. Liu Yazhi was then unlawfully imprisoned at the Inner Mongolia Public Security Prison. The police brutally tortured her. This lasted until she lost feeling in her lower body. She could not move and lay in bed for more than two months. Because of this torture, she could not live by herself, and she needed someone to carry her and help her move around. -
Persecution Methods Used in Some Prisons and Forced Labour Camps in Shandong Province
2005-07-24"I have been imprisoned in labour camps and detention centres many times. I was physically and mentally humiliated and viciously beaten. I spent three Chinese New Years in detention centres. I was not able to have a family dinner with my husband and child. My elderly parents and my child have suffered tremendously. In China, many families are being persecuted. The entire country is under the red terror. One of my fellow practitioner's children became an orphan at less than two years old. Many practitioners cannot go back to their homes because of the persecution." -
Arrested and Tortured: Practitioners Mr. Zeng Zhaoxin and Mr. Qiao Mingxi from Henan Province
2005-07-24Since Mr. Zeng Zhaoxin went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, he was fired by his company. He was therefore destitute and homeless. After he heard that Yalan Company was recruiting workers, he went there for an interview on the afternoon of May 8, 2005. He was arrested by the police from Nanyang municipal public security bureau. Right now, he is imprisoned in Shangzhuang Detention Centre in Nanyang City and is suffering from persecution. Another practitioner Mr. Qiao Mingxi, who was the new security guard of Yalan Company who was hired only a few days prior to his arrest. As a matter of fact, Mr. Qiao had been released only 20 days after he had been imprisoned for three years and ten months. -
The Persecution of Mr. Wang Wei in the First People's Hospital in Nanyang City
2005-07-24Mr. Wang Wei, 36 years old, is a dentist in Nanyang City. In the past few years, the 610 Office and the hospital's director have often harassed Mr. Wang. Wang Wei told them about the goodness of Falun Dafa, and told them of Dafa's ability to heal illnesses and maintain fitness. Even so, on June 15, 2005, Nanyang City First People's Hospital Party secretary tried to force Mr. Wang to write a "guarantee statement" saying he would never practise Falun Gong again. Mr. Wang stood firm and would not write it. At the time, Mr. Wang was on a job, but Liu Kai, in front of the patients, called in hospital security officers to take Mr. Wang away to a brainwashing class. This persecution against a Dafa practitioner was done by the hospital just to placate higher authorities. -
Tortured to Deformity by Local Police and Forced Labour Camp Workers, Xinjiang Practitioner Ms. Gu Ping Dies Untimely Death
2005-07-2428 year-old Ms. Gu Ping was harassed, detained and severely beaten because she practised Falun Dafa. The brutal torture and abuse she suffered while she was in Wulapo Forced Labour Camp caused her emaciated appearance. She also developed symptoms of liver cancer. She was released in June 2003 but still suffered persecution at the hands of the local police. Her body became extremely deformed by torture. She jumped out of a building and died on December 2, 2003. -
Shanghai Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Fa Zhengping in Critical Condition in Forced Labour Camp Hospital
2005-07-23Physics teacher Mr. Fa Zhengping suffered two years of forced labour in 2001-2003. He went through many mental and physical tortures. He was beaten until he vomited blood. He did not fully recover and was still very weak when the police arrested him again in April when he visited another practitioner's house. He was tortured. and his life is in danger now. His blood pressure is 220 mm high, and he has fever of 103 oF. He was sent to a forced labour camp hospital for emergency treatment. The 610 Office still refuses to release him. -
Ms. Wang Huilian, a Young University Lecturer Suffers Brutal Persecution in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp
2005-07-23Ms. Wang Huilian is a young faculty member of Northeast Normal University in Changchun City, Jilin Province. In March 2004, she was unjustly arrested and sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour. She was detained in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, where Ms. Wang has resisted the persecution and refused to do forced labour. She was repeatably denied the right to see her friends who had come to visit her. Time and again the labour camp brought her elderly parents from far away in an attempt to manipulate her by way of emotion so as to "transform" her and force her to give up her belief in Falun Dafa. Now Ms. Wang is on the verge of death because of the persecution. -
Follow up Report on Ms. Zhang Lianxiu, Who Was Beaten to Death by Police in Henan Province
2005-07-23Police went to her home on June 6th, 2005, asking her son, "Does your mother have heart disease?" Her son answered, "No." Police then asked again, "If you say your mother has heart disease, we will let her return home." After thinking it through her son answered, "Yes". The police quickly had him sign his name on a form, after which the police told him, "Your mother has died." Before her body was cremated, Zhang Lianxiu's daughter saw that her body was covered with wounds. She asked loudly, "Just because my mother practised Falun Gong, you beat her to death?" No one dared to answer her question. -
55 Year Old Practitioner Mr. Liang Xiujun from Hebei Province Dies of Persecution
2005-07-23Mr. Liang Xiujun, 55 years old, lived in Zhuozhou City. He was unyielding in his practice of Falun Dafa and told about the goodness of Falun Dafa to the people he met. He was arrested and detained multiple times and was subjected to intensive brainwashing between 2001 and 2003. At the Nanma Brainwashing Centre, he was forced to undertake heavy labour and had money extorted from him. Due to the brutal torture, he was paralysed when he returned home. -
Practitioner Mr. He Yuanhui from Liaoyuan City Died as a Result of Persecution
2005-07-22Falun Gong practitioner Mr. He Yuanhui from Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October of 2002. He was tormented so harshly while detained in the Second Prison of Jilin Province that he fell critically ill, losing so much weight that he looked like a living skeleton. After Mr. He was sent home from the prison hospital, he was mentally disoriented and he would often forget to dress or eat, and he eventually died on June 25th, 2005. -
Mrs. Xu Hongmei, Separated From Her Baby Girl, Detained In Qiqihar City Labour Camp Beyond Term
2005-07-22Mrs. Xu Hongmei's mother tried to visit her when she learnt where she was. The head of the labour camp would not allow her to see Mrs. Xu and said a lot of bad things. In order to see her daughter, Mrs. Xu's mother turned to some relatives for help, and she finally got a chance to see her daughter. Mrs. Xu had much difficulty walking. Two police officers made sure that they did not get close to each other. They feared she would tell her parents about the torture. The meeting was no more than twenty minutes long. Mrs. Xu Hongmei is still being detained although her term has expired. -
The Persecution of Practitioner Lu Yongchang and His Family: All Four Family Members Sentenced to Long Prison Terms
2005-07-22Around 9 p.m., the whole family went to bed. The flashing lights of a police car woke Lu Guixia up. There was a loud noise as the door was pried open, then the police broke into the house, carrying shovels. Lu Guixia didn't know what was going on and jumped out a window. She was knocked to the ground by police officers that were hiding there. Several policemen beat her savagely and dragged her to a waiting police car. She was taken to the police substation in Jiutai City, where officers were posted to guard her and the other three members of the Lu family.
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