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

  • After Repeated Arrests and Heavy Fines, Ms. Su Baoli Sent to a Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Su Baoli, 28, is a Dafa practitioner from Shandong Province. The police recently arrested her and her parents again following searches of their homes. Although the police extorted 10,000 yuan from the family, Ms. Su was still kept in the police detention centre for one month. The family had to borrow the money from friends and relatives in order to pay it to the police. On April 15, 2005, she was transferred to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp for continued persecution. Her pre-school child was left at home without a mother's care.
  • Information on 42 Falun Dafa Practitioners Who Died Due to the Persecution

    14-year-old Ms. Wang Wenlan went to Beijing with her mother and older sister to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. They were arrested and detained for seven days at the Shuangcheng City Liaison Office in Beijing. When they returned to Shuangcheng City, members of the local 610 Office interrogated, intimidated and threatened them. Wenlan's mother was forced to pay 700 yuan in fines. One day, when Wang Wenlan was in class, police officers went to her school and harassed her. She was only 10 years old at the time. She was under constant and extreme physical and psychological pressure as a result of the persecution. She died on September 12, 2003 at the age of 14.
  • Thirty-Four Practitioners Died Due to Persecution

    In January 2000, Ms. Yu Yan went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. Police in Beijing arrested her. As the officials were taking her back to Changchun City the officers tried to force Ms. Yu to squat down and wouldn't allow her to sit. When she refused, they beat her, viciously punching her head and face. When she still refused to cooperate with them, they continued to beat her. Ms. Yu's face was covered with black and purple bruises. Ms. Yu was detained in a detention centre for 10 days, where she was infected with scabies. After she was released, the scabies covered her entire body, which itched terribly and kept her awake at night. Shortly after, she developed hemiplegia and became paralysed. She passed away on July 21, 2004.
  • 350 Persecution Related Deaths Reported Recently

    In April 2005, another 350 Falun Gong practitioners were verified to have died in China as a result of persecution during the past 6 years. Among the 350 cases, 203 women practitioners constitute 58%; 223 practitioners were above 55 years of age, comprising 64% of the total, including 72 practitioners who were over 70 years of age. According to statistics published on the Minghui Website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom] on April 30, 2005, at least 1,982 Falun Gong practitioners have lost their lives during the past six years of public persecution, as confirmed through several channels.
  • 71 Year Old Ms. Li Chunhong from Shandong Province Died in 2001 Due to Persecution

    Ms. Li Chunhong had enjoyed great health after she started practising Falun Dafa, as all of her difficult illnesses disappeared. Since the persecution started her home was ransacked numerous times and she was fined. Her son was sentenced to prison and her daughter-in-law was sent to a forced labour camp. One time the police blockaded her door for two days to prevent her family from leaving and going to work. No one was allowed to visit the home during those two days. Li Chunhong passed away on December 12, 2001.
  • Older Practitioner Ms Li Shulan Passed Away in 2003 After Being Abducted Numerous Times by Jinzhou City Police

    59 year old Li Shulan was abducted three times within seven months and was held for a long time. During her detention she was tortured physically and mentally. She started to have paranoia and thought every police officer on the street was after her. She returned to her hometown but still lived in fear. She suffered a relapse of the illness she had had prior to practising Falun Dafa and passed away on December 31, 2003.
  • Three Practitioners, Including a 16-Year-Old, Forced into Slave Labour

    Shancheng County Police Station authorities sent three practitioners to the Henan Second Prison in Henan Province without any legal procedures or legal documents. 16 year old Yang Shuguang has since been forced to do rigorous hard labour, including working on a big furnace. The prisoners are divided into teams, and those who refuse to work are randomly beaten with thick wooden boards by the team supervisors. Prison staff and supervisors tie practitioners up and shock them with electric batons at will.
  • Two Teachers Recently Tortured to Death

    In October 2004, to his class of English pupils, Mr. Wang Wenju explained the true nature of Falun Gong by talking about his wife's miraculous cure, achieved through practising. While talking, he was in tears and couldn't help but say loudly, "Falun Dafa is good!" Later, some of the students' parents reported the incident to the police. Soon after the police sent him to a detention centre followed by a 3 year prison sentence. He was tortured to death on April 25, 2005 in prison.
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Hu Zhengxi from Hunan Province Tortured to Death

    Ms. Hu Zhengxi was in her 60's. At the beginning of May 2005, she was tortured to death for practising Falun Dafa while confined in the Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province. On May 7, 2005, the labour camp officials sent a death notice to her family. They said Ms. Hu died of a hunger strike of more than twenty days. The real cause of death is uncertain and can't be determined because the labour camp had already cremated the body. The local people are well aware of her tragic death at the hands of the persecutors.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Shi Yulan from Liaozhong County Died From Persecution

    Ms. Shi Yulan was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Liaozhong County, Liaoning Province. She was detained a forced labour camp and tortured brutally. The persecution of Falun Dafa hurt her terribly in her mind and body. After her release she continued to be harassed by police and developed tuberculosis. She died on April 17, 2005.
  • A High School Student Is Forcefully Expelled from School: Nie Yingchao's Personal Account

    "My name is Nie Yingchao. I am a 10th grade student. I used to be in the class of Literature and Arts at the Yinan County 2nd High School in Shandong Province. Near the end of 2004, I was in my 10th grade class, one evening during self-study period, when my teacher who was heavily misguided by the lies and propaganda against Falun Gong, suddenly became furious and flew into a rage. He wanted me to leave school. My teacher then slapped my face once, and announced to the class that nobody was allowed to discuss Falun Gong. Anyone doing so would be subject to expulsion from school. Against my will I was abducted from school by "610 Office" agents and expelled, just because I believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance."
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ren Conghuai Died under Persecution

    62 year old Ms. Ren Conghuai from Chongqing City was steadfast in her practice of Falun Dafa. She was mistreated by the authorities on multiple occasions. When her life was in danger, she was still sentenced to five years in prison, and police and State Security Agents were still come to harass her, monitor her. She was deeply frightened, and died on April 6, 2005.
  • Ms. Gui Lifang Dies From Persecution in Detention Centre in Hunan Province

    Ms. Guo Lifang, a 54-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner, was detained and cruelly tortured her in a detention centre. Ms. Guo used the only option left to her after all her human rights were taken away by going on a hunger strike. Even this last resort of a person's right to protest unfair treatment was taken away from her when she was force-fed. On April 17 cellmates found Ms. Guo dead in the cell.
  • "610 Office" Collaborates With Police to Persecute Practitioners, Terrorising an Elderly Grandmother and Her Grandson in Jiamusi City

    In April 2002, "610 Office" officials in Jiamusi City came up with a sinister plan to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Five of them ended up arresting a group of practitioners, including an elderly lady of 80 and a child of just 2 years old. The child was panic-stricken when he saw so many policemen shouting demands at his grandmother. He hugged his grandmother's neck and buried his head deeply, not daring to look up again. The policemen struggled to prise the child away from his grandmother and eventually they were separated, with the poor child howling and crying.
  • Teacher Arrested by "610 Office" Personnel for Showing a Falun Gong Video in Class

    According to reliable sources, the District Court of Maojian District in Hubei Province will soon put Ms. He Jiao on trial. She is a young teacher at the Shiyan City Experimental High School. The court officials admitted that the case has already been decided by "upper level authorities" and that the court and the government lawyers will "merely follow the routine procedure." Her crime? On January 4, 2005, He Jiao showed the Falun Gong video, "Walk Forward in the Wind and Rain," to a class of junior high school students where she was employed.