Exposing the Persecution
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Three Falun Dafa Practitioners Missing After Appealing in Beijing
2005-05-06
Miss Cheng Fengjun is about 60 years old, and is from a village near Longkou City. She was arrested in late 2000, and her whereabouts remain unknown. She was taken to a brainwashing centre at Jinglao Centre the day after her arrest, and she has been missing ever since. But sources reported that she stayed there for one day and disappeared the next day. There has been no news about her. -
Fifteen-year-old Boy Takes Poison and Dies After Mother Is Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2005-05-0639 year old Ms. Guan Shujun, was sent to a forced labour camp from January 2001 to June 2003, for being a Falun Gong practitioner. Her fifteen-year-old son who did not practise Falun Gong, Wang Xiaoshuai, was miserable at having lost his mother and then had to endure the other students' dirty looks and gossip. He was unable to bear the trauma and took poison and died on August 30, 2001. -
The Cruelty of the "Falun Gong Special Team" in Hunan Province
2005-05-06After the brutal persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, a group of the most inhumane policemen were selected from villages, districts, and towns under Jinshi city to form a "Falun Gong Special Team". The objective of this team was to torture Falun Gong practitioners who were illegally arrested and imprisoned within the Jinshi City police station. One practitioner, Ms. Zhang Hengying, was arrested for trying to appeal to the government in Beijing on behalf of Falun Gong and sent to the Jinshi City police station, where she was tied up and whipped by policemen from this special team. -
Fifty-nine-year-old Practitioner Liu Guixiang from Shandong Province Died As a Result of Persecution
2005-05-06Ms. Liu Guixiang was 59 years old. Since practising Falun Gong, all of her previous ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure and kidney disease were cured. Around October, 2001, town officials arrested her for appealing in Beijing. She was ruthlessly beaten up and forced to pay a fine. Due to the long-term harassment and threats, her heart disease recurred and she passed away on October 18, 2004. -
Ms. Sun Guihua Tortured to Death in Shenyang Women's Prison in 2003
2005-05-05In May 2003, practitioner Ms. Sun Guihua was detained in prison for practising Falun Gong. Inmates were incited to to brainwash Ms. Sun, they forced her to recite the prison regulations, and punished her for not cooperating with them. They tortured her by starving her, and depriving her of water and sleep and the toilet. Ms. Sun refused to participate in the forced labour during the daytime. As punishment, she was forced to stand in the toilet until midnight. Ms. Sun was tortured like this for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, inmates got up and tried to awaken Ms. Sun, shouting at her and beating her. She did not respond and died shortly after. -
Hebei Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yan Haibo Killed by the "610 Office", the Public Security and Baoding Forced Labour Camp
2005-05-05Mr. Yan Haibo, a 33 year old practitioner was arrested several times for appealing for Falun Gong. At the end of July 2002, he was kidnapped and taken to the police station, where he was severely tortured. Later he was detained for two and a half years at a forced labour camp, where the cruel torture continued. Because of the constant, long-term pressure from such terror tactics, Mr. Yan's spirit was broken. By late February 2005, Mr. Yan's physical health had deteriorated beyond repair. A hospital in Beijing diagnosed him as having kidney failure, cerebral oedema, and haemorrhaging in the eye. He died on March 31, 2005. -
Nineteen Dafa Practitioners Die After Harassment and Persecution in Hunan, Shandong, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces
2005-05-05Ms. Yuan Wenshu, 58, was a retired high school teacher living in the school grounds. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she went to the Provincial Capital and Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. She was detained, harassed and threatened numerous times by officials from the school, the police, and the public security bureau. She could no longer practise Falun Gong freely, and her family would even question her on calls received from her students. She lived under constant terror. In April 2002 the principal of the school called her and ordered her to report to the school. After learning that they intended to arrest her upon arriving at the school, she decided to escape. She left. While away from her home, she detected a lump in her breast. On November 4, 2002, she was lured to the school and detained by the police for 15 days. Her health deteriorated afterwards, and she died on April 12, 2005. -
After the Chinese Government Began to Persecute Falun Gong, My Life Changed
2005-05-05I started to practise Falun Gong in 1998. After becoming a practitioner, I soon gave up the bad habit of smoking. I felt incredible relaxation, mental clarity and freedom from stress. But after the persecution began my life changed. Being a practitioner, the Chinese police detained me five times. During my time in jail, I suffered all kinds of corporal punishment. For example, the policemen locked my hands and feet in special punishment equipment, they blocked my mouth, took off all my clothes, electric shocked my buttocks, and more. The torture left me with multiple scars on my hip. I was in despair while living in China. Thankfully I got an opportunity to escape to Africa, where I was granted refugee status. -
Mr. Xu Zhibin Is in Great Danger Due to the Torture He is Subjected to in the Wafangdian Prison
2005-05-04Mr. Xu is a 44-year-old graduate. Since the persecution began on July 20, 1999, he has been arrested seven times because of his firm belief in Falun Dafa. In March 2003, Xu was secretly sentenced to 14 years in jail, where he has suffered severe torture and abuse. He is currently in a very weakened state and has lost feeling in his feet. He is 180 cm (5'11") tall, yet he weighs only 40kg (88lbs.) . He is in a grave situation. -
Police Use Crank Telephones to Administer Extremely Painful Shock Torture to Practitioners in Shandong Province
2005-05-04The "Crank Telephone" torture involves fastening the two wires of an old style crank telephone to both the victim's ears or thumbs. When the police turn the crank, the electric current flows through the victim's body. The victim's entire body convulses, but the current seems to concentrate in the heart. The victim's tongue becomes stiff so that he cannot speak, but only cry out in extreme pain. After being subjected to this treatment, the victims' thumbs or ears are both charred. -
Ninety-Year-Old Practitioner Died From Persecution
2005-05-0490 year old Mr. Sun Zhongren was a Shandong Province farmer. He started practising Falun Dafa when he was over 80 years old and experienced profound changes in body and mind. In 2002, policemen ordered Mr. Sun to attend a brainwashing class, and he refused. They then demanded that Mr. Sun give up his belief. Under tremendous pressure, Mr. Sun compromised and renounced Falun Dafa. Although he never stopped studying the Falun Dafa teachings, doing the exercises, Sun Zhongren suffered emotionally under the severe pressure of the persecution. He died suddenly at the end of 2003. -
Another Five Falun Dafa Practitioners, Including Four Elderly, from Hebei Province Have Died Due to the Persecution
2005-05-04Mr. Sun Baoxin, 70 years old, of Hebei Province, started practising Falun Gong in 1997. Because he maintained a pure heart and advanced diligently in his practice, many of his illnesses including hypertension and cerebral haemorrhaging were cured without medical treatment. After July 20, 1999, Mr. Sun was threatened and harassed as a result of the Jiang regime's intensive persecution. His body and mind were severely harmed. He died on March 19, 2003 as a result of the persecution. -
Three Elderly Ladies Died of Persecution Because They Practised Falun Dafa
2005-05-03Mrs. Li Tianzhen was 90 years old and lived in Henan Province. Since she started to practise Falun Dafa at the beginning of 1995, Her hair returned to its natural black colour, her skin turned soft and fair, and she had not had to take any medicine for ten years. After the start of the persecution on July 20, 1999, she was detained at least nine times. persecution gravely affected her health and strength. She passed away January 6, 2005. -
The Persecution of Mr. Lin Zhiming
2005-05-03Mr. Lin Zhiming from Hunan Province, started practising Falun Gong in March 1996, and benefited from it in both body and mind. After Jiang Zemin's faction began to persecute Falun Gong, Mr. Lin was persecuted relentlessly by people from his workplace. He was transferred, demoted, and placed under house arrest many times. He was even sent to a brainwashing centre in Guangzhou City for over 70 days. -
85 Year Old Practitioner Ms Zhao Zhuni from Hebei Province Died Resisting Persecution
2005-05-03Elderly Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhao Zhuni's son was arrested seven times due to firmly holding to his beliefs. In order to force both her and her son to give up Falun Dafa practice, police officers set up a video camera and tried to use her to deceive people. They asked her to kneel down and persuade him to give up his belief. Facing the camera, Ms. Zhao saw her son had been tortured to only skin and bones. She said to her son sadly, "The CCP has really made you suffer!" The police threatened her. Under the extreme mental and physical pressure, she died in July, 2004.
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