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

  • I Was Tortured in Changchun City's Heizuizi Labour Camp (Photos)

    "In September 2002, I was detained in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp. The superintendent of the labour camp-owned clinic, Wang Jing and others confined me to a room and force-fed me. They cuffed both of my hands together while Wang Jing stepped on my legs and then pried my mouth open as far as it could go with the "mouth opener," almost knocking out my teeth. Wang Jing said, "If you don't eat, we will knock out all your teeth!" "
  • 51 Year Old Practitioner Ms Hu Yuxia from Gansu Province Died as a Result of Terrorisation in 2002

    Ms. Hu Yuxia was a 51-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Gansu Province. For not giving up Falun Dafa cultivation practice, State Security Department personnel abducted her in August 2000. They tried to extort a confession from her under torture, causing her much suffering. Then she was unlawfully held in a detention centre. After her release she was constantly harassed. Her terrorised family then cooperated with the authorities to try to make her renounce her belief. Because of the long-term spiritual torment and physical tortures, Hu Yuxia passed away in November 2002.
  • How Mr Wang Yanqing, a Middle School Teacher in Liaoning Province, Persisted in His Belief Under Savage Persecution

    "My name is Wang Yanqing and I am 37 years old this year. From January 2001 until January 2003 I was unjustly detained in forced labour camps and detention centres, experiencing relentless unimaginable mental and physical tortures, because I practised Falun Dafa and told others about the truth of the practice. My wife, also a practitioner, is presently imprisoned in Shenyang City's Dabei Prison. I have not seen my child for nearly four years. He is living with his aunt. We have been forced to be a scattered family."
  • Reenactments of Torture Methods Used by Chongqing's Xishanping Forced Labour Camp

  • Brutally Beaten by Police, Ms. Yang Xinglan Is Now Blind and Critically Ill

    Ms. Yang Xinglan, 42 years old, is from a village in Hebei Province. In July 2002, a dozen people from the village broke into her house, arrested her and sent her to a Brainwashing Centre. One night policewoman Wang Jihua came to Yang Xinghua's cell and tried to force her to give up her belief and to defame Dafa. Ms. Yang refused, so Wang Jihua punched her against the opposite wall with one blow. She also punched Ms. Yang in the face and mouth. Now her face and eyes are swollen and bruised. She has become blind in both eyes and is in a critical condition.
  • Courage in the Face of Persecution: Remembering Mr. Tang Jian, Who Was Tortured to Death at the Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City

    "The Fifth Brigade at the Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp is known as the "Demon's Brigade." In the summer of 2001, daytime temperatures often reached as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Practitioner Tang Jian was transferred to the Fifth Brigade and refused to "reform" [renounce Falun Dafa]. Tang Jian said to the guards, "We are law-abiding citizens, we need no reform." Several police officers dragged Mr. Tang away. When we heard the sound of him being repeatedly shocked with many electric batons, it pained our hearts. "
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Shouguang from Jilin Province Died in 2001 as a Result of Persecution

    63 Year Old Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Shouguang from Jilin Province was persecuted for going to Beijing to peacefully appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. After that, he was hounded by the police for a long time. The illnesses that he suffered from before he practised Falun Gong recurred due to the interminable pressure. Mr. Zhang Shouguang died on December 24, 2001.
  • Atrocities at Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Since April 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners illegally detained at Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province, have again suffered brutal persecution. Some were shocked with electric batons and others were injected with drugs that damage the nervous system. Some were hit and beaten as well as kicked, while others were forced to squat on their heels for six days to cause the collapse of the intestines. Some practitioners were forced to stand still on top of a tiny stool for six days nonstop, even when eating.
  • Zhang Shousheng: Tortured for Wanting to Be a Good Person and Speaking the Truth

    "At the end of October 1999, I went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Dafa. When I attempted to practise the Falun Gong exercises outside of the People's Great Hall, I was arrested and sent to the Qianmen Police Station. Because I refused to tell them my name, more than ten police officers tortured me using the "backing up an airplane" torture. It lasted from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m."
  • 63 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Fu Jishun Died after Long Term Persecution

    Mr. Fu Jishun, 63, was a retired worker from Shanxi Province. In December 2002 he went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. After the trip, the police detained him for over six months. On the evening of April 24, 2004, police broke into Mr. Fu's house to harass him again. When Mr. Fu's family member returned home the next day, they found him unconscious. On the morning of April 25, 2004, Mr. Fu passed away.
  • Torture Methods Used by Beijing's Liqiao Police Station to Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioners

    "In autumn of 2001, I went to Tiananmen Square to validate the Fa and was arrested. I was then sent to Liqiao Police Station in Shunyi District, Beijing, where I suffered brutal torture. Electric Shock: My experience - When being shocked, I felt that my heart stopped beating, and I felt suffocated ( it was like being strangled). It felt as if all my blood was frozen, all my pores had expanded at once and I broke out into a sweat all over my body. It was extremely uncomfortable and painful and cannot be described in words."
  • Elderly Women Hung up Outside Overnight in Subzero Beijing Weather

    "I'm an elderly woman who practises Falun Dafa. Like other practitioners, I once went to Tiananmen Square. As soon as I unfolded a banner, the policemen came over to grab me. They knocked me to the ground and dragged me to a police car. I was sent to a detention centre. Police dragged all the practitioners outside. The temperature in Beijing was -20 degrees Celsius yet they ordered us to remove all our clothes, bend over and submit to the "flying an airplane" torture while we stood on the icy ground with our bare feet."
  • 50 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhou Jiwu from Liaoning Province, Dies From Long-Term Persecution

    Mr. Zhou Jiwu, 50, lived in Liaoning Province. Wujiabao Forced Labour Camp, a Brainwashing Centre and a Detention Centre persecuted him over a long time, solely for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. On top of that, the township officials hired one of his neighbours to monitor him. Given this long-term persecution, both his body and mind suffered extensive damage. He died from suffering such injustice on the evening of November 5, 2004.
  • Four Practitioners Tortured to Death

    It has come to light that these Falun Dafa practitioners were all tortured to death between May 2000 and December 2004, all because they remained true to their faith in Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance: 65 year old Ms. Huang Laiyu from Fujian Province, 60 plus Mr. Hu Yinhai from Hubei Province, 38 year old Mr. Wang Yanqing of Liaoning Province and 60 year old Mr. Wu Shuyun from Dalian City.
  • Inhuman Tortures Falun Dafa Practitioners Suffer at Dalian Forced Labour Camp (Re-enactment Photos)

    The Dalian Forced Labour Camp is vicious in persecuting Dafa practitioners. The camp staff members attempt to humiliate and destroy the practitioners mentally and physically. Tortures commonly used are Beating with A Nail-Studded Wood Plank; Sexual Assault; Tied-up in the Double Crossed Leg Position and other excruciatingly painful punishments.