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
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Qiqihar Labour Camp Guard: "Deaths from Beatings Are Counted as Suicides!"
2004-12-16
On February 16, 2004, the guards at Shuanghe Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province read materials that defamed Falun Dafa loudly and attempted to force the practitioners to write the Three Statements. Because the practitioners refused, their hands and feet were shackled onto the iron chair and ropes were tied around their limbs so that the practitioners could not stand, sit or squat. Then the guards would order their assistants to pick the practitioners up by the ropes and drop them on the floor. They also yelled at the practitioners, "We have contacted the cremator. If you die from this, it will be counted as suicide." -
74 Year Old Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Xu Zongying Dies as a Result of Persecution
2004-12-1574-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xu Zongying passed away on March 20, 2004 after enduring frequent harassment and threats from local authorities. Her daughters Chang Xueling and Chang Xuexia, also Falun Gong practitioners, are currently being tortured at the Dalian City Forced Labour Camp. Xu Zongying's daughter-in-law was also fired by the Dalian Port Corporation for practising Falun Gong, which added to her stress. -
72 Year Old Mr. Xu Shijie from Sichuan Province, Died in 2003 after Years of Harassment by the Police
2004-12-15Mr. Xu Shijie was a 72 year old Falun Dafa practitioner who lived in Sichuan Province. After the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began in 1999, Mr. Xu's three daughters went to Beijing to speak out about the truth of Falun Gong. Because of this, they were arrested, sent to a forced labour camp and over 16,000 yuan was extorted from the family by the local police.Mr. Xu was also detained without any legal procedures for over 20 hours. He was worried about his daughters and was constantly harassed by the local police for a long time. As a result, he passed away on October 8, 2003. -
Mr. Cai Yun from Xinjiang Province Died in 2001 as a Result of Torture at the Changji Forced Labour Camp
2004-12-15Mr. Cai Yun was a Falun Gong practitioner aged 30 from Xinjiang Province. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, he and other practitioners wrote a letter of appeal to the central government. As a result, he was arrested and sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. Because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Gong, he was brutally tortured, suffering severe injuries to his kidneys and an extremely swollen abdomen. He was sent home yet passed away on September 29, 2001, leaving a wife and 3 year old child. -
Ms. Hao Guanglan from Shandong Province Suffered a Mental Collapse from Torture and Died in 2001
2004-12-15Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Hao Guanglan, from Shandong Province, was arrested and sent to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp on November 5, 2000. Ms. Hao was tortured until she suffered from a mental collapse. On March 16, 2001, the Labour Camp called her family to pick her up. When her husband and younger sister went to pick her up, they found that her whole body was swollen, covered in bruises and that she had a blank stare in her eyes. On her wrists, there were two deep purple bruises from the handcuffs. She never recovered from her mental collapse, even after many treatments in hospital. On December 5, 2001, she died, apparently after falling out of a building. -
Mr. Zhu Xianshu, a Retired Official from Sichuan Province, Was Persecuted to Death in 2002
2004-12-15Mr. Zhu Xianshu, a retired official from Sichuan province, regained his health after practising Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin's regime persecuted Zhu mercilessly. The police and others frequently subjected him to brainwashing, threatened to harm him further if he did not give up the exercises and confiscated all of his Falun Gong books. After that, he did not dare to do the exercises, and he had a heavy burden on his mind. He passed away in September 2002. -
Mr. Wang Jinbo's Life Is in Imminent Danger Due to Persecution at Zhangyanggou Forced Labour Camp
2004-12-14On November 13, 2004, when Wang Jinbo's family went to visit him he was carried into the meeting room on someone's back. The family asked what had happened, and Wang replied that his legs were numb, he 'couldn't walk, and he was' short of breath. After organising transport his family took him to the hospital. Examinations revealed that Mr. Wang had a lung infection, rapid heartbeat, a cyst in the brain area, and blood abnormalities, all due to the persecution he had endured in the labour camp. The family requested that the authorities release Wang for treatment at home, but their request was rejected. -
The Persecution Destroyed Ms Fu Guanmin's Family
2004-12-14Ms. Fu Guanmin was a teacher in Sichuan Province who practises Falun Dafa. Since the persecution started in July 1999, she was detained in a detention centre until she was bailed out for medical treatment. She was sacked from her job and constantly harassed by police. Her husband, whose health had improved through the practice, became afraid due to police intimidation and stopped practising Falun Dafa. His health then declined and he passed away, leaving his wife with no income and a son still in school. -
Atrocities at the Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin
2004-12-14At Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City, Falun Dafa practitioners detained are forced to do the most filthy and labour intensive jobs. They were also insulted and abused continuously by the prison guards and criminals. The main job in the camp is to grade and sort dried beans. Steadfast practitioners, some over 70 years old, were forced to carry 50 - 60 kg (1 kg = 2.2 lb) bags of seed, and they were forbidden to stop and rest or to help each other. When everyone finished the day's work, some were tortured, being forced to stand in a painful position until midnight or later. -
More Information about the Death of Practitioner Pan Jianjun from Hunan Province
2004-12-14Hunan Province Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pan Jianjun was 33 years old when he died on January 23, 2004. It has been recently discovered that he was tortured to death in Wangling Agricultural Prison, Changde City. Pan Jianjun's mother was deeply grieved by the persecution her son suffered and thus fell seriously ill. She passed away in July of 2003. His father cried for his son's death for three days after hearing the news. 'Then he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. Since Pan Jianjun was detained, his family lost their source of income. The whole family suffered as a result of the persecution. -
Illegally Detained Mother Appeals for Her Daughter, Who Was Tortured to Death
2004-12-13"In 1999, my daughter, Chen Ying, went to Beijing to appeal for fair treatment of Falun Dafa and was arrested. She died on the way back to Jiamusi City while being escorted under police custody from Beijing. On August 19, 1999, in a TV programme, CCTV 1 (the Chinese Central Television Station) framed my daughter as having committed suicide. The Chinese Constitution clearly defines a citizen's right to appeal. Chen Ying appealed in accordance with the law, but she was arrested." -
Mr. Zhao Guoan From Henan Province, Is Killed in Detention; His Wife's Testimony
2004-12-13"My husband, Zhao Guoan, was a strong man when he was arrested. It took only four months in the Xuchang Third Forced Labour Camp for the police there to brutally torture him to death. He had injuries all over his body at the time of his death, as witnessed by all of our relatives who had gone with me to the hospital. Anybody who was released from the forced labour camp could testify to the fact that prisoners there are subjected to torture. Even the people who work in the labour camp would have to admit it." -
Ms. Li Mei Dies as a Result of Persecution, Her Two Daughters Left in Care of 95-Year-Old Mother-in-Law
2004-12-13Ms. Li Mei from Guangdong Province, became a Falun Dafa practitioner in late 1997 and tragically died from torture-related injuries at age 48. On January 24, 2001, Ms. Li was again detained. At the brainwashing centre, Li Mei suffered brutal torture, and was injected with drugs that damaged her nervous system and left her disoriented and confused. Consequently, she was no longer able to take care of herself after her release on August 2, 2003. Li Mei passed away on June 24, 2004. Her two daughters aged 14 and 10 years old are now left in the care of Li Mei's 95-year-old mother-in-law. -
Mr. Peng Derong Suffers Mental Collapse Due to Injection of Drugs at Forced Labour Camp
2004-12-13Mr. Peng Derong, about 30 years old, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Hunan Province. Police abducted Mr. Peng from his home for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials in town. He was sent to a Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province for one year. On his release Mr. Peng suddenly and unexpectedly suffered a mental collapse. At home, he laughed one moment and cried the next. He wandered around on the streets all day long. Two months ago, he left home again but has not returned since. -
Ms. Li Ling Dies as a Result of Persecution by Shenyang City's Dabei Prison
2004-12-12
Recently, during a new round of persecution of practitioners who refused to give up practising "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," practitioner Ms Li Ling died on November 17, 2004 as a result of torture. It was said that when her family visited her around October 20, no abnormal symptoms were found about her health. But within a span of 20 days, she was killed.
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