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

  • Elderly Xi'an Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhou Qingtian Tortured to Death

    Mr. Zhou Qingtian lived in Shaanxi Province and was retired. He was sent to Shaanxi Zaozihe Labour Camp in 2002 to be "reeducated through forced labour" for one year, because he practised Falun Gong. During this period, the police ordered some drug addicts to torture him by piercing his fingers with steel needles. He was again arrested in 2004 and tortured to death by Xi'an police in July 2004.
  • Details of the Relentless Persecution That Caused the Death of 51 Year Old Practitioner Ms Yang Qinghua from Wuhan

    Ms. Yang Qinghua, 51 years old was from Hubei Province. In 2001 she was sent to Hewan Forced Labour Camp for appealing for the restoration of the right to practise Falun Dafa. She was persecuted until "both eyes lost sight, both ears lost hearing, the feet lost the ability to walk, and the mouth lost the ability to talk properly." She was bedridden and on the brink of death. Although released, she was unable to recover from the mental and physical trauma, and the police continued to harass and threaten her until she died on August 25, 2004.
  • Husband Beaten to Death, Children Illegally Jailed in Prisons, Zhou Dongmei Cries for Justice on the Streets

    This is the desperate situation of a family from Hubei Province, all Falun Dafa practitioners. Ms. Zhou and her daughter, went to the streets on October 11, 2004. They held poster boards explaining the injustice that their family is suffering. People on the streets were shocked to find out that Ms. Zhou's husband died from internal injuries caused by brutal beatings by the police. They could not believe that her son was being tortured to the brink of death. When Zhou and her daughter passed in front of the police department several police officers forcibly snatched away and smashed their boards and arrested them.
  • 11-Year-Old Girl Tian Ge Orphaned Due to Persecution

    Tian Ge was born on November 6, 1993. Her father Tian Yili was 32 years old when he died in 2002. Her mother Zhen Yujie was 28 years old when she died in 1999. Tian Ge now lives in Yinmachi Village, Xidayingzi Town, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province with her Aunt Tian Hua and Uncle Wang Shukui.
  • How Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

    Torture method: Violently Beating Practitioners with Stools or Benches: Falun Gong practitioners were forced to squat on the floor with their hands behind their back. Prisoners and policemen then used stools or benches to beat them violently on the head and the back. If the practitioners did not obey them, they would be tortured with even more cruel methods.
  • Practitioner Mr. Chi Huiwen in Yanji City Tortured to Death, Leaving Behind a Six-year-old Daughter

    On October 1, 2001, Falun Gong practitioner Chi Huiwen was taken to a brainwashing centre for the second time. The head of the brainwashing centre and others tortured Chi Huiwen for two days then released him because he was near death and they did not want to bear the responsibility. His health continued to deteriorate and he passed away on April 22, 2004 leaving behind his six-year-old daughter Chi Yujing.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Song Wenhua Tortured to Death at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Song Wenhua, 56, was resident in Jilin Province. In October 2004, Song Wenhua was tortured to death at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City. Some official from the labour camp bellowed to his family, "We don't take care of the old and sick. We also won't release him as long as he is still alive. If he is dying, we will carry him outside the labour camp's gate at the last minute so he can die outside. Then his death will not be counted as 'tortured to death by the labour camp.'"
  • With Both Legs Broken Due to Cruel Torture, Practitioner Mr Zhang Peiqi is Still Detained in a Detention Centre

    Ever since his arrest in March, practitioner Zhang Peiqi of Jilin City, has endured severe torture, which resulted in two broken legs. While four men carried Mr. Zhang into a prison cell, it was noticed that he had been so brutally tortured that there was no uninjured spot on his body, and both of his legs were completely swollen and bruised - it was a horrific sight. All twenty-plus inmates in the prison cell can testify to this fact. Lawless personnel still refuse to release him.
  • The Difficult Situation of 16-Year Old Han Zhihui, Whose Mother Su Baolan Was Tortured to Death

    In September 2001, Shandong Province Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Su Baolan died from being persecuted. Her son, Han Zhihui, who is 16 years old, is still in high school and survived. In 2003, his father remarried a woman with a 13-year-old daughter. Since then, Han Zhihui has been mistreated and abused by his stepmother. By this time his situation has become even more intolerable.
  • The Mental and Physical Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners by Guards at Beijing's Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp

    Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp used a technique called "sitting facing the wall" to physically and mentally torture practitioners. "Sitting facing the wall" requires practitioners to sit absolutely straight with their faces towards the wall, their knees against the wall, and their eyes only a few inches away from the wall. They must not move or close their eyes or glance sideways. "Sitting facing the wall" is a physical punishment and mental torment for practitioners. Inmates monitor the practitioners.
  • Practitioners Yang Depeng and His Wife Are Sentenced to Forced Labour - Their Young Son Is in a Very Difficult Situation

    Yang Zhenyu (his nickname is Yuyu) was born in November 2001. He was a very lovely and active boy, but now he has become very silent. A child who is not yet three years old has changed so drastically, because his parents were sentenced to forced labour for practising Falun Gong.
  • With Both Parents Illegally Detained, Fourteen-year-old Zhang Lu Is Adopted by Her Aunt

    Zhang Lu, 14, is the daughter of practitioners Zhang Lingjiang and Yu Jingxia from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. At present, Yu Jingxia is detained at the second detention centre. She was sentenced to 10 years in labour camp at her first trial and she is appealing to the Supreme Court of Hebei Province. Her husband Zhang Lingjiang was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He is now detained at the Hebei Province's first prison in Baoding. With no one left at home to take care of the young girl, Zhang Lu's aunt adopted her.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Yukun from Chongqing City Tortured to Death in 2001

    It has been learned that Dafa practitioner Ms Li Yukun, a worker of Chongqing City Grinding Machine Factory, was tortured to death at the end of December 2000 when she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa for the second time. Another practitioner went to Beijing together with Li Yukun. As soon as their train arrived in Beijing, they were arrested and taken to different places. Several days after she came back to Chongqing, on January 5. 2001, she heard from Li Yukun's family that Li had died and that they had come back from Beijing with a box containing her ashes.
  • Atrocious Behaviour of Police at the Panzhihua City Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province

    Zhang Bolin is the team leader of the National Security Team of the Panzhihua City Public Security Bureau. He beat up most of the Falun Gong practitioners who were arrested. He used very ruthless tactics. Many practitioners that he beat up went into shock. He tortured a female practitioner, Luo Junling many times. In November 2002, Zhang Bolin took Luo Junling at night many times to a torture location that they had been secretly set up.
  • More Details about the Persecution Death of Henan Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Chen Lijun

    Forty-year-old practitioner Ms. Chen Lijun was from Henan Province. She was sent to Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp twice without any legal grounds. The headwomen of the labour camp subjected Ms. Chen to all kinds of tortures, including "Tying the Ropes". They would also strike her violently all over her body including her chest, stomach and private parts. The policewomen also ordered drug addicts to seal her mouth with used menstrual pads or put excrement on her mouth. As result of the persecution, Ms. Chen died at 4:00 p.m. on September 29, 2004.