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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The Miserable Screams That Could Not Be Blocked by a Sound-Proof Confinement Room
2012-10-26In Shanxi Province's Jinzhong Women's Prison, guard Wang Fuying is trying to force Ms. Li Hong to quit Falun Gong. Wang deprives Ms. Li of sleep and instructs inmates to torture her using various means. Since August 21st, 2012, Wang has not allowed Ms. Li to sleep. Wang instructed prison inmates to hit or pinch Ms. Li, or do anything they can to keep her awake 24 hours a day. One night, Li Hong was stripped completely naked and tortured in a sound-proof confinement room. In spite of the sound proofing, her screams could still be heard outside. -
Ms. Chen Xiaoyue Tells of Forced Injections Taken in Guangdong Women's Prison
2012-10-26In 2008 I was arrested for distributing Falun Gong flyers in public and sentenced to three years in prison. In Guangdong Women's Prison guards did not allow me to sleep, made me sit on a small stool, and forced me to stand for long periods of time. In the prison's attempts to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] me, I was threatened, tortured, and brainwashed every day. I was injected with unknown drugs on January 11th, 2011, and I had a headache and felt dizzy for days. I kept collapsing when I tried to walk and had chest pain. -
Mr. Wang Yafu Cured of Numerous Health Problems, Then Arrested Eight Times for Practising Falun Gong
2012-10-26Mr. Wang Yafu, a 59-year-old villager from Liaoning Province, had his numerous health ailments cured after only six months of starting his Falun Gong practice in 1996. His numerous conditions, including heart disease, hepatitis and arthritis disappeared without a trace. The past 13 years, however, saw him arrested eight times, incarcerated at a detention centre three times, sentenced to forced labour three times and have his home ransacked nine times. He was also forced to go through brainwashing the last time he was arrested in 2009. -
Ms. Tian Xiaoping Wrongfully Sentenced to 14 Years in Heilongjiang Province
2012-10-26Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tian Xiaoping, 51, was one of the victims in the “big arrest” in Shuangcheng that occurred on November 13th, 2011. She and four other practitioners were sentenced to 14 years in prison. Two others were sentenced to 13 and 11 years, respectively. The attorney was astounded when the court ignored the prosecutor's recommendation of three to five-year sentences. Falun Gong practitioners work very hard to follow Truth-Compassion-Forbearance in their lives. They should not be detained at all, nor should they be sentenced. -
Mr. Chen Deguan from Lanzhou Detained for Over a Year; His Wife Arrested Again
2012-10-26Mr. Chen Deguan from Lanzhou is 66 years old. He has been detained for over a year. His wife, Ms. Sheng Chunmei, was arrested for the second time in two years on July 28th, 2012, and is also currently detained. Officials attempted to put Mr. Chen on trial, the judge delayed the trial indefinitely at the last minute when his defense lawyers showed up. -
Older Practitioner in Shandong Province Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2012-10-26On August 4th, 2012, Mr. Xu Yanjiang, 65, was arrested when he was distributing Shen Yun DVDs [a world-class traditional Chinese cultural show] and taken to the Zhangzhuang Detention Centre. Police said they would detain him for two weeks. His family went to relevant departments to seek his release, but each department just passed responsibility and refused to release him. Two weeks later, the police secretly sent Mr. Xu to the Jinan Second Men's Forced Labour Camp. When the family found out where Mr. Xu was imprisoned and went to ask for his release, they were refused entry by the labour camp. -
Mr. Sun Jianzhong from Tangshan City Brutally Tortured
2012-10-23Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Sun Jianzhong has been arrested many times since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. He was previously sentenced to seven years imprisonment and has been subjected to all kinds of torture and abuse. His ribs were broken twice, his eardrums were ruptured twice, and his thigh was injured. While Mr. Sun had his hands cuffed behind his back, he was punched and beaten and slapped in the face. -
Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yu Zaorong Covertly Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
2012-10-23Sixty-eight-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Zaorong has been brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the past 12 years. She was arrested while distributing Falun Gong leaflets in March, detained, subjected to brainwashing and brutal torture, and was recently sentenced to three years in prison. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Song Yaqin, 54, Persecuted in Hohhot Women's Prison
2012-10-23Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Song Yaqin was arrested at her son's home on December 24th, 2009 by police. She was sentenced to six years in prison by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court in 2010. She is currently being held in Hohhot Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia. Because she would not give up her belief; she was denied visitation rights. She was often beaten and subjected to sleep deprivation by inmates. Guards beat her and shocked her with electric batons. -
Epoch Times: US House Members Seek Answers on Transplant Abuse in China
2012-10-23Approximately one-quarter of the membership of the U.S. House of Representatives has co-signed a letter asking the Secretary of State to “release any information” the department has “relating to transplant abuses in China.” Congressmen Andrews and Smith refer to “testimony implicating Chinese hospitals and doctors in the practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners, to allegedly include from living practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, Uyghurs, Tibetans and House Christians.” -
Prison Term to End Soon for Architectural Design Expert, Chengdu 610 Office Authorities Attempt to Interfere with His Release
2012-10-23Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang Zonglin, 64, is the former director of Sichuan Chengdu Mingyuan Institute of Architectural Design. His five-year prison term will end on October 15th, when he supposedly will be released and will be free to go home. However, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) stated that they were “still considering” whether or not to release him. Deyang Prison, where Mr. Jiang has been held for the last five years, also said that a local 610 Office official must pick Mr. Jiang up from the prison when his term ends and that they will hand him over only to a local 610 Office agent. -
Chief Judge of Criminal Tribunal Obstructs Lawyer from Representing Falun Gong Client
2012-10-23Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhou Yubao was arrested in a park by officers from the local domestic security division in May 2012. The local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) ordered officials from the local police department, Procuratorate and the courts to work together to convict Mr. Zhou. Furthermore, they were to do their best to obstruct his lawyer from submitting a plea of innocence. -
Shandong Jiaonan 610 Office and Public Security Attempt to Unjustly Sentence Falun Gong Practitioners
2012-10-23On March 6th, 2012, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Qibing was arrested for sending out Falun Gong material exposing the persecution. The police raided his home and confiscated his computer, printer, and informational materials. He is being held in Jiaonan Detention Centre. During his first hearing his family noticed that he had a problem walking. He and all the other practitioners were handcuffed and shackled. Families were not allow to visit them after their arrests. -
Two Female Gong Practitioners in Hunan Province Sent to Prison as Court Refuses to Hold an Open Trial
2012-10-23The Yuetang Court in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province disregarded the legitimate rights of Falun Gong practitioners Yao Jianping and Hu Yan. The court ignored their appeal against their first trial, as well as the requests of their attorney for a second trial. Without further legal procedures, the pair were abruptly sent to Hunan Province Women's Prison. Presently, Ms. Yao Jianping and Hu Yan are being detained in a dark room and physically abused, with their captors attempting to transform [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] them. -
Xi'an Police Deceive Poet Mr. Tu Teng and Send Him to a Forced Labour Camp
2012-10-19Three Falun Gong practitioners—the chairman of the Chinese Laurel Poets Society in Xi'an City Mr. Tu Teng, Mr. Li Xiaohui, and Ms. Xie Jing—were arrested by police on August 13th, 2012, and have since been imprisoned at the Beilin District Detention Centre in Xi'an City. The Domestic Security Division of the Beilin District Police Department deceived them and sentenced them to forced labour.