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

  • 12-Year-Old Child's Mother Dies in the Persecution, Father Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

    Zhu Meijuan was 38 years old when she died as a result of the persecution. She was a worker in the Boiler Metal Configuration Factory of Qingdao City and started to practise Falun Gong in spring 1996 at Erlihe, Jiaozhou City. She was fired from her job for practising Falun Gong. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and validate Dafa. In December 2001, her husband Zhou Zhaohua was arrested.
  • Some Facts about Rongrong, Daughter of Falun Dafa Practitioner Zou Songtao and His Wife Zhang Yunhe

    Rongrong was born on November 15, 1999 and is the daughter of practitioner Zou Songtao and his wife Zhang Yunhe. On November 3, 2000, Zou Songtao was tortured to death in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province. He was only 28 at the time.
  • 61 Year Old Falun Gong Practitioner Li Chunwen from Hebei Province Persecuted to Death

    Mr. Li Chunwen, sixty-one years of age, was from Hebei Province. Just a few days after Mr. Li learned Falun Gong, rheumatic heart disease disappeared. Li Chunwen told everyone he met, "I could have lost my life a long time ago, if I had not practised Falun Gong." Since the persecution began Li Chunwen tried to go to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. He was arrested and since then suffered relentless mental and physical torment over the years, whilst in detention and when at home. He became so weak and thin that he would fall down frequently. He could not breathe properly and his internal organs were constantly in pain. In this condition, his life lasted until June 10, 2004. On that day, Li Chunwen fell down unconscious and died.
  • Mr. Chen Heping, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Hubei Province, Dies from Prolonged Persecution

    Hubei Province Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen Heping was 53 years old. In 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. The "610 Office" arrested him and sentenced him to two years in Shayang Forced Labour Camp. While in the labour camp, he was subjected to many tortures and forced to do hard labour. He was released on medical parole when his health deteriorated. In October 2003, he was unjustly brought to a brainwashing centre and persecuted until he became very frail. Due to the prolonged period of harassment and physical torture, Mr. Chen Heping passed away on October 15, 2004.
  • Ms. Zhao Qiumei Brutally Beaten by a Group of Policemen in the Changchun Hezuizi Labour Camp (Photos)

    On February 14, 2003, some policemen called Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Zhao Qiumei to the guards' room and cruelly beat her. After the beating, someone had to help Zhao Qiumei walk back to her room. Her hands were swollen, black and blue, and her right eye and right eyebrow were bleeding. She could not raise her right arm. Her left leg was lame.
  • Ms. Li Xuewei Is Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison after Four Years of Persecution

    Ms. Li Xuewei lived in Japan for seven years. In February 2000, when she went to visit her relatives in China, she was arrested for having a "Falun Dafa in Japan" newspaper with her. The Chinese authorities illegally detained, tortured and threatened her. They revoked her passport, thus preventing her from returning to Japan with her husband. After suffering four years of persecution, she was unjustly sentenced to seven years in prison on September 21, 2004.
  • A Practitioner Recounts the Torture She Experienced at the Yuegezhuang Police Station

    One night in July of 2001, the police brought several of us Falun Dafa practitioners to the Yuegezhuang Police Station and five to six policemen used cruel and despicable means to try to force us to confess to crimes we had not committed. They handcuffed my hands behind the back of the chair. Then they passed an electric baton through the handcuffs, catching one end of the baton on the arm of the chair, and pressed the other end forcefully, making me cry out in such pain that my voice filled the night sky.
  • The Persecution of Ms. Fan Xiaoli, A Falun Gong Practitioner from Inner Mongolia, at Detention Centres and Forced Labour Camps (Photos)

    "My name is Fan Xiaoli. I was born on September 12, 1958, and live in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia. I am a Falun Gong practitioner and have benefitted much from the practice. Because I firmly practise Falun Gong and clarify the truth about the persecution, over the past five years my life has been seriously threatened; I have been humiliated, monitored, and followed, and my telephone was tapped. I have suffered serious mental and financial torment as well as unbelievably horrific physical persecution."
  • The Life of Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Liaoyang Forced Labour Camp: Torture and Excessive Workloads, but Some Guards Understand the Truth

    "On January 29, 2004, I was transferred from Tieling Forced Labour Camp to Liaoyang Forced Labour Camp, where the persecutors continued to torture me. Right after I arrived, Section Head Zou read through every detained practitioner's file and came up with an individual torture plan for each practitioner. For the female practitioners, the perpetrators used high-voltage electric batons to shock them, forced them to stay awake for long periods of time, and forced them to perform heavy physical labour for over 20 hours a day. This kind of abuse lasted for more than 8 months."
  • The Brutal Torture Methods at the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province (Photos)

    The guards in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp cruelly tortured Li Deshan, a practitioner, because he would not give up practising Falun Gong. His hands were handcuffed to one bed and his feet to another bed. Then the beds were pulled in opposite directions. The pain was terrible and his body was stretched to the breaking point. Li Deshan died about a year later in August 2002. His death came as a result of these inhuman tortures. He suffered long-term sleep deprivation, brutal beatings, being hung up and beaten, public humiliation, and being force-fed with water and alcohol.
  • Mr Li Junqing from Yunnan Province Dies from Torture at the Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Lu Huiyi's husband, Li Junqing, a non-practitioner, was arrested in Yanji on July 13, 2002 for possession of Falun Gong truth clarification material. Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp called Lu Huiyi to tell her, "Li Junqing had diabetes and was sick for four days. He was sent to a hospital but the doctors couldn't revive him. He passed away at around 4:00 a.m. on December 17, 2002." The truth is Li Junqing never had diabetes in his life.
  • Sixty-Five Year Old Ms. Xiao Hongxiu Tortured to Death in the Chongqing City Women's Prison

    Sixty-five year old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xiao Hongxiu was subjected to physical and mental torture by prison police for a long period of time. The abuse included injecting her with unknown medicine even though she had no illness; forced labour; not allowing her to rest even though she was extremely weak from the long-term abuse, and forcing her to remain standing all day long when she was too weak to work. Ms. Xiao lost consciousness several times while doing forced labour, until she finally died in Yongchuan Prison on July 25, 2004.
  • Two Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Died from the Persecution in Hebei Province

    Ms. Wang Wenduan, over 50 years old and Ms. Wang Juan, 36 years old, were two Falun Dafa practitioners from Hebei Province, who died in 2004 as result of the persecution. Both ladies suffered from inhumane beatings - all because they had distributed materials that explained the truth about Falun Dafa and because they upheld the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liu Bo Dies from the Persecution in Jilin Province

    In Jilin Province, forty-five year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Bo died in police custody. On August 9, 2004, police notified Liu's family of her death. When her family went to collect her body, they noticed that Liu's head was swollen abnormally. The police claimed that she had committed suicide. Since Liu's family was deeply deceived by the lies of the Jiang Zemin regime, they agreed to have Liu's body cremated. They are not willing to talk about Liu Bo and her death. They even said, "There is less to worry about now since she is dead."
  • Dalian City Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Yan Died as a Result of Abuse in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Yan was from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. She was imprisoned in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. In September 2003, her family members carried her back home from the labour camp. On October 1, she passed away. More detailed information is under investigation.