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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More Details Regarding the Death of Zhangjiakou City Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuzhen
2004-06-09Zhang Yuzhen, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Hebei Province, experienced many forms of persecution because she remained steadfast in her belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance." Ms. Zhang Yuzhen was sent to a brainwashing centre, where she was subjected to torture. On May 4, 2004, she died in a small clinic. The authorities did not send Zhang Yuzhen to the hospital when her condition was dire, nor did they notify her family of her condition until it was too late. Neither could they give any explanation to her family after her death. -
Details of How Practitioner Mr. Ou Keshun from Hunan Province Was Tortured to Death
2004-06-09On the morning of January 20, 2001, when facing brutal force and pressure while being unlawfully detained, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ou Keshun kept a compassionate mind while suffering. Since he would not give up Falun Gong, Liu, the deputy head of the focus group beat him. To protest the brutal violation of his basic rights, Ou went on a peaceful hunger strike. Police officers coerced detained drug addicts to torture him until he vomited blood and died at the Changde City Drug Addiction Centre. To cover up the true cause of death, the "610 Office" ordered that he be cremated in Chengde City. -
Tangshan City Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liu Sujun Imprisoned and Forced to Have an Abortion
2004-06-0937 year old Ms. Liu Sujun went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing with other practitioners to hold up a banner reading "Falun Dafa Is Great" and was arrested and detained for five months. Ms. Liu was two months pregnant at that time. During the detention, she asked for a physical checkup and the police ignored her. Knowing her physical condition, the police still locked both her hands and feet together with heavy shackles, thus preventing her from sitting up straight. She suffered this kind of inhuman torture until she was seven months pregnant. Then, she was forced to terminate her pregnancy and was sent home. -
World Renowned Artists Xiao Yixia and Her Husband Repeatedly Persecuted for Upholding Their Belief in Falun Dafa
2004-06-09Ms. Xiao Yixia from Shandong Province, although only 32 years old, was already well-known both in China and overseas for her work "Wood Carvings" and the sculpting workshop she conducted with her husband Zhou Ning. Ms. Xiao is currently detained at Weifang City Industrial Works Institute. The special agents from the National Security Department tried to force her to give up her belief with physical abuse. At present, she has been so savagely tortured that she has developed convulsions. She is physically extremely feeble. -
Eyewitness Account: Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Fuzhen was Injected with a Poisonous Drug and Died in Extreme Pain
2004-06-08Ms Zhang Fuzhen was a Falun Gong practitioner from Pingdu City, Shandong Province. In 2001, she was arrested and sent to a brainwashing class to be persecuted. Ms Sun Fuxiang was assigned to monitor Zhang Fuzhen. She recalled, "they injected some unknown poisonous drug into her. As soon as she was injected with the drug, she felt unbearable pain. She struggled as if she were being driven out of her mind, and she died very painfully. The officials from the "610 Office" witnessed the whole course of Ms. Zhang's death." -
Eighteen-Year-Old Practitioner Ms. Zhang Conghui Is Tortured to a State of Mental Collapse
2004-06-08Ms. Zhang Conghui, an 18-year-old high school student, was expelled from her school because she told her classmates the facts about Falun Gong. She felt she had no choice but to go to Tiananmen Square to appeal for justice. Ms. Zhang was arrested and later detained at a brainwashing centre in Hebei Province. After two months' torture people who saw her after her release report that she was no longer the Zhang Conghui of the past. Today her hands are covered with bruises, she has a dull look, acts oddly, and exhibits mental confusion. -
A Young Practitioner from Shandong Province: Please Help to Rescue My Mum
2004-06-08My name is Chen Teng, and I am 16 years old. I live in Weifang City, Shandong Province. My family was broken up simply because they remained determined to practise Falun Gong, the practice which brought us such happiness. My grandma, who was an outstanding teacher and my aunt who was also a teacher both died as a result of the persecution. My mum, Sun Xiaomei was arrested many times and now is in detention again. As for myself, I can't go to school any more and I was forced to leave my home when I was 12 years old. -
Drawings of Torture Techniques -- No. 8: Burning Practitioners With Red Hot Objects
2004-06-08One of the torture methods used in interrogation rooms, forced labour camps and brainwashing centres under the Public Security System is to use extremely hot objects to burn Dafa practitioners' bodies. Police use lit cigarettes to burn practitioners' faces, often leaving black scars on their faces. Some of the most vicious police have deliberately burned the faces of beautiful young female practitioners, thus permanently disfiguring them. -
The Story Behind the Tragic Death of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wu Lingxia and the Brutal Retaliation Against those Who Published Her Photo
2004-06-08She was unable to lie down day or night and could only lean against something for a moment. Even in this condition, the local police still came to harass her. I feel all these facts must be documented to let the world know. Someone who had been healthy in body and spirit, a good and kind soul, had been persecuted to such a deplorable condition, and only because she practiced Falun Dafa. This is the truth that will expose the lies told to the world. -
More Information Regarding the Murder of Dafa Practitioner, Ms. Huang Zhao
2004-06-07Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Huang Zhao was a resident of Wuhan City. According to inside sources, Huang Zhao was electrically shocked and beaten to death by police using electrical batons at 4:10 p.m. on April 2, 2004. In order to cover up their crime, the police claimed she committed suicide, and they also forced her family to sign an agreement of "accepting the judgment of suicide." The police told the family "the person is already dead, you can get some money if you agree that suicide was the cause; otherwise, you will not get a penny." -
Ms. Zhou Zebi from Sichuan Province Died From Torture in 2001
2004-06-07Ms. Zhou Zebi from Sichuan Province was tortured with a variety of methods while detained in the notorious Zizhong Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province. The torture caused her to have injuries, which caused her to cough terribly, vomit blood, and also have bloody stools. One of her relatives carried her out of the forced labour camp on his back in April 2001. The torture left her with such severe injuries, she looked dead. In May 2001, Ms. Zhou Zebi died from complications resulting from the extended torture. -
Practitioner Ms. Tang Yunxia Suffered Torture in Pengzhou Municipal Mental Hospital
2004-06-07Because of persisting in practising Falun Gong, I was illegally sentenced to labour camp twice and was illegally detained 15 times. In July 2003, I was sent to Pengzhou Municipal Mental Hospital. In the mental hospital, I was injected with an opaque liquid, which caused all kinds of swelling in my whole body. When I neared death, the doctor from the Pengzhou Municipal mental hospital requested Qiao Lijun, the director of the "610 Office," to release me. Qiao Lijun refused and said, "No way. We will still watch over her!" -
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Breaks Out in Sichuan Province -- Corrupt Government Officials Shirk Duties and Continue the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-06-07At the end of February 2004, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD, an animal disease) broke out in 18 towns and townships of Qu County in Dazhou City of Sichuan Province. The local Government concealed the epidemic, totally disregarding the severe FMD plague and continued to waste much manpower and resources to defame and persecute Falun Gong. Qu County is the most notorious county for persecuting Falun Gong in Dazhou City. Qu County is the first county in which a Falun Gong practitioner was persecuted to death in Dazhou City. -
Hubei Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Guo Chunsheng Dies from Violent Beating by Police
2004-06-06Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Guo Chunsheng was from Hubei Province. On October 30, 2003, his home was illegally ransacked by the Fenghuang Town Party Secretary and others. They attempted to abduct Mr. Guo to a brainwashing centre. In the process they violently beat Mr. Guo, causing him to vomit blood. He passed away at 8 p.m. the next day. Mr. Guo's untimely death has left his young son and daughter with no guardian, his elderly mother with no financial support, and his disabled wife with no caregiver. The family has been mourning the loss of their beloved kin every day. -
More Details about the Death of Shanxi Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Song Youchun
2004-06-06Dafa practitioner Mr. Song Youchun was from the Xinzhou Area of Shanxi Province. In January 2001, we learned from people in Song's village that Song was sentenced to forced labour for going to Beijing to appeal for Dafa in the year 2000. He suffered brutal torture at a labour camp and was in critical condition. To avoid being responsible for his death, the labour camp notified Song's family to take him home. Song died not long after he came home. He was only 30 years old, and he left behind his wife, a very young child and elderly parents.