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Practitioners in Suizhou, Hubei Province Arrested; Outraged Relatives and Bystanders Stop the Police
2010-11-28
Suzhou City 610 Office agents [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong], along with officers from the Domestic Security Division and from the Police Department, recently arrested several Falun Gong practitioners and held them in a brainwashing facility. Some practitioners' relatives stood up against the police's criminal deeds, successfully stopping some of the attempted arrests. Eight police officers broke into elderly practitioner Mr. Wang Zhiming's home around 8:00 p.m. on November 9th, and arrested him. A group of police officers broke into Mr. Wei Wei's home on the evening of November 12th. They punched and kicked him. When he shouted for help, an officer grabbed his neck and threatened to strangle him if he shouted again. Mr. Wei was taken away. -
Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in Hebei Province Women's Prison
2010-11-28I personally saw the torture of a Falun Gong practitioner in Hebei Province Women's Prison. She refused to cooperate with the prison authorities, and was punished with being forced to sit on a tiny stool every day. She was not allowed to speak and sometimes was not allowed to go to bed until midnight. She was constantly cursed at and beaten. Frequently she would have nightmares and scream in the middle of the night. As a result, she suffered even more brutal beatings. Many times she was dragged by guards into a restroom and brutally beaten. She was also dragged into a lobby, where she was forced to stand for a long time. On more than one occasion, her mouth was taped shut and she was dragged along the ground while completely naked. -
Details about the Persecution of Deceased Schoolteacher Ms. Huang Yanli
2010-11-28Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Yanli was arrested many times by the 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] of Nantong because she wouldn't give up practising Falun Gong. She was sent to a brainwashing centre, a detention centre, a forced labour camp, and prison. She was brutally abused in Group No. 4 in Judong Forced Labour Camp, where they made her stand for long periods of time, and her calves swelled so badly that they looked thicker than her thighs.Her health deteriorated and she was unable to eat for four months. Ms. Huang passed away on December 15th, 2004. She was only 35 years old. -
Ni Yanping Sent to Brainwashing Centre Again for Further Persecution
2010-11-28Practitioner Ms. Ni Yanping was arrested on the morning of August 12th, and taken to a brainwashing centre for the second time. While there, she was brutally beaten by police and criminals. In August 2005, Ni was taken to Longtanshanzhuang Brainwashing Centre and tortured until she was paralysed and could not take care of herself. After being sent home, she practised Falun Gong diligently and eventually recovered. -
Dr. Shen Yueping from Yunnan Subjected to Persecution Before She Died
2010-11-27Falun Gong practitioner Dr. Shen Yueping had won many awards in the city and in the province, and had earned a good reputation among patients and colleagues. In 2000 Dr. Shen Yueping went to Tiananmen Square to hold a banner that read, "Falun Gong is good." She was arrested, and sentenced to a three-year prison term. In 2004 Dr. Shen was sentenced to a five-year term in prison. In May 2009 her husband received a phone call from a guard in the Second Women's Prison stating that she was in critical condition. Dr. Shen had been mistreated and was emaciated. She was nothing but skin and bones. Dr. Shen died on July 16th, 2009. -
Li Jing Inhumanly Tortured at Guangzhou Women's Forced Labour Camp
2010-11-27Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Jing was taken away and sentenced to 21 months in a forced labour camp on September 25th, 2010. On October 4th, she was sent to the Guangzhou Women's Forced Labour Camp. After Ms. Li Jing was taken to the Haizhu District Detention Centre, her hands were handcuffed and feet shackled. There were deep marks on both wrists and ankles. Several days after Ms. Li was sent to the Guangzhou Women's Forced Labour Camp, ten people pressed her down and force-fed her every night. -
Female Practitioner Suffers Mental Collapse Due to Torture at Zhejiang Women's Prison
2010-11-27Ms. Su Shufen was very weak and ill before she started practising Falun Gong, but after she began the practice in January 1999, her health was restored. Ms. Su has been arrested twice since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong. In May 2002, Ms. Su was reported to police while making Falun Gong informational materials. She was detained in a forced labour camp for three years. Ms. Su became mentally unstable as a result of being tortured in the detention centre. She was secretly taken to Zhejiang Women's Prison, where her family was not allowed to visit her for a long time. Prison staff injected drugs into her body, which caused her to suffer a mental collapse. -
Older Practitioner Persists in Appeal After Being Sentenced for Practising Falun Gong
2010-11-27Practitioner Mr. Hao Yaohua, who is in his sixties, was sentenced to five years in prison in late 2009. He appealed, but the intermediate court rejected the appeal. Mr. Hao is currently being held in Jiamusi Prison, and is filing an appeal with the Supreme Court of Heilongjiang Province. Mr. Hao suffers from a serious lower back problem, but is being forced to do hard labour at the workshop in Jiamusi Prison. -
70-Year-Old Woman Driven to Mental Disorder by Persecution
2010-11-26Ms. Zhang Shuxiang, about 70 years old, was arrested in June by the local 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] while she was telling people the facts about Falun Gong and taken to the Zhaoyuan Brainwashing Centre. In the brainwashing centre, she was confined to a tiny, dark, solitary cell without any ventilation. She was not allowed to leave the cell or talk to anyone. Ms. Zhang held a hunger strike for 18 days to protest the detention. Guards beat her with steel batons. She was severely bruised. She passed out four times during the torture and her mind became disordered. -
Women's Prison of Hebei Province Persecutes Ms. Shang Shiying and Ms. Dan Huanrong
2010-11-26Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Shang Shiying and Ms. Dan Huanrong of Tangshan were sentenced to prison. They are currently being held at the Women's Prison of Hebei Province at Shijiazhuang. The prison guards use sleep deprivation, prolonged standing and beating to punish the practitioners who will not give up their beliefs. The prison has been forbidding Ms. Shang's and Ms. Dan's families from visiting. Ms. Shang's family eventually saw Ms. Shang; she was very thin, had dark circles around her eyes, and her legs were swollen from prolonged standing. -
Ms. Zhu Rongzhen from Kunming City Arrested Again
2010-11-26Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhu Rongzhen, 57, is being held at the Chenggong County Detention Centre in Kunming City, and is extremely weak from being tortured. Officials from the detention centre refused to tell her family of her condition and only told them that Ms. Zhu was sent to the prison hospital. -
A Letter from a 10-Year-Old Girl to Her Father in Jail
2010-11-26The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has been persecuting Falun Gong for over 11 years. So many harmonious families are being broken up, parents and children are being torn apart. Meilian is a ten-year-old girl. When she was one and a half years old, her father was sentenced by the CCP because he talked to people about Falun Gong. At that time, Meilian was still too young to speak. She was unhappy every day because suddenly she could not see her father anymore. She misses her father so much that often she cannot sleep. -
Shanghai Practitioner Lu Xingguo Brutally Tortured to Death in 2003
2010-11-25Lu Xingguo was persecuted since the persecution against Falun Gong started in 1999. He was imprisoned at the No. 1 Forced Labour Camp in Dafeng, Shanghai for eighteen months. During his imprisonment, Mr. Lu was physically and mentally tortured, and forced to perform heavy labour for long periods of time every day. In 2003, he was sent to the No. 3 Forced Labour Camp in Qingpu District, Shanghai. The warden convinced inmates to beat him and torture him with the tiger bench. Lu Xingguo's painful screams could be heard from outside the cell. The perpetrating inmates demanded that he give up his belief in Falun Gong, but he refused. On October 15th, 2003, Lu Xingguo was tortured to death. Witnesses said that Lu Xingguo's body was covered with electric shock marks. -
Two Men in Xinmi County Prison Die as a Result of Abuse
2010-11-25Sixty-nine-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Shucai was arrested in March 2009. Mr. Yang was detained for seven months. He was then sentenced to four years in prison and sent to the Xinmi County Prison in Zhengzhou. Mr. Yang's physical condition worsened while he was there, and he was released for medical treatment on September 29th, 2010, and passed away 12 days later. Mr. Sun Peijie was sentenced to four years in prison and tortured until he was in critical condition. He was sent home in January 2005 and passed away on August 19th, 2005. -
Elderly Mr. Mi Kechang Disabled Due to Severe Torture
2010-11-25Falun Gong practitioner Mi Kechang, 79, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on October 3rd, 2000, and was arrested. Police questioned him and pressured him to renounce Falun Gong. Mr. Mi was forced to sit on a bench for a long time. He weighed 94 kilograms when he first arrived, but after 13 months of torture, he was severely emaciated, barely conscious, and bedridden. The Qingling Detention Centre was afraid of taking responsibility for his death so they sent him home. Since then Mi Kechang has not been able to sit up or stand up and can only lie in bed.
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