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  • Jiamusi Practitioner Ms. Wang Shuying Arrested

    After the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began in 1999, forty-seven-year-old Ms. Wang Shuying was repeatedly arrested for her beliefs, and lost her government job. In September 2010, police arrested her again. She is currently detained at the Jiamusi Detention Centre. In 2003, she was arrested after being reported by her neighbour for practising Falun Gong exercises at home. She was subjected to three years of forced labour, but was spared because she was in serious condition from persecution.
  • Additional Information Regarding the Death of Fifty-Five Year-Old Ms. Liu Shuling

    Ms. Liu Shuling, 55, died in the Harbin Women's Drug Rehabilitation Centre and Forced Labour Camp on July 3rd, 2010. There was a ring of dried blood around her neck. According to sources inside China, at around the time of her death, about a dozen Falun Gong practitioners were physically tortured in different ways, including being hanged by handcuffs, being forced to sit on metal chairs, etc. in attempts to "transform"[forcibly renounce Falun Gong] them. Ms. Liu refused to be "transformed" and was tortured to death. After her death, the camp immediately held a meeting, where everyone was ordered to say that Ms. Liu passed out suddenly in the toilet and died due to heart disease. In order to prevent information from leaking out, even the guards were not allowed to talk to each other during that time.
  • Older Practitioner Mr. Niu Ruiyi Secretly Sentenced to Six Years in Prison by Gangu County Court in Gansu Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Niu Ruiyi, 65, was arrested on January 21st, 2010. He was sentenced to six years in prison. In late May and early June of this year, some detainees who had been recently released from the Gangu County Detention Centre said that Mr. Niu had been sentenced. However, neither the police, the Procurator, nor the court gave Mr. Niu's family members a notice of trial, or any legal document. Because of this, Mr. Niu's family could not serve as or hire legal representatives to defend him in court. The lawyer who was assigned to Mr. Niu by the court was not allowed to meet with him or write letters to Mr. Niu's family members. After the trial, the family was still not notified promptly. Mr. Niu has become very thin from the abuse and some of his body has become deformed.
  • Mr. Ma Zhiwu, Tortured for Years in Detention, Has Been Arrested Again

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu was arrested by the State Security Division on September 12th, 2010 and detained for the second time. After Jiang Zemin, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Ma suffered ongoing persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was imprisoned for a total of eight years in the Yinchuan Detention Centre, Ningixa Forced Labour Camp and Wuzhong Prison in Ningxia. In the forced labour camp, guards gave the green light to drug addicts and thieves to beat Mr. Ma without cause. They beat Mr. Ma with batons, stools and rubber tubes, all over his body.
  • Guards at Hohhot Women's Forced Labour Camp Tried to Poison Ms. Song Caiping Several Times

    Ms. Song Caiping, in her sixties, is a practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. Guards at Hohhot Women's Forced Labour Camp have tried to poison her several times by putting unknown drugs into her drinking cup and eating bowl. She was also handcuffed and forced to stand up in the room for seven consecutive days. The guards also tried to force her to write a guarantee statement to stop practising Falun Gong.
  • Ms. Fan Yumei Not Allowed to Sleep for Seven Days Straight

    On June 25th, 2010, Ms. Fan and several other Falun Gong practitioners were telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Huairen County, when they were arrested by police. They were then sent to Chenzhuang Detention Centre in Datong later that night. At the detention centre, Ms. Fan went on a hunger strike; after about half a month, she was sent to Shanxi Province Women's Labour Camp. At the forced labour camp, authorities tried to force Ms. Fan to sign a "transformation letter" [forcibly renouncing Falun Gong] and the guards did not allow her to sleep for seven days straight.
  • Five Falun Gong Practitioners from Changling Oil Refinery Subject to Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wen Miaoying, 70 years old, was suddenly arrested by police in September 2005. Her family members tried to find officials who could help release her, spent more than 20,000 yuan in bribes, and wrote a Guarantee Statement to renounce practising Falun Gong on her behalf. She was sentenced to four and a half years, which was to be served outside of detention.
  • Communist Officials in Baoding City, Hebei Province Intensify Relentless Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners

    Since June 2010, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Domestic Security Division in Baoding City, Hebei Province have escalated the arrest and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Prior to each arrest, Communist Party authorities dispatched secret agents to spy on the targeted practitioners, and determined the practitioners' daily schedules. The police officers broke into practitioners' homes. They kicked in doors, pried locks open, and confiscated cash and private property. The arrests of more than 60 practitioners were confirmed in June. Most were imprisoned in a forced labour camp. More than 100 families were harassed during this period.
  • Ms. Du Hongfang's Life at Risk Due to Torture in Prison; Her Husband Given Fourteen Year Sentence

    Ms. Du Hongfang, a Falun Gong practitioner in Jilin City, is being persecuted in Jilin Province Women's Prison. Her life is at risk. In 2008, Ms. Du was sentenced to eight years in prison. During more than one year of imprisonment, she has been severely persecuted by the communist regime's police officers and she is suffering greatly. Her husband, Mr. Guo Yunqing, was sentenced to 14 years in 2007. He is now in Gongzhuling Prison.
  • Ms. Yan Xiaobao Paralysed as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Yan Xiaobao has been repeatedly arrested, persecuted and tortured for her belief in Falun Gong. She became paralyzed as a result of the injuries sustained through long-term torture. Ms. Yan was sentenced to four years in prison in 2002. Guards handcuffed her hands behind her back and hung her up for three days and two nights. The handcuffs cut deeply into her wrists, drawing blood. Her arm ligaments were damaged as a result of the hanging, and the scars from the handcuffs are still visible today. For several days afterward, she was still in so much pain that she couldn't sleep.
  • Practitioners Tortured in Lanzhou Prison

    In July 2010, under orders from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), Lanzhou District Court sentenced practitioners Mr. Cui Yonglin, Mr. Bai Sanyuan and Mr. Zhang Tao to Lanzhou Prison, with terms of 8 years, 6 years and 7 years respectively. Prison guards tortured Mr. Cui in a confined, dark room. When inmates passed by the room, they would sometimes hear Mr. Cui screaming. Mr. Cui was tortured there until the middle of August. Mr. Zhang Tao will not renounce his belief in Falun Gong and is still being beaten and tortured in the dark room.
  • Mr. Xin Yanjun Dies after Becoming Paralysed as Result of Torture While Imprisoned

    Mr. Xin Yanjun was arrested for a fourth time for practising Falun Gong in 2002 and taken directly to Jilin City Prison for a seven-year sentence. Mr. Xin was severely tortured at the Jilin Prison. The guards attempted to freeze him to death by stripping him, forcing him to stand outside, and pouring cold water on him every time he passed out due to the cold. Mr. Xin was subjected to the "sitting board" torture for two months because he refused to renounce his belief in Falun Gong. The guards also instigated criminal inmates to beat. Mr. Xin Yanjun died on May 27th. He weighed only 90 pounds, compared to his previous weight of 170 pounds. His body was too disfigured to be viewed.
  • Mr. Zhou Mofang Persecuted for Years

    Fifty-eight-year-old Mr. Zhou Mofang was a lecturer at Yunnan Forestry Technical College who began practising Falun Gong in 1994. He refused to betray Falun Gong when the persecution began and as a result has been subjected to severe persecution for years. In May 2003, Kunming City Intermediate Court tried Mr. Zhou and sentenced him to five years imprisonment. While incarcerated he was dismissed from his job. Nonetheless several officials from the technical college still harass him regularly. Even though according to prison rules Mr. Zhou was entitled to have visits from his family once or twice a month, his family was granted only five visits in five year
  • 610 Office Agents in Tonghua, Jilin Province Conspire to Persecute Previously Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioners

    As the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) conspired to carry out the so-called "re-visit" of Falun Gong practitioners who have been released from imprisonment, all city or county 610 Office personnel began harassing and arresting these practitioners again. On September 10th, five men (one in police uniform, the others plain-clothed) stormed into Yin Guifen's home and ransacked it. They then forcefully dragged her into a vehicle, taking her directly to the brainwashing centre. Practitioner Liu Fengyan, 59 years old, had just came home from a forced labour camp and was again taken to Tonghua Brainwashing Centre in early September 2010.
  • Ms. Yang Donglian and Mr. Hu Fangjin Arrested by Agents from Xinhuang County 610 Office in Hunan Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hu Fangjin was arrested on September 1st, when he went out to fetch water. Several people had been waiting for him since the early hours. Mr. Hu has been arrested by agents from the 610 Office numerous times since the onset of the persecution in 1999, and was twice subjected to forced labour. He was beaten so severely that he had blurred vision and his legs were numb. He was dismissed from his job and had to sell water to make a living. Ms. Yang and Mr. Hu were taken to the Huaihua City Brainwashing Centre on September 11th.