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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Judge from Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province Warns: Appealing (Unjust) Sentence Means Extended Prison Term
2009-09-17
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Jinghe was arrested on May 8th, 2008 by police from Longjiang County. On June 11th, 2009 he was sentenced to three years in prison. The judge at the Longjiang County Court threatened him, "Don't appeal your case. If you do, your case will be handed back for re-trial and you will receive an extension to your prison term." Nonetheless, seeking justice, Mr. Yu's younger brother filed an appeal with the Intermediate Court of Qiqihar City on August 4th, 2008. Due to unclear facts and inadequate evidence in Mr. Yu's case, the court called off the original judgement and ordered a re-trial at the court where Mr. Yu was originally convicted. -
Mr. Yin Sirong from Chengdu City Secretly Sentenced to Forced Labor Camp
2009-09-17Mr. Yin Sirong, a practitioner from Chengdu city was arrested by police officers from Wanzhou District Public Security Bureau, on July 31st, 2009, while he was at the home of another practitioner in Chongqing city. He has been on hunger strike ever since. At the time when the police submitted an application to send Mr. Yin to a forced labour camp, they also refused his lawyer's request to meet with him, stating that they were still awaiting confirmation that the person arrested was in fact Mr. Yin Sirong. On September 3rd, 2009, Mr. Yin was sentenced to the notorious Xishanping Forced Labour Camp. -
Senior Sisters Beaten by Police Officers in Pi County, Sichuan Province
2009-09-17Ms. Zhang Yuanru and Ms. Zhang Yuanzhen are sisters from Chengdu City in Sichuan Province. At 10:00 p.m., on August 31st, 2009, they were arrested by officers from the Hongguang Town Police Station and brutally beaten. Both practitioners were kicked with heavy leather shoes, whipped with leather straps, beaten with electric batons, and savagely pinched. In less than 24 hours, their entire bodies were covered in bruises and turned black and blue. -
Practitioner Zhang Puhe of Heilongjiang Province Tortured to the Verge Of Death
2009-09-16Mr. Zhang Puhe was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Chinese Communist regime, and is currently detained and being tortured at Lianjiangkou Prison in Jiamusi City. His life is in imminent danger. Guards ordered him to recite the prison rules. When Mr. Zhang refused, the guards used thirty-thousand volt electric batons to shock him all over his body. They also forbid him from speaking. When Mr. Zhang still refused to recite the prison rules, the guards instigated inmates to beat his face, which swelled and had blue and purple bruises. Mr. Zhang is extremely weak and is on the verge of death. -
Chinese Communist Party Still Actively Attempting to Poison the Children
2009-09-16Written in a textbook entitled "Thoughts and Moral Character," for 2009 Grade 6 students and published by Zhejiang Education Publishing House, there are sections defaming Falun Gong. It not only slanders Falun Gong, but space is left in the textbook to encourage the students to write their own words that attack Falun Gong. It not only threatens that people distributing the leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong will be jailed, but also urges the children to report anyone they see handing out the materials. The main theme is that "studying Zhuan Falun (the main text of Falun Gong) is against the law." This text book requests that schools hold photo exhibitions, discussion meetings, and force students to defame Falun Gong. -
The Persecution of Mr. Li Zhibiao, a Former Cerebellar Degeneration Patient
2009-09-16In 1999 when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Li Zhibiao, a person who had finally been able to live a normal life after being disabled all his life, became the target of the persecution, too. He was arrested four times and brutally mistreated. As a result, he started to frequently fall into a state of sudden unconsciousness. Although he managed to escape from detention the ordeal took its toll on Mr. Li's physical and mental health. He was significantly affected by the terror he experienced during his escape. The police have gone to Mr. Li's workplace to harass him many times since 2006. -
Ms. Zhu Baojuan Sent to Shenyang City Women's Prison While on Verge of Death
2009-09-16In July 2008, Ms. Zhu Baojuan was arrested and then sentenced to five years in prison, for her belief in Falun Gong. While imprisoned at the Jinzhou City Second Detention Centre, two large tumours developed in her uterus and she also had a relapse of severe heart disease, which had been cured through practising Falun Gong. She lost consciousness three times due to torture, and she was not able to walk. On September 3rd, Ms. Zhu's husband and three other family members came to visit her. She was not able to walk. When they asked her what happened, she said, "When the police took me to the Jinzhou City Second Detention Centre, the cell's door was only half open. I was not able to get in. The police kicked me three times with full strength. I have not been able to walk since then." -
Jiang Xiqing Persecuted to Death in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, His Daughter Arrested for Appealing for Him
2009-09-15After Mr. Jiang Xiqing from Jiangjin, Chongqing City, was persecuted to death in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, his daughter, Jiang Hong, sought justice through legal means. Officials in the Politics and Law Committee and the 610 Office in Jiangjin did not want to be exposed further, so they orchestrated the arrest of Ms. Jiang. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Seven hours after being notified of his death, his family found his body still warm in the freezer. Labour camp officials did not give any reasonable explanation for his death and had his body cremated without his family's consent. -
Xu Xianping is Arrested Again
2009-09-15Ms. Xu Xianping, 43, has been a Falun Gong practitioner since 1996. In April 2002, Xu Xianping was arrested and her home was searched. Later, she was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. In the Harbin Women's Prison, Xu Xianping was tortured with solitary confinement, hung up, beaten, and forced to sit on a cold cement floor for eleven days. In spite of the serious scurvy caused by the torture, she was not released until 2006. On August 7th, 2009, she was reported to the police for having talked with people about the persecution of Falun Gong and arrested. Xu Xianping is currently being detained at the No. 2 Detention Centre of Hegang City. -
Older Practitoner Ms. Shi Xiuyan from Tangshan City Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2009-09-15oOn July 6th, 2009, Shi Xiuyan was posting messages regarding the persecution of Falun Gong near a bank in the west part of Fengrun city, when she was suddenly abducted by policemen. Li Chunyuan, vice director of the Fengrun Public Security Bureau led six or seven policemen and ransacked her home. They confiscated her printer, computer, Falun Gong books and other personal belongings. She was detained at the Fengrun Detention Centre and subsequently given a two-year sentence in a forced labour camp. On August 4th, 2009, she was secretly taken to the Tangshan Kaiping Labour Camp. -
Ms. Shi Yingxia, Principal of Dianshi Computer School in Wuhan City, Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment
2009-09-15On September 12th, 2008, more than 30 plainclothes police officers arrived in eight police cars at the Dianshi Computer School in Wuhan City. They damaged huge amounts of property and took away many computers and other valuable items. All the employees of the Dianshi Computer School were arrested and their residences were also ransacked. A few hours before, the police had stormed into the residence of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shi Yingxia, the principal and legal representative of the computer school, and taken her away. Ms. Shi was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. She is now in the Wuhan City Women's Prison. -
Ms. Wang Huilan Dies from Brutal Force-feeding Six Days After Arrest
2009-09-1453-year-old Ms. Wang Huilan was arrested on September 1st, 2009 by Zhuozhou City Domestic Security agents. On September 7th, her family went to visit her, but they were not allowed to see her. That afternoon, the guards brutally force-fed her, causing her death. Details of Ms. Wang Huilan's death following her recent arrest are still under investigation. -
Dr. Meng Yuhua in Critical Condition in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison
2009-09-14Falun Gong practitioner Dr. Meng Yuhua's parents received a call from the Liaoning Province Women's Prison on August 24th notifying them to visit their daughter because she was in critical condition. When they went to the prison, one prison guard told them that Dr. Meng was in critical condition because she suffered from a severe potassium deficiency and that Dr. Meng had refused injections or any other medication, and that she had signed a release so that the prison would not be held accountable. A prison guard told them that she would not be released even if she died, because she refused to plead guilty, and that she would have to serve forced labour. -
A Peasant Woman from Hunan Province Arrested Seven Times and Tortured
2009-09-14After July 20th, 1999, when the government's persecution of Falun Gong began, I was arrested by officers many times, and sent to a forced labour camp and inhumanly tortured. The fourth time they arrested me was in June 2004. When eight other practitioners and I were in a fellow practitioner's home, we were arrested by police and held in a detention centre. Zhang Wei, the assistant warden, rushed into the cell and was very angry. He said his name had been posted on the persecutor's person's list on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. He thought that I was the one who had leaked his name, and he started to beat and kick me until I fell down. My head and many parts of my body were black and blue with bruises. Combined with old and new injures, I was in agony, had excruciating pain, and was not able to get up for a long time. -
Connections between the Persecution of Yu Zhou, Cao Dong and Yang Xiaojing
2009-09-14Beijing Falun Gong practitioner Cao Dong met with the Vice President of the European Parliament Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott on May 21st, 2006 to rescue his imprisoned wife Yang Xiaojing. He told Mr. McMillan-Scott of the severe persecution that he, his wife and other Falun Gong practitioners he knew had experienced. Two hours after the meeting, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents from the State Security Bureau arrested Cao Dong. He was sentenced to five years of imprisonment on February 8th, 2007, and is currently detained in Tianshui Prison in Gansu Province. In August 2007, Cao Dong's friend, musician Yu Zhou, contacted lawyers for help. Soon afterwards Yu Zhou was arrested. He was persecuted to death on February 6th, 2008.
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