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Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Dai Chuanyi Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Chongren County, Jiangxi Province
2009-05-28
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dai Chuanyi is 42 years old and works for the Hongrang Development Bureau in Chongren County. Chongren County police broke into his home at 10:00 a.m. on November 11th, 2008. They arrested Dai Chuanyi and his wife as well as another couple who was visiting the Dai household at the time. They took lots of Falun Gong materials and sentenced Dai Chuanyi to three years in prison at the end of March 2009. -
Recent Crimes Committed by Officials in Zhucheng City, Shandong Province
2009-05-27On March 30th-31th, 2009, the Zhucheng City Municipal Committee, along with the Political and Judiciary Committee, the 610 Office, and officers from the Zhucheng City Police Department, arrested over 20 practitioners in their local area. In 2008, over twenty practitioners in Zhucheng City were sentenced to forced labour, and several have been detained. Ms. Liu Xiumei from Shunwang Street was tortured to death at a local detention centre. Ms. Wang Jinxiu from the Dianzi District was forced to jump from a third story window and suffered compound fractures in her legs. -
Young Mother Jailed--Her Son Left Behind
2009-05-27Falun Gong practitioner Pang Liyun lives in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. On August 2nd, 2008, during the Beijing Olympics, she was arrested by police officers. The stated reason for the arrest was "to guarantee the safety of the Beijing Olympics." The police were following orders from their supervisors to arrest all Falun Gong practitioners in order to tightly control them. Eight months have already passed and she has not been released. She has been sentenced to prison and is currently detained in Xuanhua Detention Centre. No one is available to take care of her 8-year-old son. -
Police and Officials in China Commit Criminal Acts
2009-05-27On March 31st, 2009, Mr. Hong Wu and Mr. Wu Yongqing, both Falun Gong practitioners, were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance in Xixian Village, Xiqin County. Five drunken people stopped Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu and said: "You practise Falun Gong. You are good people. Please give us some money for drinking. Give us 20 yuan." Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu refused. Then someone called the Communist Party village secretary, and claimed that they had captured practitioners. Huo said: "Beat them. There will be a 500-yuan award for each captured practitioner." Police later shocked Mr. Hong with an electric baton. -
Seventy-three Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Mengyin County, Shandong Province
2009-05-27From November 20th, 2008 to March 31st, 2009, police from the Mengyin County, Shandong Province made frequent arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. According to incomplete statistics, at least 73 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested. The police harassed, confiscated property, arrested, and brutally tortured Falun Gong practitioners starting on November 20th, 2008. They also deceived and threatened the practitioners' family members and extorted money from them. -
The Persecution of Mr. Xiong Jinze's Family by Officers from the National Security Bureau of Changsha City, Hunan Province
2009-05-26On March 23rd, 2009, the National Security Bureau of Hunan Province conspired with the 610 Office and the public security bureau to take Ms. Zhou Min, the wife of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xiong Jinze, from her home. Two months earlier Mr. Xiong had been arrested and tortured in a forced labour camp, resulting in him becoming disabled. Even when he was not at home, his family was still monitored by the police, causing them to live in fear and anxiety. When Mr. Xiong's daughter was eight months old, she was in a car accident that almost killed her. Her 50-year-old aunt died in the accident. -
China Education Ministry Deprives Practitioners and Their Children the Right to Attend Universities
2009-05-26The 2009 National College Entrance Exam will soon be administered in China, and each level of the Educational Ministry continues to introduce different policies regarding the exam. Among them, in the "Education Ministry Provision of 2009 College Admission," the third section about politics and morality assessment, Article 9, prescribes: "Whoever participates in a cult will fail the assessment (whoever fails the assessment cannot take the College Entrance Exam)." Provincial-level departments have published similar polices, such as, students must go through the political censorship process to apply for army schools, so Falun Gong practitioners and their children cannot pass. In today's China, every level of the educational system still wrongly defames Falun Gong as a cult. -
Mr. Tao Yuan Detained, His Lawyer Beaten and Injured, His Mother Monitored and Harassed
2009-05-26Forty-two-year-old Mr. Tao Yuan and his mother Zhang Shengrong are both Falun Gong practitioners. After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, they were both severely persecuted. After the persecution started, Tao Yuan was detained and sent to forced labour camps many times. In early 2007, he was arrested at home by police. In September 2007, Tao Yuan's parents received a "notice of imprisonment" from the Guangyuan Prison, and only then did they learn that Tao Yuan had been sentenced to four years of imprisonment by the Wuhou Court. Tao Yuan's mother has not been allowed to see her son since early 2007 when Tao Yuan was arrested. The mother decided to hire a lawyer to seek justice for her son. The lawyer was threatened by police. -
Recalling the Persecution of Ms. Liu Guangfeng
2009-05-26I learned from an Internet report that Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Guangfeng was arrested when she was travelling by train. She was persecuted and killed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on April 4th, 2009. In Shayang Forced Labour Camp she and other firm Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to all kinds of torture. They were forced to watch videos defaming Falun Gong. The physical torture included standing and crouching for long periods of time, cruel beatings, shocking with electric batons, and having their faces slapped. Even though they were forced to do heavy labour, the practitioners were not allowed to sleep. -
Changchun Court Forces Practitioner's Defence Lawyer to Break His Contract
2009-05-25In April, the Chinese Communist Party Court and Judiciary Department in the Nanguan District of Changchun City, Jilin Province, notified the family of 54-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Shuyu of her court date. A year ago she was arrested and has been detained ever since. At the same time, the authorities forced the lawyer that Ms. Gao's family had hired to break his contract with her family. The lawyer told the family that he was under severe pressure and was not allowed to defend those who practise Falun Gong. -
Engineer from Chinese Academy of Science, Wang Ying, Transferred to Guangdong Woman's Prison
2009-05-25
The 610 office in Guangzhou city arrested a group of practitioners on April 15th, 2008. Over a year later, most of them are still being detained. Wang Ying, an engineer from the Earth Chemistry Institute of the Chinese Academy of Science, is among them. She was sentenced to three years in prison. The 610 office in Guangzhou city ignores her appeals and recently transferred her to Guangdong Women's Prison. -
Practitioner Mr. Wang Zhongyuan of Shulan City, Jilin Province, Recounts His Arrest and Labour Camp Experience
2009-05-25On March 25th, 2009, police arrested Mr. Wang Zhongyuan, ransacked his home, and jailed him in the Pingan Township Police Station. They later took him to the detention centre while they attempted to extort money from his family.Mr. Wang recalls: "At the detention centre, I began a hunger strike. They threatened to force-feed me if I didn't eat. Five people carried me into a car and took me to a hospital, where I was force-fed. One of the guards tortured me by pressing my legs against the metal bedposts. After two hours of brutal mistreatment, they carried me back to the detention centre." On April 4th, the police took Mr. Wang to the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp. -
Incidents of Brutality against Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Prison
2009-05-25Jilin Prison is the second largest prison in Jilin Province. 2800 inmates are there serving long sentences. The prison uses various methods to persecute detained Falun Gong practitioners and inmates, especially the "Small Cells" in the "Intense Discipline Unit." This has led to the deaths and disability of over one hundred inmates over the past several years. In October 2008, guards subjected practitioner Mr. Liu Yuhe to the "Big Hang Up" for two days. Mr. Liu was severely injured. His hands are still numb. He was also forced to soil himself while being hung up. Later he was forced to "Stool Sit" for one month. -
The Dark Side of Pistachio Nuts in China, Part II
2009-05-24On July 20th, 1999 at midnight, Falun Gong’s voluntary coordinators in various parts of China were arrested simultaneously. Huang remember that the coordinators in Tsinghua were monitored. Policemen stood outside their homes, keeping watch on them. Their phones were tapped, and even their Internet activities were spied on. In the next two days, Huang, along with many others, went to the State Council Appeal Office once again to petition. This time, no government official talked to them. It was the police who was waiting for them. They used violence to force the Falun Gong practitioners to get into trucks. They were taken to Shi Jing Shan Stadium and Feng Tai Stadium, where they were beaten. -
Ms. Qi Shuyan Arrested Again for Raising Awareness about the Persecution in Heilongjiang Province
2009-05-24Ms. Qi Shuyan, a 53 year old woman, who has been arrested and detained at the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp several times since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. In the camp the police forced practitioners to sit on little stools which were very uncomfortable and watch anti-Falun Gong propaganda shows on TV from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. If any practitioner closed their eyes, their detention time would be extended. On April 25th, 2009, Ms. Qi Shuyan went out and distributed Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. She was arrested by police and is now detained at the Detention Centre.
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