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Ms. Yang Zhuting of Baoding City, Hebei Province Endured Years of Persecution Before Her Death

2009-05-20

Practitioner Yang Zhuting was arrested many times and forced to stay away from home ever since the Jiang Zemin [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime began its persecution of Falun Gong. The persecution also created a huge amount of stress on her family members. To escape from the reality of the situation, her husband drank heavily, and died of alcohol poisoning in March 2003. As a result of all the hardships and stresses, she developed oesophageal cancer, and died in December 2006.

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Two Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution

2009-05-20

Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province is one of the most notorious forced labour camps in China. Many practitioners have been tortured, disabled and or even killed in there. One year of detention in the forced labour camp left 58-year-old practitioner Ma Xicheng emaciated and disease-ridden. On December 14th, 2008, Ma Xicheng passed away. Over the years of persecution, Ms. Wei Guirong suffered tremendously both mentally and physically. In the winter of 2006, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, later developing into bone cancer. On March 22nd, 2008, she passed away at the age of 54.

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Practitioners from Shandong and Beijing Missing

2009-05-20

Mr. Ji Jitang, about 40, lived in Shandong Province. In 2002, he was detained in the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo City for one year. Six months after he was released home, he suddenly went missing. His family does not know his whereabouts. Ms. Li Daping, 62, lived in the home of her younger sister in Beijing. Ms. Li Daping has been missing since July 2008.

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Recalling Fellow Practitioner Mr. Gu Qun

2009-05-19

Mr. Gu Qun, 50 years old, was a practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. On March 16th, 2008, police arrested him while he was distributing Falun Gong materials. The next day, he was transferred to the Yaojia Detention Centre. He held a hunger strike to protest his arrest but he was brutally force-fed. His body suffered serious injury from the force-feeding. Later, he was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour. On April 9th, 2008, his family was notified of his death.

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Thirteen-year-old Adopted Daughter: "Please Help Rescue My Father!"

2009-05-19

On January 14th, 2009, agents from the Shapingba District National Security Division stormed into 60-something Mr. Lei Zhengxia's home and arrested him. After being in police custody for just a few days, he was brutally tortured to the point where it was hard to recognize him. He was later released. Just when Mr. Lei started showing signs of recovering from his injuries, police arrested him again and took him to the Baihelin Detention Centre. Without Mr. Lei's income, his 13-year-old adopted daughter, her grandma Ms. Cheng Puzhen, her grandpa, and his wife--who all live at Mr. Lei's home--had no way to support themselves.

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Atrocities Happening in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City

2009-05-19

When Ms. Cao Jingyun was taken to the labour camp, she was beaten for refusing to cooperate in the body search and interrogation. The guards tried all kinds of means to "transform" her, but she rejected them all. Consequently, she was brutally beaten again and again. She once asked a guard for some water who then beat and force-fed her with some unknown drugs. After that, she had mental aberrations. Also, she was fixed onto the Death Bed for as long as three months.

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Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Shandong Women's Forced Labour Camp

2009-05-19

There are nearly four hundred Falun Gong practitioners detained in Shandong Women's Forced Labour Camp at present. The guards have used every means to torture Falun Gong practitioners. They mixed unknown drugs into practitioners' food. After eating the food, practitioners developed dizziness, fatigue, facial contortion, and had difficulty controlling eye movement and body movement. Some even lost their senses and became disoriented. The guards forced practitioners to do intensive labour for extended hours. Practitioners work until 12:00 a.m. every day. In 2009, they tripled the practitioners' workload. At the end of the day, some practitioners are so exhausted that their hands and arms are numb.

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Zhang Beiqi Was Maimed from Being Tortured on the "Stretching Bed" in Jilin Prison

2009-05-18

On July 25th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Beiqi, who was imprisoned in Jilin Prison, was confined in a strictly controlled solitary compartment. Prisoners stripped off Mr. Zhang's clothes and forcibly lifted him onto the "stretching bed." One prisoner kept stomping on his shoulders while other prisoners pulled his legs downward with force. Mr. Zhangs feet were fixed at the bottom of the "stretching bed." His limbs were stretched in four different directions. Prisoner Xu Zhigang stuffed a rubber ball in Zhang Beiqi's mouth. Some of his joints were dislocated. The pain was so unbearable that he wasn't able to make any noise even though he wanted to yell. He soon passed out and was maimed as a result.

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Ms. Tao Wei, Practitioner from Jixian County, Heilongjiang Province, Arrested for the Fifth Time

2009-05-18

On the morning of April, 23rd, 2009, Ms. Tao Wei was reported to the local police station while she was talking to people about Falun Gong. As a result, she was arrested by the local 610 Office and then detained at the Jixian County Detention Centre. Since July 20th, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began publicly persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Tao Wei had been brutally persecuted numerous times for her firmly held beliefs. She has been arrested five times and detained at a forced labour camp twice. Once she almost lost her life when she was punitively force-fed.

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Numerous Practitioners' Homes Ransacked in Tangshan City, Hebei Province

2009-05-18

Recently, the Domestic Security Division and city police departments worked together on a series of persecution incidents against Falun Gong practitioners. On April 9th, 2009, in a joint effort with the Airport Road Police Station, officers ransacked the home of Ms. Xia Shuying. They confiscated large quantities of personal items and arrested her. On April 10th, police ransacked Ms. Liang Feng's home. They took Ms. Liang's son's computer.

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Hubei Province: Practitioner Mr. Du Ziguo Sentenced to Eight Years

2009-05-18

In June 2008, practitioner Mr. Du Ziguo was posting leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong near Baihu Township in Huangmei County, Hubei Province. Someone reported him and he was arrested by police. On January 14th, 2009, he was given an eight-year sentence by the Huangmei County Court. Mr. Du Ziguo appealed the verdict, but the Huanggang City Intermediate Court ignored Mr. Du's request to hire a lawyer and upheld the original sentence without ever holding a trial. Mr. Du Ziguo is now being detained at an undisclosed location.

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Ms. Ma Bingjuan's Narration of Torture in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

2009-05-17

I was taken to the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison on September 27th, 2003. Every morning, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., we were forced to run laps without a rest except for one toilet break. After two days of running, my legs became so sore that I could barely walk. On the third day, I knew I was innocent and, as a practitioner, should not be treated like that. I refused to run and cried "Falun Gong is good." Wang Xiaoli, the deputy chief of the training centre in the prison, dragged me out of the line, pushed me into a corner, forced me to squat facing a wall, and whipped me fiercely with surgical tubing. I protested that the beating was illegal, but she continued whipping me and said, "I will beat you."

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Crimes I Witnessed in the Tumuji Women's Forced Labour Camp in Xinanmeng, Inner Mongolia

2009-05-17

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xu Fengzhi was cruelly beaten by police from the Chifeng Police Department. Five strong police officers stepped on her body and beat her. When she became unconscious they poured cold water on her face until she regained consciousness. All of the skin on her back was burned with electricity. I saw the black thick scars covering her back. Another practitioner, whose name was unknown to us, was hung up and tortured. The rope was pulled so tight around her abdomen that her skin was oozing pus.

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Fourteen Practitioners Arrested in Jinzhou City on April 17th

2009-05-17

On April 17th, 2009, the Jinzhou City Police Department, Anti-cult Association, Guta District Political and Judicial Directory, Guta District Police Department and the 610 Office, Tienan Police Station, and Zhongtun Police Station collaborated to arrest fourteen practitioners. They are all currently detained in the Guta District Police Department. Police also broke into practitioner Li Yuxia's home and ransacked it on April 17th. They arrested Ms. Li and her daughter Qi Lin, and took them to Guta District Police Department for interrogation. The three were released later that day.

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Ms. Zhang Yuhua Disabled from Police Beating Six Years Ago

2009-05-17

On August 14th, 2003, police broke into Ms. Zhang Yuhua's home and ransacked it. Then they forcibly arrested Ms. Zhang. One policeman beat her until she fell to the ground, then two others pulled her up and continued to kick and beat her until she lost consciousness. The beatings by the police caused Ms. Zhang's whole body to swell and her eyes to be red and painful. They also kept tearing. After she was released, she went to get a physical examination. She was told that she had permanently lost her vision in her left eye. Her feet and legs were still bruised and the beatings caused her to develop tuberculosis in the knee.

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