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Please Help Me Save My Mum
2008-09-22
My dad, Mr. Zhang Xingwu, who is over 60 years old, and my mum, Ms. Liu Pinjie, have both been detained for more than a month. There is nobody at home to pick up the phone. I don't know how long I will have to wait before I can hear their voices again. I feel a great sense of hollowness. I try to not think about that phone call or happy memories. But, I am not able to stop thinking about my mother's voice from our last phone call before she was arrested. She had said only one sentence, but I will never forget it. -
A Teacher from Jilin City Arrested and Tortured
2008-09-22Ms. Li Liwen is a 50-year-old primary schoolteacher from Jilin Province. She helped the most undisciplined kids in the school to become straight "A" students with the principles Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance that she learned from Falun Gong. Yet this good teacher was arrested by police officers just before the opening of the Olympic Games. After being tortured for 42 days, she could barely walk and can no longer take care of herself. -
Zhang Lianhe from Kaifeng City Arrested--Happy Family Torn Apart
2008-09-22On July 21st, 2008, at about 8:00 p.m., practitioner Zhang Lianhe was on his way back to his home town Kaifeng from Zhengzhou City after getting off duty. He called his family and told them that he was on a city bus and would be home soon. But at about 9:00 p.m., his family got a text message from him, which stated, "The company asked me to go back to Zhengzhou, my mobile phone battery is going to run out, and I will contact you later." However, Zhang Lianhe had actually been arrested. Zhang Lianhe has been in custody for more than a month without his family hearing any information about him. -
Torture Methods Used to Force Practitioners to Renounce Falun Gong at the Shandong Province Number Two Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-09-21Practitioners have to endure daily long hours of slave labour, in addition to brainwashing. They worked from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., sometimes till midnight. Aside from going to the toilet, taking half an hour to eat lunch, or doing stand up work, everyone sits on a small bench the entire day. Guards forbid them to talk or to walk freely. Many practitioners who have been detained here, too numerous to mention, have died as a result of torture, suffered a mental collapse, were injured, disabled or came down with various illnesses in recent years. -
After Five Years of Abuse at a Mental Hospital, Ms. Liang Shufen Sent to Labour Camp and Tortured to the Verge of Death
2008-09-21Ms. Liang Shufen, 44 years old, has suffered years of abuse because she practises Falun Gong. In 2000, she was sent to a mental hospital. Ms. Liang was there for five years and almost died in the hospital. The doctor injected unknown drugs into Ms. Xiang's body. She had mental disorders, severe injuries from failed suicide attempts, third degree crippling and depression (Note: Severe abuse drove Ms. Liang to try to commit suicide, although Falun Gong teaches against any form of killing, including suicide). In May 2007 Ms. Liang was arrested again and sentenced to a one-and-a-half-year labour camp sentence. She was brutally tortured. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Liu Hailan of Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province, Arrested at Gunpoint
2008-09-21While Ms. Liu Hailan and five other practitioners were distributing information exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in a town on the evening of August 21st, 2008, they were chased by a police patrol car. Three of the six practitioners managed to escape. When the police intercepted the remaining practitioners, three officers jumped out of the patrol car and drew their guns. The practitioners were immediately arrested, put in the patrol car, and driven to the Erlongshan Town Police Station. Ms. Liu, who is almost 60 years old, is being held in the Fujin City Detention Centre. -
Mr. Cui Dejun's Whereabouts Unknown and His Relatives Arrested
2008-09-21On May 12th, 2008, Mr. Cui Dejun, who was held in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. After 23 days, he became unconscious and then became incontinent for two days. The labour camp did nothing to treat him. It is said that Mr. Cui successfully escaped from Masanjia Labour Camp on August 11th, 2008. However, Mr. Cui's whereabouts and physical condition are currently unknown. On August 14th, 2008, his sister-in-law was arrested at gunpoint by the police. On August 15th, Mr. Cui's fourth brother and his wife were also arrested at gunpoint by the police at the store they own. -
78-year-old Mr. Cao Changlin Mysteriously Beaten to Death in Wuhan City, Hubei Province
2008-09-20On August 8th, 2008, Mr. Cao Changlin, 78 years old, was discovered missing after he left his home at 9:30 p.m., one hour after the Olympics began. His family looked for him everywhere, but could not find him. Three days later, the neighbourhood administration notified his family that he had been taken by ambulance to hospital. Eyewitnesses said that when Mr. Cao entered the hospital there were three holes in his head along with many wounds. His ear was bleeding, and he could not see anything. His left shoulder bone was fractured, and his back was covered with bruises. This healthy and kind gentleman was beaten to the verge of death and passed away seven days later on August 15th. -
Healthy Elderly Lady Injected with Toxic Medication and Beaten Brutally
2008-09-20Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Liu Xiaolian, 69, was brutally beaten many times after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. In April 2006, she distributed fliers with information about Falun Gong and was arrested by police informants and treated as as a patient with a mental disorder. At the Psychiatric Department, Ms. Liu Xiaolian was brutally beaten, injected with toxic medication, fed toxic medication pills, shocked with high-voltage electric batons, and insulted by male, mentally ill patients. Soon after she was taken to the hospital, she was tortured until she could no longer speak. -
Ms. Xin Shuhua Tortured and Force-fed Poison at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2008-09-20In March 2008, practitioner Xin Shuhua was detained at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province. The guards used all kinds of methods to torture her in attempt to make her give up Falun Gong. Xin Shuhua had been once before been detained at Masanjia for three years. She was imprisoned for explaining the facts about Falun Gong to the public. Because she did not give up her belief, refused to work and went on hunger strike, the guards beat her with electric batons. Then they hung her up, bound her on to a "dead person's bed", and locked her in a dark cell, where she had to squat. The guards used an iron support to hold her mouth open and poured in poison, making her jaw disjointed four times. They injected poison into her and forced her to sit on a "tiger bench". -
Wei Haiming and His Wife Zhao Zonghua Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Secret Trial
2008-09-20In July 2008, officials at the Datong County Court in Xining City, Qinghai Province sentenced Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wei Haiming and his wife Ms. Zhao Zonghua to five years in prison without a public trial. They are now incarcerated at the Menyuan Prison in Qinghai Province. Datong Court officials were afraid of letting the public know of the trial. The court did not inform their families, nor the defence lawyers the families had hired before the trial. The lawyers told the families afterwards, "Datong Court officials did not follow official legal procedures." Wei Haiming and Zhao Zonghua's families asked why they were not informed of the trial ahead of time. The court officials replied sarcastically, "Why did we need to?" -
Ms. Chen Huijun, Brutally Beaten by Police Officers, Is in Critical Condition
2008-09-19Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Huijun was brutally beaten by police officers after being arrested for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and is in critical condition. On August 4th, 2008, after overcoming numerous difficulties, her family picked up Ms. Chen and brought her back home. Her condition remains unstable and the doctor said that her life is in danger. During this process, the agencies involved required the family to sign a statement releasing them from any responsibility for Ms. Chen's condition. In order to rescue Ms. Chen, the family unwillingly agreed to their requirement. -
Cangzhou City Resident Mr. Li Zhifa Suffers Mental Breakdown As a Result of Persecution
2008-09-19Mr. Li Zhifa, 61, is a resident of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, and a man of good reputation. Because he follows the principles of Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance, he was persecuted. He suffered a mental breakdown as a result of seven years imprisonment. On July 27th, 2001, Mr. Li Zhifa was arrested. During Mr. Li's two-week detention, the police handcuffed his hands and legs to an iron chair, deprived him of sleep, and took turns interrogating him. They beat him, and shocked him using electric batons. They poured water on him first, then shocked his body, his handcuffs, and his private parts. They hit his head with a mallet daily. -
Ms. Zhang Yunxian from Shaanxi Province Still Imprisoned after Serving Seven Year Sentence
2008-09-19Ms. Zhang Yunxian, 60, lived in Xian City, Shaanxi Province. She went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong on December 25th, 1999. The police arrested her at Tiananmen Square on January 1st, 2000 and imprisoned her for seven years. They first held her in a forced labour camp for one year and then incarcerated her at Shaanxi Province Women's Prison for five years. The guards ordered inmates to verbally and physically attack her, and they forced her to wear shackles weighing 53 lbs. Once, Zhang Yunxian had her hands cuffed behind her back for 16 days. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and the guards force-fed her food laced with toxic drugs. -
Shijiazhuang City Court Plans Second Trial for Liu Lina; Her Whole Family Has Been Persecuted
2008-09-19Shijiazhuang City Court officials in Hebei Province plan to hold another trial for Ms. Liu Lina next week. The exact date is unknown. On February 15th, 610 Office agents arrested her at home. They also arrested her husband and her brother and took away her computer and printer. The policemen fabricated evidence and a confession and forced her family members to sign the documents before releasing them. Twelve days later, using the falsified confession as proof, they officially arrested Ms. Liu. Currently, she is detained at the Shijiazhuang City No.1 Detention Centre.
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