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  • Communist Party Personnel from Tianjin City Arrest Falun Gong Practitioner Li Yuzhen After Using Deceitful Means to Enter the Home

    On November 15th, 2006, personnel from the Tong An Li residents committee in conjunction with Communist Party police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Li Yuzhen's home. They used the excuse of wanting to discuss a People's Congress election to deceive the practitioner into opening the door. They arrested her after they searched her home, confiscated her family's property and imprisoned her at the detention centre in Nankai District Police Department.
  • Bringing Attention to Practitioners Detained at Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Du Ting is still being force-fed, and he is very weak. His family is very worried about his health. He has said that he cannot end the hunger strike, otherwise he would be forced to go through endless brainwashing sessions. Another practitioner on a hunger strike is Ms. Cao Hongru, a senior engineer in her 50s. She is nearly deformed from having been severely tortured. Practitioner Mr. Zhou Bin has also been tortured, which resulted in his loss of hearing, damaged eyesight, and his body being covered with bruises.
  • Practitioner Mr. Yan Zhenxiang Unjustly Arrested

    At noon on November 13th, 2006, Chinese Communist Party officials went by car to the home of Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yan Zhenxiang. The two ordered Mr. Yan to go to Ziyang for a two-day "study session." Yan Zhenxiang firmly refused. The two officials were surprised and disappointed. Then eight people came out of the car and carried Yan Zhenxiang out of his home. His wife screamed in fear.
  • Practitioner Mr. Zhang Lei in Songyuan, Jilin Province is Seriously Ill, But the Police Refuse to Release Him

    On August 11th, 2006, officers in the Changling County Security Branch of Songyuan, Jilin Province, arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Lei. The police detained him in Changlin County Detention Centre and tried to force him to write a guarantee statement promising to no longer practise Falun Gong. When he refused, they sentenced him to forced labour for one year. Mr. Zhang was examined and diagnosed with a serious illness, but Wang Wen didn't allow him to be released. He repeatedly attempted to send Mr. Zhang to a forced labour camp.
  • Mr. Chen Xuzhong from Yongchang County, Gansu Province, Again Sent to Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen Xuzhong, employed at the Hexibao Electricity Plant affiliated with the Jinchang Electricity Bureau in Gansu Province, was arrested in early August 2006 and sentenced to two years of forced labour in November 2006. He is now being persecuted at Group 16, Division 6 at the Pingantai Forced Labour Camp in Lanzhou City. The guards are refusing to let his practitioner parents visit him.
  • Ms. Liu Li from Shuanghe Town, Jilin Province Held for More Than 9 Months

    Jiang Zemin launched a persecution against Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, and used the state media to slander Dafa. Based on her own experience, Ms. Liu Li explained the wonders of Dafa and the facts of the persecution to people. Police suddenly broke into Ms. Liu's home at noon on February 28th, 2006, and ransacked it. The police head beat Liu Li until her head bled and she lost consciousness and then savagely beat her at the police station. She is now held at Jilin City Detention Centre. The guards told her husband that they would release her if he paid them 20,000 yuan, which he did. Nine months later, her ill husband is still waiting for his wife to come home.
  • After Her Husband and Son Died, Lu Peilan, 78, from Shandong Province Also Died as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lu Peilan, 78, was persecuted for many years because of her faith in Falun Dafa. The Village CCP Secretary forced Ms. Lu to write a "guarantee letter" to stop studying and practising Falun Gong. Because Ms. Lu was illiterate, they wrote the letter for her and then forced her to press her fingerprint onto it. Three practitioners in her family, plus his six- or seven-year-old granddaughter, were all confined in the house. Later her husband and son died because of the pressure from the police. Ms. Lu Peilan also died on October 22nd, 2006.
  • Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiumei is Violently Brainwashed at the Lanzhou Women's Prison in Gansu Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiumei was sentenced to four years in prison in 2001 for persisting in her belief. She is still held at the Jiuzhou Development Zone Prison in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. The guards coerced her to write a guarantee statement to renounce Falun Dafa and frequently brainwashed her, shocked her with electric batons, and beat her.
  • Non-Practitioner Witnessing Six Days of Brainwashing Sessions

    Two years ago, I heard from a friend, a policeman involved in the persecution of Falun Gong, about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Before that, I had only heard about Falun Gong and the crackdown from the CCP-controlled television media, but I did not know any details. After listening to my friend, however, I understood how brutally the persecution was conducted and how the CCP and its followers had done such a thing to destroy people's humanity.
  • Elderly Mr. Cheng Huazheng from Anshun City, Guizhou Province Repeatedly Arrested

    64-year-old Cheng Huazheng had only recently been released from the notorious Zhongba Forced Labour Camp after having been imprisoned for three years. While he was imprisoned, he was frequently deprived of sleep for as long as two weeks and frequently and mercilessly beaten for several hours at a time. He suffered multiple bone fractures and internal injuries from the savage beatings. Mr. Cheng was tormented until he came close to a mental breakdown, and to this day, he is often disoriented.
  • Details of Five Missing Falun Dafa Practitioners from Beijing City, Liaoning Province, and Hunan Province

    Ms. Bao Cuiyuan, in her sixties, worked for the Science Institute of China. Ms. Bao has been arrested three times since the start of the persecution in 1999 and released on bail. She disappeared in November 2005 and was suspected to have been arrested again. We call on anyone who knows about her disappearance to please report any information.
  • Former Division Manager in A Bank, Mr. Chen Guanghui, Dies at 40 After Being Comatose for Over Two Years Due to Persecution at the Suzhou Jail in Jiangsu Province

    In front of the Suzhou No. 100 Hospital, Jiangsu Province people often saw a skinny and grey-haired older lady lamenting that her son Mr. Chen Guanghui was persecuted to death. At the time, her son was dying in the hospital. His body was swollen beyond recognition due to oedema. The hospital diagnosed him as terminally ill and informed the prison authorities. Prison staff ordered the hospital staff to keep this information secret from the family. Mr. Chen's family asked that he be transferred to another hospital or released so they could bring him home. Prison authorities said, "He can only die in prison." 40-year-old Mr. Chen Guanghui died on December 12th, 2006.
  • Ms. Tong Chunshi, 57, from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Dies Following Torture at the Longshan Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tong Chunshi was arrested in 2001 by officers from the Baiqing Police Station in Sujiatun. She was sentenced to three years of forced labour and held at Longshan Forced Labour Camp. Her abusers held her in a "chill room," shocked her with electric batons, hung her by her handcuffs, deprived her of sleep, and forced her to squat for forty days. The guards also beat and kicked her and made her do slave labour. She suffered a relapse of aesophageal cancer in 2004 and could not eat. She went home extremely weak and died on September 5th, 2006, at the age of 57.
  • Hong Kong Resident Ms. Zeng Aihua's Family Deceived by Shanghai 610 Office

    On December 8th, 2006, after enquiring through many departments about Hong Kong Dafa practitioner Zeng Aihua's situation and whereabouts, and after being misled for over a month, her family was shocked to finally learn that her case had already been brought to public prosecution on November 1st, 2006. The Public Security Bureau, as well as the Procuratorate, deceived the family and the lawyer of Zeng Aihua, as they kept telling the family and lawyer that the case was still in its investigation period, and no further decision had been made. They obstructed the efforts of the lawyer who lost precious time in making a thorough investigation and preparations for the case. The Shanghai 610 Office is attempting to bring Zeng Aihua to a trial in the near future.
  • After Losing 3 Members, Mr. Wang Xiaofeng's Family Continues to Be Harassed by Shijiang City Police for Many Years

    Shijiazhuang City resident Mr. Wang Xiaofeng and his family all practise Falun Dafa. They have been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. In less than an 18 month period, Mr. Wang lost three family members. His 34-year-old wife (pictured), his brother-in-law and his father-in-law were all tortured to death. At the time of his wife's death, his son, Tianxing, was just over one year old.