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  • Overview of the Persecution During the Past Seven Years in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province

    Dafa practitioner Chen Yunchuan's family was from Canfangying Village, Beixinbao Township. All five people in his family cultivated Falun Dafa diligently. After July 20th, 1999, their whole family went to Beijing to appeal. They were arrested by police from the Tiananmen Police Station. Chen Yunchuan's oldest son Chen Aizhong, youngest son Chen Aili, and daughter Chen Hongping were all tortured to death. His wife passed away while they were homeless. His oldest daughter Chen Shulan is married and lives in Yanqing County. She practises Dafa and was arrested and held in the local prison there.
  • Ms. Cao Aihua Tortured to Death in Xinjiang Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Cao Aihua, a Falun Dafa practitioner, was arrested in August 2006 when she wrote messages to promote quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on paper money. In the middle of November, Ms. Cao was sent to the Urumqi Women's Forced Labour Camp. This was the third time Ms. Cao had been put into a forced labour camp. She died within a week as a result of torture.
  • Ms. Zhang Yunzhi from Qiqihar City Dies from Brutal Beatings

    Ms. Zhang Yunzhi, was a 51-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner. She began to practise Falun Dafa in October 1998 and actively participated in doing things that spoke out for justice for Falun Dafa, including going to Beijing to appeal. Ms. Zhang was arrested five times since 2000. The first four times she was arrested, she was detained in Nianzishan District Detention Centre. However, the last time she was arrested she was beaten until she nearly died. Her entire body became swollen and her legs oozed fluid as a result of the extreme and merciless beatings. Eventually she died on October 2nd, 2006 from severe damage to her internal organs from the beatings.
  • Mr. Yang Fengbin Tortured to Death in 2004

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yang Fengbin, 58, was a stone carver, had a very healthy body, and was well-known in the village for his kindness. In 2004, Mr. Yang was arrested by policemen from the Dongcun Town Department without reason. The police beat him cruelly and tortured him. He was tortured to death in only four days. Policemen notified his family and lied, saying that Mr. Yang committed suicide by jumping off the building. His family doesn't have any place to voice their grievances.
  • Peasant Detained for Trying to be a Good Person, Mother and Mother-In-Law Die in Suffering

    In autumn 2000, someone from the Political and Legal Party Committee of the county government came to ask me what I thought of Falun Gong. I replied that I regained my health after only ten days of practice. A few days later, I was arrested and taken to the detention centre again and sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp two days later. The camp wardens forced me and other practitioners to write letters renouncing Dafa and to attend brainwashing classes. My 80-year-old mother-in-law's health declined due to fear because of my arrests. She soon passed away. My 86-year-old mother also could not see me one last time before she passed away.
  • Inhuman Torture at Guizhou Prison

    Practitioner Mr. Ma Tianjun is a teacher from Shuicheng. The persecution methods the police used were very evil. They sat on a bench by his side and hit his legs with a hammer. They hit him with light to heavy strikes, which cause internal injuries without any obvious external wounds. Mr. Ma is still unable to walk because of the cruel torture. Prison guards handcuffed his hands behind his back and tied him to a window for 25 days. During the cold of winter he was given no blanket. They also tortured him at the Punishment and Inspection section of the Second Brigade. They hung him up for four days and nights.
  • Merciless Persecution of Practitioner Who Was Raped by a Police Officer in Beijing (Photos)

    On May 14th, 2002, Ms. Wang Ping went to a pond in Beijing to put Falun Gong flyers. A patrol officer saw her and beat her with a plastic baton. She was injured severely and was bleeding from many places. This officer, after brutally beating her, dragged her underneath a bridge in Dongzhimen in Beijing and raped her. The officer then stuck the plastic baton he beat her with into her vagina. She fainted because of the pain. After she woke, she was going to report the officer but he ran away. Two of her front teeth were knocked out and she was severely injured.
  • Ms. Li Bin Escapes to the U.S. and Recounts the Psychiatric Abuse She Suffered at Siping Mental Hospital in Jilin Province

    I was arrested in November 1999 at a Dafa cultivation experience sharing conference in Guangzhou City, and the police sent me to Siping Mental Hospital in Jilin Province in January 2000 because I wouldn't give up my belief. I was cruelly tortured. I was sentenced to one year of forced labour in April 2000, and I was subsequently held at Dongcheng Detention Centre, Beijing Labour Reeducation Dispatch Division, and Xinan Women's Labour Camp in Beijing. I rubbed shoulders with death from constant abuse. I arrived in the US in July 2004.
  • Exposing Crimes at Tumuji Forced Labour Camp in Inner Mongolia from My Own Experiences

    I was arrested on June 28th, 2004, and sent directly to the Tumuji Women's Forced Labour Camp to serve a three-year sentence. Arriving there, they searched me and my luggage; even the toilet paper was opened. Then they put me into a "reformation group," isolated from all others. I ate in the cell and was followed all the time, even when I was sleeping or going to the toilet. They subjected me to around-the-clock mental torment, tried brainwash me with propaganda, and tried to force me to write the three statements (to denounce Falun Gong). Three female guards and two criminal inmates watched me. I refused to listen to the them and refused to compromise in any way. They got angry and kept on insulting me, refusing to let me sleep.
  • Police in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province Arrested 18 Falun Dafa Practitioners Within One Month

    Since October 30th, police in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province have arrested eighteen Falun Dafa practitioners. On November 25th, four people from the National Security Division of the Police Department in the Xinghualing District of Taiyuan City took Ms. Li Yukun from her home, accusing her of distributing copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party . On November 26th, Ms. Li was imprisoned at the Taiyuan City Detention Centre.
  • Ms. Zhang Fengying Missing After Being Persecuted Relentlessly in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province

    Because she persevered in her practice of Falun Gong and tried to be a good person according to the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance," Ms. Zhang Fengying was arrested, forced to go through brainwashing sessions and tortured numerous times by the authorities of Funing County. Her home was also ransacked many times. In addition, she was sentenced to one year of forced labour and has had thousands of yuan extorted from her by the authorities. Ms. Zhang's whereabouts are currently unknown, and her child and husband are left alone without her, which has brought great suffering to the family.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Wei Chunping Brutally Tortured at Hubei Province's Qinduankou Prison

    In December 2002, the Jianghan District Court sentenced practitioner Mr Wei Chunping to five years in prison for practising Falun Dafa. In the prison a guard ordered criminal inmates to hang a bucket full of water weighing over 80 pounds by a thin plastic cord around Mr. Wei's neck. They told him not to spill any! As soon as Wei Chunping could no longer hold still and water spilled out, the evildoers beat and kicked him fiercely. They battered Mr. Wei's chest with their elbows and kicked him with the steel ends of leather boots. The beatings sometimes lasted forty hours, sometimes 17 hours without any break. The guards forced Wei Chunping to perform heavy labour on a regular basis and also subjected him to brainwashing.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners Speak Out against Slanderous Accusations in Longshan District Court in Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province

    On December 6th, 2006, the Longshan District Court of Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province put nine Falun Dafa practitioners on trial. These nine practitioners spoke out righteously against the slanderous accusations. Mr. Zhao Yan stepped forward. After being detained for nearly eight months, this young man's weight had gone from 200 pounds to 150 pounds. His face was very sallow. He was asked, "Do you admit to all the crimes you have committed?" He answered, "No, cultivating Falun Gong is an innocent act!" The Judge was very angry and ordered, "Record what he says!" After more than three hours, the Court session concluded without resolution.
  • Four Practitioners Died under Persecution in Gansu, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Henan Provinces

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ren Guangxin, 48, lived in Benxi City, Liaoning Province In December 2003, Mr. Ren was arrested in Tongyuanpu Town, Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province. Because he refused to cooperate with the authorities, he was beaten to death by local policemen. His family members saw that his body was covered with bruises and his chest was especially black. It was tragic to see. Due to the information blockade, further details are yet to be investigated.
  • Six Falun Dafa Practitioners from Chongqing, Liaoning, Hunan and Other Locations Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Peng Chengrong, age 65, was frequently persecuted since July 20th, 1999. In January 2000 she was arrested by the police while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, and detained for six months. In July 2001, she was again jailed for a week for explaining the facts about Falun Dafa to people. Since then, local police and village government agents harassed her, forcing her to leave home and wander about. During this period both her physical and mental health became seriously damaged. She passed away on November 30th, 2006.