Other News, Exposing the Persecution

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  • I Suffered Four Years of Persecution in Tiebei Prison in Changchun City

    After fellow practitioners and I were sentenced in 2001 after appealing for justice for Falun Dafa on Tiananmen Square, I suffered all sorts of physical and mental persecution in Tiebei Prison, such as being locked up in a small cell that was like a steam box, being hung up in the air by hand cuffs, and continuously forced to undergo brainwashing. We also underwent suspicious and very detailed physical check-ups, but were not aware of the real purpose for this.
  • Force Feeding in Jinchang Detention Centre

    On January 2nd, 2001, the Jinchang City Police Department arrested dozens of Falun Gong practitioners. Most of them were women. Each person was taken to the office individually and held down on the ground. With both hands and both legs tightly pulled in four directions and someone seated on her stomach holding her head and nose, the practitioner could not move even a little bit and had difficulty breathing. Then a dilator was placed in the practitioner's mouth, through which they forced a mixture of powdered milk and white flour. Twenty to thirty minutes later, the practitioner was almost suffocated, and the white mixture covered her face, neck, hair, and clothing, which quickly froze due to the low temperature.
  • I was Tortured by Methods of the Tiger Bench, Electrocution, "Dragged by Five Horses" and Hanging

    I am a 64-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner. I live according to the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," so I have been arrested, detained and tortured on numerous occasions ever since the Jiang Zemin regime began the brutal persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. These torture methods include being "dragged by five horses" in five different directions, electrocution, tiger bench and being hung by the handcuffed wrists for long periods of time
  • With Nowhere to Turn, 80-year-old Grandmother Proclaims Grandson's Innocence at a Train Station

    Mr. Wang Jianguo, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jilin City, died as a result of persecution after a 40-day incarceration in a Jilin city detention centre. On Monday, May 15th, 2006, Mr. Wang's grandmother went to the Jilin City train station and held his picture and a poster with a large character for "Injustice." She tearfully told passersby and passengers about this injustice.
  • Four Practitioners Unjustly Tried at the Luzhou City Court; Liang Jinhui, Sick and Disabled, Sentenced to 2.5 Years

    On May 10th, 2006, four Falun Gong practitioners, who had been detained for ten months, were sentenced at the court of Naxi District, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. Liang Jinhui was sentenced to two and a half years, Jiang Jiyun was sentenced to three and a half years, Hu Jingbin was sentenced to two years, with a three-year suspended sentence, and He Shifang was sentenced for a year and a half, with a two-year suspended sentence. The four practitioners were turned in for distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and calling on people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
  • Older Practitioner, Ms. Yu Rongmei, Beaten and Detained for Persisting in Falun Dafa

    On December 30th, 1999, Ms. Yu Rongmei, 59 years old, and several other practitioners were arrested and held at the Daqinjia town government. At that time, 38 practitioners were held there, seven of them were in their late 60s. After dinner on January 3rd, 2000, police agent Wang Jinli and a hired thug dragged the practitioners out individually and brutally beat them. Ms. Yu Rongmei was the last one to be dragged out. Eight perpetrators repeatedly hit her back and buttocks with metal rods and wooden sticks until she was covered with cuts and bruises. She could hardly move.
  • Recent Situation of Persecuted Practitioner Ms. Shao Lihong from Jilin Province

    58-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shao Lihong has been staging a hunger strike for a very long time in the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City to protest the persecution. The police guards force-fed her in a brutal manner. As a result she had an ulcer in her mouth and oesophagus, and her lungs became swollen. The guards also forced her to go into the canteen at every meal time. At this moment she is extremely weak and has been in critical condition several times.
  • Mr. Zhang Shunlong Tortured and Killed in Police Custody

    On May 26th, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Shunlong, 44, was arrested from his home by policemen and tortured and killed on the same day. His body was cremated on May 28th, 2006 without his family's approval. His wife, also in detention at the time, was very distraught by his sudden death. She appeared mentally disoriented, and was released home.
  • The Brutal Torture I Experienced in 2002 at The Haidian District Detention Centre

    The Haidian District Detention Centre brutally beat Falun Gong practitioners. My face was beaten until it was distorted beyond recognition, with wounds covering my entire face. Anyone who saw my face at that time would have been horrified. My chest was also beaten so badly that I had difficulty breathing and could not stop coughing. Coughing caused me to double over in severe pain. To further torture Falun Gong practitioners, the Detention Centre created a device that had a sharp side pointing up regardless how it was placed on the ground. The sharp edge was about 4 centimetres (less than 0.39 inches) high. When I was forced to sit on this torture stool, the sharp edges cut into my flesh and hurt severely.
  • Four Dafa Practitioners from Anhui Province, Receive Unjust Prison Terms

    Practitioner Chen Xiuan went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa in October 1999. Since then he was detained several times and kept under surveillance on his release. On April 25th, 2005, police arrested him a third time and they secretly sentenced him to an thirteen years in prison. The police arrested practitioner Huang Bangjun, 64, and his wife, 63, and sentenced them to three-year and two-year prison terms, respectively. The police also sentenced practitioner Wang Ziqiang to thirteen years in prison.
  • The Tricks that the Chinese Communist Party Uses to Deceive People in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    The guard of our cell was Zhang Huan. She was 25. When she was beating me, she said, "I don’t want beat you, but Chief Su told us to." I bled a lot due to the torture, and I was too weak to turn over in bed. Su Jing, the chief of the labour camp, came to see me with a bag of formula. She said, "Drink it to get some nutrition. I will buy you more when you finish this bag." Some people in our cell, who were already "transformed" and didn’t know the truth, were moved by Su's behaviour. They didn’t know that she was behind this brutal torture and had directed it. Su Jing was an evil person who pretended to be nice.
  • Daqing Railroad Authority Arrests Falun Dafa Practitioners

    Since July 1999, police officers from the Daqing Railway Station in Heilongjiang Province have been persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. Enticed by cash rewards, officers on duty often stop and search passengers as they please. They use abusive language in the hope of finding Falun Dafa practitioners among the passengers. In 2005, while trying to board the No.2155 Train, a female Falun Dafa practitioner was arrested by three police officers at the checking gate. Zhou Yanwu, the officer at the check gate was rewarded 500 yuan.
  • Older Lady, Ms. Yu Fuxiang Died Tragically Under Persecution

    We do not know exactly what tortures 55-year-old Ms. Yu endured, but only know that she had been on a hunger strike for several days, was whipped by a leather belt and was handcuffed with her ankles shackled. Ms. Yu lived a hard life with courage, but she was afraid of being arrested to a great extent! Ms. Yu died tragically, and the only thing she left was a receipt proving that Zhou Yuhua from the First Branch Office of Huangzhou City Police Department extorted 500 yuan from her.
  • Practitioners Mr. Hong Fei and Ms. Liu Shumin Persecuted to Death by Police Officer Lu Ping and his Colleagues in Qinhuangdao

    Police broke into practitioner Mr. Wu Wenjin's home on March 7th, 2006. They arrested seven practitioners from Mr. Wu's home and beat them without reason. One practitioner, Mr. Hong Fei, was terribly frightened and did not have the strength to stand. The police insisted on dragging him into the police car. On the way to the police station, the policemen discovered that Mr. Hong was dying, so they dumped him on the roadside and covered him with a blanket, trying to avoid any responsibility. Mr. Hong, a college student, spent his last moments in in a roadside ditch on a cold and windy night. He was only 21 years old.
  • Practitioners Cruelly Tortured in Wuling Prison

    More than a thousand Falun Dafa practitioners have been detained in Wuling Prison in Changde City, Hunan Province, since 2003. Guards force the practitioners to labour more than 12 hours a day. They curse and beat them, and torture is a daily routine. They often use truncheons, electric batons, wooden sticks, or bamboo sticks to beat practitioners, breaking open their skin and flesh and even injuring bones and joints. Another torture is to suspend them by handcuffs.