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Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Sichuan and Jilin Province Pass Away Due to Persecution
2006-03-16Mr. Liu Benhong, about 70 years old was detained in a brainwashing centre, where he was forced to do heavy and tiring work such as digging, sweeping, cleaning the toilet, dumping or even operating drills. They also deprived him of sleep by forcing him to stand. He was handcuffed to iron bars in a hallway in the Political Protection Section for seven days and seven nights without being allowed to eat or drink. Afterwards he was so thirsty that he drank a half bottle of water that had been secretly poisoned by the police. Since then, his health deteriorated and Liu Benhong passed away on January 15th, 2006. -
Practitioner Mr. Yang Xiaojie from Shijiazhuang City Dies from Tortured Inflicted at No. 4 Prison of Hebei Province
2006-03-15On December 28th, 2005, the whole family of Mr. Yang Xiaojie requested the Hebei Provincial No. 4 Prison to release Mr. Yang Xiaojie. After repeated consultations, they finally agreed to release him. By that time he was on the verge of death. Upon release, Mr. Yang's family took him to see the doctor, and the first thing the doctor said was, "Why are you bringing a person here like this? It's too late!" -
Mr. Jiang Guopo is in Critical Condition after 156 Days on Hunger Strike
2006-03-15After following Mr. Jiang Guopo and abducting him on October 3rd, 2005, the police held him in the Hanting Detention Centre for 30 days and sentenced him to three years of forced labour on November 2nd, 2005. He was sent to the Changle Labour Camp where he was brutally persecuted in the past. Mr. Jiang Guopo is in critical condition after 156 days of hunger strike. He has been force-fed twice daily. Each time he has been horribly tortured; the perpetrators have used the finger-size feeding tube and it was covered with blood each time. He is emaciated, his heart and liver are not functioning properly and his blood pressure is out of control. -
610 Office Incites Hatred in School Children
2006-03-15The 610 Office in Tangshan City, Hebei Province went to "Shiyan First Elementary School" to slander Falun Gong on February 22nd, 2006. They used the school as a test to apply their dirty tricks of smearing Falun Gong with deception and threats. If successful, they planned to later extend it to the entire district. They required every student in the class to speak and write a report. Students would be banned from the class if they did not write the report, or they would not be allowed to go home after school. Some teachers asked the students to report practitioners and those who distributed Falun Gong materials (including their own relatives). -
Tang Guoping Almost Blinded by Abuse at the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province
2006-03-15On December 15th, 2005, officials at the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp wrote to the 610 Office informing them that Tang Guoping had developed a strange eye disease, and he was almost blind. They asked the local "610 Office" to send an official letter and after approval, they would release Tang Guoping. However, the evildoers in the "610 Office" ignored the letter and withheld information in an attempt to prevent the release of Tang Guoping. Later, Tang Guoping's life was in great danger and the condition of his eyes continued to deteriorate. -
Interview with Charles Lee: CCP Stops at No Evil in Its Persecution of Falun Gong Part I
2006-03-14After spending three years in Chinese prison, U.S. citizen Charles Lee returned to the United States last month. Commenting on his prison term, he said: "They used sleep deprivation for 92 hours to torture me. They also forced me to watch videos slandering Falun Gong and put handcuffs on me. An informer told me that they originally had wanted to charge me with practising Falun Gong. But, because I am a U.S. citizen, they concocted a story instead that I was going to "damage media equipment."" -
Twenty-One-Year Old College Graduate Suffers Mental Collapse in Shaanxi Province Women's Labour Camp
2006-03-14In the beginning of March 2006, a 21-year-old female Falun Dafa practitioner suffered a mental breakdown due to the intense pressure she received in less than a month of detention in the Second Ward of the Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. She had just graduated from the university, and was very innocent and full of life. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Lu Shulin Is in Critical Situation at Jilin No. 2 Prison
2006-03-14After being arrested and brutally tortured in Jilin No. 2 Prison, Falun Gong practitioner Lu Shulin is now in critical situation. Because Mr. Lu's family cannot find people to intercede on his behalf and did not bribe the police, policemen Zhang Heng and Wang Lianfa refuse to release Mr. Liu for medical treatment despite his dire condition. They even said openly, "Without good connections and money, you will have to wait!" Mr. Lu's family is desperately worried about his condition. -
Dr. Liu Ping in Hebei Province Suffers Persecution
2006-03-14Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Ping was a doctor. After the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Liu Ping refused to give up her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Former hospital head put Liu Ping under 24-hour monitoring for a whole week. He also tried to force Ms. Liu to write a guarantee statement give up Falun Gong and hand over all her Falun Gong books. In addition, Liu was transferred to the physical therapy section on September 18th, 1999, where she was exposed to large quantity of radiation. The daily exposure to radiation brought on oedema for Liu Ping and swelling and bleeding of her gums. -
Hanting District 610 Office Arrests Respected Teacher - Three Students Lost Their Lives after Losing the Protective Care of their Teacher
2006-03-13A sad incident occurred recently at the No. 4 Middle School in the Hanting District of Weifang City. In February, three art students from the senior class at the high school and one graduate student from a university in Jinan City all died from carbon dioxide poisoning. The three high school students had all studied with Ms. Li Guifeng. Everyone said that if Ms. Li had been there, such an incident would not have happened. -
The Brutality of a Police Officer from Jin City in Hunan Province
2006-03-13Lei Minzhu is a police officer in Jin City, Hunan Province. He has committed major sins in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. Once he used an iron rod to stab a practitioner's nose, causing this practitioner, Mr. Xiang Yan from Jin City, to bleed so profusely that he had to be sent to the hospital for emergency care. In 2005, Lei also arrested two practitioners from Changde City, hung them up, and used all kinds of brutal torture methods on them until they were almost dead. -
Five Practitioners from Hubei and Jilin Provinces Who Died During the Persecution of Falun Dafa
2006-03-13Ms. Lai Xiuxiang was 48 years old. She began to practise Falun Dafa in 1997. She regained good health after learning the practice. After July 20th 1999, she went to Beijing twice to expose the truth of the persecution of Falun Dafa. On the second trip there, she was arrested and "unlawfully sentenced" to one year in prison by the local police. During her term in prison, she was subjected to inhuman tortures, which lead to the recurrence of her previous illnesses. The police released her when she was in a life-threatening state as they feared they would be held responsible for her death. Ms. Lai Xiuxiang died on December 1st 2001. -
Five Practitioners Who Passed Away As a Result of Persecution in Liaoning, Sichuan and Heilongjiang Provinces
2006-03-13On February 7th, 2004, officers suddenly broke into practitioner Mr. Yang Xingkuan's home. They went through everything and took Dafa books, materials exposing the persecution and 800 yuan in cash and arrested him, but Mr. Yang broke free and escaped. The police fired guns at him but he successfully escaped and lived in exile. A group of agents from the police department looked for Mr. Yang. They also waited at his home. Because they couldn't arrest him they arrested his wife, who is also a Dafa practitioner, for the third time and held her at the notorious Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp in Zizhong for 18 months. Mr. Yang tragically died in an industrial accident. -
Seventy-Year-Old Resident of Sichuan Province Dies from Torture and Injection of Drugs
2006-03-1270-year-old Wang Zengren was repeatedly detained and persecuted by police and 610 Office staff because he persisted in practising Falun Dafa. Wang Zengren was injected with unknown drugs and was kept unconscious for 12 days. He was incontinent, suffered anal erosion, his legs were swollen and he could not walk. Wang's head had two holes in it from the beatings he received, and as a result of all the persecution he suffered, Wang could no longer take care of himself. Wang Zengren was released on medical parole and he passed away on January 29, 2006. -
Rape Victim Liu Jizhi is Arrested Again (Photos)
2006-03-12Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Jizhi, age 51, is one of the victims of the November 2005 rape case in Hebei Province. In early March 2006, policemen from the Zhuozhou City 610 Office and State Security agents arrested her again. Her daughter was also arrested. Due to severe mental and physical trauma, Ms. Liu Jizhi has shown symptoms of a mental collapse.