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  • More Details On the Deaths of Ms. Zhang Wenjun from Chongqing City and Mr. Ma Jianshe from Xinji City

    In 2004, police arrested 69-year-old Zhang Wenjun and sent her to a forced labour camp for two years. Her pension was unreasonably suspended. Then she was detained in prison for over a year. She suffered from hunger and cold and had oedema before she passed away in August 2005. Mr. Ma Jianshe walked to Beijing to tell people the facts of Falun Dafa and suffered severe beatings and abuse. His home was also ransacked, and he was forced to pay a fine and put into prison. In 2003, he was arrested again and sent to a brainwashing centre. After returning home, he was harassed and intimidated several times by police. He became ill in 2004 and passed away in June 2005.
  • Tears and Blood of Dalian: The Persecution of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Sun Yan, Part 2

    Ms Sun Yan refused to give up Falun Gong so Dalian City Forced Labour Camp Group head took her to a solitary confinement cell and tortured her with the "Death Bed". Guards stretched her arms and legs to cause excruciating pain. They inserted hot pepper into her vagina and scrubbed her genitals with a shoe brush until she lost consciousness.
  • Information Regarding Mr. Fan Dacheng's Death from Torture in Xinjiang Autonomous Region

    Since the persecution against Falun Dafa began, the staff from his workplace persecuted practitioner Mr. Fan Dacheng and he did not received even a single yuan of his salary. Mr. Fan was unlawfully sentenced to two years in a labour camp, served from March 2001 to March 2003. During that time, Mr. Fan was tortured by inhumane means. In April 2004, Mr. Fan was unlawfully sentenced to three years simply for displaying a "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" banner and tortured to the brink of death. By the time the authorities released him he had lost the ability to eat. Fan Dacheng passed away on September 13, 2004.
  • Li Xiaomei, Falun Gong Practitioner from Guangxi Province, Died from Long-Term Persecution

    48-year-old Ms. Li Xiaomei suffered persecution repeatedly and incarcerated in brainwashing and detention centres. As a result, she was devastated both mentally and physically. While she was still in prison, her health was poor. After returning home, her health deteriorated further, and she was too weak to take care of herself. She passed away on April 10th 2005.
  • A Practitioner Describes Her 6 Years of Persecution

    "Police officer Zhang Guisheng of the Keyuan Street Police Station arrived at the detention centre, where I was held. He cursed us fiercely and ordered the use of more violence and torture during the brainwashing sessions. Police officer Liu Feng asked me, "Do you choose Falun Gong or your family?" I said, "Practising Falun Gong does not conflict with my family." He jumped up saying, "No! You can choose only one!" I was totally confused. Who gave him the right to force me to make such a choice? Police officers forced citizens to get divorced and involved their family members as a means to threaten us. Such mental abuses are illegal."
  • Dafa Practitioner Ms Wang Kaiping from Chongqing was Persecuted to Death

    58-year-old Wang Kaiping was taken to the Li Ziba Detention Centre by local officials. She was sentenced to a forced labour camp because she had hung scrolls and distributed leaflets exposing the persecution. Wang Kaiping was tortured so severely that she became emaciated and vomited blood. In June 2005 she was released on medical grounds through her family. After she returned home she could not stop vomiting blood. After examination at hospital she was diagnosed with leukaemia. She passed away in the hospital during the night of August 21st 2005.
  • Mother Persecuted to Death, Father Jailed, Son Ran Away in Desperation

    Ms Geng Cuifang, a Dafa practitioner from Lanzhou City, was persecuted to death on June 13th 2002. After two months, her husband, practitioner Su Anzhou, was wrongfully sentenced to prison for 20 years. Geng Cuifang's son was less than 18 years old at that time. His mother had just died as a result of the police's actions, and his father was jailed. Losing his parents and source of livelihood, the boy ran away in desperation. Relatives and friends have sought his whereabouts since that time but do not know where he is currently.
  • Six Older Practitioners Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    67-year-old Mr. Liu Yuting was arrested by the local authorities and sent to a detention centre. In the detention centre, he was punished by being forced to stand against the wall and given very bad food. With so many inmates in the jail, he had to sleep on the floor. His diabetes he had prior to practising relapsed because of the bad conditions in the jail. The jail had to release him but they did that only after extorting 5,000 yuan from his family. After he came out, Mr. Liu learned that his pension card had been taken away by his former workplace and his daughter had been sent to a labour camp. During this period, the authorities also went to his home to harass him. Under such tremendous pressure, the elderly practitioner died on March 30th 2002.
  • Practitioner Ms. Zhu Chengying from Sichuan Province Has Been Unjustly Sentenced to Ten Years

    On August 26th 2005, the Jinjiang District Police Station in Chengdu City, the Jinjiang District Procuratorate, the Jinjiang District Court, and the State Security Brigade from the Leshan City Police Station arrested 54-year-old Ms. Zhu Chengying from her home. On September 15th she was sentenced to ten years in prison without a fair trial and is now being held at the Chengdu City Detention Centre. What was her crime? She told the facts of Falun Dafa to the authorities and to others who had been misled by the government propaganda and so was considered a criminal.
  • Tears and Blood of Dalian: The Persecution of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Sun Yan, Part 1

    37-year-old teacher Ms Sun Yan benefited physically and mentally from practising Falun Gong. She was arrested and persecuted several times for believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. Her workplace sent her to a brainwashing class, even though the company had awarded her the title "Model Young Worker". In November 2001 she was sent to Dalian Forced Labour Camp and was savagely tortured.
  • Intensified Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners at Jinzhou City Forced Labour Camp

    A relative recently went to visit Qi Mingli, but was not allowed to see him. This relative tried to tell the truth of Falun Gong to the police at the labour camp. Li Fenglin, who is in charge of persecuting Falun Gong, said, "If you keep talking, I will put you in the labour camp too." After asking the police on several occasions to see Mingli, his family members were finally able to see him. They saw that Qi Mingli's legs were paralysed, as he walked only with heavy support from others. This is the real reason why the forced labour camp doesn't want people to visit him. They are afraid of their crimes being exposed.
  • Practitioners' Family Members Expose the Underhanded Dealings of a Detention Centre Shop in Harbin

    Family members came to the shop to learn news about the practitioners being held there. The shop's prices are extremely high. A box of instant noodles costs 20 yuan at a regular shop but is marked 60 yuan there. Some items are 50 percent more expensive than regular prices and some are twice as much as the regular price. Some family members asked the clerks if their family members were still detained here. The clerks told them, "Yes," so the families bought several things and asked the clerks to send them in. But when the clerks came back, they did not give the family members any receipts. When the family asked for the receipts, the clerks said that the practitioners had been transferred.
  • Remembering Fellow Practitioners Ms. Shi Shengying and Ms. Ren Shujie

    On August 25th 2005, Ms. Shi Shengying was tortured to death in the Shenyang Women's Prison in Liaoning Province. On September 4th 2005, I again heard the news of Ms. Ren Shujie's death as a result of torture. I recalled my short acquaintance with them. I now dedicate this article to these two practitioners, Shi Shengying and Ren Shujie. Ms. Ren Shujie radiated a righteous field around her. Ms. Shi Shengying was frequently tortured until she fainted. It is my regret that I can no longer see Shi Shengying.
  • Daqing Prison Prohibits Falun Dafa Practitioners from Leaving the Prison Building

    In Daqing Prison, practitioners are deprived of their basic freedom. Prisoners monitor them around the clock. The Daqing Prison prohibits Falun Dafa practitioners from leaving the prison building to get fresh air outside. Practitioners Mr. Zhang Zidong, Mr. Li Huifeng, and Mr. Wang Yudong left the prison building, resulting in the prison guards beating them severely. Mr. Zhang was tortured into partial paralysis, his lower back was injured. As a result, he can no longer stand and take care of himself. Mr. Zhang has been in the hospital since August 31st.
  • Update on Falun Dafa Practitioners from Helongjiang Province Suffering from Persecution

    The following is an update on the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners from Fuyu County in Heilongjiang Province. Ms. Zeng Fenglian was tortured so severely that she can no longer walk. Mr. Xu Guoxiang was arrested when looking for work out of town. Without him, his wife and son are living a difficult life. Ms. Lu Guizheng has been persecuted. She and her family's whereabouts have been unknown for nearly three years. Mr. Zhai Yuzhu was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.