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  • Dr. Qi Xufang from the Weihai City Health and Epidemic Prevention Station Dies as a Result of Persecution

    61-year-old Dr. Qi Xufang was reported to the local authorities when she was telling the facts of Falun Dafa to people who had been misled by the government propaganda. She was sent to a brainwashing centre to force her to renounce Falun Dafa. However, Ms. Qi Xufang resumed her practice and study of Falun Dafa after she was released. A few policemen ransacked her home. Facing huge pressure, her family members did not allow her to go out or contact any Falun Dafa practitioners. She suffered severely both mentally and in her daily life. She developed stomach cancer and died on August 23rd 2005.
  • Mr. Na Zhenxian in Shuangcheng City Persecuted to Death--Son Seeks Legal Help

    "On September 16th 2005, we were shocked to receive a notice from the labour camp that my father, 58-year-old Na Zhenxian, had died. We went to the labour camp and saw my father's bruised and battered body. The right side of his mouth was bloodied. There were wounds on his left eye. The bridge of his nose appeared distorted. There were bruises as big as the palm of a hand on his chest near the right armpit and on the left side of the lower abdomen. The labour camp forged family signatures on the death certificate and the interment card to destroy the evidence and thereby escape responsibility for his death."
  • The Torture I Experienced in the Huludao Labour Camp in Liaoning Province (Re-Enactment Photos)

    "In December 2000, the Huludao Labour Camp in Liaoning Province violently brainwashed and persecuted Dafa practitioners in order to force us to "reform"1. Seven or eight policemen shocked all the parts of my body with 6 or 7 electric batons at the same time and asked me if I still insisted on practising Falun Gong. Some of them even stood on my stomach, jumping up and down. They seemed to be enjoying themselves."
  • Three Practitioners from Beijing and Hebei Province Persecuted to Death

    Mr. Wang Jianguo, 47 years of age, went to appeal for Falun Dafa several times. All three members of his family were practitioners. Their home was ransacked many times and their Falun Dafa books were taken away. Furthermore, the police routinely pressured Mr. Wang's workplace and his wife's workplace. The police colluded with his workplace to abduct Mr. Wang and take him to the brainwashing centre. His teenage child was left at home alone. Mr. Wang suffered severe mental and physical damage due to the extreme pressure in the brainwashing centre. He developed late stage brain cancer and died on September 7th 2002.
  • Married Couple Sentenced to Forced Labour

    Mr. Li Xiaodun and Ms. Li Qiuxiang, husband and wife, are villagers from Hebei Province. The local police have been constantly harassing them for years with detention, brainwashing attempts and extortionate fines, simply because they are Falun Gong practitioners. In late August 2005, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour at the Baiding Forced Labour Camp.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zeng Guozuo Has Died as a Result of Persecution

    Practitioner Mr. Zeng Guozuo was a 54-year-old resident of Hunan Province. He was tortured during his detention in Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp in Changsha City. Later, he was diagnosed with nasal cancer, but he was still detained another 7 months. In August 2005, fearing that Mr. Zeng was dying, his persecutors notified his local police station to pick him up. On September 18th 2005, 20 days after his release, Mr. Zeng passed away.
  • Five Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioners in Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Shandong Provinces Die after Suffering Persecution

    64-year-old Ms. Chen Shuxian was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Liaoning Province. She learned about Dafa and started practising in 1997. After the persecution started, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa on July 20th 1999. In October 1999, Ms. Chen went to Beijing to appeal again and was brought back by the police and sentenced to a labour camp for two years. She was detained and persecuted in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. After Chen Shuxian returned home, personnel from various government offices harassed her many times. Ms. Chen died in May 2004.
  • The Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp Forces Practitioners to Produce Artificial Butterflies for Export (Photos)

    The Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp not only tortures Falun Dafa practitioners using cruel means but has also forced them to do hard labour for 16 to 18 hours a day, fabricating artificial butterflies and birds for export and making large profits of foreign currency for the labour camp. The white feathers used to make the butterflies are dyed different colours. Sometimes, the workload cannot be completed in time because the foul smell from the stored feathers causes nausea and headaches. The noxious feathers also cause rashes, itching, and swelling of the face, hands, and body.
  • Four Practitioners from Hebei, Liaoning and Hubei Provinces Who Died from Persecution

    Mr. Hao Chengshuan was a 51-year-old villager from a village near Wuhan City, Hebei Province. Before practising Falun Dafa he had many illnesses. Since he started practising Falun Dafa his entire body was healed. Beginning July 20th 1999, the 610 Office from the village went to his house and harassed him numerous times. He was extremely stressed and passed away on September 21st 2000.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Jia Junxi From Henan Province Tortured to Death at a Detention Centre

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Jia Junxi, 58 years old, was arrested on August 18th 2005 when telling people the truth about Falun Dafa and exposing the persecution. According to witnesses, he was held in solitary confinement on August 28th, where on orders from the guards, four inmates beat him savagely. The solitary confinement cell door remained locked for the following 24 hours; and no one checked on Jia Junxi during this period. Mr. Jia was tortured to death around August 29th at the county detention centre. On August 30th the perpetrators sent his stiff body to the hospital in an attempt to cover up the crime of torture that killed him.
  • Practitioner from Guangdong Province Tortured to Near Death, Almost Cremated Alive

    "In March 2002, police officers arrested me. They kicked and punched me 65 times. Even though I am elderly, they still tortured me like that! I was sent to a forced labour camp, where I was shocked by an electric baton until I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found I was in a small room with horrible odours. I found out that it was the mortuary. Later, I learned that I had been unconscious in that small room for three and a half days. They were preparing to cremate me but stopped when they discovered that I was still breathing."
  • Seven Elderly People in Inner Mongolia, Henan, Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces Died as a Result of Persecution

    55-year-old Ms. Ou Xiangyuan, lived in Heilongjiang Province. At the end of 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. When she was passing through Shanhaiguan City, Ms. Ou was arrested and persecuted by police officers who snarled at her, saying, "Look, killing you is the same as killing a warehouse mouse!" Ms. Ou was detained and sent to the Harbin Provincial Hospital, where her personal freedom was limited under the guise of "treatment." She died on April 23rd 2001.
  • Practitioner Couple Xin Changnian and Chen Jing Died Due to Persecution, Their Son was Given a Heavy Sentence

    Two Falun Dafa practitioners from Jilin Province, 75-year-old Mr. Xin Changnian and his 68-year-old wife, Ms. Chen Jing, died on June 5th 2004, and July 8th 2005, respectively from relentless persecution. In 2002, their son, Mr. Xin Wei, was sentenced to nine years in prison. He has suffered severe mental and physical torture in Jilin Prison.
  • Police Arrest Dafa Practitioners from Xiadingjia Town, Break into Their Homes and Confiscate Their Belongings

    Village officials broke into 76-year-old Dafa practitioner, Ms. Guo Fuxiang's house, ransacked it, arrested and brutally beat her. One official smashed a Falun Dafa book hard over her head and she fell unconscious to the floor. Her body was covered with dark purple bruises, and she suffered unbearable pain. After six hours of torture, she was finally released.
  • The Jilin Province Yitong County Construction Bank is Still Persecuting Practitioner Mr. Wang Jinbo

    Mr. Wang Jinbo is the former credit department manager of the Yitong County Construction Bank in Jilin Province. Why "former"? Because he persists in practising Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. For the past several years his workplace and the directors of the Siping City Construction Bank have persecuted him. Mr. Wang was detained in a forced labour camp, where he became critically ill. The Siping City Construction Bank has now stopped paying Mr. Wang's wages and all benefits. They use every excuse not to let him resume his job.