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Practitioner Ms Li Xiulan Is Framed in Court
2004-10-05
Ms. Li Xiulan of Yunnan Province, was arrested for practising Falun Gong. Yuxi City Court illegally tried her on September 9, 2004. The public prosecutor raised three charges against Ms. Li Xiulan including: 1) She had advocated Falun Gong to other teachers where she worked and verbally "assaulted" the national leaders 2) She wrote the three words, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" on the blackboard in school ; and 3) She wrote to four policemen at the Kunming Women's Labour Camp to clarify the truth of Falun Gong, the persecution and declared that "transformation" is wrong. -
Eyewitness Account of the Torture Death of Mr Peng Min and the Lie That the TV Station Fabricated
2004-10-04Peng Min was tortured until he suffered a cervical vertebrate fracture, which caused the paralysis of his whole body. The police were in the next room for 24-hour monitoring. After being bedridden for so long without treatment, there was a large bedsore on his buttocks and the tissue had begun to deteriorate to the point that the bone could be seen. However, the police did not provide any medical treatment or nursing care and let the condition worsen. A policeman even said, "I hope it will be over soon so that we do not need to stay here and monitor everyday." -
Dr. Dong Cui Beaten to Death as Beijing Prison Management Bureau Encourages and Rewards Forced Brainwashing
2004-10-04An extra reward of 2000 yuan (later increased to 2500 yuan) will be given to any staff member who forces a Falun Gong practitioner to give up cultivation practice and betray his or her conscience. Dr Dong Cui was detained in Beijing Women's Prison and beaten savagely. When Ms. Dong became too weak to call out for help, a prison guard announced "almost enough now," but the prisoner who helped torment Ms. Dong said, "Not yet--we're going to take this to another level." Although she was rushed to hospital, she sadly died in March 2003. -
Police in Dalian City Invent New Torture Method to Use on Falun Dafa Practitioners
2004-10-04Torture method: Police force a person to kneel on a plank, roughly one meter long and five centimeters thick, and then place a wooden rod, about a meter long and four centimeters in diameter, across the ankles. Two people then step on either side of the rod to press it down. Though only two ordinary pieces of wood are used, the ability of this tactic to cause severe injury is far more potent than many other methods of torture. -
Exposing Several Tortures Used in Chinese Labour Camps
2004-10-04Torture method used in brainwashing centres: Psychotropic Drugs: The victim is injected with drugs typically used on mental patients. The drugs damage the neural system and make the victims sleep lethargically for long periods of time. The brain feels blank, the neck becomes stiff and the tongue turns numb. The victim speaks incoherently and drools uncontrollably. The fingers and shoulders twitch. One shoulder faces forward and the other shoulder backward. The victim also feels pain all over the body and suffers from amnesia. -
Police Violence on Tiananmen Square on China's "National Day"
2004-10-04
At noon on October the 1st 2004, many civilians witnessed policemen violently beat and drag off a Falun Gong practitioner. People at the Square were all talking about the incident and many said: "We personally saw the brutality of police against Falun Gong today." -
Ms. Yang Lixia Illegally Arrested and Tortured Once Again in Heilongjiang Province
2004-10-03Ms. Yang Lixia is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Heilongjiang Province. having already spent a term of imprisonment in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp and subjected to inhuman torture and brainwashing, she was arrested again on August 15, 2004 when she was distributing truth-clarification materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. During her imprisonment, the police have interrogated her many times, trying to force her to reveal where she got the truth-clarification materials. They brutally beat her when she refused to tell them. -
Graphic Illustrations of Torture Methods Used at the Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City (Photos)
2004-10-03Torture method: "Wearing a tall hat":The perpetrators would make a paper hat and put it on the practitioner's head. They would hang two pieces of fruit from the sides of the practitioners' head and then comb the practitioner's eyebrows to humiliate him. They also would fold a paper bullhorn and scream Dafa-slandering words through it into the practitioner's ears. Some determined practitioners were on the verge of a nervous breakdown from lack of sleep and this abuse. -
Belated News: 73 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Jing Haizhang Died as a Result of the Persecution in 2002
2004-10-03Mr. Jing Haizhang, 73 years old, was a resident of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. On August 8, 2002, police arrested him as he was distributing Falun Dafa truth clarifying materials at Bitang Park. After being illegally detained in the police station for 48 hours, he was bailed out and fined 50,000 Yuan. Two weeks later, he passed away. -
Three Forms of Torture Used on Falun Gong Practitioners (Photo)
2004-10-03Method of torture in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp and Dalian Forced Labour Camp: A specially designed "bed," called the "death bed" by some practitioners in Shenyang. The "bed" consists of a metal board, with a hole at the position of the hips. The victim's hands and feet are stretched apart and tied to the sides of the bed. The victim's pants are cut open or taken off, and all waste products fall through the hole. During force-feedings, the thugs not only rotated the feeding tubes intentionally to torture the victims but also used very dirty tubes. -
The So-Called "Government-Run Education"
2004-10-03Falun Gong is free of charge, and people can practice or leave at will, yet Jiang claimed that Falun Gong extorts money from others and that people are being duped by it? Then what should we call this government-run education that charges people more than 3,000 yuan? This is exactly like the old Chinese saying, "bandits who kill and plunder call others thieves." -
Chinese Citizens lend a Helping Hand to Those Who Practise Falun Gong
2004-10-03Facing the persecution, Da Zhi still determinedly supports Falun Dafa and lends support to those who practice. During a period when the practitioners responsible for distributing materials were sent to forced labour camps or closely monitored, Da Zhi stepped forward when it was very difficult to get hold of Falun Dafa materials. With the support of his family, who practice, Da Zhi took on the responsibility of downloading Teacher's articles and materials from the Falun Gong websites, making a huge contribution to the local area. -
55-Year-Old Jiangsu Province Practitioner Ms. Yang Meizhen Tortured to Death
2004-10-0255-year-old practitioner Ms. Yang Meizhen was from Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. She suffered from persecution by police numerous times because she would not give up Falun Gong. In October 2002, she was sentenced for 4 years of "re-education through forced labour" and tortured to the brink of death. Although she was sent home she died from torture on July 22, 2004. -
More Information About the Murder of Falun Gong Practitioner Duan Shiqiong in Chengdu City Detention Centre
2004-10-02On September 16, 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Ms Duan Shiqiong was killed in a Chengdu City detention centre. When her husband was asked by the police to identify her body, he found that the body of his deceased wife was replaced with the body of an unknown woman in an attempt to cover up the fact that she was murdered. It has been one year since Falun Gong practitioner Duan Shiqiong was killed, yet her body still has not been found. The local authorities and police continue to persecute and create difficulties for her husband, and he cannot find justice. -
Further Details on Practitioner Mr Zhao Mingxiang's Death in Shandong Province
2004-10-02Zhao Mingxiang, from a village near Pingdu City, is a practitioner who was tortured to death. He was 46 years old. The local people all knew he was a good person. Because of his belief in Falun Gong, Qingdao City Public Security Bureau issued a warrant for his arrest. In order to avoid arrest he had been homeless for four years. On December 30, 2003, he died next to a haystack in a village. According to the villagers who saw his body, Zhao Mingxiang was wearing only one shoe and had no belt. (It is a police station rule to remove a detainee's belt). He was still breathing when he was found but died between 9 and 10 a.m.
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