Torture

• Firsthand Account: Ms. Li Qiongying, in Her Sixties, Sentenced after Refusing to Bear False Witness Against Another Practitioner

  2011-10-23
  When Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Qiongying was arrested, police asked Ms. Li to acknowledge getting Falun Gong fliers from a deceased practitioner's home. They said, “Cooperate with this, and we will immediately take you home in a police car.” I clearly told them, “My conscience won't allow it. I'd rather die.” Zeng punched me in the face, and I fell to the ground. She was subsequently tortured by the director of the First Division of Xianyou County Police Department, Zeng Jinxiong, and sentenced to six and a half years in prison.
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• Tortured by Guards in Panjin Prison, Mr. Zhang Qi in Critical Condition

  2011-10-23
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Qi has been tortured continuously by guards in the Fifth Ward, including Wang Haijun, ever since he was sent to Panjin Prison in June 2008. The severity of the abuse resulted in his being in critical condition many times. Since April 2011, he has been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Now, he is in critical condition again.
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• Former Deputy Secretary of Laishui County, Hebei Province Arrested Again

  2011-10-23
  Several police officers knocked on the door of Falun Gong practitioner Liu Jinying's home at 9:00 p.m. on October 8th, pretending that they were there to inspect the water meter. They questioned Liu Jinying about where she had been, while making a record of what she said, and then took her away. Her whereabouts are currently unknown. Liu Jinying was previously sentenced to serve a five year jail term by a Laishui County Court because she practised Falun Gong. She refused to write a guarantee statement renouncing the practice, and she was brutally tortured in prison to the point of mental disorder.
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• Ms. Liu Wei Sentenced to Prison for Talking to People about Falun Gong

  2011-10-23
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Wei was arrested by police on September 17th, and sentenced to four years and six months in prison. She is currently detained at the Changchun Women's Prison. At around midnight on July 24th, 2009, Ms. Liu was arrested the first time for talking to some people in Ji'an to raise their awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution. The Toudaogou Police arrested her and sent her to the Ji'an Detention Centre, where Ms. Liu was tortured to the point that she contracted a serious blood disease. She was later released due to her illness.
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• School teacher and Former Principal Ms. Yang Guizhi Tried in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia

  2011-10-22
  Ms. Yang Guizhi is an award-winning teacher in Inner Mongolia. On September 22nd, 2011, she was put on trial and framed by the Yuanbaoshan District Court. On May 12th, 2011, four Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Yang Guizhi went to the police station requesting the unconditional release of fellow practitioner Ms. Ren Suying. Policeman Liu Caijun not only turned a deaf ear to the practitioners’ request and kind persuasion, but also detained them.
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• Ms. Guo Yunlan Framed by Public Security Agents in Donggang City, Liaoning Province

  2011-10-22
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Yunlan was handed a written notice from Danggang City Court on September 20th, informing her that she would be tried after October 1st. The Donggang Domestic Security Division, Changshan Town Police Station, and Donggang Procuratorate plotted together to charge her. Ms. Guo was forced to sign and put her fingerprint on a blank sheet of paper; the paper was used to forge evidence against her. In September 2010, police searched Ms. Guo's home and found Falun Gong books and materials and arrested her. Ms. Guo suffered a massive hemorrhaege last November due to the abuse she suffered while she was detained in Dandong Detention Centre. She was allowed to be bailed out and await trial at home.
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• Ms. Jia Yanfeng, Mr. Zheng Jingjiang and Mr. Zhan Xingchao Arrested in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province

  2011-10-22
  Mr. Zheng Jingjiang was arrested and detained in Sidao Forced Labour Camp in Mudanjiang at the end of 2002. Guard Wang Xuewen instructed inmates to crush his fingers with a pair of pliers. He was also beaten and his ribs were fractured. Despite his condition, guards still forced him to do hard labour. After Mr. Zheng was released from the labour camp, officers from the railway police went to harass him at his home and at his wife's workplace many times. Police arrested him again and took him to Yichun Brainwashing Centre on September 6th.
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• Ms. Song Wenjuan Protests the Persecution with a Hunger Strike at Harbin Women's Prison

  2011-10-22
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Song Wenjuan was arrested last December and sentenced to four years in prison for talking to people about Falun Gong. Recently, her family visited Ms. Song at Harbin Women's Prison, where she was on a hunger strike. She appeared frail and had to depend on others' support in order to stand.
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• Ms. Li Suzhen's Health Takes Turn for Worse While She Is in Government Custody

  2011-10-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Suzhen was in a brainwashing centre several years ago, where she nearly died due to the persecution she underwent. She was able to regain her health again thereafter because she practises Falun Gong. Arrested again recently, her current whereabouts are unknown to her family. The last time her family heard any news about her was when the police told them they found her vomiting and unable to tend to her own needs.
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• Ms. Zhao Jinrui from Qingyun, Shandong Province, Detained in Dezhou Detention Centre

  2011-10-21
  On September 20th, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Jinrui accompanied her friend Liu Jinqiang and his wife to Dezhou City to go shopping. On the way home they were stopped by four vehicles from the Domestic Security Division of Decheng District Police Department in Dezhou City that had been following them. A group of plainclothes police forced Ms. Zhao, Mr. Liu, and Ms. Wang to get into their car and detained them in the Dezhou Detention Centre.
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• Second Trial of Mr. Kong Xianguo Held in Xigang District Court in Dalian

  2011-10-21
  The second trial of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Kong Xianguo was held in Xigang District Court on September 21st. From beginning to end, the trial lasted only about 5 minutes. Mr. Kong was first tried on August 1st. During the trial, he exposed how he had been tortured when he was interrogated. The presiding judge, Li Tiezheng, asked him about the torture. Mr. Kong said that the police had immobilized him, inserted a lit cigarette into his nose, and poured alcohol down his throat. The judge interrupted him and did not allow him to continue. The prosecutor, Sun Min, asked Mr. Kong, “Where is the evidence of this torture?” When Mr. Kong showed them the scars on his arms, they were speechless. This first trial ended without any conclusion.
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• Ms. Zheng Hongying and Ms. Wang Guilan from Fushun, Liaoning Province Arrested and Persecuted

  2011-10-21
  Ms. Zheng Hongying, 65, and Ms. Wang Guilan, 60, were reported to the police when they were seen talking to people about Falun Gong in Huangjinbao Village on September 6th. They were arrested and taken to Nankouqian Police Station. Later that day, they were taken to the Nangou Detention Centre. Police broke into Ms. Zheng's home. They confiscated her Falun Gong books and many leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Wang was taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang, where she is currently being subjected to persecution.
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• Ms. Wang Chunxiang, 55, Tortured to Death in Liaoning Province Women's Prison

  2011-10-20
  Dandong City practitioner Ms. Wang Chunxiang was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, and incarcerated in Liaoning Province Women's Prison. She died in prison on September 25th. A division head, Wu, called Ms. Wang's family on September 25th, saying, “Wang Chunxiang is having a heart attack. She is getting emergency treatment now.” Half an hour later, Wu called again, “The effort to revive Wang Chunxiang was futile. She died.” In the winter of 2007, a prison guard ordered inmates to whack Ms. Wang on the head with the soles of their boots and kick her in the genitals because she wouldn't give up her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She was also locked in an icy warehouse where she was further tortured. Her illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure recurred and she never recovered after that.
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• Store Owner Arrested, Wife Died of Torture

  2011-10-20
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Laosi was arrested at home on September 15th. The police sent him to the Xingtai Brainwashing Centre. His three children were left attended. Their mother died last year as a result of torture in a brainwashing centre. Police went to Mr. Qin’s home on July 12th, attempting to arrest him. After he escaped, Wang took Mr. Qin's teenage son as a hostage. His family was forced to pay 2,000 yuan to get the son back.
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• Former Gansu Province Police Officer Mr. Chen Zhongxuan Put on Wanted List

  2011-10-20
  On September 24th, five practitioners, including a former police officer, were arrested while they were driving through Zhongchuan Town in Gansu Province. The police searched their homes the next day, tortured them using the "tiger bench", and brutally beat Mr. Jin and Ms. He in the criminal investigation brigade at the Huining Police Department. It was reported that Mr. Chen escaped, and the other practitioners were taken to the Baiyin Detention Centre on September 26th. Since Mr. Chen is a former police officer, the Gansu Province Police Bureau got involved and listed him on a nationwide wanted list.
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