Torture

• Falun Gong Practitioners from Fujian Province Persecuted with Nerve Damaging Drugs

  2011-09-20
  On January 6th, 2004, a practitioner from Fujian wrote a report to expose the atrocities that had happened in the Minxi Prison, “When I was held in the Fourth Workshop of the prison's plastics factory, I was deprived of sleep for 48 hours. Chen Weimin, chief of the workshop, deceived me into taking some drugs that cause mental damage. I fell into a deep coma and my heart stopped as a result. When I became conscious, an inmate was so startled that he ran away in unspeakable astonishment because he thought that I was dead. When I got up, I found a wound cut into my chest at area of the heart. The prison guard sent someone to watch me in secret to report on my condition. My heart was subsequently often in acute pain and my mind was unclear for some time.”
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• 24-Year-Old Ms. Wang Yujie Has Died after 14 Months of Persecution

  2011-09-19
  On September 3rd, 2011, Ms. Wang Yujie died at the age of only 24. One year of forced labour and forced brainwashing killed the once-healthy young woman. On March 11th, 2010, Ms. Wang was arrested for posting Falun Gong informational stickers and speaking with people about Falun Gong in Wuhan City. In Hewan Forced Labour Camp, the head guard ordered the drug offender inmates to torture her. They made her squat every day, deprived her of sleep, and made her stand all day long. The inmates threatened her by saying, “If you don't 'transform' [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] after two weeks, we will make up an excuse so that we can hang you up by the handcuffs.” Ms. Wang was also forced to do hard labour.
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• Fourteen Practitioners from Qian'an City, Hebei Province, Arrested

  2011-09-19
  On September 5th, 2011, 14 practitioners were arrested while studying Falun Gong books together. Mr. Li Qinghe, Ms. Li Qingyun, and Ms. Si Fengmin are being held at the Qian'an Detention Centre. Other practitioners' whereabouts are unknown. Officer Pu Yonglai has been with the domestic security team since the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999. He has been involved in almost all the instances of persecution of Qian'an practitioners, as many as 300 cases. He has often tortured practitioners brutally.
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• Two Brothers Sentenced to Prison and Forced Labour, Senior Parents Had No Way to Appeal

  2011-09-19
  Mr. Lu Tong and his family live in the Caixiang Community in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Mr. Lu's family of three used to have a happy life until Mr. Lu was sentenced to four years in prison in 2008 for practising Falun Gong. Mr. Lu's wife has eye problems. She and her daughter have to depend on each other to survive. Mr. Lu Tong's brother, Mr. Lu Jun, often went to their home and helped them. However, Mr. Lu Jun was arrested on August 18th, 2011, and sentenced to one year and three months of forced labour.
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• Police Refuse to Issue Death Certificate for Mr. Pan Benyu, Who Died As a Result of Torture in Prison

  2011-09-19
  Mr. Pan Benyu from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, saved the lives of six people. He firmly believed in Falun Gong and followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance but was sentenced to forced labour twice and to prison twice (once for four years, once for seven years) by Chinese Communist Party agents. After suffering repeated abuse and torture in police custody, he passed away on July 17th, 2011. Local police refused to issue a death certificate and cancelled his residence registration, claiming that it was because he was a “special figure.”
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• Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners from Fujian Province Detained at Mental Hospitals

  2011-09-18
  During the People's Congress in March 2000, because she wanted to appeal to the People's representatives, Ms. Guan Yujing was taken to a mental hospital for the second time. None of her family members agreed to take her to the mental hospital, yet Court officials threatened her family into signing an agreement: Without the consent of the provincial court and the police department, she could not be discharged. During this period, she was injected with unknown drugs. She resisted, so the doctor got four male patients to tie her to the bed to forcefully inject her. Officials told her that she had to write a guarantee statement to renounce practising Falun Gong before they would release her. Ms. Guan was detained at the mental hospital for over four months.
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• Ms. Lu Suning from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province Sent to Brainwashing Centre, Her Daughter Left Without Care

  2011-09-18
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lu Suning was arrested at her workplace and sent to the Hangzhou Brainwashing Centre by agents from the Hangzhou 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Her eight-year-old daughter was left alone, with no one to care for her. Ms. Lu’s husband died as a result of the persecution he suffered at the hands of China's communist regime.
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• Arrest and Detention of Ms. Zhu Chunju from Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang Province

  2011-09-18
  On August 16th, police arrested Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Yang Zhongyou and Ms. Zhu Chunju (58 years old) and sent them to the Second Detention Centre. In addition, they arrested Mr. Yang Zhongyou's sister, Ms. Yang Zhongqin, that same day. Their families have been persecuted over the past ten-plus years. Their three children were held in a forced labour camp, and the couple was detained multiple times.
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• Deng Fangchen Detained in Brainwashing Centre in Guangzhou for 1.5 Years

  2011-09-18
  Deng Fangchen, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on January 13th, 2010. Since then, she has been detained at the Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre. At the brainwashing centre, Deng refused to give up her faith and went on a hunger strike to protest her treatment. The staff at the brainwashing centre tied her to a chair and poked a tube down her nose. They frequently force-fed her and forced her to urinate and defecate while on video. She was not allowed to wash herself or brush her teeth for a very long time. They hoped such humiliation and torture would make her give up her faith. When her brother came to give her clothes, the brainwashing centre refused to let him see her.
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• Ms. Song Huilan's Right Foot Falls Off Due to Forced Drug Administration

  2011-09-17
  Ms. Song Huilan is a Falun Gong practitioner from Hegong City, Heilongjiang Province. She was subjected to forced injections after she was arrested last December. Her brain has been impacted, resulting in slow reactions and difficulty controlling her body. Her right foot festered and turned black. Necrosis developed, and her foot finally fell off. She is now permanently disabled. Her sister was also intercepted by the officers from the Domestic Security Division on her way to appeal to the Huachuan County governor.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Yin Subjected to Torture, Arrested Again

  2011-09-17
  Ms. Wang Yin was arrested on August 24th, by police. She is being held in the brainwashing centre. Ms. Wang has been on hunger strike for the last five days and is now in critical condition. Ms. Wang has refused to give up Falun Gong and, as a result, has been arrested six times in the last 12 years. She was tortured many times while in detention. When she went on a hunger strike, she was force-fed with high-concentration saltwater. Once, the force-feeding tube was pushed into her lung, causing her to lose consciousness.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to Brainwashing and Physical Abuse at Fanjiatai Prison in Hubei Province

  2011-09-17
  Mr. Liu is in his 60s. He was beaten many times when he was detained in Division 4. In October 2010, criminals beat him so severely that he lost consciousness. The criminals who beat him were rewarded with term reductions. After being locked up in a solitary confinement cell, practitioners are often handcuffed and shackled and subjected to the "death bed" torture.
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• Ms. Huang Ying from Shanghai Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

  2011-09-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Ying was sentenced to three years in prison by the Pudong Court in Shanghai on August 30th. During the proceedings, the public prosecutor first stated there was solid evidence and the case was serious. His first witness gave false testimony against Ms. Huang. However Ms. Huang's attorney pointed out that, in fact, the evidence was not sufficient and the charges were not proven. Ms. Huang also stated in the court that she never signed any statements and did not acknowledge any charges the prosecutor made against her.
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• Former Vice President of the Bank of China, Nanhai Branch, Arrested Again

  2011-09-16
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Zhizhen, 59 years old, was arrested again on her way home by officials from Foshan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on August 29th. Later, she was taken to the Sanshui Brainwashing Centre. Ms. He used to be the vice president of the Bank of China in Nanhai. She has a very good reputation for being honest and upright in her work.
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• Wife Requests Compensation after Mr. Wang Gang Dies from Torture

  2011-09-16
  Mr. Wang Gang was arrested by police on July 22nd, 2002 for practising Falun Gong, and was subjected to several forms of brutal mistreatment during his detention. He was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment in January, 2004, and then taken to Baoding Prison, Hebei Province. Due to the inhuman mistreatment from prison guards, Mr. Wang developed gangrene in his legs, other body tissue and blood vessels. The prison authorities ordered an amputation but prevented his family from being informed. Mr. Wang was transferred to Jidong Prison. Mr. Wang Gang died on October 31st, 2009 at the age of 41. Mr. Wang Gang's wife Ms. Ren Guifang employed a lawyer from Beijing to represent her and submitted a "Claim for State Compensation (Criminal Compensation) Application" to Jidong Prison. However, Jidong Prison made a decision “Not to compensate” Ms. Ren.
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