Torture
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74-Year-Old Arrested for Posting Messages about Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance
2014-11-25
Liang Xiuying, a 74-year-old woman in Hebei Province, was arrested on the night of August 27th, 2014, while posting stickers that informed the public that Falun Gong is good, and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. She was deprived of sleep and toilet use throughout the night. Due to the nationwide persecution policy, and the fact that media is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Falun Gong practitioners have had to resort to such grassroots efforts to expose the persecution, and appeal directly to the conscience of their fellow countrymen, without relying on any CCP mechanisms. -
Elderly Practitioner Arrested, Police Attempt to Collect Blood Sample
2014-11-25While 78-year-old Ms. Zhang Zhonghui was walking down the street, a police car drove by. Two officers jumped out and arrested her. She was taken to the Huaguoyuan Police Station. The reason for the arrest? Ms. Zhang practises Falun Gong. At the police station, an officer kicked Ms. Zhang in the chest and knocked her to the floor. Another officer grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the floor. Others stomped on her back. While they were brutally beating Ms. Zhang, an officer grabbed her fingers and attempted to take a blood sample. -
65-Year-Old Woman Twice Assaulted by Police for Seeking a Falun Gong Practitioner's Release
2014-11-24Sixty five-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wei Yuexiu was assaulted by a police officer on November 18th for requesting the release of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fang Sifeng, who had been arrested and detained for distributing materials exposing the Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Wei was previously assaulted by Officer Li Chenggang on October 13th, 2014, when she went to Li's office to request the release of the same detained practitioner. Ms. Wei tried to persuade Li not to participate in the persecution of Falun Gong. However, Li slapped her hard on the back, knocking her some distance forward. -
Practitioner Diagnosed with Cancer Recurrence Dies Within a Short Time
2014-11-22Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ren Shuwen was told that her lung cancer had recurred shortly after local police pricked her finger and used the bloody fingers for fingerprinting in August. She passed away at 5 a.m. on October 1st, 2014, at the age of 67. Ms. Ren was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 1996 and went into remission after practising Falun Gong. She became a target of the local authorities from the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong for not renouncing the practice. Her cancer recurred twice. -
Survivor of Yinchuan Prison Violence: “They Want to Turn Good People into Bad and Make Bad People Even Worse”
2014-11-22Ma Zhiwu, a 42-year-old man was imprisoned in Yinchuan Prison for three and half years for practising Falun Gong. To weaken Mr. Ma's willpower, guards at Yinchuan Prison tried everything they could think of to make him suffer. Prior to his latest arrest in September 2010 that landed him in Yinchuan Prison, Mr. Ma already spent eight years being tortured in prison for his belief in Falun Gong from late 1999 to mid-2008, during which time his daughter was born and had to be raised along by his wife. -
Qingdao Practitioner Ms. Liu Xiuzhen Seriously Ill in Jinan Women's Prison
2014-11-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xiuzhen from Qingdao fell seriously ill two weeks after being transferred to Jinan Women's Prison in October 2014. She was sentenced to three years in prison in early October, after an 18-month detention. Ms. Liu was arrested at her home on May 2nd, 2013. Also arrested that day were more than ten other local practitioners, including Ms. Liu's son Mr. Yang Naijiang, for re-enacting and photographing methods of torture used by the Communist regime on imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. -
Mr. Zheng Guolin, 74, Passes Away after Being Imprisoned for 3 1/2 Years
2014-11-17After three and a half years of incarceration, 74-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zheng Guolin was released on January 6th, 2014. He was extremely weak and thin as a result of being tortured in prison. His health deteriorated sharply at the end of October. His family took him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with heart and lung failure. He passed away on November 2nd, 2014. -
Harassed after Four Years in Prison, Mr. Li Hailong Dies at Home
2014-11-17Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Hailong, 42, passed away in September 2014. He had been imprisoned for four years, and was arrested again on October 18th, 2013. The police took him to the local police station and threatened him. Mr. Li was released after the police extorted 2,000 yuan from him. His health deteriorated and he became emaciated. -
Ms. Cui Zhanyun, 69, Dies Less Than Two Months after Release
2014-11-14Ms. Cui Zhanyun died on November 3rd, 2014, less than two months after being released from a brainwashing centre. She was 69 years old. When she got home, she couldn't eat due to the severe pain in her arms, neck, and back. She told her family that her injuries were the result of being tortured and force-fed unknown drugs. Ms. Cui had been arrested 14 times and put in forced labour camps twice since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. -
Family of Six Imprisoned for a Total of 41 Years – Father Tortured to Death, Daughter Recently Tried
2014-11-14Simply for upholding their belief in Falun Gong, a family of six in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia has been repeatedly arrested since the Chinese Communist Party launched a nationwide campaign against the peaceful self-cultivation practice in 1999. The six family members have spent a total of 41 years in detention at the time of this writing. The father was tortured to death back in December 2009. Most recently, the middle daughter was put on trial for possessing Falun Gong books. -
Primary School Teacher Dies from Breast Cancer That First Appeared in Prison
2014-11-10Ms. Wang Min, 60, a teacher from Shenyang, died from breast cancer on November 1st, 2014. The cancer first appeared while she imprisoned for five years, from 2001 to 2006. After years of torture in prison, Ms. Wang developed a mammary gland tumour in 2004, the initial stage of breast cancer. When she was released in 2006, the tumour had grown and was festering. -
Mother Dies Shortly After Police Harassment While Daughter was Detained
2014-11-10Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ning Qin's ill mother passed away on October 24th, 2014, after police harassment, and being forced to make a false statement against her daughter. Ms. Ning was not allowed to attend her mother's funeral. The family holds Fu Shuhua and Zeng Shuchuan responsible for Ms. Zhou's death. -
Shenyang Judicial System Follows Chinese Communist Party Playbook, “Prosecutes” Innocent 64-Year-Old Woman
2014-11-10Sixty-four-year-old Ms. Niu Guixiang became a target after the persecution began in 1999. She was monitored for six months before her most recent arrest in April 2014. After tracking her for distributing Shen Yun DVDs [a New York-based world-class traditional Chinese cultural show], police officers deceived her by posing as water commission agents at her house. They barged in, ransacked her home, and then sent Ms. Niu to a detention centre the next day. -
Doctor Dies after Protest Hunger Strike, Authorities' Refusal of Medical Parole
2014-11-06Falun Gong practitioner Dr. Kong Qiuge, 67, from Urumqi passed away on October 22nd, 2014, at Urumqi Prison Hospital in Xinjiang. Dr. Kong was arrested by two dozen police officers on June 21st, because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. Immediately after she was arrested, Dr. Kong went on a hunger strike to protest the arrest. Police threatened her, saying that they would not release her even if she died. Her condition deteriorated rapidly until her death in Urumqi Prison Hospital. -
Mr. Li Guangfan, 59, Dies as a Result of Long Term Persecution
2014-11-05Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Guangfan passed away on September 18th, 2014, after long term persecution. He was 59 years old. His wife, Ms. Wu Fengyan, passed away at the age of 51 in 2010. She had also been repeatedly persecuted for her belief in Falun Gong. Mr. Li agonised over his wife's death, and the frequent harassment by the police increased his mental stress. He became paralysed and bedridden in the beginning of September, but the police continued to harass him at home.
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