Torture

Changchun Women’s Prison Sets up “Reform Division” Specifically to Inflict Harm on Falun Gong Practitioners

2011-08-21

Changchun Women’s Prison in Jilin Province set up a “Reform [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Division” specifically to carry out brainwashing and inflict psychological and physical harm on practitioners. Between 300 and 400 practitioners are still incarcerated in the prison. One monitor named Pang Shuyan was extremely cruel. She called herself “Demon Pang” and once threatened one practitioner saying, “If you still refuse to reform, I’ll let you experience what it feels like when I step on your stomach with both of my feet and watch fluid shoot out of your nose and mouth.” Apparently she did that to other practitioners in the past. She also beat practitioners with a leather whip, pre-soaked in water. She even bragged about her brutality, “I’ve never gone easy on any practitioner I monitored. I’ll make you shudder just at the very sight of me!”

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The Persecution of Practitioners Continues in Jiamusi Prison

2011-08-20

In February 2011, Mr. Qi Yueming, Mr. Yu Yungang, and Mr. Liu Chuangjiang were persecuted to death in Jiamusi Prison, all within 15 days. Since then, prison officials have changed their tactics to make things appear better from the outside, but the persecution still continues. They no longer force the practitioners' families to defame Falun Gong during their visits and have begun to allow the families to bring in food and other supplies, but they tightly control the prison since they know that news of practitioners being persecuted to death will be exposed on the Internet very quickly.

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Zhang Chunbao and Liu Jia Tortured in Deyang City, Sichuan Province

2011-08-20

Director Liu Yuanhang of the Huangxu 95 Plant, a prison in Deyang City, Sichuan Province, ordered the prison guards to torture all detained Falun Gong practitioners at the beginning of February 2011. The guards did not allow Mr. Zhang or Mr. Liu Jia out and only let them sleep two hours at night, forcing them to stand the rest of the night facing a wall. On the first night, Mr. Zhang's feet became very swollen from standing. During the day, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Liu were forced to sit on a plastic bench and were not allowed to stand up, but at night, they were forced to stand again.

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Mr. Wang Zhige, Blinded in His Left Eye Due to Torture, Arrested Again

2011-08-20

Mr. Wang Zhige was arrested at his home on July 28th. At the time, Mr. Wang was sleeping after working the night shift. The police ransacked his home and confiscated a computer, mobile phone, Falun Gong books, and other personal belongings. Mr. Wang is currently being held in the Yilan County Detention Centre. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. Mr. Wang has been detained and mistreated during the past twelve years. In 2005, he was tortured and force-fed by the Fangzheng County police, which resulted in blindness in his left eye. He later served three years in prison and was tortured in many different ways.

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Crimes Committed in the “Education and Transformation Ward” in Yangjiang Prison, Guangdong Province

2011-08-20

There is an “Education and Transformation [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Ward” in Yangjiang Prison, Guangdong Province. All Falun Gong practitioners detained in this prison are taken to this ward and tortured brutally, both mentally and physically. In this ward is a special group of inmates—the monitor inmates—that persecute practitioners both day and night under the supervision of prison guards. They beat, abuse, and torture practitioners at will. Typical forms of violence include: beating, kicking, twisting wrists and ankles, handcuffing behind the back and hanging up, choking, twisting the neck, blowing water into the mouth and nose, etc. When practitioners get injured or become disabled, prison guards cover up for the perpetrators and attribute it to the practitioner's former injuries or claim that the practitioner fell out of bed or in the toilet.

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Ms. Li Yushu Tortured Daily in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

2011-08-19

Ms. Li Yushu, a 62-year-old practitioner from Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to a 12-year prison term without due process in May 2002. She has suffered more than nine years of persecution in Heilongjiang Women's Prison. She was held in a small cell once and in an isolation cell six times. She has been resisting the persecution by hunger strike for almost seven years. She is emaciated now and suffers daily torture. Ms. Li recounted the torture she has suffered recently: "Guards kicked me, beat me and stomped on my body. They taped my mouth shut with duct tape and twisted my arms behind my back. They also cut off my shirt and trousers with scissors."

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Ms. Zhang Ziqin from Gulin County, Sichuan Province, Recounts Her Suffering

2011-08-19

Ms. Zhang Ziqin is a 55-year-old practitioner. Here is her personal account of the persecution she has suffered: "At the Gulin County Detention Centre guards held me down and injected me with unknown drugs. Afterwards, I felt chills all over and twitched uncontrollably for a long time. They also force-fed me with unknown substances. A guard beat me so hard that my whole face was burning with pain."

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Older Police Officer Ms. Shui Li Detained in Nanjing Detention Centre

2011-08-19

Ms. Shui Li is a police officer at the Nanjing City Pukou Prison. She has been practising Falun Gong for more than ten years, and was arrested on July 29th. She is now being held in the Nanjing Detention Centre. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Ms. Shui has been arrested several times by police and has been persecuted in the Nanjing Gulou District Brainwashing Centre and the Nanjing Detention Centre. She was also detained at her workplace in Pukou Prison. Her phone was tapped and she has been monitored by her neighbours. She was often harassed by the local police officers and officials from the neighbourhood committee.

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Wu Zhifang of Qianxi County, Hebei Province Detained

2011-08-19

The police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Zhifang at home on July 6th. She was then sentenced to one year of forced labour on July 15th and taken to the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp in Tangshan city without her family knowing. Ms. Wu, 40s, started practising Falun Gong in 1999 before the persecution began on July 20th. Towards the end of 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. She was sent back by the National Security Team of Qianxi County, but was not detained because she was still breastfeeding at the time.

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Several Falun Gong Practitioners Detained in Jilin Province

2011-08-18

Several Falun Gong practitioners have been confirmed to be detained at Siping City Detention Centre in Jilin Province. Lin Liyan, Zhao Fenglan, and Wang Guizhen have been held for over three months, and family members have been denied visitation. They held a hunger strike to protest the persecution, demanding unconditional release. No further information has been released by the detection centre, even though the practitioners' lives are at risk. The only communication by detention centre employees has been to family members, demanding that they pay more money in fines.

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Daughter Living Outside China Urges Chinese Court to Stop the Trial of her Mother

2011-08-18

The Shenbeixinqu Court in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province is scheduled to hold a trial of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Min. The police are currently monitoring Ms. Wang around the clock. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have persecuted Ms. Wang many times. She was at one time imprisoned and persecuted in Dabei Women's Prison in Liaoning Province. When Ms. Wang's daughter, who lives outside China, found out that her mother would face another trial, she publicly urged the personnel from the police station, the Procuratorate, and the court not to be deceived by the CCP's lies. She asked them to stop the trial and release her mother.

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Two Falun Gong Practitioners Detained in Chishui City, Guizhou Province

2011-08-18

In mid July 2011, four Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by the Chinese authorities. On July 22nd, Ms. Li Wenyu and Ms. Li Zerong were arrested while they were speaking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. They were followed by plainclothes police officers after being reported. All three of them had their houses ransacked. Ms. Li Wenyu and Ms. Li Zerong are currently detained at an unknown location. In 2006, Ms. Li Wenyu and Ms. Li Zerong were persecuted in the Zhongba Forced Labour Camp of Guizhou Province.

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Doctor Zhang Qianying Detained for Nearly Two Years in Beijing Women's Prison

2011-08-18

Under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a Beijing court sentenced practitioner Ms. Zhang Qianying to prison for talking to people about the truth of Falun Gong. In 2009, Ms. Zhang was incarcerated at the first ward in Beijing Women's Prison. Because she continued to keep up her belief and practice of Falun Gong, she was treated harshly by the prison staff. Li Xiaona, warden of the first ward, instigated the inmates to maltreat Ms. Zhang by depriving her of sleep for many days, forbidding her to shower or brush her teeth, even restricting her use of the toilet.

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Ms. Zhang Li Severely Beaten and Held in a Cage at Heilongjiang Women's Prison

2011-08-17

Ms. Zhang Li is being held at the No. 11 Prison District in Heilongjiang Women's Prison. On June 9th the guards transferred Ms. Zhang to an isolation ward in the Heilongjiang Women's Prison Hospital (also called the No. 10 Prison District for sick prisoners), because her firm belief in Falun Gong encouraged other practitioners. She was severely beaten and held in a cage. A practitioner asked Zhao Huihua, the president of the hospital, “Why do you put Ms. Zhang in a cage?” Zhao Huihua answered, “She has mental problems.” The practitioner said, “Ms. Zhang doesn't have any mental problems. We got to know each other in Mudanjiang City. Just because she didn't transform [forcibly renounce Falun Gong], you do that to her?”

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Older Falun Gong Practitioner Li Changfeng Persecuted in Brainwashing Centre

2011-08-17

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Changfeng , 61, was arrested by police and Communist officials on July 10th. She was taken to Jingyang District Hexing Town Brainwashing Centre. Li Changfeng passed out after three hours of intense persecution in a brainwashing session. Li Changfeng firmly believes in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She has been persecuted numerous times by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members. She was once persecuted to the point of critical condition.

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