Torture

• The Tragic Story of Practitioner Mr. Tang Yi's Death

  2011-07-25
  Mr. Tang Yi was sent to the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp for a long period of time because of practising Falun Gong. He was released in November 2008 after being diagnosed with bone tuberculosis. He passed away on September 22nd, 2009 at the age of 46. He wrote about his experience in the labour camp: "I had been on a hunger strike for 32 days before I was taken to the labour camp. I was very weak. Nonetheless, I was often pushed and held down on the floor. They grabbed my injured hand and dragged me over the floor, back and forth, which caused dislocation of my joints. I suffered from violent force-feedings. They slapped or punched me during the force-feedings. The feeding tube was difficult to insert through my nose, and made my nose bleed after several attempts."
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• Mr. Yang Wanming Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Exposing the Persecution

  2011-07-25
  After he began practising Falun Gong, Mr. Yang Wanming, around 50 years old, recovered from several illnesses. In 2009, he exposed the persecution of Falun Gong and was arrested. Without his family being notified, he was secretly tried in August 2009 and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment. When his family learned of his sentence, they appealed multiple times, and finally, after tremendous effort and hardship, his prison sentence was reduced to seven years. Yang is currently detained in Baoanzhi Prison. During his detention, his home has been ransacked by police several times. In prison, he was also pressured to give up his practice.
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• The Persecution of Tennis Coach Mr. Zhang Su

  2011-07-25
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Su was a coach at a tennis club. He was arrested by police on May 5th, 2011, and is currently being persecuted in the Hubei Province Law Education Centre. It wa recently learned that Zhang Su was seriously beaten by five or six guards in the Hubei Province Law Education Centre. Actually, when he saw that a female Falun Gong practitioner was being beaten by guards and her face was disfigured, he said to the guards, “How can you beat her like this?” They replied, “You are next.” Immediately, his hands were tied behind his back. He was pushed to the ground and brutally beaten until he was almost paralyzed. Zhang Su has been arrested five times in the past few years.
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• Armed Police Confront a Small, Helpless Lady in Her 60s

  2011-07-25
  The iron gate of Gangbei Prison in Tianjin suddenly opened and more than twenty armed police ran out, each holding either a police baton or an electric baton. They quickly lined up on both sides of the gate. Then came the deputy head of the prison accompanied by five division leaders. All this to deal with a diminutive lady in her 60s, who simply wished to see her son. She was wearing a vest with her grievances written on it. The police shouted at her in a ferocious manner, “Don’t you dare cross the line!” This lady's son, Mr. Zhou Xiangyang, was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment in Gangbei Prison for practising Falun Gong and was tortured severely.
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• Three Falun Gong Practitioners Detained in Brainwashing Centre in Chengdu City

  2011-07-24
  The so-called “Chengdu City Legal Education Centre” is actually the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. Since 2003, over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted there. Within the past three to four months, at least 40 to 50 Falun Gong practitioners were detained there and forced to undergo brainwashing. Besides brainwashing, the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre carries out torture and pressures “confessions” from Falun Gong practitioners. Three Falun Gong practitioners were arrested in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province on June 9th and then sent to the brainwashing centre.
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• Mr. Jin Jie from Jiamusi City Sent to Suihua Forced Labour Camp

  2011-07-24
  Mr. Jin Jie, 54, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province. He was arrested on May 20th, 2011 when he was distributing materials to explain the facts about Falun Gong in a shopping centre, and held in a detention centre, where he went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and his condition weakened. He was transferred to the Suihua Forced Labour Camp on the morning on June 14th.
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• Vicious Conduct of Officials at the Qinglongshan Brainwashing Centre in Jiansanjiang, Heilongjiang Province

  2011-07-24
  Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Qi Chunxia, and Ms. Yu Guorong were recently detained in the Qinglongshan Brainwashing Centre. Ms. Qi had been arrested twice before, first in 2005 for distributing Falun Gong informational materials, and second to the Qinglongshan Brainwashing Centre on January 16th, 2011. When police arrested Ms. Yu they dragged her into the police vehicle without giving her time to put on her shoes and trousers and took her to the Jiansanjiang Brainwashing Centre.
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• Mr. Yang Chanrong's Lawyer Ejected From Courtroom During Trial in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province

  2011-07-24
  On June 23rd, the Zhonglou District Court in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province tried Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Chanrong. Mr. Yang was arrested by Changzhou 610 Office agents on May 26th, 2010. He was brutally tortured for over 14 days in order to extort a confession. During the trial, Mr. Yang was accused of downloading Falun Gong materials online and giving others MP3 files that contained information about Falun Gong. When Mr. Yang's lawyer said that the judge needed to uphold the laws and punish only the wicked, the judge gave him a warning and then removed the attorney from the court.
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• Mr. Bai Sanyuan in Serious Condition in Lanzhou Prison

  2011-07-23
  Mr. Bai Sanyuan is incarcerated in the Sixth Ward of Lanzhou Prison. On July 4th, 2011, doctors issued a notice to his family stating that his health was not good and that he had been diagnosed with severe malnutrition and obstructive jaundice. On July 12th, 2010, Mr. Bai was sentenced to six years in prison. He was taken to Lanzhou Prison to be tortured, including force-feeding. From November 2010 to January 2011, Mr. Bai was on a hunger strike. His left leg did not function properly, and the guards made him sit on a stool for nearly 15 hours a day to conduct “talks” with him and ordered other prisoners to closely monitor him.
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• Two Practitioners from Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province Arrested and Incarcerated at a Brainwashing Facility

  2011-07-23
  Falun Gong Practitioners Ms. He Qiuling and Ms. Wang Xinlian were arrested on the morning of June 9th by officers from the Baoqiao Police Department. The two practitioners have been subjected to arrests and detention numerous times over the past ten years for conducting themselves according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Their families have been frequently harassed, been placed under great pressure and have suffered mental torment.
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• Fifty Days of Persecution Suffered by Ms. Zhu Chunlian from Wuhan

  2011-07-23
  On April 19th - 20th, 2011, over ten Falun Gong practitioners from Wuhan were arrested and had their homes ransacked, including Ms. Zhu Chunlian. She recounts: "The officials confiscated my personal property, including Falun Gong books and materials, computers, and other items. They handcuffed me and took me to a brainwashing centre where I was detained and interrogated in an isolation room. A police officer forced me to undergo sleep deprivation for three consecutive days and nights. My handcuffs were never removed. I was also forced to stand for extended durations. As a result, I was fatigued and my legs were extremely swollen."
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• Exposing the Brainwashing Centre at the Jingzhouyuan Hotel in Dahao Village, Tongzhou District, Beijing

  2011-07-23
  The Jingzhouyuan Hotel is a place the rich and powerful often visit to entertain others and to have fun. However, this building is also the site of a private prison the Chinese Communists use to detain and to brainwash Falun Gong practitioners. For each suite of the hotel there are typically three security guards, two medical professionals, and two “assistants.” The assistants are often former practitioners who were brainwashed. They often pretend to care about the practitioners, keeping them company and chatting with them. However, they deftly use brainwashing techniques to interfere with the practitioners' belief in Falun Gong, while the threat of brutality is ever present from the guards and medical staff.
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• Ms. Liu Yuqin Arrested, Her Visually-Impaired Husband and 80-Year-Old Mother Left on Their Own

  2011-07-22
  Ms. Liu Yuqin, 53, was arrested by police when visiting a Falun Gong practitioner friend on June 25th. She has been held in the Yaojia Detention Centre for 15 days. Ms. Liu's husband has been visually impaired since 1999, and her mother, who is 80 years old, lives with them and their child. The care of the entire family fell on Ms. Liu's shoulders. She is the mainstay of the family. Ms. Liu's family has never received either a formal or an informal notice regarding Ms. Liu's arrest from any police station or governmental department.
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• Ms. Li Yushu Brutally Beaten by Inmates in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

  2011-07-22
  Ms. Li Yushu, 62, was subjected to a year of forced labour for practising Falun Gong in 2000, then sentenced to twelve years in prison in 2002. She has been imprisoned in Heilongjiang Women's Prison since January 2003. In February 2001 guards beat, kicked and stomped on Ms. Li. Minghui website [Chinese version of the Falun Gong website Clearwisdom.net] has reported on the violence and torture against Ms. Li in the prison several times. The latest report was in September 2010.
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• Physician, 60, Attempts to Sue the Forced Labour Administrative Committee

  2011-07-22
  Practitioner Ms. Nan Tianping hired a lawyer in Beijing on June 20th, 2011, to sue the Forced Labour Committee of the Beijing Municipal Government in the Western District Court for sending her to a forced labour camp. However, the court refused to register the case. When the lawyer went to the court he was told: "This is a political issue, so the court will not register it. There is no law to deal with this case.”
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