Torture

• Ms. Wan Hognxia Arrested Again after Being Persecuted Many Times

  2011-06-18
  Since Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, practitioner Ms. Wan Hongxia from Langfang City, Hebei Province, has been arrested and detained many times, including four times in detention centres, two times in brainwashing centres, and three years in prison. On May 12th, while Ms. Wan and another practitioner were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong close to the intersection of Xinkai Road and Jianguo Road, four policemen arrived. The two told the police that they were good people and were not breaking any law. They asked the police not to persecute good people. The officers did not listen to them and arrested them.
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• Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province

  2011-06-18
  In September 2009, Ms. Teng Hongbin, in her 40s, was arrested, as she distributed Falun Gong informational materials at the Mianyang Railway Station. She was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. Forty-year-old Ms. Liu Ping from Jiuyuan was sentenced to four years in prison, and Ms. Jiang Wenping from Yongxing Town, in her 40s, was sentenced to three years in prison. The trial was held covertly without informing the practitioners' families.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Sun Xianming from Jilin Province Died As a Result of Physical Abuse and Torture During Two Forced Labour Terms

  2011-06-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Sun Xianming, 59, from Tonghua City, Jilin Province, was subjected to two forced labour terms. He was bedridden, and his weight dropped to merely 30 kg as a result of severe physical abuse and torture while he was incarcerated in the labour camp. After he was last released, he had lived away from home to avoid being harassed by local 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and died in another city on April 30th, 2011.
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• Mr. Ma Zhenyu Detained for the Fifth Time

  2011-06-17
  Mr. Ma Zhenyu was arrested on May 29th, and is being held at the Xiaguan Detention Centre. This is the fifth time he has been arrested. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. On July 20th, 1999, Mr. Ma and four other practitioners were among the first to be arrested by the CCP in Nanjing. Mr. Ma was arrested again in November 2000 and was sentenced to seven years in prison after being tortured and interrogated. His wife had to divorce him in order to protect their daughter from the CCP's persecution.
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• Ms. Yao Shaoyun from Xinyang City, Henan Province Forced to Leave Her Hometown--Non-Practitioner Husband Arrested

  2011-06-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yao Shaoyun lived in the staff dormitory of a college with her husband, Mr. Lu Weikuan, who taught English at the college and doesn’t practise Falun Gong. Mr. Lu was called away by college officials on June 1st, while he was teaching a class. Police arrested him. They searched the entire dormitory and confiscated Falun Gong books, a computer, cash, and a bank book for an account containing over 60,000 yuan, as well as other personal belongings. The bank account contained what the couple had saved for years in order to buy a house. When Ms. Yao learned about the incident, she was forced to leave her hometown due to saftey concerns. Her husband is currently detained in the Domestic Security Division.
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• I Was Brutally Tortured in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison

  2011-06-17
  I was detained in the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on December 28th, 2007. While in the prison, I refused to read the articles slandering Falun Gong. As a result the guards began to assault me. To protest the violence, I began a hunger strike. Guards tried to force-feed me and I became so ill they took me to the hospital. The guards placed with a violent murderer, Jiang, in a cell to torture me. Jiang and others forced me to squat barefooted in the cold harsh wind on January 19th, 2008. They tied me up with rubber bands, taped my mouth, and threw me into an ice box full of ice, then poured water all over me. They stripped my clothes off, grabbed my hair, and dragged me on the floor. They whipped me with a belt, kicked me, and crushed my toes. I was tortured until they got tired or when I lost consciousness.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Lin Wenwei in Critical Condition after Torture

  2011-06-16
  In November 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lin Wenwei was so severely tortured in Fuqing Prison that he was in critical condition. He regained consciousness after several days of emergency treatment. His whole body was black and blue. His internal organs were damaged, and he showed symptoms of brain atrophy, as he could not think or speak clearly. It is not known what kind of lethal drug that prison guards had injected him with to damage his nervous system. Mr. Lin was sentenced to four years in prison at the end of 2009, as well as three years in prison in 2000.
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• Persecution Suffered by Mr. Wei Anyue, His Wife and Mother-in-Law

  2011-06-16
  Mr. Wei Anyue, 52, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in 2000. He was arrested by police and detained. Thereafter he was repeatedly arrested and detained. Mr. Wei was arrested again and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Qilihe District Court in April 2004. Guards forced him to watch videos slandering Falun Gong. When he refused to follow instructions, he was kicked and beaten. He was later sent to the prison mechanical factory to do hard labour. He is often beaten and forced to make carpets by hand.
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• Ms. Zhao Mei and Ms. Huang Wanping from Songzi City, Hubei Province Facing Unjust Sentencing

  2011-06-16
  Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhao Mei and Ms. Huang Wanping were arrested on May 18th, 2011 by officers from the Yanglin Township Police Station while they were distributing Falun Gong CDs. Later, they were transferred to Songzi City Detention Centre. Currently, these two practitioners are facing court sentencing.
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• Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Tricks at a So-called “Law Education Centre” in Haidian District, Beijing

  2011-06-16
  The “Law Education Centre” in Haidian District, Beijing is a place the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) uses to brainwash practitioners. On July 7th, 2010, I was taken into custody by the director of the 610 Office in Haidian, a policeman, and someone from our community committee. I was taken to Beijing Haidian District Law Education Centre. I knew it was a place for brainwashing practitioners. Three women brainwashed me together, and used deceitful methods to fool me. Brainwashing methods included playing videos attacking Falun Gong. One person would talk with me, another constantly stared at me, and the third sat to the side, watching. Studying the Falun Gong teachings or doing the exercises was forbidden.
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• Chen Xiangrui Beaten to Death by Police, Organ Theft Suspected

  2011-06-15
  On March 11th, 2003, police broke down the door and swarmed into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Chen Xiangrui's home. They punched and kicked Mr. Chen,dragged him outside and threatened to beat him to death. Then they forced him into their van, shoving him face down under the seat with one officer stepping on his body. Dozens of people witnessed this incident, as the policemen were very loud and caused a big disturbance. Police hung Mr. Chen up and assaulted him with electric batons, a hammer, and a rubber club. The officers interrogated and brutally tortured him all through the night. As his condition was critical, the police sent him to the hospital. Mr. Chen died on March 12th.
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• Xiao Ningjian, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Official from Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, Actively Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

  2011-06-15
  Xiao Ningjian is in his 40s. He is one of the key figures with the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, as well as the chief of the Domestic Security Group of the Najing City Police Department. All of his work focuses on persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Once arrested, to pressure them to give up practising Falun Gong, Xiao would torture practitioners with sleep deprivation to break their mental and physical resolve. When the victims refused to cooperate with him, he would fly into a rage, threatening, “I will certainly sentence you to forced labour.”
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Lixin Held in a Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province

  2011-06-15
  On March 14th, 2011 Ms. Li Lixin, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested and taken to Shangzhi City Detention Centre. On the following day, she was released after her family paid money to the local State Security Brigade. However, on March 26th, while at home, she was tricked and arrested by plain-clothed police. She was taken directly to Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Drug Rehabilitation Centre/Forced Labour Camp, for a one-year term.
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• Ms. Xue Jingjing from Liaoning Province Speaks Out on the Arrests of Three Family Members within Three Hours

  2011-06-15
  On March 29th, 2011, my family was having dinner when three strangers suddenly broke into our home. They claimed that my mother was a "fugitive", and without presenting any legal documents, they attempted to arrest her. My father and I resisted them, and finally drove them out of our house. Later, the police broke down our door and forcibly took my mother away. My father and uncle argued with them, but they were also arrested. Within three hours, three members of my family were taken.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Guan Zhenyuan Dies as a Result of Torture in Gansu Province Prison

  2011-06-14
  Mr. Guan Zhenyuan was arrested multiple times, his home was ransacked, and he was detained and extorted of money after the persecution of Falun Gong began, all because he upheld his belief in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. He was sent to one year of forced labour in 2001 and had to leave home in 2002 to avoid being arrested again after distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. Police arrested him again in 2003 in Jinchang City, Gansu Province, and sentenced him to eight years in prison. Mr. Guan's health was severely damaged to the extent that he could not take care of himself. Prison authorities released him but he could not eat. He always vomited after a meal, and was as thin as a skeleton. He died on June 2nd.
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