Torture

  • Practitioner Hu Yunqi from Jingyu County, Jilin Province Died as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hu Yunqi died on April 18th at the age of 44, from years of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). After his death, the local police refused to issue a cremation permit. The local police then joined forces with the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in an attempt to arrest Mr. Hu Yunqi's two brothers, who attended the funeral. Relatives and friends who attended the funeral severely criticised the police officers for their complete lack of conscience, thus the two brothers were able to escape being arrested.
  • A Compassionate Doctor from Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, Detained and Tortured

    Jieyang City police went to the home of Falun Gong practitioner Dr. Yang Xizhi on the night of December 14th, 2010. They deceived her into going to the police station, saying that they needed to talk to her. Later that night the police called Ms. Yang's family to report that, because "Yang Xizhi will not give up Falun Gong, she has been arrested." She has been arrested and detained for four months now. The police did not even let her go home for Chinese New Year. She has elderly parents and young children at home who are now being taken care of by relatives.
  • Xie Chengxin Arrested and Missing, Husband Imprisoned

    Police and local arrested Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials Ms. Xie Chengxin at home around April 19th. Her whereabouts are unknown, as authorities still have not notified her family. In mid-April, a week prior to the arrest, Ms. Xie, along with her daughter, went to visit her husband, Mr. Jiang Zonglin, who is imprisoned at Deyang Prison. The prison officials refused to allow Ms. Xie and her daughter to see Mr. Jiang and said that he was being subjected to brainwashing. Worried about her husband, Ms. Xie reported the situation to the prison administration office. Ms. Xie planned to visit them the following week, but was arrested before she could do so.
  • Firsthand Account of the Persecution Suffered by Li Dasen in Guangxi

    Seventy-four-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Dasen was sentenced to three years of imprisonment by a judge at Xingning District Court, Nanning, Guangxi. He was supposed to be sent back to Nanning First Detention Centre on April 2nd, 2008, before being transferred to prison. Due to his high blood pressure, however, he was instead taken to Maoqiao Prison Hospital (now Xinkang Hospital). Afterward, he was sent to the detention centre and detained there for nine months. During that period, he was hospitalised in the Maoqiao Prison Hospital three times. The third occurrence took place on the afternoon of December 26th, 2008, when he lost consciousness. Mr. Li was transferred to prison four days later.
  • The Persecution I Was Subjected to at the Xuzhou Mental Hospital in Jiangsu Province

    After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, I was taken to detention centres and forced labour camps several times. In 2001, local 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) sent several practitioners (including me) to the Xuzhou Mental Hospital. We were injected with unknown drugs as soon as we arrived. The drugs made us feel ill, flustered, and agitated. At night, the doctors ordered us to lie in bed all night long without moving. Anyone who did not obey the order was tied to the bed and injected with additional drugs.
  • Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Shouguang City, Shandong Province, Detained and Tortured

    Between April 15th and 20th, officers from Shangkou Township Police Station and the Shouguang Domestic Security Brigade arrested seven Falun Gong practitioners from Shangkou Township, Shouguang City, Shandong Province. Currently, three of them—Ms. Zhang Shuyun, Ms. Wang Xinlan, and Ms. Zhang Huiyun—have been detained in the Shouguang Detention Centre and subjected to cruel torture such as being bound to an iron chair.
  • After Being Paralysed for Eight Years from Beatings, Ms. Dai Lijuan Has Passed Away

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dai Lijuan was paralysed for eight years after having been brutally beaten and injected with unknown drugs by the police. She was only skin and bones, had difficulty speaking, and kept vomiting. She passed away on March 28th, at the age of 48. Police arrested her and took her to Wuxi Mental Hospital twice, in November 2001 and March 2002. There she was injected with unknown drugs.
  • A Belated Mother's Day Wish

    Mother was arrested and imprisoned three times for exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. For many nights I cried for mother in my dreams, and when I awakened, tears were all over my face. Every time I telephoned the forced labor camp, my request to talk to mother was rejected because she refused to be transformed [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]. I couldn't write to her or visit her. Later, I found out that they had tortured her into a state of disability. Early in 2009, I went to the forced labor camp to see her. When the heavy gate slowly opened, I was disappointed to see a policeman emerge instead of my mother. After a long interrogation-style conversation, the policeman still did not let me see mother.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Furong Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Furong was arbitrarily arrested and given a 5-year prison sentence in 2009. After over a year of mistreatment and torture in the prison, he became emaciated, incontinent and unable to take care of himself. Due to his critical condition, the prison authorities released him on November 10th, 2010. He was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. He died on March 20th.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Jiang Botao Undergoes Violent “Transformation” in Jiamusi Prison

    For the purpose of forcing Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief, Jiamusi Prison set up a “strict management team” in February 2011. The brutal persecution started on February 21st. Within 15 days, three practitioners, Qi Yueming, Yu Yungang and Liu Chuanjiang had been tortured to death Mr. Jiang Botao suffered tortures in Jiamusi Prison such as brutal beatings, freezing and sleep deprivation. After he was beaten until he passed out, he would be doused with cold water to wake him up and then the beatings would continue. This violence did not stop until he became delirious and under pressure wrote the so-called repentance statement to give up his belief in Falun Gong.
  • My Seventy-Year-Old Mother Sentenced to a Twelve-Year Prison Term and in Critical Condition

    During the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Ms. Gao Deyu, my 70-year-old mother, didn't renounce the practice. She was sentenced to a 12-year prison term on September 14th, 2010 by the Xichang City Court. She was transferred from the Liangshan Detention Centre to the Longquanyi Women's Prison on April 10th. Two days later she was in critical condition. Apparently, she did not meet the "four requirements" when she was taken there, as her blood pressure was far too high. Within a few days of staying at the Jintang Prison Hospital, one of her teeth was knocked out. Her hands, arms, legs, and thighs were bruised as a result of beatings, and they extorted 5,000 yuan from her family.
  • Attorney Zhu Yubiao Put On Trial, Gallery Seats All Taken by 610 Office Personnel

    On May 5th, Haizhu District Court of Guangzhou City put Falun Gong practitioner attorney Zhu Yubiao on trial. All of the gallery seats were taken by personnel from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Attorney Zhu was arrested and prosecuted by the authorities based on the accusation that he was “preparing to commit a crime” because the authorities found staplers and printers at his home.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yu Yongjuan, 59, from Changchun City Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Yongjuan was arrested, detained at forced labour camps, and harassed several times. Due to the physical and mental abuse, she died on April 10th. Previously, In November 2004, labour camp officials demanded that Ms. Yu write a statement to give up her belief in Falun Gong before she would be released, but she refused. The guards then told her to sign a written statement that they had prepared, and, again, she refused. Several guards then grabbed and restrained her in order to get her fingerprints. Ms. Yu kept her hands tightly balled into fists. The guards pulled and stretched her arms so hard that she was covered with bruises.
  • Wuhan City Police Department's Domestic Security Division Arrests Over a Dozen Falun Gong Practitioners in Two Days

    Over the course of two days, April 19th-20th, 2011, a dozen practitioners in Wuhan City were arrested at nearly the same time, and their homes were also ransacked. According to sources, this operation was planned and carried out by the Wuhan City Police Department's Domestic Security Division. Mr. Xiong Weiming was arrested at his home. His family members later discovered that his apartment had been turned upside down. His computer, mobile phone, printer, and other belongings were confiscated. There were also cigarette butts all over the floor. The whole house smelled of tobacco, and there were 7-8 empty water bottles scattered on the floor.
  • Kind hearted Villager Ms. Xiao Yongkang from Huayuan County, Hunan Province, Arrested Again

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xiao Yongkang was arrested again. According to insiders, 20 policemen broke into her home in the city and took her away on April 21st. She was alone at the time. The police also took all the Falun Gong books, DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong to be used as evidence. Ms. Xiao was persecuted in the brainwashing centre. She was slapped in the face continually, and she was handcuffed and hung up with her feet not touching the ground. She was left that way for five days and two nights. A large piece of skin on her wrist ripped off due the pressure of the full weight of her body on the handcuffs. She was shaking from extreme pain, her mind was confused, and her mouth was dry even as her body was drenched in sweat.