Torture

• Summary of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Chenzui County, Wuqing District, Tianjin

  2011-05-23
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yan is in her sixties. Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games, she was detained at the Chenzui Police Station overnight and then monitored, intimidated, and harassed around the clock. She was forced into homelessness to avoid further persecution. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pang Hongqi has been detained in a detention centre three times, each time for one month. In May 2001, Mr. Pang was sentenced to a six-year prison term at Liyuantou Prison.
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• 610 Office Orders Arrest of Nine Falun Gong Practitioners in Hunan Province

  2011-05-22
  On April 28th, 2011, several officers from the Jinpenling Police Station in Changsha City broke into the home of Miss Xiong Xiaolan. They indiscriminately arrested Professor Gao Desi, a retired professor from the Hunan Institute of Finance, Hunan University, and seven other guests, by force and without due process. They were taken to the Jinpenling Police Station. Under orders from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), they were taken to the “black prison,” which operates outside the rule of law. The 610 Office calls it “the base.”
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• Mr. Qin Yueming Dies from Torture, Family Files Complaint

  2011-05-22
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Yueming was persecuted to death in Jiamusi Prison on February 26th. On February 27th, his family was allowed to view his body after repeated requests. They discovered that his lips were bruised, and when his body was turned over, a great deal of blood poured out from his mouth and nose. His neck, back, waist and legs were also bruised and scarred. Mr. Qin's family filed a complaint and request for compensation with the Jiamusi Hejiang Procuratorate on March 26th regarding his death. The Hejiang Procuratorate failed to take action, so the family submitted a letter of complaint to the Jiamusi People's Procuratorate on April 20th, but were suspicious that the officials were protecting each other. Meanwhile, Mr. Qin's family submitted a “Criminal Compensation Requisition” to Jiamusi Prison officials on April 19th.
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• Mudanjiang Prison Utilizes Brutal Torture to “Transform” Falun Gong Practitioners--Mr. Huang Yanlin in Critical Condition Recovers in Hospital

  2011-05-22
  The term “transformation” is used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to represent actions designed to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their faith. Mudanjiang Prison officials have pursued a high "transformation" rate, or quota, by brutally torturing practitioners in many ways. Torture methods included brutal beatings, electric shock treatments, long periods of sleep deprivation, removing all clothing and pouring cold water on their bodies, and forcing practitioners to stand outside in freezing temperatures. Practitioner Mr. Huang Yanlin refused to be “transformed,” and was then tortured until he was in critical condition.
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• Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Jiang Sihua from Tongcheng County, Hubei Province

  2011-05-22
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Sihua was arrested on May 20th, 2008, by police as she spoke with people about Falun Gong and the persecution. She was later held in the county's detention centre. Detention centre head Liu Xingzhi and a guard surnamed Zhou verbally abused Ms. Jiang, and beat her so badly that her entire body was black and blue. After two months of abuse and mistreatment Ms. Jiang became emaciated, and her weight dropped from 53kg to 35kg.
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• Lawyer Jin Guanghong Persecuted and Now Suffering from Partial Amnesia

  2011-05-21
  Beijing civil rights activist lawyer Jin Guanghong, who suddenly disappeared in early April, has been returned to his hometown in Hubei Province. He remains extremely weak and is not able to clearly recall what happened while he was missing. According to Mr. Jin's friend, Mr. Jin was working as a defence attorney in March for Li Tie, a citizen who was fighting for his civil rights. In early April, Mr. Jin intended to work on a Falun Gong practitioner's case in Luoyang City.
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• Remembering My Mother and Brother

  2011-05-21
  My family lives in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. There were five people in our home, including my father, mother, oldest brother, second older brother, and a younger sister. We all practised Falun Gong and followed the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” Our life was a simple but happy one. We respected, cared for and loved each other. Not long after the persecution began in July 1999, the harmony in this family of five ended. Two are now dead and three severely harmed. The oldest brother is still being held in jail, which has left our younger sister, who has suffered all sorts of abuse, alone with our father, who has lost his sanity.
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• Persecution Suffered by Military Officer Wei Danquan from Qinhuangdao City

  2011-05-21
  Mr. Wei Danquan was a military officer serving at Shanhaiguan Airport. He was discharged from the military for his belief in Falun Gong when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in 1999. He was arrested and brutally beaten numerous times, sometimes to the point of ending up in critical condition. The CCP agents also ransacked his house nearly every year. In June 2008, Shanhaiguan Court sentenced Mr. Wei to four years in prison. He was transferred to Jidong Prison on July 24th, 2008. During his confinement for the past three years, he has been suffering from tuberculosis, heart disease, and pleurisy. His family has requested his release in order to seek medical treatment, but prison authorities have ignored their pleas.
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• Liu Yong, Liao Xiaolin, and Wan Jinlian from Nanchang City Sentenced to Prison

  2011-05-21
  The Court of Qingshanhu District in Nanchang City tried three Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Liu Yong, Ms. Liao Xiaolin, and Ms. Wan Jinlian on April 25th, 2011. No advance notice of the trial date or location was issued, and the defendants' families were not notified in time. Four court police officers and several other officials escorted the defendants to the courtroom. In court, Lai Hongyu, the associate court director, announced that Mr. Liu would be sentenced to seven years in prison, Ms. Liao, who is handicapped, to one and a half years in prison, and Ms. Wan to one year in prison. The entire proceeding lasted less than ten minutes.
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• Healthy Elderly Practitioner Suffers from Brainwashing, Dies Within Three Months

  2011-05-20
  On November 28th, 2010 police deceived 70-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Jilong into going to a hotel, which turned out to be a 610 Office brainwashing facility (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and Mr. Guo was detained for seven days. Guards forced him to participate in psychological testing, insinuating that Mr. Guo was mentally ill. They forced him to watch videos attacking Falun Gong in order to force him to give up his beliefs. They ended up forcing Mr. Guo into writing a “guarantee statement” to renounce practising Falun Gong against his will before they let him go home. His health became worse and worse. He died three months later, on March 2nd, 2011.
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• Persecution that I Suffered at the Hands of the National Security Team in Mudanjiang Public Security Bureau

  2011-05-20
  I was arrested, interrogated and tortured in November 2008 by police from the National Security Team in Mudanjiang Public Security Bureau. The police pulled my arms back, and used ropes to rein them in tighter while insulting me. I suffered both mentally and physically. When I did not say anything, Ma Qun added another rope to increase the pressure. He twisted my hand behind my back, causing me unbearable pain. When they saw that I was close to fainting from the pain, they released the rope and pulled my arms back forcefully. The pain in my arms was very intense.
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• Incarcerated for Seven Years, Practitioner Mr. Liu Sanqiang from Shaowu City, Fujian Province Is in Police Custody Again

  2011-05-20
  Mr. Liu Sanqiang, a 39-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested again around April 15th for discussing Falun Gong with his students, less than three years after serving a seven-year sentence. Mr. Liu went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in 2000 and was subsequently arrested. After his release, his factory fired him and sent people to monitor him as he went about his daily life. One day in 2001 while distributing informational materials about Falun Gong, Mr. Liu was seized by police. Police brutally beat him for two days before sending him to a detention centre. Mr. Liu was then given a seven-year sentence and transferred to Minxi Prison.
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• Sisters Detained for More than Six Years in Jinan Women's Prison and in Critical Condition

  2011-05-20
  Falun Gong practitioners and sisters Qu Xiaotong and Qu Beibei were arrested in June 2004 by Tai'an City police in Shandong Province. They were later subjected to interrogation, torture, and the administration of unknown drugs. In September 2004, the sisters, along with five other practitioners, were sentenced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-controlled Taishan District Court to terms of eight to twelve years in prison. The sisters were taken to Jinan Women's Prison.
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• Rushed to the Hospital from a Detention Centre, Ms. Yu Changli Died and Ms. Yang Shumei Was in a Coma

  2011-05-19
  On May 2nd, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Yu Changli and Ms. Yang Shumei, both detained in the Nongan County Detention Centre, were rushed to hospital. Ms. Yu Changli passed away that same day. She was only 44 years old. Ms. Yang Shumei was in a coma and was closely watched by several policemen. When Ms. Yang's family went to see her on April 11th she looked frail. Her hands were purple and her feet were chained with ten kilos of iron shackles. She hardly had strength to talk. They tied her to a bed and injected her with drugs six times a day.
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• Additional Information on the Persecution of Mr. Zhao Xudong and His Family

  2011-05-19
  Mr. Zhao Xudong's entire family has been persecuted over the past 12 years by police for practising Falun Gong. Mr. Zhao died during a brutal forced-feeding session on February 5th, 2004 at the Lanzhou City Detention Centre. He was 36. His wife, Li Hongping, was arrested when handing out Falun Gong materials in 2000. In detention the division head slapped her face and put her in a pair of 15 kg shackles and bound her hands with two metal rings. During forced-feeding the guards could not get the plastic tube into her nose, so they shoved it into her mouth and purposely stirred it around in her throat and stomach, causing her to scream and writhe in agony.
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