Torture

• Children of Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to a Harsh Reality Due to Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Persecution

  2011-03-31
  During the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) eleven-year-long inhuman persecution of Falun Gong, countless children have been subjected to discrimination, threats, detention, and beatings, because they conduct themselves according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, or their parents are Falun Gong practitioners. Zhang Xiaolong was 14 years old in 2006. His parents are Falun Gong practitioners. Since the beginning of the persecution on July 20th, 1999, Xiaolong's parents were arrested, detained, and tortured many times. Xiaolong experienced much hardship in his young life. Young Xiaolong doesn't understand why his parents were taken away, and why their happy family was broken apart.
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• Mr. Qin Yueming Tortured to Death in Jiamusi Prison, His Wife and Daughter also Persecuted

  2011-03-31
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Yueming was tortured to death in Jiamusi Prison on February 26th, 2011. Mr. Qin was arrested in 1999 and subjected to three years of forced labour. He was arrested again in 2002. Mr. Qin was then subjected to ten years of imprisonment and detained in Jiamusi Prison. Mr. Qin’s wife Ms. Wang Baoyu was imprisoned twice, and was arrested and sent to a brainwashing centre in November 2010. Mr. Qin’s older daughter, Ms. Qin Rongqian, was also arrested by the police and was severely beaten.
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• 66-Year-Old Mr. Peng Xibin Detained for Many Years

  2011-03-31
  Mr. Peng Xibin has been detained for many years, from his fifties to his sixties. He is still being held in Lanzhou Prison. He is imprisoned because he wants to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. A Falun Gong practitioner who knew Mr. Peng said: "The labour at the Pingantai Forced Labour Camp was mainly field work. Detainees used spades to turn the soil and hoes to work the fields. This is very intensive physical labour. It was said that Mr. Peng fainted several times while working in the field. The guards tried to make him write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, but he always wrote how wonderful Falun Gong is and how people benefit from practising Falun Gong."
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• Mr. Mei Shengxin Dies in Custody at Zhengzhou Prison

  2011-03-30
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Mei Shengxin was arrested in December 2002, and sentenced to nine years in prison. He was first detained in the 11th Ward. He refused to accept the brainwashing no matter what means the guards used to torture him. The guards deprived him of sleep and ordered several prisoners to take turns watching him for nine whole days in 2007. The prisoners beat him whenever he closed his eyes. He passed out and bumped his head against a fish tank and blood covered his body. He was rushed to the hospital, where he required many stitches, almost dying in that incident. Right before the Chinese New Year (on February 3rd, 2011), he called home and said he was fine and that he would be released soon. But he died only a few days before his term ended.
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• Ms. Liang Yu Tortured at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2011-03-30
  On October 11th, 2010, guard Huang Haiyan took practitioner Ms. Liang Yu to the “luggage storage room” at Donggang (a place of torture inside the labour camp). Ms. Liang was handcuffed to an iron bed and was kicked and shocked with electric batons on her face. During the following four days, Ms. Liang was either forced to stand straight for long periods or tied to the bed with her limbs stretched widely. On the first day of the torture, Ms. Liang was not allowed to use the toilet for twelve hours. She then went on a hunger strike for five days. On the fourth day, the persecutors tied her to the iron bed and force-fed her.
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• Ma Lili of Tangshan City Given a Three-year Sentence, Her Family Plans to Appeal

  2011-03-30
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Lili was sentenced to three years in prison by the Tangshan City Lubei Court in Hebei Province. The term began on February 27th, 2011. The one who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong, former leader of China, Jiang Zemin, went to Tangshan City on August 11th, 2010. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Tangshan City, Hebei Province then launched a large-scale round of persecution of local Falun Gong practitioners. Nearly twenty practitioners were arrested and detained. On August 16th, Ma Lili was arrested by police.
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• Ms. Yang Yufeng, Chinese Medicine Doctor from Macheng, Hubei Province, Suffers 12 Years of Persecution

  2011-03-30
  Ms. Yang Yufeng is a Chinese medicine doctor. She started to cultivate Falun Gong in 1994 and followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person, and she greatly benefited from Falun Gong, both physically and mentally. She treated patients with care and only charged them a minimal fee. Her treatments usually had good results and the patients felt the practitioner’s sincerity and kindness. But since 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong, Yang Yufeng has been arrested, detained, sent to a forced labour camp, physically tortured, subjected to brainwashing, and has had money extorted. She was also forced by CCP authorities to divorce her husband.
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• Three Practitioners Die within Two Weeks While Persecution Continues at Jiamusi Prison

  2011-03-29
  Three practitioners recently died within two weeks in Jiamusi Prison. In order to achieve a “transformation” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] rate of 85 per cent, Jiamusi Prison set up the “Strict Management Ward” in February 2011. The brutal persecution started on February 21st. Mr. Qin Yueming, 47, died five days later on February 26th. Mr. Yu Yungang, 48, died on March 5th, and Mr. Liu Chuanjiang, 55, on March 8th. Mr. Qin's family received a phone call from Jiamusi Prison notifying them that Mr. Qin had died from heart problems. When the family saw his body, Mr. Qin's lips were purple. Blood came out of his mouth and nose when his body was turned over. There were bruises all over and he had wound marks. Even the guards present were shocked to see it.
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• Jinzhou City Falun Gong Practitioner Huang Cheng Dies from Brutal Torture and Relentless Persecution

  2011-03-29
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Cheng was brutally tortured by officials from Panjin Prison and Taihe Public Security Bureau in Jinzhou. Police tortured him by puncturing his fingers with large needles. He was tortured with various brutal methods, which resulted in his being in critical condition. On February 24th, 2011, he died at the age of 56.
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• The Persecution at Guizhou Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2011-03-29
  Falun Gong practitioners held in Guizhou Women's Forced Labour Camp are threatened, beaten, cursed at, prevented from sleeping, searched, forced to attend brainwashing sessions, forced to write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, limited on family visits, etc. Their living conditions are very bad. They are forced to perform manual labour such as making shoes, stitching with beads, knitting, and so on. The drinking water is not disinfected or purified. During the rainy season, there are also bugs in the water. Those who consume the water often get rashes on their bodies. People also cannot sleep at night because of the large amount of bed bugs, which result in cross-infections. It takes a long time for the skin rashes to heal.
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• A Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced in Anlu City, Hubei Province

  2011-03-29
  Ms. Pan Juying was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel in July 2004, while distributing Falun Gong materials in Xiaogan City. She was held in the No.1 Detention Centre in Anlu City. During her hunger strike, the authorities persecuted her in the No. 2 Hospital in Anlu City. She was able to walk away, but was arrested again at a bus station. She was sentenced to a seven-year term in Hubei Province Women's Prison.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Dai Jun from Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province Died as a Result of Persecution

  2011-03-28
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dai Jun was released from Mudanjiang Prison on April 26th, 2008 after having served a six-year prison term. He was almost blind as a result of the abuse he suffered. Guards deprived him of sleep and food. They cuffed his hands and feet together, lifted his feet up behind his neck, and then pushed him on the ground back and forth, scraping his back and spine against the ground. It was so painful that he almost lost consciousness. They used the "tiger bench" torture on him, covered his head with a heavy and hard hat, force-fed him with spicy mustard extract, exposed him to cold air, stabbed and burned his feet, cuffed his hands behind his back, and kicked and beat him with batons. Mr. Dai passed away on December 7th, 2010.
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• Engineer Recounts Brutal Torture During Nine Years of Persecution

  2011-03-28
  Police arrested me in January 2001 and took me to a deserted courtyard to torture me. They covered my eyes and put a very heavy helmet on my head. A police officer punched and kicked me, as well as pounded on my helmet, making me rather dizzy. They hung me up on a beam and hit my feet with a square-shaped wooden stick over 200 times. As a result my hands and feet were black and blue and mangled. Blood was oozing out of all my toes. No matter what they did, I refused to answer any of their questions. Zhang Chunqiu was swearing and slandering Falun Gong continuously. He said, "I will beat you to death, just like killing a chicken."
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• Ms. Chen Man Persecuted in Wuhan City Women's Prison

  2011-03-28
  February 22nd, 2011 was family visitation day at the Wuhan City Women's Prison. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Man's husband Zhang Weijie went to the prison to see his wife as usual, but was denied visitation. Also, the prison police did not allow him to add more money to Ms. Chen's expense account at the prison. The police claimed that it was an order from the superior authorities. So far Ms. Chen has been detained at the Wuhan City Women's Prison for over three years because she continues to practise Falun Gong.
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• After Being Tortured in Prison for Eight Years, Mr. Ma Zhiwu Is Facing Another Trial

  2011-03-28
  Yanchi County Court in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region tried Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu secretly on March 1st, 2011. Mr. Ma is facing a second trial shortly in Wuzhong City Court. Mr. Ma was sent to a forced labour camp for three years for appealing for the right to practise Falun Gong in Beijing in 1999. Before his term ended, he was sentenced to six years imprisonment and taken to Guanmahu Prison in Wuzhong City from 2002 to 2008. During his eight years of incarceration, Mr. Ma was tortured and beaten severely.
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