Torture

• Ms. Xing Yue's Family Members Arrested after Inquiring About Her Death at Shijiazhuang Women's Prison in Hebei Province

  2011-03-12
  We recently learned that practitioner Ms. Xing Yue was beaten to death in a solitary confinement cell at the Shijiazhuang Women's Prison in Hebei Province. She was killed between January 8th and 10th, 2011. Her family went to the local detention centre to verify the details, but the detention centre officials lied, and claimed that Ms. Xing was still alive. Three relatives went to the county 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) to request Ms. Xing's release, but they were arrested. Two of them are still in custody.
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• Ms. Lu Guiling from Weihai City, Shandong Province Is Physically Abused in Shandong Province Women's Prison

  2011-03-12
  Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Lu Guiling from Weihai City has been subjected to persecution many times. She was last arrested on November 12th, 2008 and sentenced to 19 years in prison. She is currently in the Shandong Province Women's Prison and is being subjected to severe physical abuse and mistreatment.
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• Violent Persecution in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, Liaoning

  2011-03-12
  I went to Beijing to appeal for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in 2000, and was arrested and sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning. This particular forced labour camp is notorious for its human rights violations. While I was there, I saw all too much evil. Falun Gong prisoners had to get up at 5:00 a.m. We had to work in the workshops, making flowers, sweaters, crafts, and cotton clothing for export. We were exposed to harmful chemicals every day. We worked long days, until 10:00 p.m., and sometimes past midnight. One practitioner named Su Juzhen was tortured to death. They would not let her sleep at night and forced her to squat for long periods of time.
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• Practitioner Lin Jian Sentenced Again

  2011-03-12
  On May 20th, 2010, a robbery happened in Guiyang City. When the security group was conducting an investigation, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lin Jian happened to be in the area. A security worker Chen Qinghua searched Mr. Lin because he was not an resident, and found some DVDs of Falun Gong materials on him. Chen Qinghua then reported Mr. Lin to the local police, and he was detained at the Nanming Police Station. On December 17th, 2010, the Nanming District Court sentenced Mr. Lin to three years of imprisonment despite the lack of convincing evidence of any wrongdoing. Mr. Lin's family was not informed about the trial.
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• Two Sons Detained; Mother Loses Support

  2011-03-11
  Before the Chinese New Year, in front of the Huadian Detention Centre in Jilin Province, an elderly woman in her 70s called out, “Huzi, come back, Huzi...” The elderly woman is the mother of Mr. Wang Xiaohu and Mr. Wang Xiaodong. Just because her two sons practise Falun Gong, a court run by the Chinese Communist Party sentenced Mr. Wang Xiaohu to seven years in prison in 2002 and Mr. Wang Xiaodong to seven years in prison in 2006. After being detained in prison for seven years, Mr. Wang Xiaohu was arrested and detained again by the police in 2010.
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• Ms. Chen Laidi Dies in Shanghai

  2011-03-11
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Laidi lived close to the Shanghai 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). During the 2008 Olympics, officers continued to harass Ms. Chen at home and threatened her. Later when Ms. Chen went out of town, the Shanghai 610 Office agents picked the lock to her door, entered her home and ransacked it. After that, Ms. Chen found herself being constantly followed. Someone saw her right before May 1st, 2010, and she was in good health at the time, but only two weeks later, police said she died in her home. Ms. Chen was found dead in her home on May 11th, days after she died.
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• Court in Guangdong Province Sentences Mr. Chen Hongsong to Eight Years in Prison

  2011-03-11
  Mr. Chen Hongsong began to practise Falun Gong at the end of 1998. At the beginning of 2000, he was imprisoned for four and a half years. He was again detained by police on orders from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in May 2010 and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Mr. Chen's wife went to the 610 Office and other departments to request the release of her husband. However, they tried to shift responsibility back and forth.
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• Jiangxi Province Women's Prison Officials Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

  2011-03-11
  Officials and guards in the Jiangxi Province Women's Prison tightly follow the Chinese Communist Party's directives to persecute and abuse Falun Gong practitioners. They torture practitioners brutally. The deputy chief said they could do whatever they wanted to practitioners who refused to “reform” (to give up their belief). Education Section head Zong Yunhua told practitioner Zhang Yuzhen while torturing her, “Abusing a person like you is nothing.” Practitioner Li Meilian was hung up and suffered terribly. Practitioner Ms. Liao Haimei was punished by having to stand still for a long time. Her legs were swollen, and she was deprived of sleep.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Qu Dehong Recounts Years of Severe Torture and Persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

  2011-03-10
  In the past eleven years, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qu Dehong was detained and tortured in prison by the Domestic Security Team of Jidong County. His wife was forced to divorce him, and his mother passed away. He recounts: "In May 2005, I, along with eleven practitioners in the detention centre, started a hunger strike. We demanded to be set free immediately. The guards then forced food into our mouths. All the male practitioners were beaten with the rubber tube. They put a feeding tube into my nose to force-feed me. Additionally, they added a lot of salt into the milk. On July 5th, they sent me to the hospital. The criminals in the hospital used a metal spoon to open my mouth and force-fed me."
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• Xu Zhibin's Family Kept from Visiting Him in Jinzhou Prison for Almost Two Years

  2011-03-10
  Mr. Xu Zhibin is currently imprisoned at the Jinzhou City Prison in Liaoning province. From 2002 to now, Xu Zhibin has been imprisoned for nine years altogether, which had made life very difficult for his wife and child. Xu Zhibin is still in the prison serving a 14-year term. His family has not been allowed to visit him. The prison said it was because Mr. Xu's local police station did not write a statement to prove that Mr. Xu promised not to practise Falun Gong. When Mr. Xu was arrested in 2002, police tortured him using a method called “hanging a bucket of water” on his neck and struck his hands, face, and head. He was tortured for a whole night until his face was swollen and he could not move. His arms and hands were numb.
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• Father and Son Imprisoned for Helping Install Independent Television Receivers in China

  2011-03-10
  Mr. Liao Songlin and Mr. Liao Zhijun are father and son. They are both Falun Gong practitioners from Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. The Chinese communist regime arrested them for helping local residents install receivers for NTD Television (a TV company that broadcasts programmes exposing the persecution of Falun Gong), a New York-based independent Chinese television. Mr. Liao Songlin was sentenced to four years imprisonment and Mr. Liao Zhijun to three and a half years. Both of them are currently held in Jinshi Prison in Chengde, Hunan.
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• Additional Information on How Mr. Pei Yanqing Was Tortured to Death

  2011-03-10
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pei was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour on September 3rd, 2010, after police found Falun Gong books and informational materials at his home. He was sent to the Qinhuangdao City Labour Camp. To try and get Mr. Pei to give up his faith, guards tortured him with sleep deprivation. Guards would beat him cruelly when he said that he still wanted to practise Falun Gong. In February 2011, Mr. Pei's whole body was swollen, his chest was blackened with bruises, he had difficulty breathing, he could not walk, and his face was deformed. He passed away on February 20th. He was 60 years old.
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• Doctor Zhang Dianguo Wanted and Present Whereabouts Unknown; Children Implicated

  2011-03-09
  A doctor and Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Zhang Dianguo from Liaoning Province, has lived away from home for close to three years in order to avoid persecution. The local police ordered the arrest of Mr. Zhang, calling it “a big case.” They keep monitoring the family. Mr. Zhang’s adult children planned to look for a job, but the Communist regime refused to issue them identification documents and thus deprived them of their right to make a living.
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• Facts Regarding the Persecution of Huo Shuxiang from Dongning County, Heilongjiang Province

  2011-03-09
  Huo Shuxiang became healthy both mentally and physically after she began practising Falun Gong in 1998. She was a good and conscientious worker. In June 2007, she was arrested. Three policemen cuffed and beat Ms. Huo severely. They hit her chest fiercely. They forcefully lifted her up by the throat with their hands. She fell limply to the ground. She couldn't stop coughing, and for a long time she couldn't get up. Her physical condition continued to deteriorate to the point that it was even difficult to walk. Later, she went to the doctor, who diagnosed her with fluid in the chest and heart disease. She passed away on November 23rd, 2008 as a result of her from injuries.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Hongfa Sent to Brainwashing Centre after Term of Detention Ends

  2011-03-09
  On February 1st, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Hongfa was detained for fifteen days without cause by the Haizhu District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and domestic security team. On February 15th, when the detention period ended, the authorities still kept him detained. Mr. Wang Hongfa was then directly sent to the brainwashing centre located in the Tangang Forced Labour Camp in Caitou, Guangzhou City.
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