Torture

65-Year-Old Ms. Fu Shaozhen Imprisoned for Three Years

2011-01-23

Ms. Fu Shaozhen, an elderly Falun Gong practitioner, was released from prison on December 25th, after three years of detention. She was arrested in 2007 because she was handing out Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution to people at a supermarket. Because she refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong, she was deprived of sleep—being allowed to sleep only from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily—and was verbally abused in the prison. While she had only a few white hairs at the start of her detention, all of her hair was white upon her release. Her back was also bent 90 degrees, and she had to be carried home by her youngest daughter.

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I Witnessed the Torture Deaths of Two Practitioners in Custody

2011-01-22

Mr. Wang Wenju began practising Falun Gong in 2004. He witnessed the healing power of Falun Gong when his wife's diabetes disappeared as a result of the practice. He bravely spoke the truth about the persecution to his students. He was reported and arrested on October 26th, 2004. He was then sentenced to three years in prison. He was taken to Shenyang City around March 20th, 2005, then was transferred to Fushen City Nanhuayuan Prison where he was brutally force-fed when he was on hunger strike and tortured to death on April 27th, 2005, at only 38 years old

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Several Falun Gong Practitioners from Tongren City, Guizhou Province Arrested and Persecuted

2011-01-22

In early November 2010, personnel from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) arrested about 30 practitioners. They held a brainwashing session in the nursing home for the elderly in Dalong Town to persecute these practitioners. Practitioner Jiang Qirong had a warrant issued for his arrest, and was forced to leave his home in order to avoid persecution. He was arrested however on November 16th in Hunan Province. Mr. Jiang is currently detained at the Tongren Detention Centre. Because he couldn't endure the torture, he told police information about other practitioners in Tongren, who were then subsequently monitored and arrested by police.

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Elderly Practitioner Ms. Li Yingju, from Keshan Farm in Heilongjiang Province, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

2011-01-22

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Yingju, 68, was arrested at home by police on May 14th, 2010, and given a five-year prison term. We learned that she will be sent to Tailai Prison within three days. The police are currently monitoring her home around the clock, cutting off her contact with the outside world. A police vehicle is blocking the door to her house, and police officers are taking turns monitoring her.

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Entrepreneur Wang Qingzhong Arrested in Linyi, Shandong Province

2011-01-22

Mr. Wang Qingzhong, 54, a famous entrepreneur from Linyi City, Shandong Province, was a professor in the Department of Physics in Linyi Normal University, and is now the chairman of Xintianli Mechanical Ltd. in Linyi. Mr. Wang regained good physical health and spiritual well-being through Falun Gong practice. However, he was persecuted several times because of his belief. Mr. Wang was arrested for the third time on September 26th, 2010. The arrest was ratified recently and Mr. Wang's case will go though legal procedures.

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Recognised Public Servant Feng Zhongliang Persecuted to Near Death

2011-01-21

Feng Zhongliang was an architectural design management official in the Panzhihua Construction Department. He was in good health after practising Falun Gong, and a recognised public servant. However, Mr. Feng was persecuted for four years because he practised Falun Gong. He couldn’t walk after being released from prison on April 28th, 2009. He suffered internal organ failure, and had difficulty breathing. He had no money or property left, and the human resources department of his city didn’t provide him with any funds since he had been arrested and imprisoned.

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Engineer Mr. Lin Yongxu Tortured with the “Stretching Bed” at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

2011-01-21

On December 7th, in the process of conducting the Education Division of the Provincial Forced Labour Bureau's annual exam, officials at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province printed and distributed examination papers containing questions that slandered Falun Gong. Following the principles of Falun Gong, practitioner Lin Yongxu told the truth about the persecution and answered the questions according to what he knows to be correct. This enraged Yu Jiang, head of the No. 3 Division. Around 7:00 p.m. Mr. Lin was summoned to a special room by Yu Jiang. He was tortured on the “stretching bed” for almost two hours. After that, Mr. Lin was continuously shocked with electric batons on his shoulders and inner thighs by several people until 3:00 a.m. the next morning.

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Older Practitioner Ms. Li Shirong Spent Seven Years in Prison

2011-01-21

In 2003, Ms. Li Shirong, 60, was arrested and detained at Huaihua No. 2 Detention Centre because she practises Falun Gong and believes in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She was later sentenced by Hecheng District Court at Huaihua, and suffered for seven years at Hunan Women's Prison.While she was imprisoned, Ms. Li was monitored by criminal inmates around the clock. She was not allowed to close the door even when she went to the toilet or took a shower. She stayed in a room that was less than 2 square metres per person, and she ate, lived and did forced labour there. In October 2009, Ms. Li went home. It was time for her to receive her pension. However, because she is a Falun Gong practitioner, her pension was denied. Ms. Li now has no income to live on.

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Beijing Lawyers Accuse Zhaoyuan City Police, Procurators and Court Officials

2011-01-21

Several lawyers from Beijing defended Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Kao Fuquan, Ms. Song Guihua and Ms. Yang Lanxiang in Zhaoyuan City Court. The lawyers jointly wrote a letter in December 2010 to the Yantai City Intermediate Court and Procuratorate, Shandong Provincial High Court and Procuratorate, Beijing Supreme Court and Procuratorate, Public Security Department, Political Consultative Committees and the People's Committees at all levels, accusing the Zhaoyuan Court officials, the Procuratorate and the police of jointly breaking the law, by preventing the lawyers from being able to meet with their clients, to have access to documents, and to attend court hearings.

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Persecution Accounts from Shandong Province Women's Prison

2011-01-20

If a practitioner refuses to write "the five statements" to renounce practising Falun Gong at Shandong Province Women's Prison she is dragged to a small cell, where four or five criminal inmates take turns to pinch her all over her body. They attach papers on her with words that slander Falun Gong. They punch and kick the practitioner, and when she tears off the papers, they put the papers on her again and start another round of beatings, until the practitioner is exhausted. When the practitioner still refuses to write "the five statements," they press her against a table with her head twisted to one side so she cannot move her body. They grab her hand and try to force her to write. They also kick her private parts and chest.

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Blindness and Broken Nose Among the Injuries Suffered by a Retired Female Engineer

2011-01-20

Ms. Wang Liuzhen was sent to a forced labour camp twice by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities because she firmly refused to renounce her practice of Falun Gong. As a result of the abuse in the labour camp, she became blind. CCP authorities forced Ms. Wang's husband to divorce her and prevented her family from visiting her. In addition, they hired people to follow and watch Ms. Wang around the clock and limited her personal freedom. A few days ago, Ms. Wang was beaten by those who were monitoring her. As a result, her nose was broken and her eyes were swollen to the point that she could not open them.

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Ms. Fan Guoxia Recounts the Persecution She Experienced in Harbin Women's Prison

2011-01-20

Fan Guoxia, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on February 6th, 2002 and sentenced to seven years in prison. She has been imprisoned since May 15th, 2003. Ms. Fan recounts the persecution that she has suffered in prison: "The guards put me in solitary confinement using the excuse of SARS prevention. Guard Tao Dandan asked me to her office in order to have a “discussion” with me. She demanded that I say “Checking in.” I refused, as I have committed no crime and do not need to report to the authorities as if I were a criminal. With gloved hands, Tao slapped my face until her hands hurt. She tried to force me into a squatting position but I refused that as well. Every two days Tao ordered somebody to torture me."

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Children of Falun Gong Practitioners Discriminated Against at School

2011-01-20

When I was arrested by 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in 2008, they also went to my daughter's school and tried to pressure the principal to call for a school-wide meeting to slander Falun Gong. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was resorting to implication and other coercive measures widely used during the Cultural Revolution to stir hatred among the masses. The 610 Office's intention was to poison the minds of students in my daughter's school, while at the same time discriminating against and isolating my daughter. The school officials did not carry out what the authorities wanted. For some time, the 610 Office sent out people to follow my daughter after school. They were trying to arrest any practitioners who would contact my daughter, but none of their tricks worked.

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Lieutenant Commander's Health Destroyed While Held in Prison for Ten Years

2011-01-19

Mr. Wang Youjiang is a Falun Gong practitioner and the former lieutenant-commander of the communications corps of the Lanzhou Military Region. He was arrested by police for practising Falun Gong on January 10th, 2001. Simply for trying to be a good person, adhering to his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and writing a banner “Restore Falun Gong's Innocence,” Mr. Wang was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was held at three facilities in Lanzhou City: the Xiguoyuan Detention Centre, the Xigusiergou Detention Centre, and the Dashaping Prison. His prison term ended on January 9th, 2011. His health has deteriorated after years of abuse in the prison and he can no longer take care of himself. His wife has also left him.

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Persecution Carried Out at Zibo Women's Labour Camp in Shandong Province

2011-01-19

In 2008, during the Beijing Olympics, I was arrested by police and sentenced to two years of forced labour for practising Falun Gong sent to Zibo Women's Forced Labour Camp. During my detention, I was brutally persecuted. I also witnessed many Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted unscrupulously and tortured for refusing to give up the practice. A practitioner was tortured by two female drug addicts, until her whole body was covered with wounds. They beat her day and night, hitting her in the chest and back. This practitioner was locked up every day in a solitary cell. She was forced to stay within an area as wide as a floor tile. She was beaten if she stepped out of this boundary.

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