Torture
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Laiyang Court in Shandong Province Tries Ms. Wu Jinfeng
2010-10-21
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Jinfeng was tried at the Laiyang Court in Shandong Province on September 19th. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials used much manpower and material resources to seal off the court and conduct the trial away from public view. Police arrested Ms. Wu while she was distributing leaflets and DVDs exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong on April 22nd. Ms. Wu was held at the Laiyang City Detention Centre. When lawyers, hired by Ms. Wu's husband, visited Ms. Wu at the detention centre on July 31st, they noticed that she was weak, shivering, and lethargic. She had not eaten for over 10 days. After she stood for a while, she collapsed to the floor. It became obvious that she had been tortured. -
Ms. Liu Shuping and Husband Zhang Guangfu Repeatedly Persecuted
2010-10-21Ms. Liu Shuping and her husband Mr. Zhang Guangfu suffered repeated persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their belief in Falun Gong, which has included multiple arrests, detention, and torture. Their young daughter was also affected by the persecution. Ms. Liu was tortured in a forced labour camp for six years. In order to protest the torture, Ms. Liu began a hunger strike, but the guards repeatedly force-fed her for close to five months until May, 2001. As a result, her trachea was severely damaged, became swollen and was not wide enough for the force-feeding tube anymore. Guards still forcefully inserted the tube through her nose and then to her stomach. -
610 Office Chief Ma Shaoyu's Misdeeds
2010-10-20The 610 Office--named after the date of its creation on June 10th, 1999--is an extralegal police task force responsible for carrying out the campaign to persecute Falun Gong. Ma Shaoyu was promoted to chairman at the Yanji 610 Office in Jilin Province because he was actively involved in the persecution of Falun Gong in 2005. Ma organises one or two brainwashing sessions every year and. personally plans the arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. Over ten practitioners have died due to torture on his account. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioners Ms. Wang Zhujun and Ms. Shi Xiuyun Mistreated in Harbin
2010-10-20Ms. Wang Zhujun and Ms. Shi Xiuyun both practise Falun Gong, which brought physical health to both; yet, they were arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for following their beliefs. At Wanjia Forced Labour Camp, 62-year-old Wang Zhujun was ordered to squat every day and stay in that position until midnight. Because she refused to write a guarantee to stop practising Falun Gong, a guard grabbed her by her hair, slammed her against a wall, kicked and beat her, hung her up, and shocked her with an electric baton. -
Ms. Niu Huimin Seriously Ill As a Result of Persecution in Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp
2010-10-20Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Niu Huimin was arrested at her home in Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, on June 12th, 2010. She is currently in Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp and is seriously ill as a result of persecution. Her husband's request for medical parole for her was denied. Her husband was previously forced to serve about six years of imprisonment for publicising how his wife was abused and tortured in 2002. -
Ms. Shang Yuqin Persecuted in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun
2010-10-20Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shang Yuqin was arrested three times and twice sentenced to forced labour camps since the persecution of Falun Gong began in China in 1999. She was tortured severely in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun. She recounts: "In the forced labour camp, we were forced to work from 6 a.m until 8 or 9 p.m. We prepared 500 boxes to be shipped by air every day and could not rest without finishing the work. We were forced to stand every two or three days, facing the wall, and were not allowed to look sideways. If we were found turning our heads, we would be beaten." -
Ms. Sun Min Tortured to Death, Her Husband Mr. Wu Yang's Whereabouts Unknown
2010-10-19
Mr. Wu Yang and his wife Ms. Sun Ming were arrested by police in Beijing. Within a very short time, Ms. Sun was tortured to death. The police then created a fake suicide scene and fabricated the autopsy report, saying that she committed suicide by jumping off a building. Ms. Sun's body was found to be covered with cuts and injuries, prompting several experts from the autopsy department to declare that her cause of death was not from jumping off a building. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Zeng Huaguo Murdered by Police in Shaodong County, Hunan Province within Six Days
2010-10-19
Mr. Zeng Huaguo was arrested in June by police when he promoted Falun Gong to a person who happened to be a plainclothes policeman and detained in a detention centre. The police searched his home and took away his Falun Gong books. After his release, Mr. Zeng went to the police station to ask for his Falun Gong books and was tortured severely and then in August he was sent to hospital where he died. -
Mr. Xu Huai'an and Ms. Chi Qinghua Brutally Tortured
2010-10-19Mr. Xu Huai'an, 57, and his wife Ms. Chi Qinghua, 58, have remained steadfast in their belief in Falun Gong, and therefore have suffered inhuman torture both physically and mentally over the past ten years. The couple were both incarcerated in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp and tortured. Guard Ma Jun incited inmates to beat Mr. Xu, and forced him to extend his outstretched arms like an airplane, then bent them backwards 95 degrees. They repeated this three to four times a day. Ms. Chi was handcuffed then guards raised her up by her handcuffs high above the ground causing severe injuries. -
Ms. Liu Zhanglan in Critical Condition After Being Injected With Unknown Drugs
2010-10-19Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu while she was alone at home in March 2010. She was sentenced to one year at Linquan Detention Centre. Guards at the detention centre injected Ms Liu with unknown drugs in August 2010, saying that she had contracted pneumonia. She had difficulty breathing and started to lose the ability to use her arms and legs, after being injected with the drugs. She is in critical condition According to Ms. Liu's daughter, her mother did not have pneumonia. When Ms. Liu requested documentation stating that she had pneumonia, the doctor refused to give it to her. -
Crimes Committed in Jinan Women's Prison in Shandong Province
2010-10-18Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, several hundred Falun Gong practitioners in Shandong Province have been sentenced and sent to Shandong Women's Prison. Ms. Liu Hongmei was persecuted nearly to death in Ward No. 7, but still had to do forced labour. Criminal inmates were ordered to carry her into the workshop every morning. Head of Ward No. 2 Gao Ying often uses forceful methods of torture to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] practitioners, including solitary confinement, electric shock, beatings, sleep deprivation, exposure to freezing temperatures, being forced to remain in a squatting position for long periods and not being allowed to wash. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Jingxiang Arrested and Detained Six Times
2010-10-18On July 20th, 1999 the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong. Because I was and still am a practitioner, I have been repeatedly persecuted by the Police Department since 2000. The police repeatedly harassed, extorted and cheated us of money of tens of thousands of yuan. I suffered enormous mental pressure and my family members were also severely harmed. At the detention centre, I was subjected to forced labour. If I could not finish the work quota, I could not sleep or rest. I was not allowed to practise Falun Gong, and we were watched every moment. -
Brutal Torture Methods Used in the Shayang Forced Labour Camp in Hubei Province
2010-10-18Practitioners at Shayang Forced Labour Camp are brainwashed and forced to watch videos slandering Falun Gong. If practitioners refuse to co-operate with the guards, they are placed in solitary confinement where they are forbidden from using the toilet. Practitioner Liu Deyu from Jingmen was tortured to death here. Guards use various tools to pry open practitioners' mouths to force feed them, and they sometimes intentionally push a spoon down a practitioner's throat to make it easier to pour the food down. Many practitioners have had their jaws broken and lost their teeth as a result of the force feeding. -
Chengdu City Practitioner Ms. Zhang Shiqing Persecuted for Years
2010-10-18Ms. Zhang Shiqing was subjected to forced labour twice for refusing to give up her belief. She suffered from numerous tortures at the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp. Guards took practitioner Ms. Zhang to solitary confinement for doing the Falun Gong meditation. They handcuffed her behind the back with the smallest handcuff and hung her up on a metal door, with her toes touching the ground. She sweated profusely from the incredible pain, with the sweat drenching her clothes, running down her face and wetting the ground. -
The Persecution of Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Wang Ping from Yueyang, Hunan Province
2010-10-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang, 60, was sent to Baimalong Women's Labour Camp in Zhuzhou after being caught producing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. There she suffered from all kinds of torture by the police, including being hung up, handcuffed and suspended in the air without her toes touching the ground, handcuffed behind the back, handcuffed while squatting, cuffed together with dozens of other people. Liu Jie, a male policeman, hit Ms. Wang's head with his fist, kicked the lower part of her body and stomped on her breast. He ordered Ms. Wang to stand overnight, and then cuffed her to the window.
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