Torture

Ms. Zhang Guozhen Disabled and Contracts Heart Disease Due to Torture

2014-06-24

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guozhen was arrested on November 3rd, 2012. During interrogation she was tortured, resulting in a comminuted fracture of her leg and nerve necrosis. Tang Ke, the director of the Nong'an Domestic Security Division, and several officers hung her by her thumbs. Four officers beat her brutally with sticks and plastic hoses. They ordered her to give them the names of other practitioners, but she refused to comply. She could not walk or even stand up.

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Three Months into His Three-Year Term: Mr. Mu Zhitai Suffers Brainwashing and Torture Daily

2014-06-24

“Those who refuse to write the ['repentance'] statements [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] will meet the same fate: languish in three days, collapse in a week, become bedridden in two weeks, and appear in hell in a month,” threatened an inmate in Jiazhou Prison, where Mr. Mu Zhitai has been detained since three months ago. Prison guard Gong Jinfu told him, “I can't beat you with my hands and feet, but I can use my weapons to injure, disable, or even kill you. I may be cited for 'improper use of police equipment,' but I'll still have my job and get paid. What can you do to me?

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Mr. Liu Liyan, 63, Dies of Beating Injuries Sustained in Detention Centre

2014-06-24

Less than a year after his most recent arrest for speaking out against the persecution of Falun Gong, 63-year-old Mr. Liu Liyan passed away at a Changsha City hospital. His death is suspected to be the result of brutal beatings in the Xiangtan County Detention Centre in Hunan Province. At the hospital, Mr. Liu's family found that his entire body was wrapped in gauze with only his head exposed. A follow-up forensic investigation indicated brain and internal organ damage, and his body was covered with dark bruises.

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Torture and Killing of Falun Gong Practitioners Continues in Brainwashing Centres in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

2014-06-21

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned Falun Gong and launched the persecution against the practice in 1999, more than 150 brainwashing centres have been set up nationwide for the sole purpose of brainwashing and “transforming” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Falun Gong practitioners. Yanbian is a Korean Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Jilin Province in northern China. Its capital Yanji City is ranked as one of the top 10 regions in China with the highest number of death cases within the brainwashing system.

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Hunan Province: 4,350 People Sign Petition against Forced Organ Harvesting

2014-06-16

Over the past several years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners has been exposed internationally. Due to practitioners' constant efforts to expose the persecution and explain the truth about Falun Gong, as well as the support of concerned individuals, more and more people worldwide are calling for an end to the organ harvesting crimes in China. As of this May, 4,350 people in Hunan Province have signed the petition and demanded that the chief culprits, Jiang Zemin, Zhou Yongkang, and Bo Xilai be punished.

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Two Falun Gong Practitioners in Xuchang Thrown into Prison a Second Time

2014-06-16

Ms. Zhang Ronghuan and Ms. Li Shuhua, Falun Gong practitioners in Xuchang, Henan Province, have been sentenced to four years in prison and thrown into Xinxiang Women's Prison. This is the second time that these two practitioners have been unjustly incarcerated. Ms. Zhang had previously been imprisoned in Xinxiang Women's Prison for three years in 2006. The prison authorities subjected her several times to solitary confinement, and she has also been injected with unknown drugs.

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The Chinese Communist Party Uses the Tiger Bench Device to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

2014-06-15

Nineteen per cent of Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured to death in the persecution were subjected to the tiger bench torture. In October 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Ming was transferred to Masanjia Labour Camp. Masanjia guards viciously beat Mr. Yu, shocked him with electric batons and hung him up by handcuffs for several days. He was imprisoned in a custom-made iron cage for three months in which he could not stand up or lie down. Mr. Yu Ming was bound to the tiger bench for 12 days and lost consciousness several times during the torture.

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A Real Hero - The Story of Yuan Jiang (Part 2 of 2)

2014-06-13

Yuan Jiang, 29, a talented engineer, a kind friend, a dutiful son, and an honest citizen, peacefully resisted the brutal persecution and stood up for justice and faith - and lost his life. Yuan had devoted all his money and time too exposing the regime's lies about Falun Gong and informing people of the facts. Despite being subjected to unimaginable torture, he did not give any information or sell out any other practitioners to the police.

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Tan Fengjiang: Seven Years of Torture and Brainwashing

2014-06-10

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Tan Fengjiang was released from Jiamusi Prison on April 20th, 2013, after 7 years of imprisonment. In prison, Mr. Tan was often beaten, shocked with an electric baton, and force-fed. His left ear was almost torn off during one beating. To protest the persecution he went on a hunger strike. The guards brutally force-fed him and Mr. Tan nearly died.

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70-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 3 Years for Practising Falun Gong; Denied Opportunity to See Elderly Mother Before She Passed Away

2014-06-10

Following her third arrest on March 29th, 2013, Ms. Jiang Lianying was sentenced to 3 years on August 21st, 2013 for practising Falun Gong. Though Ms. Jiang's husband and daughter were eventually allowed to see her, they couldn't bring themselves to tell her the sad news that her 103-year-old mother had passed away during her incarceration. After the suppression of Falun Gong started in 1999, Ms. Jiang was arrested and put in a forced labour camp twice for speaking up for Falun Gong and telling others about the persecution. She was incarcerated in a forced labour camp for a total of four years and three months.

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A Real Hero – The Story of Yuan Jiang (Part 1)

2014-06-10

On October 29th, 2001, in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, China, 3,000 police officers carried out an intense search for a wanted individual. Sirens were heard everywhere in this 2,500-year old northwestern Chinese city with a population of two million. The police had been given an order—find Yuan Jiang at all costs. Who was Yuan Jiang? A notorious criminal mastermind? No, Yuan Jiang was just an intellectual and one of the many Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted in China. The persecution of Falun Gong reached a fever pitch in 2001, and Yuan Jiang was arrested. After being severely tortured for two months, he miraculously escaped, although he was badly injured.

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Shenyang Police Arrest and Beat the Innocent

2014-06-10

When Mr. Meng Xianguang and his wife, Ms. Xu Xiaohua, explain the facts of Falun Gong to Zhao Guangcheng, deputy manager of the Nanhu Police Station in Shenyang City, on March 25th, 2014, Zhao did not listen. Instead, he pulled out a pistol, pointed it at them, then fired it in the air and arrested the couple. Zhao and other police officers severely beat and injured Mr. Meng, but turned around and charged him with assaulting the police. Mr. Meng is still in detention.

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Guangdong Farmer's Appeal for Justice Continues, Lawyer Points Out Double Standards in Court and Demands Acquittal

2014-06-10

On May 8th, 2014, the Maoming City Intermediate Court continued the trial of Ms. Liang Guifen, a Falun Gong practitioner appealing her three-and-a-half-year sentence. Attorney Liu, Ms. Liang's defence attorney, pointed out that the chief judge “adopted double standards.” He alleged that the judge avoided investigating fabricated witness testimony and was merely going through the motions, without touching upon the matters of law.

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Close to 1,700 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested from March to May, 2014

2014-06-10

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to arrest Falun Gong practitioners in 2014. Several coordinated raids took place from March to May, 2014. Such events were documented in all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China except Tibet. The number of Falun Gong practitioners arrested has climbed sharply since March. According to information received as of June 3rd, 1,694 practitioners were arrested from March to May in 2014, a 30% increase over the same period in 2013.

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Mr. Zhang Yinquan from Shanghai Detained—His Wife Severely Beaten

2014-06-10

Mr. Zhang Yinquan was arrested and detained by officers from Jiading Police Department, Jiangqiao Police Station, and Putuo Police Department on May 12th, 2014. Mr. Zhang's family finally received the notification three days after he was detained at the Jiading Detention Centre. Mr. Zhang’s wife went to the Jiangqiao Police Station to ask for the return of all confiscated items. Seeing that she was by herself, about six policemen beat her, handcuffed her, and shackled her. The police kicked her back during the violence, which caused her excruciating pain. They refused to unlock her handcuffs and shackles despite her repeated requests. After her release, she had a physical exam which revealed a fractured rib, and blood in the urine due to a kidney injury.

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