Torture
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Dozens of Practitioners Arrested in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province
2010-09-17
The Cangzhou City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) launched a massive harassment of Falun Gong practitioners on August 25th, 2010 in five cities and eight counties in the Cangzhou region. Dozens of practitioners were arrested. Seventeen practitioners in Cangzhou were harassed and many were arrested. Thirteen of the seventeen were arrested and their homes were searched. Six practitioners are being detained at the Cangzhou Detention Centre. -
Mr. Zhang Hongxu and Eleven-year-old Daughter Arrested; Mr. Zhang in Critical Condition, His Daughter's Whereabouts Unknown
2010-09-17Mr. Zhang Hongxu and his 11-year-old daughter, Ms. Zhang Yuanyuan, were arrested when they went to see another practitioner, Ms. Wang Fenglin, at her home on August 7th. Police took them to the Tongnan County Detention Centre. After 20 days of being tortured, Mr. Zhang is in critical condition. He was last seen being carried out of the detention centre, put into a car and driven away. His eyes were closed, he was not moving, and he looked very weak. His daughter's whereabouts are currently unknown. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Du Hui from Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province Severely Tortured, Sexually Assaulted and Injected with Drugs
2010-09-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Du Hui from Jiamusi was arrested in December 2005 and sentenced to forced labour. Du Hui said: "This has been the most painful time of my life. The physical and mental torture drove me to the point of wanting to die. Throughout this heinous persecution I was disrespected, deprived of all personal liberty and was often in extreme agony...The hardest for me to endure was the mental torture. One time both doctor Li Xuena and the director of the forced labour camp tried to forcefully inject me with an unknown drug. There was no explanation or reason given for the injection. I firmly refused the injection. At day six, my arms were full of puncture holes...and my blood was all over the floor." -
Ms. Liu Guifu's First-Hand Account of Officially Sanctioned Persecution and Brutal Torture
2010-09-16My name is Liu Guifu. Shortly after I started to practise Falun Gong in 1994, all of my illnesses disappeared and my life was filled with joy. However, my life took a dramatic turn after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. Because of my belief, I was subjected to relentless persecution. I was arrested and detained eight times, including five instances of long-term detention. I was imprisoned for a total of four years, during which time I was made to suffer unbearable tortures. I managed to escape and came to the United States. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Gong Pijian Arrested Again
2010-09-16On August 26th, police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Gong Pijian's home, ransacked it and arrested him. The police seized Mr. Gong's MP5 and MP3 players, which were worth about 5,000 yuan. During the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) more than ten years of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Gong had been sent to detention centres seven times. He was sent to forced labour camps twice, sentenced to prison without legal procedures once, and his retirement pensions have been withheld for nearly four years. During one detention police locked Mr. Gong to anchors fixed to the ground (which is also called the "Death Bed"). They used four handcuffs and the one-foot chain to tightly lock his hands and feet in place. He was shackled like this for fourteen days straight. -
The Persecution of Elderly Mr. Xue Tianbao from Yueyang City
2010-09-16Mr. Xue Tianbao is 70 years old. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in November 1999 and has suffered greatly at the hands of authorities over the years. In 2000 police arrested Mr. Xue. At the police station policeman Yu Zhihe beat him 18 times with a 2-foot long, 2-inch thick wooden stick. Yu Zhihe repeatedly struck Mr. Xue's mouth and teeth while smirking, "Now go ahead and say, 'Falun Gong is good' and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Now, let's see you scream,'The police are beating me,' 'The cops are thugs.'" Mr. Xue lost several teeth. His shirt was blood-stained. -
Ms. Li Chuanlan from Yushu City, Jilin Province, Put on Trial
2010-09-16Ms. Li Chuanlan from Yushu City, Jilin Province, was tried in court on August 25th, 2010. The court didn't allow her to speak and hastily wrapped up the trial. Ms. Li was very weak and in a wheelchair when she was brought into the courtroom. The court only allowed two family members to attend the hearing. Ms. Li had been arrested on April 29th, 2009, as she distributed Falun Gong materials. She was released after 56 days of detention. On June 29th, 2010, she was arrested again. -
Family Members Detained Upon Requesting Release of Arrested Practitioner at Brainwashing Centre
2010-09-15Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Hongxia was detained at a brainwashing centre in Jilin City. The brainwashing centre is under the supervision of the Jilin City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jilin City Political and Legal Committee. On August 25th, 2010, five members of Ms. Liu's family travelled to the centre to request Ms. Liu's release. The family was subsequently detained, and one member is still being held by the Shahezi Township Detention Centre officials. -
Ms. Wang Quandi, 66, Tortured in Shanghai Women's Prison
2010-09-15Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Quandi, 66, has been arrested and imprisoned around eight times over the past eleven years. She was arrested at home by the district 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on September 1st, 2007 and sentenced to a three-year prison term. She was detained in the No. 5 and No 3 Divisions of Shanghai Women's Prison. Despite her advanced age, Ms. Wang is still detained. She refuses to renounce Falun Gong. Therefore, she has been denied her freedom. They torture her by binding her with a leather belt, with one hand behind her back and the other in the front, around the clock. This is extremely painful. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Liu Shurong Dies after Being Tortured in the Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp
2010-09-15Ms. Liu Shurong died on July 1st, 2010 as a result of torture by guards in the Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp. Details are yet to be investigated. Ms. Liu went held a one-week hunger strike during the 2010 New Year holiday season. She was very firm in her belief, and was tortured until she was very weak. She refused to co-operate with the guards, persisted in doing the Falun Gong exercises, and was tied up in the lotus position for a long time in the Third Ward. The police deprived her of sleep for seven days, and her sentence was extended four days. -
Practitioners Detained at Ehru Brainwashing Centre by 610 Office in Jianyang City, Sichuan Province
2010-09-15Officials from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) arrested and harassed about a dozen practitioners starting on June 29th, 2010. These practitioners were subsequently detained at the Erhu Brainwashing Centre in Ziyang City. Their homes were ransacked and their personal belongings confiscated. The brainwashing centre was set up to persecute, "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] and force practitioners to sign the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong. Those who gave up Falun Gong were released. Those who resisted were sentenced to prison. -
Older Practitioner Mr. Lu Manku Dies as a Result of Torture in Nanguanling Prison, Dalian City
2010-09-14On May 26th, 2008, Xiuyan County Police Department agents arrested Mr. Lu Manku, a Falun Gong practitioner in his 50s, from Anshan City, Liaoning Province, while he was making leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. He was sentenced to ten years. Mr. Lu died as a result of torture in Nanguanling Prison at the beginning of August 2010. -
Mother Dies Broken Hearted in July 2010 After Years of Seeking Justice for the Gruesome Death in Police Custody of Her Daughter, Gao Rongrong, Prove Futile
2010-09-14It has been five years since Ms. Zhang Sukun's youngest daughter, Gao Rongrong was tortured to death in custody. Ms. Zhang and her family had no way to find justice, and were continually harassed and mistreated by agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics police threatened Ms. Zhang and her family and did not allow them to appeal over Gao Rongrong's death in custody, and pressured them to agree to have her body cremated. Around October 1st, 2009 National Day, agents from State Security and the police closely monitored her family. Ms. Zhang's granddaughter tried to study abroad, but was blocked by State Security, and could not travel out of the country. On July 16th, 2010, Ms. Zhang died. -
Mr. Liu Yunchao in Wuhan City Currently Jailed and in Critical Condition
2010-09-14Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Yunchao was sentenced to four years of imprisonment by the Xialu District Court in Huangshi City in April 2009. He has been held in Fanjiatai Prison. Mr. Liu's family recently received a phone call from the prison, advising them that his condition was life-threatening. When Mr. Liu's family went to the prison hospital to see him, they found him emaciated and unconscious with heavily bruised feet. Mr. Liu's family called his name many times to rouse him, but he was only able to sigh and unable to speak. -
Despite Ji Baoshan's Torture-Induced Critical Condition, Hulan Prison Officials in Heilongjiang Province Refuse Medical Parole
2010-09-14Mr. Ji Baoshan is a Falun Gong practitioner from Daluomi Town, Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang Province. After being arrested at home on January 11th, 2009, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment and sent to Hulan Prison on June 17th, 2009. Once a healthy man, he was struggling for life after just one year of incarceration. Even though his family requested medical parole numerous times, prison officials turned them down every time.
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