Torture

Ms. Gao Shuhua from Boli County, Heilongjiang Province, Arrested Again

2010-09-10

Ms. Gao Shuhua, 47 years old, was arrested by the Boli County Domestic Security Division again on July 21st. She is now in Qitaihe City Detention Centre. Previously, she was held in Boli County Detention Centre and she was denied visitation rights. On August 10th, police told Ms. Gao Shuhua's husband to sign the documents sentencing his wife to forced labour.

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A Family of Six Persecuted, Two Have Died

2010-09-09

Mr. Cao was sentenced four years in prison in June 2002. The guards tortured him in all kinds of ways. In the hot summer, they ordered him to stand under the hot sun with his hands up. He was not allowed to move his hands or legs. Under these conditions he often fainted and collapsed to the ground. Criminal inmates brutally beat Mr. Cao. As a result Cao Ping became unconscious and was in a critical condition. On June 28th, 2003, Deyang Prison sent him home. About 20 days later he died at the age of 39.

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Parents Arrested, Three-Year-Old Son Left Behind Unattended

2010-09-09

Ms. Lin Xiumei and Mr. Pan Shunyu were arrested on August 3rd, 2010, by police, who broke into their home. The couple's three-year-old son was left behind unattended. Officers ransacked the family's home at the time of arrest, confiscating personal belongings worth over 60,000 yuan and the house keys. The authorities have refused to return the confiscated keys. Ms. Lin and Mr. Pan are currently detained at the Suihua City Detention Centre.

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Ms. Yu Suzhi Recounts Her Experience of Repeated Persecution Over the Years and the Recent Arrest and Mistreatment of Her Husband

2010-09-09

because I practised Falun Gong I was placed in detention on three occasions. In February 2001, four police officers pulled me into a vehicle. I didn't even have time to put on my shoes. They handcuffed me to the heater for eight days. On June 20th, 2010, my husband was arrested on his way home as soon as he got off work. On June 28th, my husband's older brother went to pick him up at the Hetan Civil Administration Office. My husband had totally changed. He had a dazed look in his eyes; his face had darkened, and he had lost a lot of weight. He could not remember anything when asked questions, and he could not even remember that he worked in Changyi City. My husband remembered one thing, saying, "The police covered my eyes and injected me with something."

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Brutality in the Brainwashing Centre in Huangpu District, Guangzhou City

2010-09-09

When practitioners are arrested and taken to the Huangpu Brainwashing Centre, they are first isolated in a room adjacent to a practitioner who has been there awhile. This is done so the new arrival can hear the practitioner's screams when they are tortured. If the new arrival refuses to give up his or her belief in Falun Gong, the guard's then force the practitioner to watch another practitioner being tortured. If they still remain steadfast in their belief, they will then be tortured themselves.

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Practitioner Almost Dies after Beating by Security Guards in Puning, Guangdong Province

2010-09-08

On August 11th, 2010, a male Falun Gong practitioner, about 40 years old, was distributing flyers about Falun Gong in Wushi Village, Guangdong Province. When security guards in the village found out what he was doing, they picked him up and took him to the village police station. Inside the police station, the practitioner tried to explain the facts about Falun Gong to the guards, telling them, "We practitioners believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and we are good people." They didn't listen, and five or six of them punched and kicked him, and hit him with a steel pipe. They appeared to have lost their senses and were focused on beating him to death. Whenever the practitioner lost consciousness, they used fire to burn his legs and a hot wire to burn his ears to see whether he was dead or not.

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Falun Gong Practitioner Imprisoned and Killed Just After Visiting a Friend

2010-09-08

On July 15th, 2010, police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xia Junying. Practitioner Ms. Bai Caiping had just stopped by, and she was arrested before she entered the door. Ms. Bai was sentenced to 21 months of forced labour. After Ms. Xia Junying was arrested, Ms. Yan Pingjun, a friend of Ms. Xia's, came to visit her family on August 1st. The police followed her home and ransacked it. They confiscated Falun Gong books, a computer and money. Yan Pingjun was sent to a brainwashing centre. Her family was notified around August 11th, that she had died. Those responsible for her death lied, saying that Ms. Yan had jumped from the third floor and died. At the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brainwashing centre, everyone was monitored around the clock, so there was no opportunity for anyone to commit suicide.

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The Persecution of Practitioner Han Xiaorui in Jiyuan City, Henan Province

2010-09-08

Sixty two year old practitioner Han Xiaorui was detained and beaten by personnel from Jiyuan City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Ms. Han wanted to tell more people suffering from diseases about this miraculous practice, from which she has gained great benefits. However, her compassionate act was labelled as "reactionary" by the Jiyuan City 610 Office and Domestic Security Division. They detained and persecuted her many times. Over the course of one year, Ms. Han was held in a detention centre four times, and was deprived of food and sleep for several days every time she was detained.

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Shanghai Police, Procuratorate, and Judicial Branch Collude to Persecute Professor Guo Xiaojun

2010-09-08

Mr. Guo Xiaojun, a former professor from Shanghai Jiaotong University, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Shanghai Baoshan Court on July 6th. Mr. Guo was arrested on January 7th, by domestic security agents from the Baoshan Public Security Bureau. During his detention, he was interrogated under torture and threatened with violence. During the trial, public prosecutor Chen Weidong and Judge Xu Minfang ignored Mr. Guo's repeated statement that the "evidence" was obtained under duress. Mr. Guo was sentenced to four years in prison.

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Lengthy Litany of Mistreatment, Torture, and Brainwashing Offences at Shaanxi Women's Forced Labour Camp

2010-09-07

In the forced labour camp, the officials persecute Falun Gong practitioners for only one purpose, that is, to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] them. Because Ms. Li Cuifang practised the Falun Gong exercises she was repeatedly tortured, such as being beaten, hung up in the air, and handcuffed and hung up on the upper level of the shelf. She fainted and collapsed after such torture. When she was hung up the handcuffs bit into her flesh and she bled profusely. Meanwhile, a policewoman beat her violently with electric shock batons. Her hips were beaten black and blue, which caused her to walk with great difficulty. They also used force-feeding as a means to torture her. They handcuffed Ms. Li behind her back and tied her to a steel shelf, then they used a tool to pry open her mouth.

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Elderly Ms. Li Huilan Dies As a Result of Persecution

2010-09-07

Ms. Li Huilan, 69, was arrested at home by more than 20 police on September 28th, 2009. Police stormed into Ms. Li's home. They confiscated all Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and arrested Ms. Li. They took her to the Yangdong County Detention Centre. After Ms. Li was released, police closely monitored her 24 hours a day, following her everywhere. They intentionally drove a motorcycle without a silencer around her home building, set off the theft prevention alarm on their vehicle after midnight to harass her, and threatened her. Under this intense pressure, Ms. Li died on January 18th, 2010. Her family is still under surveillance.

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Dai Qihong, a Good Policeman, Tortured with Electric Batons in Jiamusi Prison

2010-09-07

While imprisoned in Jiamusi Prison on August 18th, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dai Qihong refused to participate in hard labour in order to protest how terribly he was being treated. Subsequently, Wang Yantao, leader of the 3rd Brigade in the 1st Prison Area, ordered inmates to beat him. Later, they dragged Mr. Dai to the workshop and used electric batons to shock sensitive areas of his body. Mr. Dai's mouth was injured from the electric batons. He is in very serious condition and cannot eat.

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Ms. Wu Shenghe Tortured at Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou City

2010-09-07

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Shenghe, in her 40s, was arrested on February 11th, 2008 as she distributed informational materials about Falun Gong. Police took her to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre and brutally beat her. After the beating, they handcuffed Ms. Wu behind her back and locked her onto a bunk-bed frame. This torture method has been often used on Falun Gong practitioners held in brainwashing centres. The practitioner can't move, and if she moves a little bit, the handcuffs automatically tighten, biting into the flesh of her wrists and causing unbearable pain. This torture method prevents the practitioner from either completely straightening her back or sitting; she can only half-squat or half-kneel on the cement floor.

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Ms. Wang Xiuhua Dies in Police Custody After Years of Repeated Arrest and Imprisonment for Practising Falun Gong

2010-09-06

On July 29th, 2008, right before the Beijing Olympics, police arrested Ms. Wang Xiuhua at her home under the excuse of Olympic security. They detained her for about 60 days, then secretly sentenced her to three years in prison, with five years probation. Her term had not ended when she passed away on August 24th, 2010. Previously Ms. Wang had been arrested and detained several times for practising Falun Gong and talking to people about the truth behind the persecution of Falun Gong.

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Forty-Year-Old Mr. Dong Yuehua Dies as a Result of Persecution

2010-09-06

Mr. Dong Yuehua died on July 12th, 2010. He was survived by his wife and his seven year-old son. Some may wonder why, since Falun Gong is good for healing and fitness and many with incurable illnesses have recovered, did four members of Mr. Dong's family die? What caused Mr. Dong to die at the age of forty? In March 30th, 2009, police arrested Mr. Dong at his home. They took him to a brainwashing centre where they threatened him, deprived him of sleep by pounding on him with rubber clubs and sprayed water on his face whenever he closed his eyes. The guards took three shifts to harass him until his mind became muddled. His mind and body were shocked again when five local practitioners were sentenced to prison on April 9th, 2010. At the same time, police threatened him to make him give up practising. Mr. Dong suddenly lost consciousness on July 12th, 2010 and died.

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