Torture

  • China University of Political Science and Law Graduate Mr. Sun Zhen Imprisoned for Eight Years and Now in Dire Situation

    Because he persisted in practising Falun Gong, Mr. Sun Zhen lost his job and was forced into homelessness. While enduring eight years of imprisonment at Gongzhuling Prison, Mr. Sun was tortured and suffered a great deal. Mr. Sun's prison term was supposed to end on May 1st, 2010. However, Gongzhuling Prison officials have refused to release him and added three months to his term. Mr. Sun is suffering from tuberculosis and severe malnutrition, and his mental acuity has deteriorated.
  • Ms. Zhang Shuying Tortured with Electric Batons at the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun, Jilin Province

    When Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Shuying visited her aunt on March 2nd, 2010, she was arrested by police. Afterwards the police ransacked Ms. Zhang Shuying's home and took away two personal computers, and eleven hundred yuan in cash. Ms. Zhang was handcuffed to a radiator at the police station. Police officers there slapped her face, pulled her hair very hard, and poured water on her neck. They even wiped her mouth with mustard oil. Ms. Zhang was subsequently sent for one and a half years of detention at a forced labour camp and was sent to Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp.
  • Yu You Tortured and Forced to Do Hard Labour in Jiamusi Prison

    Mr. Yu You was arrested on May 30th 2008 by police. On the very first afternoon, he was subjected to a violent beating at Hongxinglong Detention Centre. A plastic bucket was put over his head and the police beat his head so hard that some of his teeth were knocked out. He was not allowed to sleep during the night. Later on he was sentenced by Hongxinglong Court to six years. In April 2009, Yu You was transferred to Jiamusi Prison, where he was mentally and physically tortured in an effort to make him renounce his faith in Falun Gong.
  • Gross Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners at Suihua City Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province

    Many practitioners have been disabled as a result of the persecution carried out by officials at the Suihua City Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province. Practitioner Mr. Gao Yongjun was arrested by police and taken to Suihua City Forced Labour Camp in May 2008. He was subjected to forced labour making car seat cushions starting in October 2008, and was repeatedly beaten for what officials deemed to be slow work. He was also forced to sit still on a small bench from 4:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. Inmates slapped Mr. Gao in the face and kicked him. In June 2009, Mr. Gao became permanently paralysed from the waist down from the abuse suffered at the labour camp.
  • Ms. Sun Lifeng Held in Detention Past Her Term, Her Life in Danger

    Shortly after the persecution of Falun Gong began, on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Sun Lifeng was sentenced to three years of forced labour. On the way to the labour camp, she somehow managed to escape. However, she was arrested again on May 27th, 2005 and held in Oroqen Autonomous Prefecture Detention Centre. In April 2008, Ms. Sun was arrested again and sentenced to 18 months of forced labour for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. Because she refused to sign statements to renounce her belief her term was extended and she is still detained. Ms. Sun is very weak and now has hepatitis B, but police still will not release her, nor will they allow her family to visit her. Ms. Sun's life is in real danger.
  • Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested by Officials in Huainan City, Anhui Province

    During April and May of 2010, various officials and the Huainan City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), using "security for the World Expo" as an excuse, arrested several Falun Gong practitioners, scheduled hasty court "trials" and imprisoned them. Officials also obstructed the practitioners' lawyers from defending them.
  • Ms. Liu Li Recounts the Torture She Experienced at Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Li was tortured for one-and-a-half years while imprisoned in the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp between June 30th, 2008 and October 19th, 2009. Some of the more severe instances of persecution are as follows: She was tortured with hanging for nine full days. Prison guards ripped off her shirt and used an electric baton to shock her nipples. A guard struck Ms. Liu in the head with an electric baton, which caused severe bleeding. Ms. Liu was in critical condition by the time she was released in January 2010. Although she survived, her face was badly scarred from the torture.
  • Ms. Zheng Xiuzhi Suffers Devastating Brainwashing at the Kaiping Detention Centre, Tangshan City

    Ms. Zheng Xiuzhi's work-related injury qualified her as being level-eight disabled, but she recovered soon after beginning Falun Gong practice and had a brand new life. With the onset of the Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Zheng suffered from the regime's cruelties, such as forcible brainwashing at the Kaiping Detention Centre in Tangshan City. She had a mental breakdown and almost died. The evildoers who mentally tormented and physically tortured her manipulated her into slandering Falun Gong when her mind was impaired.
  • Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Brought to Trial For the Second Time

    At 9 a.m. on June 1st, 2010 seven Falun Gong practitioners were brought to trial for a second time in the Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province. The chief judge told the practitioners' relatives that the court had informed their defence lawyers to appear in court three days before the trial, but they failed to do so. The relatives did not receive any information about the trial until May 31st. When they called the lawyers, immediately they were told that they had never received any messages from the court or the procuratorate. They wanted to appear in court to defend the practitioners, but it was already too late because they lived in another city, far away from Yingkou City. The first trial took place on March 23rd, 2010.
  • Secret Trial Held for Four Falun Gong Practitioners in Huadian City, Jilin Province

    On May 25th-26th, 2010, a secret two-day trial of four Falun Gong practitioners was held in a Huadian City Court. A lawyer defending Falun Gong practitioners was insulted by a policeman during the process. The family members who came to court to inquire about the proceedings were also arrested by police and their homes were ransacked. Falun Gong practitioner Ma Yunfeng was released one year ago after she was extorted out of ten thousand yuan by police. However the court also forced her to come to trial, and after being falsely accused, the police arrested her again. Now she is detained at the Huadian City Detention Centre.
  • Ms. Du Juan Arrested, Her Child Taken Away from Her

    Ms. Du Juan was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong on May 6th, 2010. She is being detained at the Chaoyang District Detention Centre. The whereabouts of her mentally disabled child is currently unknown.
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Propaganda against Falun Gong Brings Family Tragedy--Ms. Hu Lingying Cruelly Abused by Her Grown Children

    Ms. Hu Lingying, 70, is the mother of a doctor employed at the Jianyang City Hospital in Sichuan Province. Not only had the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecuted Ms. Hu, but her grown children were deceived by the CCP's propaganda to the point that they abused her many times for refusing to give up Falun Gong. Her son recently beat her, breaking her arm and crutches. She was also locked in her home without food and water, and suffered excruciating pain. Ms. Hu is in critical condition. Filial piety is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people, so how could Ms. Hu's daughter, son, and daughter-in-law show such outrageous cruelty? This is a consequence of CCP's poisonous lies and propaganda, which have brought out mental aberrations in a large percentage of the population.
  • Accounts of Torture from the Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp

    The Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp is a brutal inhuman place. In order to generate revenue, the camp forces practitioners to do labour. The camp sends relatively young practitioners to the rubber workshop to make accessories for manufacturing cars. Older practitioners are sent to the sweet packaging workshop to wrap sweets. The camp sets a very high quota for each practitioner. In December 2009, the guards raised the quota again. Each practitioner had to wrap an additional pound of sweets every hour. If a practitioner has nine hours of quota left in one week, she is punished by being forced to sit for two hours if she is older than 60 years old. Otherwise, she is forced to stand for two hours. The quotas are set unrealistically high, and practitioners have to work until late into the night.
  • Walls Used as Instruments to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

    In Fangqiang Forced Labour Camp in Jiangsu Province, the guards forced practitioners to have their noses, abdomens and toes, or back of the head, buttocks and heels touch the wall at the same time. Should the practitioners move or refuse the order, the guards beat them. They have to stand like this for long periods of time. Sometimes a washbasin is placed on top of the head of a practitioner, and water may not be spilled from it. Others are forced to hold heavy objects in their hands while they face the wall.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Kao Fuquan Arrested after Incessant Harassment

    On May 8th, 2010, Kao Fuquan was arrested outside his home by agents of the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). He is currently detained at the Lingnan Gold Mine Brainwashing Centre. They have interrogated Mr. Kao using torture. In January 2003, Mr. Kao was arrested by police and his home was ransacked. He was tortured with electric batons to his head, ears, and other sensitive areas. His arms and hands were burned. To further torture him, agents used handcuffs to suspend him from a hook on the wall until he passed out from the pain. When Mr. Kao came to, the torture would start all over again. He was tortured for nine days in the Mengzhi Police Station.