Torture
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Falun Gong Practitioner Jiao Lili from Langzhou City, Gansu Province Persecuted
2010-05-09
While Ms. Jiao Lili was visiting a relative during the Chinese New Year holiday on February 24th, 2010, officers from the Police Department of Lanzhou City stormed into the house. They handcuffed her relative's hands behind her back and interrogated her. They ransacked her home and frightened her child. Ms. Jiao Lili was hiding in another room. The police found her and arrested her. They took her to the police department and tortured her. They then sent her to a detention centre. Guards slapped her about the head, bound her with handcuffs and shackles, and kept her on a "tiger bench" for 4 hours. Ms. Jiao was later sentenced to one and a half years in a forced labour camp. -
Retired Teacher Passes Away Due to Persecution
2010-05-08In 2003 Ms. Sun Xianfen, 64, was arrested and detained in Anlu City Sili Detention Centre because she continued to practise Falun Gong. Ms. Sun was abused both physically and mentally. Video cameras monitored her every move. For nearly ten months, she was given no peace and was not allowed to sleep well night or day. After she was released Ms. Sun continued to be extremely nervous and in a state of fear. She could not lead a normal life, afraid that she was being constantly monitored. Still, the police would not leave her alone; they harassed her at home repeatedly and tried unsuccessfully to have her sign documents. Ms. Sun passed away on November 23rd, 2009 after suffering years of persecution. -
60-Year-Old Ms. Shi Yingchun Dies in Police Custody at Liaoning Province Women's Prison
2010-05-08Because Shi Yingchun, 60, practised Falun Gong, she was repeatedly arrested and incarcerated. She was sent to forced labour camps twice for a total of five years prior to 2008. On August 30th, 2008, she was arrested again and sentenced to seven years in prison. She was incarcerated at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison until her death on March 18th, 2010. When her family inspected her body following her death they found that some work had been done to conceal wounds. They could, however, still see that her ears were swollen and bruised. There were three small wounds on her hips. There were two pools of blood on her trousers. There were even bite marks on her shoulder. -
Additional Information about the Death of 74-Year-Old Mr. Wu Botong, Tortured in Custody in Guizhou Province
2010-05-08On September 11th, 2005, Mr. Wu Botong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Anshun City, Guizhou Province, died in Duyun Prison. He had only been in the prison for 5 days when he died. The death certificate listed his cause of death as "a heart problem", but Mr. Wu Botong had never had any heart problems before. He previously had some minor problems with his kidneys but no longer had these problems after he started practising Falun Gong. His family was only allowed to see his face; the prison personnel refused to allow them to examine his body. His body was then cremated without his family's permission. -
Wife Tortured to Death, Husband in Mortal Danger
2010-05-08On April 14th, 2010, practitioner Wang Kaiming was beaten unconscious at the No.4 Division of Panjin Prison in Liaoning Province. Hs family was told that he was in the intensive care unit in Panjin No.2 People's Hospital. Hospital authorities learned that he was bleeding from the brain and he was in danger of dying. Wang's wife, Yao Guilan, died in August 2009. She never recovered from the mistreatment she received at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. -
Mr. Yu Lianhe and Mr. Dong Fengshan Beaten to Death in Prison in Jilin Province
2010-05-07Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Lianhe, 41, was imprisoned in the Shiling Prison in Siping City, Jilin Province on October 2nd, 2009. He died there on November 22nd. Mr. Dong Fengshan, a practitioner, was imprisoned in the Siping City Prison on October 23rd, 2008. He died there six days later on October 29th. Both practitioners had been severely beaten to death. -
Older Practitioner Mr. Lu Jigui Dies Due to Persecution
2010-05-07Mr. Lu Jigui, 58 years old, was arrested twice by local police in 2008. Mr. Lu held hunger strikes to protest during both of the detentions and was subjected to brutal force-feeding. Other inmates held him down and a tube was inserted into his nose. He suffered great pain during each force-feeding. After he escaped from custody, he could not return home and had to live on the run for his safety. Living under constant pressure and fear, his health deteriorated. He passed away on April 13th, 2010. -
Ms. Tan Jianyang, 52, Persecuted in Changsha Women's Prison
2010-05-07Ms. Tan Jianyang has been repeatedly persecuted. In 2001 she was beaten in detention. In 2002, Ms. Tan was put on trial and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and she was tortured repeatedly. She recounts: "Guards used "military training" to punish practitioners who refused to call themselves criminals. It lasted from 6:00 a.m. to midnight. Wearing military boots, the guards kicked and trampled anyone who was not doing well enough. A guard ordered me to put my feet up on a 70 cm. (28 in.) high stool and do fifty push ups. I twisted my feet and could not get up. They had me reach one hand up over my shoulder and the other one up from below, then bound my two thumbs together behind my back using a special tiny finger cuff. My thumbs were in excruciating pain." -
Ms. Fang Baiqin Dies as Result of Persecution in Gansu Province
2010-05-07Ms. Fang Baiqin was a farmer's wife. She had tuberculosis since before she was married. After cultivating Falun Gong in 1994, all her symptoms were gone. She disciplined herself according to Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, never fought with others, and she had a mild temperament. Her family members all felt she had changed into a new person after practising Falun Gong. After the persecution began in July 20th, 1999, her husband went to Beijing to speak out for Falun Gong and local police kept threatening Ms. Fang in her home and demanded money from her. Her husband was detained in a forced labour camp. The long term persecution took its toll on Ms. Fang's health and she passed away from illness on March 27th, 2010. -
Practitioners Injected with Nerve-damaging Drugs at Baoding Mental Hospital
2010-05-06Baoding Mental Hospital, also known as the Hebei Province No. 6 People's Hospital, is used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. During the last 11 years, the CCP has detained practitioners at Baoding Mental Hospital for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. At this facility, at least 24 practitioners were forcibly injected with brain-damaging drugs, causing incapacitation or death. Our of fear and self interest, doctors and nurses participate in the persecution or keep silent. -
Ms. Ye Qiaoming and Her Son Threatened by the Fuzhou City 610 Office, Forcing Them to Dismiss Their Lawyers
2010-05-06Police officials from the Fuzhou City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Domestic Security Division threatened Falun Gong practitioner Ye Qiaoming and her 18-year-old son, forcing them to dismiss the defence lawyers they had hired. Cangshan District Court cancelled the original hearing and rescheduled it for the morning of April 9th. Ms. Ye was not represented by a defence attorney. -
Ms. Jiang Xinbo from the Jiansanjiang Area of Heilongjiang Province Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2010-05-06On September 10th, 2009, Ms. Jiang was distributing Falun Gong DVDs at the Qianjin Farmer's Market when she was arrested by police. She was taken to Jiansanjiang Detention Centre, where the deputy chief of the detention centre, Ji Qian, savagely beat her. In January 2010, the Jiansanjiang Area Court of Heilongjiang Province sentenced Ms. Jiang Xinbo, a Falun Gong practitioner, to four years in prison but didn't notify her family until March. Ms. Jiang was taken to the Harbin City Women's Prison in Heilongjiang Province. -
Ms. Zhu Chunlian Has Been Persecuted for Many Years
2010-05-06Ms. Zhu Chunlian, 68, retired from the Wuhan Engineering and Research Institute (iron and steel industry), has been persecuted many times by members of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because she practises Falun Gong. She has been repeatedly detained, forced to attend brainwashing sessions, and monitored. Also, her home has been ransacked on numerous occasions. She has been tortured physically and mentally. -
Ms. Shi Meiling Dies as a Result of Torture while in Custody
2010-05-05On March 13th, 2009, police arrested Ms. Shi Meiling and her son Li Peng at their home. On October 30th, Weibin District Court secretly sentenced Ms. Shi Meiling to six years in prison, and her son Li Peng to three years in prison, with five years probation. The court never notified their family about this trial. She was a healthy lady upon her arrest, but by January 2010, she was emaciated, had difficulty breathing, and could not lie down or stand up. The detention centre took her home when they saw she was dying. She could only lean on the bed. She died on April 18th, 2010 at the age of 49. -
Ms. Wang Aihua Sent to a Labour Camp Three Times and Suffers Severe Abuse
2010-05-05Ms. Wang Aihua, a Falun Gong practitioner from Chongqing, was sent to labour camp three times over the past 10-plus years during the persecution of Falun Gong. She suffered from a severe head injury at the hands of prison inmates and was forcibly injected with medicine. Her head injury led to further, internal injuries and impaired a cervical vertebra, resulting in dizziness, headaches, and memory loss for a long time, including temporary blindness. When she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, the abusers force-fed her through a tube. Guards used the force-feeding to torture her, making her mouth and nose bleed severely.
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