Torture

• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yin Fengqin Dies During Arrest at Home

  2010-03-31
  On January 29th, 2010, Chang Zheng, a member of the Jilin Province 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) led police officers to 63-year-old Ms. Yin Fengqin's home to arrest her. After the officers forced their way into her home, Ms. Yin suddenly plunged from the fifth floor balcony, shattering her skull, fracturing her arms and legs, and forcing her ribs through her skin. Although she was taken to Yanbian Hospital, she had already died.
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• Masanjia Forced Labour Camp Still Brutally Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

  2010-03-31
  "My name is Wang Jinfeng and I am 46 years old. On March 5th, 2008, for the second time I was sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. First they used brainwashing so that I would agree with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lies and be voluntarily 'transformed' [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]. On March 20th, I was sent to the sweatshops where clothing is made. They force practitioners to do hard labour. Each one suffered unbearably both mentally and physically. The workshop was filled with a horrific atmosphere. Ma Guimei, a drug addict and criminal inmate, helped the guards. She beat up and verbally abused other inmates at will."
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• Mr. Huang Guang Arrested Again and Unable to Reunite with Family During the Lantern Festival

  2010-03-31
  It was the Lantern Festival on February 28th, 2010 and families were having a happy reunion and enjoying the New Year together. But on this day, Falun Gong practitioner Huang Guang, 46, was on his way home when he met someone and told him about the persecution of Falun Gong. Soon he was arrested by police. Mr. Huang was arrested and imprisoned numerous times for practising Falun Gong. Mr. Huang went to Beijing twice to tell people about Falun Gong. He was arrested and detained.
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• Severe Persecution Causes Ms. Huang Juan to Develop Mental Disorder

  2010-03-31
  Ms. Huang Juan is 21 years old and lives in Shengli Oil Field, Dongying City, Shandong Province. As a result of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong, she has developed severe mental disorders and has often run away from home. On March 1st, 2010, police found Ms. Huang about 3 kilometres away from home. After the officers questioned her, they searched her backpack and found Falun Gong books. Then, they arrested her and took her to the Dongying City's State Security Division. Previously, Ms. Huang was sent to the Jinan Detention Centre's Wangcun brainwashing sessions, subjected to persecution and forced to quit school.
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• The Two-Year Persecution of Ms. Bai Xia in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City

  2010-03-30
  I was arrested by police when I was distributing information about Falun Gong in Bayan County. I was detained in the detention centre until November 2004 and then taken to the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp to serve a two-year term. In Wanjia Forced Labour Camp we were forced to watch videos slandering Falun Gong. In the afternoon, we were forced to perform hard labour, and in the evening, we were forced to discuss the video we watched in the morning. Once, after I said that Falun Gong is not a cult and that all my mother's illnesses disappeared after practising Falun Gong, they put me in a small, dark room. Three guards (two women and one man, team leader Yao, who is in his 40s) beat me brutally and then hung me up. Yao shocked me with an electric baton around my neck. It was so painful that I screamed. Later my face became swollen, with many big blisters.
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• Seven Falun Gong Practitioners from Tianjin Arrested While Assisting an Imprisoned Practitioner's Family

  2010-03-30
  On March 4th, 2010, seven Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by local police while looking after three children whose parents were not able to care for them. They were then detained at the Wuqing Detention Centre. Practitioner Ms. Wei Lianhua was arrested in 2008. She was sentenced to four years in prison and is currently being held at Tianjin Women's Prison. After his wife was prosecuted, Ms. Wei's husband went through tremendous hardship: he lost all hold on reality and was not able to recognise anyone. He would walk around without any clothes on, did not eat or sleep, and was prone to physical violence with anyone he saw. He was sent to a mental hospital.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Beaten and Forced to Take Unknown Drugs in Jiangsu Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2010-03-30
  I have witnessed the cruelty and ruthlessness of the guards in that forced labour camp. Practitioner Ms. Zhang Fengying was healthy before the persecution. While she was in a forced labour camp, guards claimed she had high blood pressure and forced her to take drugs, which afterwards resulted in open sores on her skin. Other practitioners became swollen after taking the same drug. The guards still ordered the drug offenders to administer the drug. Ms. Zhang Yuhua, a physician, was tortured with the "flying the airplane" technique in the yard. They also grabbed her by her hair and hit her head on the floor, pinched her neck, and kicked her, resulting in many scars on her neck.
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• Former Leukaemia Patient Ms. Mou Lihua Constantly Harassed

  2010-03-30
  Ms. Mou Lihua was previously a leukaemia patient. After she began practising Falun Gong, her cancer was cured. Several officers from the Qidaoquanzi District Police Department repeatedly harassed Ms. Mou and her elderly parents, who are in their eighties. Police team heads Zhang Hua and Li Changxing, and officer Wang Gang, came to her house five times between September 2009 and the New Year in 2010, trying to arrest Ms. Mou. The most recent harassment occurred on February 27th, 2010, and Ms. Mou strongly protested, "I am following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person. Which law did I break? Falun Gong cured my illness, but you came to my house to bother me repeatedly. Why didn't you come when I was sick?" The police officers had nothing to say and eventually left.
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• Fellow Villagers Sign Petition Seeking Justice for Xu Dawei, Who Died as a Result of Persecution

  2010-03-29
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Dawei suffered severe abuse in prison. Due to the brutal torture, he suffered organ failure, his body was covered with cuts and bruises, and he suffered a mental collapse. He was finally released after eight years of imprisonment. However, he died only 13 days after his release, on February 16th, 2009. Mr. Xu's fellow villagers showed great discontent with the fact that such a good man was persecuted to death. Dozens of people went to Dongling Prison, demanding an explanation for his death. Mr. Xu's family also persisted in petitioning for justice after his death. However, they were all turned away.
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• 57-Year-Old Ms. Cao Guifang Dies as a Result of Persecution in Gansu Province

  2010-03-29
  Ms. Cao Guifang was arrested multiple times and detained, her home was ransacked, and she was sentenced to a forced labour camp. At the forced labour camp, Ms. Cao was inhumanly tortured. The police forced her to carry huge rocks. In addition, they did not allow her to drink water or use the toilet. They also forced her to stand still for long periods of time. The guards tried to force Ms. Cao to write the so-called "repentance statement" (renouncing Falun Gong) and she was forced to wear handcuffs for eight consecutive days. Ms. Cao's feet became swollen from the torture. Even after she was released, the police went to Ms. Cao's home again to try to force her to write the repentance statement. The relentless persecution took a toll on Ms. Cao, and she passed away on March 3rd, 2010.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Subjected to Force-Feeding at the Shenyang City No. 1 Detention Centre, Liaoning Province

  2010-03-29
  I was arrested with other practitioners in August 2009. A policeman informed us that if we wanted to practise Falun Gong, we could just do it at home. Then he said, "As soon as you write a guarantee statement that you are not going to practise Falun Gong anymore, I'll let you go home." I refused to write such a statement. I started a hunger strike. Police tied me to a bench with the belts across my chest, thighs, and legs. They tied them so tight that I could barely breathe. They inserted a force-feeding tube into my trachea through my nose, which made me cry out in pain. They then stuffed something into my mouth so that people wouldn't hear me. They were afraid that I could not breathe, so they left a small gap for air to enter my mouth. They started force-feeding me, and I felt very sick.
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• Mr. Zhu Musong from Yueyang City, Hunan Province, Suffers Multiple Accounts of Persecution

  2010-03-29
  Mr. Zhu Musong, 43, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Beigang Township, Yueyang City, Hunan Province. Since the Chinese Communist Party started to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in July 1999, Mr. Zhu has suffered in many ways at the hands of authorities. He was detained twice after appealing for the right to practise Falun Gong, was detained again for visiting a fellow practitioner, underwent 40 days of brainwashing, and was imprisoned twice at a forced labour camp for distributing Falun Gong fliers, once for a year, the second time for 15 months.
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• 63-Year-Old Mr. Mei Chunfu Dies as a Result of Persecution

  2010-03-28
  Mr. Mei went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 1999. The police arrested and detained him in the Qi County Detention Centre. The guards tortured him with tightening the ropes and ankle shackles; they punched and kicked him, locked him up in a small cell, and deprived him of drinking water. Because Mr. Mei persisted in practising his faith and did not accept the brainwashing, the guards locked his shackles together with handcuffs, which meant that he could not stand up or sit down, and he had to stay in a very painful bent position. In 2004, Mr. Mei was sentenced to three years of forced labour in the Kaifeng City Forced Labour Camp. The persecution left him ill and weak. After his release, the police never left him in peace, and kept harassing him at home. Mr. Mei never fully recovered, and died in 2009.
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• Huaihua City Mental Hospital Imprisons and Persecutes Practitioners

  2010-03-28
  Huaihua City Mental Hospital imprisons and persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioner Ms. Chen Chujun died as a result of persecution there. Practitioners are detained among mental patients and tortured. Torture methods include shackling of practitioners, forced feeding, force administration of unknown drugs, and torture with an electric baton. The doctors claim that they use electric batons to find out if the patients "truly have mental problems."
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• Persecution and Forced Labour at the Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2010-03-28
  The labour camp subjects practitioners to forced labour. The older practitioners are sent to the sweet shop to wrap sweets, and have to meet a high hourly quota. In December 2009, camp guards raised the quota again, adding one jin (1 jin = 1.1 pound) to the hourly quota. The practitioners who are 45 years of age and younger must wrap ten jin of sweets every hour. The practitioners who are 46 to 60 years of age must wrap nine jin. Practitioners who are 61 to 65 years of age must wrap 6 jin, and practitioners who are 66 years of age or older must wrap five jin per hour. If one misses the quota by nine hours in one week, she is forced to sit upright for two hours every night as punishment if she is over 60 years old, forced to stand for two hours every night if she's younger than 60 years old.
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