Torture

  • A Child's Cry for Help: "Please Save My Mum!"

    On December 22nd, 2009, at 6:50 in the morning, I opened the door to go to school. A group of people rushed in, and without saying anything, they began to madly take all our Falun Gong materials. They took away many Falun Gong books, two computers (one of which was my dad's work computer), a printer, a cassette recorder, and some CDs and cassettes. After they made a huge mess in my home, they arrested my entire family and took us to Dadong Police Station. Later, they took my mum to Baifang Detention Centre in Dandong City, where she is to this day, still being tortured.
  • Ms. Li Yanchun Sentenced to Ten Years In Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Yanchun was sentenced to ten years in prison by the Lianshan District Court in Huludao on November 18th, 2008. Ms. Li's family hired attorney Zhai Yihe to defend her, and Mr. Zhai entered a plea of not guilty. In a highly irregular move, the judge sentenced Ms. Li while the court was in recess. Ms. Li appealed to the Huludao Intermediate Court but the judge, under pressure from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), upheld the original sentence. This was not the first time that Ms. Li has been persecuted for her belief in Falun Gong.
  • Ms. Li Lanying, Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment, Now in Heijongjiang Province Women's Prison

    Ms. Li Lanying, a 54-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, is from Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province. After she was sentenced to four years in prison, she appealed twice without success and is currently detained at Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. Her husband, Gao Guang'en, who had been arrested many times and was sent to a labour camp for practising Falun Gong, passed away in January 2006.
  • Former Tsinghua University Student Ms. Liu Zhimei Sustains Nervous Breakdown From Injections of Unnecessary and Harmful Drugs

    Ms. Liu Zhimei was admitted to the Chemical Engineering Department of Tsinghua University in 1997 and was expelled in March 2001 for practising Falun Gong. She was subsequently arrested in Beijing and sentenced to 12 years of incarceration and tortured at the Shandong Province Women's Prison. Right before she left the prison in November 2008, prison officials injected her with a harmful cocktail of narcotics and anti-psychotic drugs. The effect of the drugs began to show on the third day after her returning home. She suffered a sudden nervous breakdown, and the symptoms became worse and worse. She started talking nonsense and had involuntary body movements, along with memory loss. Though this happened more than a year ago, her condition has not improved.
  • Woman Describes Being Beaten and Abused for Practising Falun Gong

    My name is Pei Fei and I am a Falun Gong practitioner from Jilin City, Jilin Province. On April 29th, 2009, my mother, also a practitioner, and I went to the Sixth Team in Yongqing to distribute Falun Gong materials. We were reported to the authorities by a young woman and were arrested by several government officials dressed in black, some of whom were police officers. Our materials were confiscated, and I was savagely beaten. They also attempted to send me to Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City.
  • Dr. Huang Pingping Subjected to Forced Labour for Practising Falun Gong

    Dr. Huang Pingping, a 32-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, graduated from Jiamusi University in Heilongjiang Province. After graduation, she went to the hospital in Shan County, Shandong Province to work as an obstetrician in 2002. She was arrested by the police and sent to the Shandong Province No. 1 Women's Forced Labour Camp for two years of forced labour for practising Falun Gong.
  • Ms. Cui Shengyun Tortured in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

    Ms. Cui Shengyun from Jiamusi City was sentenced to five years of imprisonment by the Xiangyang District Court in Jiamusi City. She has been tortured and held in Heilongjiang Women's Prison for over two years. In September 2009, policewoman Zhang Xiaojian held Ms. Cui in solitary confinement. She was once handcuffed to the ground with chains and forced to sit on the icy cold floor for ten days around the clock without sleep.
  • Mr. Dong Fengshan and Mr. Yu Lianhe Beaten to Death--Prison Guard Hao Yulin Is Accountable

    Mr. Dong Fengshan was secretly sentenced to nine years of imprisonment and sent to the Siping City Prison on October 23rd, 2008. Only six days after that, he was killed. On October 2nd, 2009, Mr. Yu was jailed in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province. Mr. Yu was cruelly beaten on November 22nd, by four inmates convicted of criminal charges, and he died after being sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. The autopsy revealed blood in his right ear, a bruised eye, and 1,500 ml. of blood deposits in his chest cavity. His spleen was found to have three ruptures caused by heavy blows, and the internal tissue around the spleen were found to be bruised.
  • Six Practitioners from Guangshan, Henan Province, Being Persecuted in Prison

    Mr. Jian Xuefu, 40, is a teacher. He was arrested five times by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because he wouldn't give up practising Falun Gong. He was sent to a forced labour camp for four years. In September 2008, CCP agents arrested practitioners using the excuse of "preparing" for the Olympics. Mr. Jian was arrested in his own house by 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) who spied on him. While he was in the detention centre, he was beaten with electric shock batons and deprived of sleep. When his family went to see him, he was undernourished and very thin.
  • Ms. Wang Lixiang of Huludao City, Liaoning Province, Arrested Again

    Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Wang Lixiang has been subjected to much mistreatment at the hands of the communist authorities. She was detained several times for over 30 days, sent to brainwashing sessions twice for over 40 days, and held in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for three years. The local government officials extorted from her 3,000 yuan in cash. She has also been repeatedly harassed, tracked, placed under surveillance, and subjected to telephone monitoring. She and her family have also suffered great harm during the sensitive dates.
  • Dorbod County Court Framed Mr. Liu Fubin and Created Difficulties for His Defence Lawyers

    On January 28th, 2010, the Dorbod County Court in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, held the first hearing in the "trial" of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Fubin. Two lawyers spoke in his defence. Mr. Liu was sentenced to three years of forced labour because he told people the facts about Falun Gong. Taikang Court officials and the procurator used illegal means to create difficulties for the defence lawyers to try to prevent them from getting involved. According to the law, the court has to notify the accused and his lawyers three days ahead of the court session. But Mr. Liu's family and his lawyers received the notice only one day prior. When the lawyers asked the court for the records of indictment, the court refused to provide them.
  • Disabled Falun Gong Practitioner Ai Qingfeng Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ai Qingfeng, 54, from Liaoning Province was forced to leave home to avoid being persecuted. Over a period of eight years, his fingers were constantly frozen in the cold temperatures with the ensuing result that he lost eight of his fingers and his ability to work. In 2009, he was arrested and was unjustly sentenced to five years in prison. Currently, he is held in Kanjiashan Prison, Shenyang City.
  • Former Department Chair Ms. Zhang Yuhua of Nanjing Normal University Subjected to Forced Labour Again

    Ms. Zhang Yuhua is an associate professor, doctoral adviser, and former chairperson of the Russian Department at Nanjing Normal University. She had headed many academic projects and had received multiple awards for her excellence in teaching. For practising Falun Gong, she was sent to a forced labour camp in 2001 and detained there for one year. In 2003, Ms. Zhang was sentenced to four years in prison. She has been held in the Nantong Women's Prison, and the Nanjing Women's Prison, and was subject to brainwashing sessions and suffered from inhuman tortures. Unable to endure the persecution of their family, her husband divorced her.
  • Three Falun Gong Practitioners in Shenyang City Facing Unjust Trial

    Kangping County People's Court in Shenyang City, Jilin Province, have decided to put three Falun Gong practitioners on trial. On November 12th, 2009, several police broke into the homes of Ms. Wang Jinfeng, Mr. Wang Xuekun and Mr. Li Xiaoping. With out showing any identification, the police arrested these three Falun Gong practitioners, ransacked their homes, and took away their computers, printers and other personal property. Ten days passed since the three practitioners' arrest, and the policemen still did not send any detention statements to their families. Their families went to Kangping County Domestic Security Division asking for their whereabouts. Nevertheless, upon arrival, commander Jiang Lijun refused their request to see their loved ones.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Zhao Lunxian Persecuted by Police

    Falun Gong practitioner Zhao Lunxian was arrested by the police on January 26th, 2010 and is currently detained at the Jiamusi City Detention Centre. In 1999, Zhao Lunxian was deprived of the opportunity of working at school after graduation by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Jiamusi University because he practised Falun Gong. In June 2002, the police monitored his home phone and then arrested him and ransacked his home. Zhao Lunxian was sentenced to two years' forced labour. At the forced labor camp, the police subjected him to brainwashing and forced him to write statements giving up practising Falun Gong. He was tortured physically and mentally. His wife was forced to become homeless and destitute.