Torture

Elderly Lady Is Repeatedly Arrested and Her Home Ransacked

2010-02-18

Since April 25th, 1999, Ms. Zhang Guifang has been arrested four times and her home has been repeatedly ransacked. Her two sons, daughter-in-law and sister have also been victims of the persecution. Ms. Zhang's daughter-in-law has been arrested several times. When she was nearly seven months pregnant, police officer Wan Jucai, a group of officers from the local police station and people from the neighbourhood residential committee broke into her home and took her to the Dongmen Family Planning Hospital, where she was forced to have an abortion. Ms. Zhang's older son worked at the Parole Division of the Yinchuan Public Security Bureau. Because he practised Falun Gong, his salary was withheld and he was put on forced leave. He changed his job twice but was fired from both.

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Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced to Four Years in Prison in Shandong Province

2010-02-18

In early September 2009, Ms. Li Renzhi, a kind and honest practitioner, was arrested and detained at Penglai City Police Station after her home was ransacked by the city's state security police. During her detention, the police tried to extort a confession by torturing her, not letting her sleep for four days and not permitting her family to visit. On December 18th, 2009, Penglai City Court sentenced her to a four-year prison term. Recently, she was transferred to Jinan Prison.

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Police Extract Confessions by Torture from Educator Liu Zhenming

2010-02-18

Mr. Liu Zhenming is former deputy principal of the First Shiyan School and recipient of the awards "Excellent Teacher in Taian City" and "Excellence in Teaching." He started to practise Falun Gong in March 1996 and gained great physical and mental benefits. He conducted himself according to the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. Over the past ten years, Mr. Liu has been sent to brainwashing centres twice, held in administrative detention once, detained for criminal charges twice and held in a forced labour camp once. In September 2009, police officers from the Taishan District Domestic Security Division arrested him. Police forced him to sit on a metal chair, to which they cuffed his arms and legs. They even forced him to wear a steel helmet that was too small. He felt like his temples were being pricked.

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The Persecution of Ms. Ye Huiming, Teacher at Xinxiang City Judicial Officials' School in Henan Province

2010-02-18

Ms. Ye Huiming, a teacher at Xinxiang City Judicial Officials' School, has been subjected to arrest, detention, and long-term surveillance. Since April 2008, Xinxiang Judicial Officials' School leaders have kept Ms. Ye and another retired employee practitioner under surveillance around the clock. They turned what were originally welfare fees into a "persecution fund," which is being used to award those who participate in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Every employee that monitors practitioners can obtain over 10,000 yuan from the persecution fund each year.

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Ms. Wang Yurong Dies Seven Days after Being Released from Detention

2010-02-17

On September 10th, 2009, Ms. Wang Yurong was arrested upon returning home. The police ransacked her home and detained Ms. Wang in the Lingyun Hotel under 24-hour close monitoring. The police hired assistants to stay in the same room and bring food to Ms. Wang every day. Only five days later, Ms. Wang appeared mentally confused, and she often bumped her head against the wall. It is very possible that drugs were put in her food. On September 15th, the Weibin District Police Department notified Ms. Wang's husband to come pick her up and bring her home. She died on September 22nd, just seven days after her release.

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Elderly and Disabled Practitioners Are Persecuted in Maoming City, Guangdong Province

2010-02-17

77-year-old Mr. Chen Binggan has suffered from persecution. He recounts: "Since the persecution began in 1999, I have been arrested more than 20 times, held for a total of over 1,500 days. My residence has been searched and ransacked over a dozen times. The first time, the town government officials asked me if I practised Falun Gong. After I replied positively, they arrested me. Later, I was arrested numerous times, even when I was sleeping in my bed. Since I knew that I had not done anything wrong by following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I refused to submit to the vicious pressure from the government; I refused to write any statement to denounce Falun Gong. I have been tortured many times. The tortures that I suffered include being hung up and brutally beaten."

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Ms. Wei Congnai from Zezhou County Imprisoned at Shanxi Province Women's Prison

2010-02-17

Ms. Wei Chonnai, 59, was arrested on July 25th, 2009, for distributing Falun Gong fliers in Lailing Village. Ms. Wei was first detained at the Jincheng City Detention Centre and then transferred to the Zezhou County Detention Centre a month later. On October 2009, the Zezhou Court secretly tried Ms. Wei. The court secretly sentenced Ms. Wei to three years in prison on November 3rd, 2009. When Ms. Wei's family finally got the news, the deadline for requesting an appeal had already passed. On January 6, 2010, the family went to the Zezhou County Detention Centre to visit Ms. Wei, but she had already been transferred to the Maoerling Prison.

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Free Mr. Li Tianjing, an Innocent Man

2010-02-17

Two lawyers defended Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Tianjing during a court trial on the morning of January 15th, 2010. The lawyers from Beijing and Henan demanded the immediate release of Li because belief in Falun Gong is not a crime. On July 18th, 2009, Mr. Li Tianjing was arrested in Hefei City by Liuan City police. To protest the detention, he went on a hunger strike. After an extended time, he became very weak. The police chained his hands and feet while he was held in a small room at the Shou County Chinese Medicine Hospital, and they tortured him by force-feeding him and injecting drugs into him. As a result, Mr. Li could not walk for days. On September 30th, 2009 he was transferred to Shou County Detention Centre.

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Paralytic Fully Recovered After Cultivating Falun Gong Repeatedly Persecuted for Speaking the Truth

2010-02-16

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Chengyou was arrested by police on March 11th, 2002, for obtaining Falun Gong recent articles. They tied him to a tiger bench for 16 hours. At another time rope was used to pull him up and hang him from an iron pipe above the tiger bench. They placed an iron plate in front of his chest so that the he could not move, and it caused extreme pain to his arms and wrists. Mr. Zhang's face was streaming with sweat. After a long period of time, officer Meng Qinglong opened his handcuffs. He no longer could move his arms, and his hands were numb for more than a month. Nonetheless they handcuffed his hands behind his back while taking him to the City Police Bureau.

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Ms. Zhang Chengmei Dies in Wancun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province

2010-02-16

On December 8th, 2009, police broke into Ms. Zhang Chengmei's home and arrested her. They confiscated Falun Gong books and materials and stole the key to her home. In the afternoon, they ransacked her home again, this time confiscating money found in her drawer. Ms. Zhang was detained at the County Detention Centre, sentenced to forced labour before New Year's Day, and taken to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. She died around February 3rd, 2010.

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Chaoyang City Beita District Police Arrest Ms. Tang Lijin and Ransack Her Home

2010-02-16

Ms. Tang Lijin's son contacted police officer Mu Yang on January 28th, 2010. His employer required him to have an official seal on certain documents. Mu Yang didn't process his request, but instead took Ms. Tang's son to Ms. Tang's home and ransacked it. Mu Yang broke into Ms. Tang's home without a warrant, or giving any reason. They shouted, "Search, and find the equipment!" Mu and Gao threw things everywhere, making the room a big mess. Mu found several copies of Falun Gong books, thinking he would get an opportunity to be rewarded and promoted, and reported his findings to his superior. The Beita Police Department dispatched two more officers and took Ms. Tang to the police department's basement, where victims are tortured to extract confessions.

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An Odd Thing Happened in Wafangdian

2010-02-16

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Xichun was reported by district security when he was posting information with the facts about Falun Gong in Fangyuanxincun on December 21st, 2009. He was taken away by police. Four officers ransacked his home on December 22nd. The police confiscated Mr. Yu's Falun Gong books and materials. He is currently detained in the Wafangdian Detention Centre. Yu Xichun changed dramatically in 2006 when everyone, including his family, believed he was hopeless. He was detained at the Dalian City Forced Labour Camp for stealing in 2006. The noble actions of Falun Gong practitioners detained in the labour camp touched Yu Xichun's heart. So he began cultivating Falun Gong at the Dalian City Forced Labour Camp.

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Mr. Xian Chunwei from Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, Sent to Forced Labour Camp

2010-02-15

On June 5th, 2009, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xian Chunwei, a Falun Gong practitioner was beaten and detained by police officers and later taken to the Qingzhou Brainwashing Centre. They also confiscated all the money he had with him. At the brainwashing centre Mr. Xian was forced to sit on an iron chair. They tied his hands together behind the chair and put a chain around his feet so he was unable to move. He was kept like this for 35 days, during which time police officers watched over him to prevent him from sleeping. If he closed his eyes, they would beat him.

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Falun Gong Practitioners Discouraged from Working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010-02-15

Mr. Yu was in graduate school at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and in August 2005, he started his work at the South China Botanical Garden, where he worked hard and was an honest person. His advisor told him on many occasions that he was welcome to stay and work in the group after he graduated. Mr. Yu was arrested in 2008, after which he had much trouble continuing his work at the garden. A police officer told him, "Don't even think about government jobs because you are a Falun Gong practitioner." Mr. Yu decided to talk to officials at every level who had exerted pressure on his advisor. His appeals made these officials persecute him further, and they ordered his advisor to make certain Mr. Yu graduated by January 30th, 2010, and that he leave Guangzhou soon after.

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Ms. Song Chunyuan Detained Again

2010-02-15

After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Song Chunyuan, 52, was arrested four times and sent to a labour camp once. In July 2000, she went to Beijing to tell people about Falun Gong. Police officers took her to the police station. During that period of time, Ms. Song was threatened, beaten, deprived of water, exposed under the burning sun for a long time, forced to squat, deprived of sleep, not allowed to sit, and tied to a tree for a whole night. The next morning, police officers tied her to a tree next to the gate for two hours, followed by taking her to the police station. On January 21st, 2010, when Ms. Song was distributing Falun Gong materials, police arrested her and took her to the Tahe Police Station.

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