Torture

• Family of Four Imprisoned for Their Belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance

  2010-02-03
  Ms. Wang Aifang, her daughter, son, and daughter-in-law have been frequently detained, imprisoned, and brutally tortured since 2002. Ms. Wang, in her late 60's, was imprisoned in the Harbin City Women's Prison. Ms. Zhang Xiuying, daughter-in-law of Ms. Wang, was also held in the Harbin City Women's Prison's and was brutally tortured. After she was beaten, her eyes were swollen for a month. She was forced to sit for extended periods on a small stool and stay outside in freezing cold temperatures and was prohibited from sleeping.
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• Husband and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Practising Falun Gong

  2010-02-03
  The Tancheng County Court tried Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhang Binglan and Mr. Sun Dejian (husband and wife) from Maoci Village on November 11th, 2009. Ms. Zhang's crime was making and distributing Falun Gong information, which exposed the persecution of Falun Gong. Two lawyers from Beijing defended their innocence, but after the 2010 New Year, the court decided to sentence Ms. Zhang to an eight-and-a-half-year sentence and Mr. Sun to a three-year sentence, with five years of probation.
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• Jiansanjiang Court Officials in Heilongjiang Province Force Jiang Xinbo's Husband to Dismiss Lawyers

  2010-02-03
  Jiansanjiang Court officials in Heilongjiang Province scheduled a trial for Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Xinbo on December 1st, 2009. Her husband hired two lawyers from Beijing to enter a not-guilty plea. He wrote about the positive changes his wife experienced after practising Falun Gong and circulated it among his colleagues at school where his wife also worked before her arrest. More than 40 teachers signed the document to show their support and sympathy. Once they learned the husband had retained two lawyers, Chinese Communist agents were extremely worried that their persecution of Ms. Jiang would be exposed. The officials pressured Ms. Jiang's husband to sign his name to a pre-written agreement to dismiss the lawyers.
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• Guangzhou City 610 Office Agents Arrest Chen Chenglin and Ransack His Home

  2010-02-03
  A Guangzhou City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) agents, went to Mr. Chen Chenglin's place on September 24th, 2009. They attempted to enter Mr. Chen's house claiming they needed to make a fire safety inspection. Suspecting harassment Mr. Chen immediately called people at the Street Administration Office. Once he had confirmed there were no fire safety inspections being done in the area, he refused to open the door. In the end, Street Administration Office head promised over the phone that only he would enter the house for the inspection, and the others would remain outside. As soon as Deng entered the home, however, the 610 Office agents rushed in. They seized Mr. Chen and took him to the police station.
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• Mr. Zhang Tichao Dies after Being Arrested, Imprisoned, and Tortured Repeatedly Since 2001

  2010-02-02
  Mr. Zhang Tichao was arrested and detained repeatedly for practising Falun Gong. In 2002, Mr. Zhang was arrested in his field and taken to the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp for a three-year term. He was 60 years old. In Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp, Mr. Zhang endured all kinds of torture. The guards instructed the prisoners to stab Mr. Zhang's head, neck, back, chest with a three-inch long steel needle. They stabbed him with so much force that sometimes the needle could not be pulled out. The guards also taught the prisoners to tie yarn to metal nuts and hit Mr. Zhang in the head with them. On March 31st, 2007, he was arrested again and sentenced to imprisonment in the Daqing City Prison. After May 2009, Mr. Zhang was tortured until he could not move or take care of himself. He died on January 22nd, 2010.
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• Ms. Yuan Yongwen in Critical Condition After Two Years of Detention

  2010-02-02
  In April 2008, Ms. Yuan Yongwen was arrested by the Interpol Police Brigade of Qionglai Police Station. She was then sentenced. Since she was detained, she has been in critical condition many times. The prison authorities tortured Ms. Yuan and coerced her husband to assist in their "transformation" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] effort. Under intense pressure, Ms. Yuan was forced her to write a guarantee statement promising to give up Falun Gong practice. In December 2009, she was transferred to Sichuan Police General Hospital to serve the rest of her sentence.
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• Summary of the Persecution of Ms. Liu Weishan, A Teacher in Xiangfan City, Hubei Province, Tortured Until Paralysed and Mentally Disabled

  2010-02-02
  Ms. Liu Weishan was sentenced to four years of imprisonment at the Wuhan City Women Prison in October 2002. She suffered from a mental disorder as result of the severe torture she received in the prison. She was secretly transferred back to the Xiangfan City 364 Hospital (Aero-Space System), and is now paralysed and bedridden. Her muscles have atrophied, causing her lower legs to be "z" shaped and distorted. She is mentally disabled and speaks only a few simple sentences, such as, "I want to go home."
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• My Father Died of Persecution and Now My Mother Suffers in a Labour Camp

  2010-02-02
  I was born into a happy family. But when I was 10 years old, on a dreadful summer morning, my parents were taken away and I was left home alone. That day was July 20th, 1999. In the past ten years since that day, our family has never had one peaceful day. On April 27th, 2009, mother was arrested by undercover police from her office at Hebei Sifang Communications Company. She was later sent to a forced labour camp. Now mother is suffering from rectal cancer, but Hebei Women's Labour Camp refuses to allow her a medical parole. My father was also a victim of forced labour because of his belief. After suffering two years of torture in Shijiazhuang Labour Camp, his health quickly deteriorated, eventually leading to his death. I will never forget my father's horrendous suffering while at the labour camp.
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• Guo Wenyan and Her Family Suffer Persecution

  2010-02-01
  Ms. Guo Wenyan and her family from Ningxia Province were seriously persecuted. Because she refused to give up her belief, she was fired by her company. Officers from the local police station and the Security Section of her previous workplace went to her home regularly to harass her family, confiscated her personal property, and even arrested her many times. Her second baby was killed by officials from the local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when she gave birth. Her husband, who used to be a police officer, developed a mental disorder due to the persecution.
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• Chongqing Senior Citizens Ms. Yu Mingfang, Ms. Zhang Jun, and Others Subjected to Gross Abuse and Mistreatment

  2010-02-01
  Ms. Yu, 59, is retired from the Chongqing Changan No. 1 Factory. Because she practised the Falun Gong exercises in front of the factory in May 2000, she was taken to the psychiatric ward at the hospital affiliated with the Changan No.1 Factory. Dr. Zhou Guilan from the Neurology Department prescribed drugs that damage the central nervous system and attempted to administer them to her in her food. When Ms. Yu refused to eat, two men and a woman named Wang Yu tied her to a bench and force-fed her. The forced-feedings occurred daily. Ms. Yu's mother went to the hospital every day and tried to get her released. She was successful after her daughter had been tortured for 28 days.
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• Mr. Li Zongbo and Ms. Duan Youru from Yingde City, Guangdong Province, Were Sentenced

  2010-02-01
  On January 9th, 2009, two Falun Gong practitioners went to Pingfeng Elementary School to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong to the students. On the way home, they were arrested by police, who were tipped off by school principal. Without following any legal procedures, the police ransacked the homes of these two practitioners and took a copier, tape recorder, Falun Gong books, and a motorcycle. They were held in Yingde City Detention Centre for several months and not allowed any family visits.
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• Persecution at Xinxiang Women's Prison in Henan Province

  2010-02-01
  Warden Zhang Peibin was transferred from another prison to Xinxiang Women's Prison in 2007. He intensified the persecution, enforced hard labour, and placed firm practitioners in solitary confinement. Solitary was a very small room with only a concrete bed to sit on during the day. In the winter, the cold wind blew in, and some began to hallucinate. The guards only gave them a small bun for meals. The guards persecuted numerous practitioners this way. The guards also instigated other inmates to monitor and physically abuse practitioners. A 50-year-old female practitioner was beaten (her face was slapped and hair was pulled) by an inmate.
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• Information about the Ongoing Persecution of Practitioners Ms. Liao Wuxiang and Ms. Zeng Yunfeng

  2010-01-31
  In the autumn of 2004, Ms. Liao Wuxiang went to Zhongjiang County to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. She was arrested. Ms. Liao went on a hunger strike to protest, and she was force-fed with powdered milk, salt mixed with with ground Chinese prickly ash, chilli powder, and ground pepper. Then it was mixed with water. Ms. Liao was detained for three months, and she was force-fed for 28 days during that time. After March, she was transferred to Guanghan Detention Centre and detained there for 8 months. Finally she was sentenced to three years of imprisonment and sent to Sichuan Women's Prison in Yangmahe, Jianyang, Sichuan Province to be persecuted.
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• Account of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Long-Term Persecution of a Carpenter and His Wife

  2010-01-31
  Mr. Liu Naichuan was a carpenter from Yinan County, Shandong Province. He and his wife Ms. Liu Tianying were persecuted repeatedly for believing in Falun Gong. Mr. Liu Naichuan died in 2008 from injuries sustained due to torture at the age of 48. After being tortured for three days in one detention centre, Ms. Liu Tianying was transferred back to another detention centre. During her detention, her face was deformed from the torture, and she was in a coma for a period of time.
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• Five Practitioners from Hongshi Forestry Bureau in Huadian in Jilin Province Arrested

  2010-01-31
  Five practitioners spoke with people about Falun Gong on January 11th, 2010, in Doudaogou, Erdaodianzi. Someone reported them to the police and they were arrested. The police ransacked the homes of the five practitioners that same afternoon. They did not go through any legal procedures or present search warrants, and confiscated Falun Gong books, Falun Gong materials, three computers, a printer, some cash, bankbooks, and other items.
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