Torture

Mr. Liu Cheng from Yi County, Liaoning Province Tortured During His Three Imprisonments

2010-01-23

Mr. Liu Cheng is a practitioner who has been imprisoned as a forced labourer three times. During his three imprisonments, he suffered numerous tortures, such as brutal beatings, hung up by hand cuffs, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, iron chair, "buckle poking soft ribs", "scratching muscle seam", "gripping testicle", "five horses splitting a body", "lasting stretching", "hang thousand weight at waist".

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Older Practitioner Chang Guiyun is Tortured at the Heizuizi Women's Prison

2010-01-23

Falun Gong practitioner Chang Guiyun, aged 59, from Jiaohe City, Jilin Province, is being severely persecuted at the Heizuizi Women's Prison of Changchun City. She has lost all her teeth, lost a lot of weight, her facial features have become deformed and her hair has turned grey. She is unable to speak clearly or perform daily functions well. Ms. Chang is forcibly brainwashed and constantly watched by inmates who are assigned to monitor and torture practitioners. She is forced to sit on a small plastic stool for 15 hours a day. She is also forced to watch video programmes defaming Falun Gong, and then has to repeatedly write essays renouncing her belief in Falun Gong.

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Ms. Wang Yuelan Arrested in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province

2010-01-23

On January 4th, 2010, when Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Yuelan was posting posters exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, she was arrested by security patrol officers. Huang Liang, head of the police station, took her to the police station. Ms. Wang has been persecuted many times. On July 4th, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal. Police officers handcuffed and dragged her into the police van at Jiangxi Liaison Office in Beijing. There are still scars on her wrists from this incident. After bringing Ms. Wang from Beijing to Jiangxi, the police sent her to Jiujiang County Detention Centre. When Ms. Wang asked to have the confiscated Falun Gong books returned, she was force-fed a highly concentrated solution of salted water by Rao Hongyan, head of the detention centre.

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Ma Pingan from the Police Department in Shanxi Province, Hanzhong City Conducts Countless Evil Deeds

2010-01-22

On February 8th, 2000, six practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong to the authorities. In mid March Ma Pingan arrested ten practitioners, who had recently visited Beijing and promptly sent them to detention centres. He directed police officers to utilise criminals, such as drug addicts and prostitutes to assault and humiliate these detainees. Practitioner Wu Yali suffered from several broken ribs as a result of these beatings. Zhen Cuiping suffered a broken sternum and was unable to lie down for more than one month, and was only able to rest while leaning against a wall. Wang Xinlian was robbed of over 1700 yuan that she carried on her, received beatings so severe that her jacket was worn out, and was shackled for over two weeks.

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Repeated Persecution Suffered by Ms. Dong Xiuqiong from Huili County, Sichuan Province

2010-01-22

In March, 2007, a fellow practitioner and I went to a small town to distribute leaflets and tell people the facts about Falun Gong . We were reported by a villager and police tried to arrest me. I would not go with them. Yang Shaoliang dragged me on the ground for several metres. Later they detained me in the detention centre. On March 12th, Liu Jianping interrogated me. They handcuffed both of my hands. When they could not get answers for their questions, he took a book and slapped my face hard with it twice. At the detention centre, since I did not agree to give my fingerprints, the director of the detention centre ordered criminals to put shackles on my feet.

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Mr. Jiang Shanliang and Ms. Tong Li from Shenzhen Face Trial

2010-01-22

Mr. Jiang Shanliang and his wife Ms. Tong Lin were recently married. Ms. Tong found a good job due to her outstanding work performance and talent. She is friendly and the company staff think highly of her. Ms. Tong and another Falun Gong practitioner were arrested on the afternoon of January 12th, 2008 by police. Police took them to the Bao'an Detention Centre. Ms. Tong was released in early 2009. Ms. Tong and her husband were again arrested at home on September 12th, 2009. The couple is currently being held at the Jiuwei Detention Centre. The authorities were scheduled to try them at the Bao'an District Court on January 18th, 2010.

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Persecution of Ms. Shi Yan'e from Anyang City, Henan Province

2010-01-22

Police broke into Ms. Shi Yan'e's home on September 23rd, 2009. They arrested Ms. Shi and Ms. Wu Qingchai, who was at her home. An eyewitness said that more than a dozen police officers in several police vehicles arrived at Ms. Shi's home. They also called for a locksmith to force open the door, and took a computer and other items. An officer body-searched Ms. Wu and confiscated the key to her home, and then ransacked her home when nobody in her family was present. Ms. Shi's husband had suffered tremendous mental torment because of the persecution. He suddenly fell ill about two weeks ago and died. Ms. Shi and Ms. Wu have been held at the Anyang Detention Centre for over three months.

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Ms. Han Shujuan Arrested at Home, Sick Father in His 70s Left Unattended

2010-01-21

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Han Shujuan from Jianshanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province was with her sick father at home on January 10th, 2010, when more than a dozen police officers suddenly broke in and attempted to arrest her. Ms. Han resisted the arrest. An officer beat her, and Ms. Han shouted loudly, "Police beat good people." The police eventually took her away, and her paralysed father was left home with no one to look after him. Ms. Han's husband was not home. Ms. Han is now being held at the Beihao Detention Centre (also a brainwashing facility).

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Li Yuhua from Yilan Town of Heilongjiang Tortured Brutally

2010-01-21

Li Yuhua has been detained four times since 1999. She was detained in the No.2 Detention Centre of Yilan Town for 267 days, where the food, such as corn buns and cabbage soup, was dirty and contained grass, soil, rat faeces, flies and other contaminants. She was also sentenced to a four-year term at the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province. Between 1999 and 2003, she was detained at a detention centre or forced labour camp. In a detention centre she was force-fed. She recounts: "Two prisoners held my hands and others pinched my nose to stop my breathing through the nose. Another pinched my face. One used a chopstick to probe my teeth and another brushed my throat with a tooth brush. Then, they poured salt water into my mouth and I was almost asphyxiated."

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Falun Gong Practitioner Lai Jinming Arrested

2010-01-21

Ms. Lai Jinming enjoyed a peaceful and happy life with her husband and daughter after her retirement. Because of her belief in Falun Gong, and its central principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, her life was destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party. On December 29th, 2009, Ms. Lai was talking to people about the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong, when she was arrested by police. On January 3rd, Ms. Lai's family members again went to the Chaoyang Police Station. When they asked a policeman, Li, when they planned to release Ms. Lai, Li simply asked, "How long was her sentence last time?" "One and a half years," was the reply. Li said, "So this time it it will be two years."

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Police in Handan City Arrest Mr. Ji Ruiling and His Sister Ms. Ji Junyun and Extort Large Sum of Money from Family

2010-01-21

On September 18th, police arrested Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Ji Ruiling and his sister Ms. Ji Junyun, as well as Mr. Ji's wife and son. The police took away more than 5,200 yuan in cash and a bankbook from Mr. Ji Ruiling's home. They confiscated two computers, a printer from Ms. Ji Junyun's home, as well as about 5,000 yuan in cash. On September 19th, the police sent Mr. Ji Ruiling and Ms. Ji Junyun to the Handan No. 2 Detention Centre, and they have been detained there ever since.

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Senior Citizen Mr. Liu Tingheng Dies as a Result of Persecution in Benxi Forced Labour Camp

2010-01-20

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Liu Tingheng was arrested four times. Due to long term persecution, his health suffered severely and he passed away in the spring of 2008. In 2007 he was sent to the Legal Centre of Benxi Forced Labour Camp to force him to renounce Falun Gong. The guards used all sorts of methods, both harsh and soft approaches, to undermine practitioners' resolve. During the night, guards came to harass practitioners, reading out loud articles that slandered Falun Gong. The guards also forced practitioners to watch TV and videos filled with lies about Falun Gong. They did not hesitate to use violence on anyone that did not agree with their propaganda.

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Qufu District Court Tries Mr. Zhao Genfa

2010-01-20

On December 29th, 2009, the trial of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Genfa took place in the First Criminal Court of Jining City in the Zhong District Court, Shandong Province. In the preceding days, Qufu Court officials changed the trial venue several times. This was not a case of an official need for a trial in a "different location." Qufu Court officials simply arranged to "borrow" a small courtroom that could only accommodate 20 to 30 people from the First Criminal Court of the Zhong District Court. These changes and postponements by Qufu Court officials suggest that they were trying to hide something, because this was the first time a Falun Gong practitioner had ever been tried in Qufu. It wasn't clear what kind of charges were to be filed against Mr. Zhao.

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Mr. Wang Fangpu Sentenced to Forced Labour, Elderly Father Passes Away in Grief

2010-01-20

On September 15th, 2009 Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Fangpu was arrested by police at his home and was later sentenced to forced labour for two and a half years and held in the Tuanhe Labour Camp. Every day he was forced to work for 9 hours with other inmates to produce firecrackers. He was one of many Falun Gong practitioners arrested by police for the October 1st National Day. Mr. Wang's 80-year-old father, stricken by his arrest, passed away in November without being able to see his youngest son again.

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Remembering Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Gang

2010-01-20

When Mr. Wang was tortured in Boding Prison, he shouted "Falun Gong is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." He refused to renounce the practice. He was locked in a confinement cell. Gao Ying, the head warden, tied him to a bed, and his legs were shackled and his hands were handcuffed. He wasn't allowed to talk for 10 days and he was only given a little bit of water to drink. A guard kicked Mr. Wang's legs causing a fracture. His muscles and blood vessels became necrotic and prison guards forced him to undergo amputation. Later he died.

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