Torture

Belated News: Mr. Yu Huinan Passed Away in 2006 as a Result of Torture

2014-02-21

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Huinan died as a result of being tortured at the hands of the communist regime on January 4th, 2006. This news has been delayed for eight years due to the information blockade in China. Mr. Yu was arrested in 2000, for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and held in Suzhou No. 3 Prison. He was tortured because he refused to renounce Falun Gong.

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Mr. Wang Haitian Dies Soon after Release from Brainwashing Centre

2014-02-21

Since Mr. Wang Haitian was released from the Shahezi Brainwashing Centre on December 5th, 2013, his health deteriorated rapidly. He suffered breathing difficulty, a severely swollen abdomen, and constipation. He died within two months of his release, on February 2nd, 2014, at the age of 45. Three days after his death, his mouth turned black and purple and his face green. Small black particles about the size of grains of rice were found in his ashes. Family members suspect that he had been injected with harmful drugs.

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Ms. Bao Wenju Recounts the Torture She Suffered

2014-02-19

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Bao Wenju was arrested by police in October 2013, and taken a brainwashing centre. She has since been subjected to torture, including being force-fed with chilli water and mustard oil through her nose, and having cigarettes inserted into her nostrils. The police have even threatened to remove her corneas.

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Torture Methods Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in Sichuan

2014-02-19

The Wumaping Prison in Sichuan Province was specifically established to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Violent prisoners including murderers, drug addicts and burglars were selected to assist the prison guards in torturing practitioners to coerce them into renouncing Falun Gong. Torture methods included: freezing: Sitting on the ground or standing in the snow, wearing thin clothes; sleep deprivation: 1-2 hours of sleep per day and shocking, also called “therapy:” Removing all clothes of the steadfast practitioners, and shocking their naked bodies with high-voltage electric batons.

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Ms. Hou Qingyuan Poisoned and Jailed for Nine Years

2014-02-19

Ms. Hou Qingyuan has been persecuted since 1999. She was detained in a mental hospital even though she is mentally healthy. She was also sent to forced labour camps, and sentenced to nine years in jail. During her incarceration she was poisoned, handcuffed and force-fed, and abused in various ways. In detention, the police put a substance that emitted toxic fumes in Ms. Hou's cell. Throughout the night, Ms. Hou was surrounded with the toxic fumes. The police then burned a poisonous-smelling stick. Ms. Hou felt like numerous tiny needles were piercing her eyes. She went into a coma-like state for more than forty days.

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Ms. Huo Meilian Dies After Years of Persecution

2014-02-19

Practitioner Ms. Huo Meillian was at home on January 24th, 2014, when Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials broke into her home. She had just recovered from a major illness. The officers confiscated her personal belongings and Falun Gong materials without a search warrant. She felt great mental pressure, resulting in a worsening health condition. She died two days later on January 26th. Ms. Huo and her husband Mr. Chen have been persecuted since the start of the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. However they persisted in their beliefs.

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Former College Professor Serving 20-Year Unjust Prison Term and Being Tortured

2014-02-19

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Min, 70, a former lecturer of the Electronic Engineering Department at Jiamusi University, is serving an unjust 20-year sentence in Shandong Provincial Prison, because he broadcast information exposing the persecution about Falun Gong in 2003 through the TV. When Mr. Huang's son went to see his father in December 2013, Mr. Huang was carried out by prison personnel. Mr. Huang's mouth was mangled, his face deformed, and there were many blisters on his lips due to force feeding.

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Teacher Handcuffed and Shackled for Two Weeks for Answering Survey Truthfully

2014-02-19

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiaojie answered a survey honestly stating that detainees in the Qinhuangdao City Detention Centre are forced to do hard labour producing paper boxes for famous bakeries and the daily workload for each inmate has increased from several hundred to more than 2,000 boxes a day. In response, officer Hu Wei put shackles on Ms. Zhang's hands and feet and immobilized her in the detention centre for half a month. The shackles weighed several dozen pounds.

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Ms. Zhao Zhiyun Dies from Years of Torture and Harassment

2014-02-19

Ms. Zhao Zhiyun from Baoding City, Hebei Province died on December 26th, 2013, as a result of repeated arrests, torture, forced labour, surveillance and harassment in the persecution of Falun Gong. When Ms. Zhao was detained in Mancheng County Detention Centre in 2001, she was subjected to force-feeding twice a day for 30 days. Guards inserted a two-foot long rubber pipe into her stomach through her nostril. They force-fed Ms. Zhao with cornmeal, vegetable soup and a lot of salt. They left the pipe in her even after force-feeding. The rubber pipe stayed in her nose and stomach to keep Ms. Zhao in pain. After force-feeding, Ms. Zhao was usually left on the ground or handcuffed to an iron cage.

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Torture at the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp Causes the Death of 63-Year-Old Mr. Zhou Xueliang

2014-02-11

Mr. Zhou Xueliang from Chongqing City was extremely emaciated when he was released from the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in April 2013. He rarely spoke after returning home and whenever he tried, it prompted a coughing fit. He experienced frequent episodes of hot and cold flashes, shivering, and he was in a lot of pain. Mr. Zhou passed away on January 14th, 2014, at the age of 63.

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Slave Labour Behind Festive Strings of Lights Made in Taiyuan Detention Centre

2014-02-11

People around the world often like to use colourful strings of lights to enhance the festive atmosphere when celebrating the New Year and other special occasions. However, most people are probably not aware of how these jolly items are produced: Many of them are handmade by the detainees of the Taiyuan Detention Centre in Shanxi Province, where Falun Gong practitioners and others are subjected to daily slave labour.

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Falun Gong Practitioner in Her Seventies Taken Into Custody at Midnight by 610 Office Agents

2014-02-11

Practitioner Ms. Wang Guilan, who is in her seventies, went missing in November 2013. Her family later learned that Ms. Wang had been taken into custody in the middle of the night by the Huadian City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and taken to the Shahezi Brainwashing Centre in Jilin City. The brainwashing sessions started at 8:00 a.m. daily. The content of the so-called lectures was material that slandered Falun Gong.

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Ms. Tan Guanghui Raped and Tortured by Guards at the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp

2014-02-11

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tan Guanghui went to Beijing in June 2001 to appeal for Falun Gong practitioners' rights to practise their belief. She was later arrested and taken to the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp, where she was forcibly injected with nerve-damaging drugs. The guards threw her into a male cell where she was humiliated and tortured. One day, three guards took turns raping her. As a result, Ms. Tan suffered a mental collapse.

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Psychiatric Abuse: Shoe Factory Worker Suffers Mental Breakdown and Dies After Injections of Toxic Drugs

2014-02-08

Over the past 14 years, psychiatric abuse has become one of the most common tortures used against Falun Gong practitioners. Completely healthy practitioners are often sent to psychiatric wards for the purpose of discrediting Falun Gong and bringing great pressure to bear on those who resolutely adhere to their faith. The most recent case is Mr. Luo Jiangping, who passed away on December 28th, 2013 at the age of 51 after telling his family that he had been injected with poisonous drugs during his final days.

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Mr. Luo Jiangping Dies from Torture and Injections of Poisonous Drugs

2014-02-08

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Jiangping was arrested in January 2012 by police. He was sentenced to prison and subjected to cruel torture methods such as injection of poisonous drugs, handcuffed, feet shackled, forced intense labour, and solitary confinement at the Yunnan Province No. 1 Prison. Mr. Luo was in critical condition when he was released on medical parole on December 23rd, 2013. He passed away five days later at the age of 51.

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