Torture
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Mr. Guo Yanbing Continually Harassed by Officials, Detained Six Times in Huangmei County, Hubei Province
2009-11-13
On September 14th, 2009, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel from the Caishan Town Government and police station, under direction of the Huangmei National Security Division, followed and arrested Mr. Guo Yanbing. This was the sixth arrest of Guo Yanbing. On September 16th, Guo Yanbing's mother and sister went to the Caishan Police Station to determine Guo's whereabouts, and told officials that they wanted to bring Mr. Guo some clothes. The deputy director slapped Mr. Guo's mother on the left side of her face, which made her dizzy; she could not even stand. Mr. Guo was previously arrested and taken to the Shayang Forced Labour Camp twice, and sentenced to three years of forced labour. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Couple Sent to Court
2009-11-13On October 27th, 2009, Liao Xiaohong, 37, and Shi Jiaoyu, 38, a Falun Gong practitioner couple were sent to the Beihu District Court in Chenzhou City. They have an eight-year-old daughter. In the ten years of persecution of Falun Gong in China, the couple has spent very little time together or with their daughter because they have been arrested, detained, or imprisoned at forced labour camps many times. Their daughter has been raised mainly by relatives. -
Police in Hunan Province Use Drug to Persecute 60-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Shi Yuesheng
2009-11-12In 2005, at the Nan County police station in Yiyang City, Hunan Province, the police laced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Shi Yuesheng's food and tea with a drug, then coaxed him to consume them with the intent of obtaining a statement from him. Mr. Shi Yuesheng experienced some hallucinations. Under the effects of the medicine, he began to feel very fearful. He wanted to say something, but he could only utter some sounds with the tones being totally changed. The drug inflamed his nerves and caused internal pain throughout his body. He felt like every part of his body was being bitten by something. This is another example of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using drugs to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. -
Ms. Gao Yumin Was Forced to Have an Abortion and Later Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2009-11-12On September 19th, 2007, three-months pregnant Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Yumin was arrested by the National Security Team and was forced to have an abortion. She lost of lot of blood and her life was in danger. Her family spent over ten thousand yuan to save her life. On December 15th, 2008, Fujin City police broke into Ms. Gao Yumin's home, arrested and sent her to Xigemu Forced Labour Camp in Jiamusi City. The police told Ms. Gao Yumin that she had not finished her forced labour term in 2007 and there was still a few months left. This arrest was treated as an extension of a previous case and so there was no need to go through interrogation. However, after arriving at the forced labour camp, the police at the forced labour camp told Ms. Gao Yumin that the Fujin Police Station had sentenced her to two additional years. -
"Model Worker" Arrested Many Times for Practising Falun Gong
2009-11-12Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gu Xuemin is almost 70 years old. Because she was a responsible, hard worker; she was honoured as a model worker every year for several decades. She has a big pile of award certificates. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, she remained steadfast in her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and she has been constantly harassed by the Chinese Communist regime. There have been many times that she was followed, arrested, held in a detention centre, and sentenced to jail. Her husband was frightened many times and became very ill as the result. He is now comatose. -
Ms. Cao Junfeng of Weifang City in Shandong Province Has Been Sentenced to a Nine-Year Term
2009-11-12On October 18th, 2009, the court of Hanting District in Weifang City, Shandong Province, tried 54-year- old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Cao Junfeng. She was sentenced to a nine-year term just for following Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. As there is a 10-day appeal period, Ms. Cao Junfeng was detained in the Weifang City Detention Centre until October 28th, 2009. Ms. Cao has been imprisoned for one year and three months, since July 9th, 2008. The guards at the detention centre cruelly tortured her and her health deteriorated within one month after her arrest. She vomited often and there was blood in her stool. Ms. Cao's family members were prevented from visiting her. -
Mr. Wei Guanghua Is on the Verge of Death after Six Years of Imprisonment
2009-11-11Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wei Guanghua and sentenced him to nine years imprisonment. Mr. Wei has been persecuted for over six years in prison and his life is in danger. He is nearly 6 foot tall, and weighs less than 90 lbs. He started a hunger strike to protest his persecution and it has lasted for fifteen months up to now. He suffers brutal force feeding five to six time each day during the hunger strike. -
Jiang Fuxiang's Husband Dies, Family Torn Apart
2009-11-11Ms. Jiang Fuxiang, 60, began practising Falun Gong in 1995. Since then, her diseases were cured, and her mental health improved. However, in the last ten years, because of the persecution against Falun Gong, her home was raided twice, she was detained and arrested three times, sent to a labour camp three times, and detained for a total of four years. Her son was implicated. Her husband died from the anger and sorrow. -
Unconscious and Near Death, Mr. Lu Yunlai is Released from Baimiao Forced Labour Camp
2009-11-11In September 2008, police raided Mr. Lu Yunlai's home and arrested him. He was imprisoned in the Matou Detention Centre. After one year of forced labour he was transferred to the Baimiao Forced Labour Camp in November for further persecution. In June 2009, Mr. Lu Yunlai had become emaciated from torture. He was released for medical treatment after being diagnosed with late stage cancer. As of now, Mr. Lu Yunlai is unconscious and unable to take care of himself. He is incontinent and near death. -
Practitioner Mr. Luo Guolong, 60, from Shenyang City Arrested and Persecuted for the Fourth Time
2009-11-11Mr. Luo Guolong, a practitioner around 60 years old, was arrested by police on October 20th. Currently he is jailed at Shenbei Xinqu Detention Centre and is being persecuted there. This is the fourth time that Mr. Luo Guolong has been arrested and persecuted. In 2007, Mr. Luo Guolong went to a village and spoke to people about the persecution. He was arrested and the police violently beat him repeatedly using electric batons. When they saw that the electric batons could not "transform" Mr. Luo, they instead used a pair of handcuffs, that weighed over 33 pounds, to handcuff him. Eventually, Mr. Luo was sentenced to one and a half years in Shenxin Forced Labour Camp, where he was forced to do hard labour every day. -
Police Officers from Fuyang City, Anhui Province Break into Practitioner's Home, Use Pepper Spray on Kids
2009-11-10Police wanted to enter to Ms. Hou Yanqun's home at around 10:00 p.m. on August 26th, 2009. Ms. Hou however, rejected their request nut the policemen did not listen to her and kept kicking her door. Hou Yanqun's 16-year-old daughter heard the sound of the police kicking the door, and opened the door. The police immediately sprayed something in her face. The girl screamed with pain, "My eyes hurt. What did you spray on my face?" At this moment, Hou Yangqun's 8-year-old son woke up and came out. The officers sprayed the same thing in his face. He was in so much pain, he covered his face with both hands, jumped up and down, and screamed, "Mum, Mum, my eyes hurt!" A police officer admitted, "This is pepper spray!" -
Ms. Wang Wanrong Upholds Her Belief Despite Relentless Pressure, Brainwashing and Torture
2009-11-10Ms. Wang Wanrong, 55, went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong. She and her family were then targeted for persecution by personnel from the 610 Office at the Oil Well Drilling Company in Nanyang City. Ms. Wang's husband was forced to divorce her. She was later sent to a brainwashing centre, to the Nanzhao Detention Centre, and to the Xinxiang Women's Prison. In prison, the persecutors often cursed and beat Ms. Wang. They rotated four groups of people to try to "reform" [brainwash] her in fifty days. In the end, they found it was impossible to make her denounce Falun Gong. She was then sent to do hard labour in a clothing workshop in the Second Prison District. -
Mr. Song Guanghua Brutally Tortured
2009-11-10Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Song Guanghua refused to give up his belief. As a result, he has been subjected to sleep deprivation, shocking with electrical batons on his eyes and mouth, as well as other tortures. He was later subjected to three years of forced labour and suffered various tortures at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. At the labour camp, Mr. Song was put in handcuffs and shackles. The scars caused by the handcuffing can still be seen today. -
Mr. Yang Qing, 57, Dies as Result of Persecution in Liaoning Province
2009-11-10In May 2001, police arrested Mr. Yang Qing, 57, when he was passing out Falun Gong informational fliers. They detained him for six months in the Lingyuan City Detention Centre. In November 2001 they took him to the Chaoyang City Forced Labour Camp. He was released in June 2002. Just 70 days later, police arrested him again and he was sentenced to two years of forced labour a few days later and again taken to the Chaoyang City Forced Labour Camp. Mr. Yang was released in June 2004. In July 2009, he was not feeling good and was diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer. He died on October 10th, 2009. -
Ms. Chen Jianghong Dies as a Result of Repeated Injections of Unknown Drugs
2009-11-09In October 2003, six months after she was released, police arrested Ms. Chen Jianghong a third time and sentenced her to another year of forced labour in the same labour camp. This time she was inhumanly tortured by "Punching the nail wall." This torture involves a wall full of sharp ended nails. Prisoners pulled Ms. Chen to a standing position with her body bent at a 90-degree angle and her head pointed towards the nail-studded wall. She was not allowed to move. If she did, the prisoners would pull her head and push it against the wall full of nails. Her head bled so badly that her eyes and head were swollen for a long time. Ms. Chen was forcibly injected with unknown drugs in each of the forced labour camps and eventually caused her death.
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