Torture
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Seven Falun Gong Practitioners from Shulan City Recount Their Persecution Experiences
2009-10-03
My name is Meng Xiangfa, and I am 57 years old. In 2002, police arrested me and my wife because we practise Falun Gong. I was sent to Chaoyanggou Labour Camp in Changchun City, where I was grossly abused for two years. While at the labour camp, I wasn't allowed to speak with other practitioners. I had to sit on a small stool more than 14 hours daily and had to do intensive hard labour. They often incited criminals to beat and verbally abuse practitioners. They tried to "reform" us by depriving us of sleep. The officials used all kinds of tactics to torture us to achieve their goals, frequently using electric batons to shock us, beating and kicking us, depriving us of sleep, and extending our terms. -
Mr. Wang Dejun and His Wife Arrested in Gaomi City, Shandong Province
2009-10-03Mr. Wang Dejun and Mrs. Wang Xianglan are husband and wife. On August 31st, 2009, when their daughter left for school, officers from Jiangzhuang, hid near their home and arrested this couple. They are detained in the Gaomi Detention Centre and are being tortured. This couple has been persecuted for many years just because they believe in Falun Gong. Ms. Wang Xianglan was sentenced to two years of forced labour. -
Engineer Mr. Tang Yi Dies in Chongqing as a Result of Persecution
2009-10-02On May 2nd, 2008, Mr. Tang Yi was intercepted by police while taking a train. The police searched his bag and found a copy of the Falun Gong book. He was sentenced to two years of forced labour in the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City. Mr. Tang started a hunger strike on May 2nd, 2008, and refused to wear a name tag, a prison uniform, or undergo force feeding through a tube. He had already been brutally persecuted for a long time before, and became extremely weak and emaciated, with his weight dropping from 175 lbs. to about 110 lbs. In November 2008, the camp administration notified his family to pick him up since they were afraid to take responsibility for his life. Mr. Tang died on the morning of September 22nd, 2009. -
Mr. Feng Gang Dies in Custody
2009-10-02On July 4th, 2009 at around noon, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Feng Gang, his wife Ms. Wang Juan, and twelve others were arrested at the home of practitioner Ms. Shi Guixiang. They were detained at the Dalian Detention Centre. Police officer Li Hongqiao interrogated Mr. Feng repeatedly during his detention. On August 10th, Mr. Feng was in a life-threatening condition. According to the hospital examination, Mr. Feng's gallbladder was swollen to the size of two fists. He could not eat or drink in case the gallbladder might explode. On August 12th, Mr. Feng's family members learned that he was home, so they went to visit him the next day. When they knocked on the door nobody answered. Mr. Feng had disappeared again. On September 16th, Mr. Feng's family reported him missing to the Fuguo Street Police Station. Officers told them Mr. Feng had died on August 14th. -
After Being Detained Twice, Li Yufen Became Homeless to Avoid Further Persecution
2009-10-02Because Ms. Li Yufen refuses to give up her belief in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," she has been persecuted by the members of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and police in Zuoqi. As a result of the persecution, her family has been torn apart. On April 6th, 2006, police waited at the door of Li Yufen's home and arrested her. Without giving any reason, they took her directly to the detention centre. They trumped up some charges and sentenced her to two years in a labour camp. In the labour camp, Li Yufen was detained in isolation with many drug dealer inmates, and inmates watched her around the clock. They took turns bombarding her with lies that attacked Falun Gong. They forced her to watch videos denouncing Falun Gong and used every means to try to force her to give up her belief. They also forced her to do hard labour for more than ten hours a day. -
Ms. Yang Songli from Chongqing Arrested, Son Beaten
2009-10-02On September 17th, 2009, police charged into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Songli to arrest her. Her son Gao Yang leaped up to protest and protect his mother. However, Domestic Security police officer Chen Xiaodong beat him to the ground, and policeman Liang Shibin forced his knee into Gao Yang's face. He then stomped on his face, wearing shoes, while continually cursing at him. I was among the crowd that witnessed the event and it broke my heart to see a young man of 20 being beaten to the ground like that. Gao Yang was forcefully taken away. -
Practitioners Tortured at Shijiazhuang Women's Labour Camp
2009-10-01Many Falun Gong practitioners are being detained in Division 4 of Shijiazhuang Labour Camp, Hebei Province. In order to force practitioners give up their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the guards there brutally torture and humiliate practitioners. As a consequence, some practitioners are force-fed, and they vomit blood. Five practitioners were deprived of access to the toilet and were not allowed to interact with other people. They had to urinate and defecate in the small, dark and damp cell. Police guards did not allow them to wash or change their clothing. Every day they were handcuffed and forced to sit on small stools. -
Ms. Zhou Liying Tortured in Hohhot Women's Forced Labour Camp
2009-10-01On September 2nd, 2007, policen arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhou Liying. Later she was sentenced to two years of forced labour and now she is still detained in Hohhot Women's Forced Labour Camp. In the labour camp, as she refused to be "transformed", she suffered physical punishments numerous times. Once she shouted "Falun Gong is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good", and the guards took turns attacking her. She was not allowed to sleep for three consecutive days and not allowed to use the toilet for thirteen hours. Once the guards ordered her to stand for eight consecutive days and the guards forced her to labour in the glove workshop for 15 hours a day. -
Crimes Committed by Chang Zhanglin, a Policeman from Linzhou City, Henan Province
2009-10-01On March 31st, 2009, Chang Zhanglin, a 610 Office policeman, arrested eleven Falun Gong practitioners at Hongqi Square in Linzhou City, Henan Province. For years, Chang Zhanglin has persecuted local practitioners. He is notorious for making unjust arrests. In July 2000, Chang Zhanglin arrested practitioners Zhang Tianshun and Wang Jianbin; Zhang Tainshun was imprisoned for 50 days and Wang Jianbin for 40 days. During the opening of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Sixteenth National Party Congress, both practitioners were arrested again, and taken to a 610 Office brainwashing unit in Linxhou City. -
Ms. Bu Rumei is on Hunger-Strike and in Critical Condition
2009-10-01On September 9th, 2009, Ms. Bu Rumei, 37 years old, and her mother, Ms. Bo Xiuying, 67 years old were arrested by police officers while they were talking to people about Falun Gong in the streets of Furong Village. Currently, she is being detained at Wujin Detention Centre. Ms. Bu Rumei went on a hunger-strike since day one, to protest the unjust persecution. The prison guards have been force feeding her for more than ten days already. Her health appears to be in a very critical condition due to these force feedings. -
Ms. Zhang Ying from Shanghai Arrested Again after Long-term Persecution
2009-09-30Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Ying was arrested at her mother-in-law's home on September 8th, 2009, by police. Ms. Zhang's parents-in-law questioned the police: "Why do you arrest her and ransack our homes for no reason? Do you have any legal evidence for doing this?" Officer Yang Ying replied, "We are arresting her for the purpose of interrogation--evidence will be produced later. Our responsibility is only to arrest her." Ms. Zhang is being held in the Changning District Detention Centre in Shanghai. This is the fourth arrest for Ms. Zhang. Because she practises Falun Gong, she was sentenced to forced labour for two and a half years in 2001. Not long after she was released from the labour camp, she was sent to a brainwashing centre and then sentenced to forced labour for one year in 2005. -
The Persecution of Mr. Zhang Hongzhang in Wuyishan City, Fujian Province
2009-09-30Mr. Zhang Hongzhang was once Head of Education Bureau Workers' Union as well as Head of the Education Bureau Finance Department. Because of pressure from higher government agencies, the Education Bureau removed these titles from him because he practised Falun Gong. Mr. Zhang was arrested by police on April 30th. As a result he suffered many illnesses. On May 9th, he passed out due to high blood pressure during an interrogation and the police sent him to hospital. Many friends and co workers went to the hospital to visit him. However, the police were afraid that his situation would be exposed and thus forcibly took him away although he was severely ill. Mr. Zhang Hongzhang is now detained at Wuyishan Detention Centre. -
Brutal Torture Methods Used in Shandong Province Forced Labour Camps
2009-09-30In order to force Falun Gong practitioners into giving up their practice, guards at the Shandong Province First Women's Labour Camp and Men's Labour Camp use very cruel torture methods. The guards hang female practitioners in the form of a cross by their handcuffs, with their feet barely touching the floor. The practitioners are given very little food each day, just enough to barely sustain them from dying. The guards at the men's labour camp tie practitioners' private parts with ropes. This blocks the urine flow, causing the entire body to swell. It is extremely painful. -
"Wooden Clamp" Torture Being Used on Falun Gong Practitioners
2009-09-30One torture method being used by the Chinese Communist Party to persecute practitioners is called the "wooden clamp." The clamp is about 50 to 80 cm (20-31 inches) long, 30 to 50 cm (12-20 inches) wide, and 10 to 15 cm (4-6 inches) thick and weighs about 20 to 60 kilograms (44-132 lb.). There are two holes in the middle of the clamp for the feet. The victim wearing the clamp has a difficult time moving around and has to crawl into bed, and usually has to sit or lie down, since standing can cause the feet to hurt and be injured. Without help, a person wearing the clamp can't even go to eat or to the toilet. When getting out of bed and going to the toilet, the clamp not only presses on the feet and heels, causing extreme pain, but the edge of it gets caught by the bed, preventing the person from getting back into bed. After wearing the clamp for a month, one practitioner lost all the hair on his feet, developed many rashes in that area, and lost 18 pounds. -
The Inhuman Torture of Ms. Fang Zhihua in the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2009-09-29"Hit them!" was the order given by a camp leader of the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. Several people brutally beat Ms. Fang Zhihua. Then they wrote insulting phrases, such as "labour camp inmate" with black pen all over her face. In November 2008, Ms. Fang Zhihua and other practitioners were forced to stand for 24 hours for refusing to do slave-type labour, such as packaging chopsticks. The camp used electric batons to force these practitioners to work. Ms. Fang was forced to stand in the hall for three days and nights without sleep. She lost consciousness due to exhaustion.
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