Torture

  • Ms. Bai Xueshuang Disabled from Nerve-Damaging Drug Injections Eight Years Ago and Still Being Persecuted

    During the past several years of persecution, Ms. Bai Xueshuang's family has had over 60,000 yuan extorted from them. Her physical and mental suffering cannot be measured. In 2001, an animal syringe was used to inject her with unknown nerve-damaging drugs. She subsequently lost her eyesight, and her muscles atrophied. She became disabled and has still not recovered. In June 2009, the police took Ms. Bai away in a police car. She was left in the middle of nowhere several miles away from home even though she had difficulty walking. She had to walk all the way home by herself. It took her nearly six hours.
  • Mr. Wang Naishen from Tianjin City Died in 2002 at a Brainwashing Centre

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Naishen went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in 2000, and was arrested by police. He was later sent to a Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years. In 2002, after being tortured mentally and physically, including long-term sleep deprivation, Mr. Wang was on the verge of a mental collapse. According to an informed source, one day Mr. Wang suddenly ran out of the Tianjin Port Police Department with people yelling and chasing after him. He ran to a crane at the port and climbed up while police officers stood below shouting threats. It is probable that Mr. Wang lost his balance and fell from the crane to his death due to his weakened physical condition and severe emotional distress.
  • Practitioner in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia Arrested by National Security Bureau

    On September 8th, 2009, the National Security Police arrested practitioner Mr. Cao Feng while he was working in Shanghai and took him back to Duolun County. He is now imprisoned in the Duolun County Jail. In past years, he and his family were continuously persecuted by the police. In 2003, a warden shocked him with electric batons. His neck and face swelled up with large blisters. He was subsequently extorted out of 4,500 yuan before his release.
  • Ms. Miao Qing Persecuted for Ten Years

    After July 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong, practitioner Ms. Miao Qing had been detained in a forced labour camp for three years and 19 days. She was dismissed from work, her home was ransacked, she was harassed numerous times, and her family members suffered serious mental trauma. At the Qinghai Province's Women's Forced Labour Camp, she was forced to endure extremely hard labour. Guards shocked her with electric batons and slapped her face.
  • My Mother Hu Qili's Story

    My mother's name is Hu Qili. She is 48 years old. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on November 21st, 1999, and was fired by the hospital director and Communist Party Secretary two days later. During the last ten years, my mother has been detained three times and sent to a labour camp twice. She is again facing sentencing. I cannot fully describe my mother's suffering. The type of physical and mental torture can only be understood by those who have personally experienced it.
  • Ms. Wei Xiuying Had to Be Carried Into Court as a Result of Being Brutally Tortured

    Ms. Wei Xiuying was severely tortured while in police custody, and as a result, had to be carried into the local courthouse when she was to stand trial in July 2009. The presiding judge ended the trial in a rush when they realised that Ms. Wei could not stand nor speak as a result of being tortured. The judge later sentenced her to seven years in prison. Ms. Wang now requires around-the-clock oxygen support just to stay alive. The family is expected to file an appeal with the Jinzhou City Middle Court.
  • Mr. Lin Zehua Lost the Ability to Walk in Jiamusi City Prison

    Mr. Lin Zehua is imprisoned for his faith in Falun Gong. He has suffered abuse and lost the ability to walk. Mr. Lin was transferred from the Qitaihe Prison to Jiamusi City Prison on July 10th, 2008. As soon as he arrived, the guards began to try to coerce Mr. Lin to write the Three Statements. Mr. Lin refused. The guards placed Mr. Lin under strict monitoring - no phone calls to family members nor family visits. Then after September 7th, 2008, they no longer allowed him to buy daily consumables.
  • Police from Cangzhou City and Huanghua City Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners

    On the evening of September 7th, 2009, the Cangzhou City and Huanghua City Police Departments in Hebei Province arrested eight Falun Gong practitioners. On September 7th, more than a dozen police officers broke into the home of Ms. Pu Shuhui, 62. They ransacked the home, and confiscated all of Ms. Pu's Falun Gong books and materials, as well as a personal computer. The police also threatened Ms. Pu's children. Eventually Ms. Pu was released on bail awaiting trial.
  • Mr. Zou Guoyan from Heilongjiang Province Brutally Tortured and Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

    In February 2000, Mr. Zou was arrested in Beijing for appealing for the right to practise Falun Gong. Police took him to the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre. Guards tied him on a Tiger Bench for seven days and nights. They shocked him with electric batons and kicked him in the head with their heavy shoes. The heels of their shoes broke off they kicked him so hard. They tied up his genitals and pounded bamboo spikes into his fingertips. In 2001, Mr. Zou and over 30 practitioners gathered in Handian Town for an experience sharing. The police arrested them. Four years later, the family and friends of Mr. Zou finally discovered where he was. He had been sentenced to nine years in Daqing City Prison.
  • Recent Facts about the Persecution in Anqiu City in the Weifang Area in Shandong Province

    In October 2008, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intensified the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Anqiu City in the Weifang area of Shandong Province. More than 50 police and officials are directly involved in persecuting practitioners. They have arrested, jailed, sentenced, harassed, monitored, and stalked local practitioners. They've ransacked practitioners' homes and extorted money from their families. Since 2007, more than 80 Falun Gong practitioners in Anqiu City have been sentenced to forced labour camps.
  • Call to Rescue My Mother Ms. Chen Zhenping

    My mother, Ms. Chen Zhenping, was sent to the Zhengzhou City Detention Centre. The practitioners there were forced to do 15 hours of forced labour daily, and they were forbidden from talking or using the toilet during that period. They usually held one position for more than ten hours, and were forced to make 2,000 to 3,000 lighters per capita every day. Many people's hands peeled layer by layer, which brought them burning pain at night. Some criminal offenders couldn't tolerate the hard labour, and committed suicide. Although my mother was already in her later fifties, she had to finish 3,000 lighters every day, the same quota as the younger detainees. Moreover, she suffered abuse and was severely beaten at any whim there.
  • I Was Arrested and My Husband Died From Shock - First-Hand Report of How I Was Persecuted

    I was not even in my 50's and yet I had to retire and stay at home due to illness. In March 1995, my husband started the practice with me. We both experienced tremendous improvements in health and fitness. In December 2000, police deceived me to leave my house. They dragged me into a car and took me to the Shizui Brainwashing Centre to be incarcerated for more than two months. During my incarceration, my husband was under extreme mental pressure and he cried every day. He used to be very healthy but suddenly his health deteriorated. When I was arrested again my husband had a stroke. On September 30th, 2004, my husband passed away due to shock and fear.
  • Ms. Wang Hongxia Dies as a Result of Torture in Labour Camp

    On July 9th, 2008, before the Olympics in Beijing, 30-40 police officers broke the windows to Ms. Wang Hongxia's home, entered and arrested her and her husband. On August 8th, 2008, Ms. Wang was taken to the Shandong Province Second Women's Forced Labour Camp. Within six months, the torture she endured in the camp caused Ms. Wang to develop tumours of various sizes in her armpit and on her breasts. On January 15th, 2009, her family took her to the Weifang City People's Hospital to have an examination, and it was found that along with the left side of her body, the tumours had also appeared on her right side. Ms. Wang Hongxia suffered for eight more months and died on September 15th.
  • Ms. Zhang Lianfen Tortured Many Times and Her Relatives Extorted out of Huge Amount of Money

    During the past ten years, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have brutally tortured Ms. Zhang Lianfen because of her firm belief in Falun Gong. They arrested her four times, tortured her, beat her brutally and extorted 83,000 yuan from her family. Her husband had to borrow the money to pay the CCP officials. In 2001, Ms. Zhang was taken to a secluded, tiny cell in police custody. Three guards beat her brutally. They pulled her hair, slapped her face and kicked her violently. From time to time Ms. Zhang fell to the ground. They pulled her up and continued beating her. When they were tired, they handcuffed her to the arm of the sofa. After a while, they started another round of violent beatings. Ms. Zhang fell to the ground, but the police held her hair, stepped on her neck and tortured her until far into the night.
  • Mr. Liu Zhongquan Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment; His Wife Sentenced to Forced Labour

    On August 12th, 2008, Mr. Liu Zhongquan and his wife Ms. Liu Zhenxian went to visit Mr. Wang Jinglun. As they were reading the Falun Gong book Zhuan Falun at Mr. Wang's home, they were arrested by police. That night, Mr. Wang's home was ransacked. Mr. Liu was detained and held in the First Detention Centre of Bin County. Ms. Liu Zhenxian was sentenced to 18 months of forced labour and is being held in the Qianjin Labour Camp of Harbin City. Their son, now in secondary school, has been left home alone to fend for himself. On December 1st, 2008, the Bin County Court brought Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Liu Zhongquan to trial. Despite the defence, judges sentenced Mr. Liu to four years of imprisonment.