Torture

• On Children's Day, How Many Children in China Are Tearfully Missing Their Parents?

  2009-07-08
  Qingqing is five years old. Even before she was born, her father Niu Jinping and mother Zhang Lianying had been arrested and detained numerous times. On April 20th, 2008, police seized Qingqing and her parents in an alley. They beat the couple right in front of Qingqing. Then they dragged them and Qingqing into a police vehicle.
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• The Suffering of Two Young Women and Their Families in Tangshan

  2009-07-08
  Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Chen Baihe and his wife Mrs. Zhang Guilan, have been repeatedly detained in detention centres and brainwashing centres. Mr. Chen was again arrested in May 2006 and was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. He remains in Jidong Prison to this day. Mrs. Zhang was again arrested by the National Security Team and the 610 Office of the Public Security Bureau on March 14th, 2009, and is now detained at Qianxi County Detention Centre. For the last eight years, this family has repeatedly gone through harassment, raids and arrests.
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• Mr. Li Haidong and Family Persecuted

  2009-07-08
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Haidong, 35, has been subjected to persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) many times. About a little more than a month ago, Mr. Li was again arrested and detained at the Zunhua City Detention Centre. In 2002, police arrested Mr. Li and he was tortured with various torture instruments. When he held a hunger strike to protest his detention, he was forced to eat dog food. Mr. Li was later sentenced to three years of forced labour and imprisoned at the Hehuakeng Forced Labour Camp. He was also tied on the "Dead Person's Bed" torture instrument.
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• Mr. Luan Ning from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Was Again Sentenced to Prison

  2009-07-08
  Mr. Luan Ning was recently sentenced to four years in prison in Yinchuan City, Ningxia Prefecture. Mr. Luan is currently appealing to a higher court. While Mr. Luan was standing trial at the Xixia District Court on February 24th, 2009, personnel from the Ningxia Region Political the Judiciary Committee and the 610 Office were guarding the courthouse as if they were expecting an attack from a formidable enemy! The mental and emotional anguish that Mr. Luan's mother endured during her son's long term imprisonment proved to be too much for the elderly lady and she passed away on February 27th, 2009. The prison authorities would not even permit Mr. Luan to attend his own mother's funeral.
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• Ms. Zhang Xingyu Sent to Forced Labour Camp Repeatedly

  2009-07-07
  Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xingyu was abducted from work and taken to a brainwashing centre by agents of the Chinese Communist Party on April 1st, 2009. She was subsequently taken to Guangxi Women's Forced Labour Camp. Earlier, Ms. Zhang was jailed in the same forced labour camp for four years. She had been tortured so badly while detained there that could only crawl when released from the camp. Sources say that the police arrested scores of Falun Gong practitioners from the twelve towns and counties within Baise City. They separated male and female practitioners into different classes. They tried to force them to "transform" and give up their belief in Falun Gong by using nerve-damaging drugs and depriving them of sleep.
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• The Persecution of Ms. Guo Liguang from Jinzhou City

  2009-07-07
  Ms. Guo Liguang is a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. Last year, the police arrested her at home, and then tortured her before sending her to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. In the detention centre she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Prisoners attacked her and a guard then pulled out clumps of Ms. Guo's hair and dragged her to the wash room. Several prisoners continued to beat Ms. Guo there. They used a shoe-brush to pry open Ms. Guo's mouth and caused her teeth to loosen. Since then, she has had difficulty eating.
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• Four Practitioners from Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province Have Been Taken into Custody

  2009-07-07
  On May 13th, 2009, four practitioners from the Xuanhua District of Zhangjiakou City were arrested at Liu Yongli's home. They are Yan Xiulian, Feng Yanli, Liu Yongli and Wang Minghai. Afterwards, their homes were all ransacked. However, the perpetrators were so afraid that they did not present any documents, nor did they identify where they were coming from when they were doing these wrong deeds. These practitioners' relatives don't know their whereabouts.
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• Revealing the Location and Photos of the Chuanxi Women's Prison and the Chuanxi Prison

  2009-07-07
  The Chuanxi Women's Prison and the Chuanxi Prison are located between Luodai Town and Hongan Town, southeast of Chengdu City in Sichuan Province. Although both prisons look modern on the outside, especially the Chuanxi Women's Prison which has been beautifully renovated, Falun Gong practitioners are still being brutally persecuted inside. The suffering and torment that practitioners have to endure is not apparent on the outside.
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• Mr. Li Weiling and Ms. Liu Yan Persecuted Numerous Times and Unable to Return Home

  2009-07-06
  Ever since July 20th, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its persecution against Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Li Weiling and his wife, Ms. Liu Yan have been continuously pursued, arrested and detained by CCP officials from the following institutions in Heilongjiang Province: Beixing Police Station, Fulaer District Detention Centre and Detention House, Shuanghe Forced Labour Camp and Fuyu Forced Labour Camp in Qiqihar City. After their release, Mr. Li Weiling and Ms. Liu Yan were still harassed by officials of the Beixing Police Station and their home was monitored. They couldn't tolerate the constant harassment and compromise of their personal freedom, so they left home and have been travelling from place to place.
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• Li Guochen Taken to Brainwashing Centre the Day of His Release from Labour Camp

  2009-07-06
  Practitioner Li Guochen was arrested by the local police in March 2008. The police beat and tortured him during the entire night, leaving bruises all over his body and face, and breaking one of his teeth. He was then put in the forced labour camp for 1½ years. On the day of his release, Mr. Li was taken to the Xinglongshan Brainwashing Centre by the police and the local 610 Office personnel on June 8th, 2009.
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• Ms. Zhao Mujun Sent to Forced Labour Camp, Two of Her Family Members Passed Away in Grief

  2009-07-06
  On April 19th, 2007, five police suddenly broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Mujun. At the detention centre torture left Ms. Zhao with injuries on her wrists, arms, back, buttocks and legs. Later, Ms. Zhao was unjustly sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. Ms. Zhao's husband had suffered a stroke 15 years ago and she had been taking care of him. Since his wife was taken away, Mr. Chai had no one that could take care of him. He died without seeing his wife one last time. Ms. Zhao's father also passed away shortly after her sentencing.
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• Persecution In Guiyang City Brainwashing Camp, Guizhou Province

  2009-07-06
  The Guiyang City 610 Office imprisons practitioners in the Guiyang City Brainwashing Camp. Even practitioners in their 70's and 80's are not spared. The 610 Office pursues and arrests practitioners who try to leave town in order to flee arrest. They cheat practitioners who are retired and want to move out of town by saying that there is paperwork which requires their presence in the office. If the practitioner sees through the lies, the office issues a directive to the police department for their arrest.
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• Elderly Ms. Wu Shenghua Dies Resulting from Brutal Mistreatment

  2009-07-05
  Ms. Wu Shenghua, who was in her seventies, was reported to police while giving someone a Falun Gong blessing card on June 8th, 2009, and later arrested by police at her home. The police ransacked her home and damaged some furniture. After being tortured for three days, Ms. Wu developed high blood pressure and heart disease. In fear of being responsible for her life, the police released her after extorting money from her family. She died on June 16th.
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• Mr. Zhou Jingcheng from Ningxiang County, Hunan Province Detained, Forced into Labour Camps and Sentenced Ten Times

  2009-07-05
  Mr. Zhou Jingcheng has been sentenced to prison, sent to a labour camp twice, detained seven times and forced to undergo a variety of tortures due to his belief in Falun Gong. He is currently detained in the Wangling Prison. Since 1999, Mr. Zhou Jingcheng has spent the majority of his time in jails, and almost 60,000 yuan has been extorted from his family. In 2003 police handcuffed Mr. Zhou's hands behind his back and suspended him from the handcuffs tied to window bars for over twenty hours. Other torture methods included sleep deprivation and stripping him, then dousing him with water and turning on a fan to chill him during the winter.
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• Savage Interrogation by National Security Police

  2009-07-05
  In July 2007 I was arrested by police officers from the local National Security team and taken to a site used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. There, I was savagely tortured and interrogated. I was tortured for three days. The police handcuffed me to a metal chair and then beat my head. They handcuffed my hands behind my back with one hand over my shoulder and put six beer bottles between my back and hands. My arms quickly became numb due to lack of circulation. The police opened the handcuffs for a few minutes and then closed them again. I was later taken to a detention centre for a month, and was subsequently imprisoned in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province.
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