Torture

• Mr. Li Xiande and His Family Suffer Persecution

  2009-06-27
  on April 23rd, 2008, while on his way to visit a friend, Mr. Li Xiande was arrested at the gate of Naji Garden by officers from the Songyuan City Domestic Security Section. The officers searched him, seized more than 300 yuan and his keys, which included his car and home keys. Then the officers drove his car to his home, arrested his wife and detained her at the Shanyou Detention Centre. Mr. Li's mother and his sister, Ms. Li Guixia were arrested the same day. Ms. Li's husband, a practitioner, fled arrest. Mr. Li was sentenced to a year of forced labour. His mother was detained for 15 days. His sister was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour. His wife was sentenced to a year of forced labour.
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• Five Practitioners in Cang County, Hebei Province Were Sentenced

  2009-06-27
  On May 8th, 2009, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court in Cang County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province sentenced five Falun Gong practitioners. Pu Jinfeng was sentenced to six years, Zhao Junfeng five years, Zhang Kanzhong four years and six months, Li Bing'an four years, and Liu Rujun three years and six months. At the beginning of March, 2009, Cang County Procuratorate made up charges and sent this fabricated case to Cang County court. The court then set a trial date for March 24th.
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• Authorities Detain Falun Gong Practitioners in Prisons or Forced Labour Camps in Tangshan City, Hebei Province

  2009-06-27
  Since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, a total of 58 Falun Gong practitioners in Tangshan City, Hebei Province have been sentenced to imprisonment. Among them, four Falun Gong practitioners have completed their terms and been released, and two practitioners have received suspended prison terms. At this time, at least 52 Falun Gong practitioners are being detained in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prisons or detention centres and are there being persecuted. Since 2007, under orders from the CCP, officials have used the pretext of ensuring the "safety" of the Beijing Olympic Games as a justification for the persecution.
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• Ms. Su Zhifeng Dies as a Result of Torture in Jiangsu Province

  2009-06-26
  Because Ms. Su Zhifeng, 49, distributed leaflets exposing the persecution and told people the facts about Falun Gong in the early years of the persecution, she had to leave town to avoid arrest and survive on the wages of temporary labour. However, in August, 2004, police arrested Ms. Su. They sentenced her to three years in prison in the Nanjing City Women's Prison. Ms. Su was severely tortured there. After being released in 2007, she was very ill and weak. She became bedridden, and her whole body was swollen. She died on May 7th, 2009.
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• Ms. Zhang is in Critical Condition at the Zengcheng City Detention in Guangdong Province

  2009-06-26
  After being persecuted for close to nine months, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Chunhe was secretly tried and sentenced to three years in prison on April 8th, 2009. When she appeared in court, she was in critical condition and in a lot of pain. The authorities didn't care whether Ms. Zhang lived or died. Ms. Zhang appealed the unjust verdict and a new trial date was scheduled for May 15th, 2009.
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• I Was Forced to Drop Out of School When I Was Thirteen Years Old

  2009-06-26
  My name is Liang Yan. My father is Liang Lijin and my mother is Yang Xiuqin. When I was a little girl, I witnessed the persecution that our whole family suffered for practising Falun Gong. This experience caused me a lot of mental anguish and scarred my heart. My school leaders repetitively asking me to break ties with my mother. So I stopped going to school. In March 2002, my mother was arrested. Later, she escaped and we lost contact with each other. In May 2002, police arrested my father and beat him.
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• Ms. Ma Jinxiu Seeks Justice Against Police Officer Chen Peiyi in Guantao County, Hebei Province

  2009-06-26
  My name is Ma Jinxiu. I am a Falun Gong practitioner from Guantao County, Hebei Province. In the beginning of 2005, my husband, our twelve-year-old son, and I were arrested by officers from the Chengguan Police Station in Guantao County. My husband and I were subjected to torture and our property was ransacked by the officers. I was sentenced to forced labour. After that, my son dropped out of school, and we suffered discord in the family. Our losses caused by Chen Peiyi (director of Chengguan Police Station) and other officers are not recoverable. I am seeking justice against Chen Peiyi.
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• Ms. Wang Guifen from Changping District in Beijing Died Due to Torture

  2009-06-25
  Personnel from the 610 Office, along with officers from the Domestic Security Division and the police station, seized Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Guifen from Changping District in Beijing on April 15th, 2009. The captors took her under force to the Chaofeng'an Brainwashing Centre and unlawfully detained her there for nearly fifty days. Ms. Wang Guifen was cruelly tortured and died on June 2nd, 2009.
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• Mr. Wu Shanhai of Wuhan City, Hubei Province Died as a Result of Torture

  2009-06-25
  Mr. Wu Shanhai was an elderly practitioner. Because he persisted in practising Falun Gong, as well as explaining the facts about Falun Gong, he was incarcerated and tortured. On July 10th, 2007, Wu was exchanging experiences with a few practitioners in a park. He was followed by local police officers and once again arrested and taken to the police station on the grounds of "gathering to overthrow the government" and "colluding with overseas anti-China forces." Three days later, the police ordered his family members to fetch him. At that time, Wu Shanhai's body was extremely weak and he could not eat. He had been tortured until he was on the brink of death. One week later, he passed away.
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• Ms. Li Bo and Mr. Li Daiquan Died as a Result of the Persecution

  2009-06-25
  Mr. Li Daiquan, 56 years old, from the Nanpiao District went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, and March 13th, 2000. In the evening on June 24th, 2001, he was arrested by the Shaguotun Township Police Station for writing "Falun Gong is good" and locked up in a detention centre. As a result, he was physically and mentally abused. After being released from the detention centre, he wandered around to avoid being arrested again. He was sent home in November 2003 after suffering a stroke. He passed away on March 20th, 2009.
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• The Relentless Abuse Mr. Li Min Suffered Before He Died as a Result of Torture

  2009-06-25
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Min was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2005. While imprisoned, he was regularly tortured in Ward 7 of Daqing Prison, and his health deteriorated dramatically, causing symptoms of a stroke. In April 2009 his family members, who were there visiting him, asked that he be released for medical treatment, but the request was denied by the prison officials. Mr. Li died on May 23rd.
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• Wu Guanzheng is Among the Worst Offenders in the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2009-06-24
  Wu Guanzheng, who was the Shandong Province CCP Secretary and Political Bureau member, was assigned the responsibility of initiating the persecution of Falun Gong in Shandong Province. Wu Guanzheng committed uncountable crimes against Falun Gong. The number of practitioners killed in Shandong exceeds the numbers killed in other areas. The numbers of practitioners suffering in Shandong's forced labour camps and prisons are the highest in the nation. He is among the worst offenders in the persecution of practitioners.
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• Siping Prison Inmates Beat Practitioner to Death Under the Connivance of Prison Guards

  2009-06-24
  Mr. Dong Fengshan was sent to Siping Prison in October 2008 to undergo "transformation" because he persevered in practising Falun Gong. Five prison inmates beat Mr. Dong for a total of two hours, under the connivance of prison guards. They used special leather whips that made noises so loud that the whole prison could hear them. Mr. Dong was a steadfast practitioner who did not utter a word and simply silently chanted "Falun Gong is good" while being beaten. Mr. Dong was so badly injured that he died the next day.
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• Ms. Long Lihong from Hunan Province Harmed in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp, Zhuzhou City

  2009-06-24
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Long Lihong was hoodwinked by the Lanshan police in 2008 and incarcerated at the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou City because she practises Falun Gong. She was subjected to one year of forced labour. During the first three months at the forced labour camp, those in charge used every imaginable means in an attempt to "transform" her, simply for the sake of monetary gains and promotions. They promised two drug addict inmates that their terms would be shortened if they monitored Ms. Long around the clock. One inmate forced her to watch videos that slandered and defamed Falun Gong. At night, they deprived her of sleep and tried to brainwash her to give up Falun Gong.
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• Zhang Min in Huaihua City of Hunan Province Was Persecuted During the Beijing Olympic Games

  2009-06-24
  On May 22nd, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Min was arrested by police and her home ransacked. Ms. Zhang was taken to the Huaihua Brainwashing Centre. In the brainwashing centre, she was forced to write the three statements to give up Falun Gong. After being detained for a month, the 610 Office staff extorted 15,000 Yuan from Zhang's husband as a "guarantee deposit" and demanded that he sign a guarantee statement before he could take his wife back home. After Zhang was released, she was still closely monitored and harassed by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members at her work place.
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