Torture

• Crimes Committed at the Second Women's Labour Camp of Wangcun, in Zibo City, Shandong Province

  2009-06-05
  Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, prison guard Wu Xiouli confined Ms. Yao to a toilet for prison guards and fastened her to a chair with her legs stretched in an awkward position. When she was set free, she was unable to walk normally. Practitioner Jiang Xina refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong so the prison guards shackled her hands and hung her up from the toilet window rails, with only her toes touching the ground. When she was set free she had lost the feeling in her arms. In the worst case a practitioner was hung up for ten consecutive days. When set free, her hands and feet were so badly bruised that they turned very dark.
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• Rescued by Practising Falun Gong, then Arrested by the Police

  2009-06-04
  On April 29th, 2009 Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lin Shuling was arrested by officers from the Anqiu City Police Bureau at her home. She is now in the Anqiu City Detention Centre. After Ms. Li started practising Falun Gong in 2005, her cancer was cured. Police officers who took part in the arrest terrified her by claiming, "Practising Falun Gong is a crime. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not want you to practise. If you keep practising, you are violating the CCP directives."
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• Ms. He Ping from Jiayu County in Hubei Province Detained Since the Olympics

  2009-06-04
  Ms. He Ping, 52-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, is an English teacher at the Chengbei Middle School in Jiayu County, Hubei Province. Local police detained her before the Olympics and sentenced her to two years of forced labour. Ms. He is now being tortured in Hubei Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp. This is the third time Ms. He has been taken to a forced labour camp, where she is again being pressured to give up her belief in Truth-Benevolence-Forbearance. Ms. He has been imprisoned a total of six years by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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• Mr. Yang Zhi Imprisoned for Practising Truth-Compassion-Forbearance

  2009-06-04
  Recently I remembered my fellow practitioner Mr. Yang Zhi. Mr. Yang Zhi followed the principles Truth-Compassion-Forbearance day-in and day out, be it at work or anywhere else. However, in 2005, local police ransacked Mr. Yang Zhi's home and confiscated his computer, printer, Falun Gong books and other items. They arrested him and sentenced him to a seven-year prison term. His son was only two years old then. During the past several years, Mr. Yang Zhi's elderly mother has been so worried about her son's safety that her hair turned white. Moreover, Mr. Yang Zhi's wife had to shoulder the burden of making a living for the entire family.
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• Supplementary Information about the Arrest of Ten Falun Gong Practitioners in Sanjiazi Township, Lingyuan City

  2009-06-04
  Ten Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by police when they were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in July 2008. During the arrest, one policeman held a gun, while another held an electric baton and forcibly opened the practitioners' car door. After they found literature exposing the persecution, they forced everyone to get out of the car and get into the police cars. After practitioner Yun Guolin got out of the police car, he ran toward the gate. Wang Xiaofeng chased him and shot him. Yun Guolin fell, and one of his arms was injured. The police hung him up with ropes and beat him. Several of the practitioners were sentenced to long prison terms.
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• Tortures Endured by Falun Gong Practitioners in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp During the Olympics

  2009-06-03
  Shortly prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, officials from the Beijing Forced Labour Camp transferred over 100 practitioners who refused to renounce Falun Gong to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City. I was one of them. On July 17th, 2008, a guard told me if I admitted that I was wrong in practising Falun Gong, I would be spared, but I refused. The guards sat me on the ground, pushed me forward so my head was against the ground, and handcuffed my hands to separate beds. They moved the two beds in opposite directions. My arms were stretched until they couldn't be stretched any further. It felt like my arms were about to be torn off and my wrists were about to be cut off. Every part of my body was in excruciating pain and I was sweating profusely.
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• Ms. Chen Xiumei Tortured in Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2009-06-03
  On January 8th, 2009, police arrested Ms. Chen Xiumei. She was sent to the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. Since Ms. Chen refused to cooperate with the officials because she had committed no crimes, the guards brutally tortured her. She started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The head guard ordered the inmates to shock Ms. Chen in the chest, private parts and buttocks. She was slapped and kicked. She endured this torture every day.
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• Luzhou City Intermediate Court Judge Prevents Mr. Yang Ming and His Lawyers from Properly Defending Him at His Second Trial

  2009-06-03
  Jiangyang District Court officials in Luzhou City, Sichuan Province secretly sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Ming to five years in prison on January 8th, 2009. He refused to accept the verdict and appealed. The Luzhou City Intermediate Court then commenced a second trial on April 27th, for his appeal. The second trial was the first one in a decade where the lawyers defended Falun Gong practitioners in Luzhou City since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong. The judge deprived Mr. Yang of his right to self-defence. When Lawyer Liu Wei made positive statements about Falun Gong, Judge Li Xudong immediately interrupted him and shouted, "You are promoting Falun Gong!" When Lawyer Tang Jitian cited facts and evidence, the judge did not let him continue.
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• 18-Year-Old Ms. Wang Yu from Wuhan City Arrested and Sentenced to Forced Labour Camp

  2009-06-03
  Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yu is only 18 years old and lives in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Around March 20th, 2009, she was arrested while giving out materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in a market and sentenced to one year at the Hewan Forced Labour Camp. At the brainwashing centre, Wang Yu was jailed in a separate room and closely monitored. She was followed even when she used the toilet. Wang Yu's parents sought her release, but their requests were rejected. The excuse given was that she was not willing to admit her mistake and give up her belief. The parents were told that she wouldn't be released until she writes a guarantee statement promising to give up her belief.
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• Ms. Zhang Chunhe, Critically Ill, Still Detained by Zengcheng City 610 Office

  2009-06-02
  On April 8th, 2009, the Zengcheng City Court opened a court session covertly, to try Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Chunhe without informing her family. During that time, the courtroom was surrounded by police officers. None of Ms. Zhang's family members were present. Before the trial, Zhang Chunhe was detained in the Guangzhou City Military Police Hospital. After that, she was taken to the Zengcheng City Detention Centre. Ms. Zhang has suffered brutal persecution in detention, and she is now critically ill. In the past 3 months, tumours in her body have become bigger and bigger, and her abdomen is swollen.
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• Ms. Pan Chenhong Mentally Disabled by Torture at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp

  2009-06-02
  In November 2008, the police took away practitioner Ms. Pan Chenhong. She was sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province. In less than four months, she became mentally disabled due to torture she suffered there. In less than four months, the labour camp tortured the originally healthy woman to the point that she became mentally disabled. The labour camp feared being held responsible and told her family to pick her up. Moreover, the labour camp extorted 2,000 yuan from her family to pay for the medical treatment she received at the labour camp.
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• Mum Persecuted to Death, Dad Detained - Letter to the Guards of Duyun Prison from Nine-Year-Old Xiao Xixi

  2009-06-02
  I am only nine years old. I am an orphan and no one takes care of me. In 2001, my mum was persecuted to death by policemen from the 610 Office and the National Security Group of Jiahe County, because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. She passed away before I could recognize her. Currently, my dad, Xiao Sixian is jailed in your prison. My dad did nothing wrong. Everybody thought that he was a good person. Please don't torture him any more. My teacher told me that a prison was built to jail criminals. My dad not only did not break any law, but also was a good teacher in his school. Why is he jailed? Does my teacher tell lies? Or, are you guys liars?
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• Mr. Luo Liteng from Macheng City Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

  2009-06-02
  In June 2008, 30-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Liteng was sentenced to 10 years in prison and sent to the Hongshan Prison in Huhan City. Mr. Luo's mother went to the Macheng Public Security Bureau to find out about Mr. Luo's whereabouts, but to no avail. Mr. Luo's father, Mr. Luo Kaijun, was tortured to death by the police. In April 2001, police Macheng City brutally beat Mr. Luo Kaijun. As a result, his body swelled, and both his mouth and nose bled. He could not move and was unable eat or drink water for three consecutive days. He was sent to a hospital for an emergency treatment. The brutal beating left his internal organs severely damaged. His health continued to deteriorate under prolonged persecution. On September 23rd, 2002, Mr. Luo Kaijun passed away.
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• My Husband Was Arrested in Nanjing City; No News of His Whereabouts for 10 Months

  2009-06-01
  I am Liao Sihua, 51 years old, and the wife of Mr. Li Xianghai. On the afternoon of June 20th, 2008, my husband was secretly arrested by Communist agents at Suyuan Road in the Jiangning Development Zone in Nanjing City. At the same time, they confiscated a computer and a safe box. In the safe box there were accounting documents and funds of 82 thousand yuan (34 thousand of it was cash). They also confiscated my personal printer, 3 mobile phones, 3 MP3 players, and some Falun Gong materials.I do not know his current whereabouts and have not heard from him since his arrest.
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• Gross Abuse and Mistreatment at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, Liaoning Province

  2009-06-01
  Li Yurong, from Dalian, 64-year old, is illiterate, so she inserted some of her own words into the labour camp rules, such as "end the persecution." Liu Yong beat her on the head, neck and torso with a high voltage baton, which caused extreme pain. Liu made Li Yurong read it again. She again read it as "anti-persecution." Liu beat her once more with the baton and punished her by having to stand facing a wall. Sun Xiuzhen, a 45-year old practitioner from Dalian, cried when she saw other practitioners beaten. Policeman Yan took Sun Xiuzhen to the office where he cursed her and punched her head and slapped her.
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