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Mother and Daughter from Kunming City Arrested and Sent to Prison for Practising Falun Gong
2009-04-28
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Long Huaxian was arrested for no valid reason on June 2nd, 2008 by police in Kunming City. She was sent to Kunming City No. 2 Detention Centre to be incarcerated. On January 5th, 2009, she was secretly put on trial and sentenced to imprisonment by the Kunming City Intermediate Court. Ms. Long is currently appealing the sentence. Her daughter, Ms. Zhou Jin, who is also a Falun Gong practitioner was taken away by police on April 22nd, 2008. Police sentenced Zhou Jin to 3 years of imprisonment. Zhou Jin appealed, but it was rejected. Up until today, they have not informed her family members which prison Zhou Jin was sent to. -
Practitioner Ms. Wang Shumei of Boli County Secretly Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
2009-04-28Practitioner Ms. Wang Shumei was reported by informers and arrested by police while appealing against the persecution of Falun Gong. She was sentenced to a seven year prison term, though the court knew that the sentence was illegal. They allowed only six people to be present in the trial - five from the court itself plus Ms. Wang. They did not inform any family members. Now her family members have hired a lawyer to file an appeal. -
At Least 14 Practitioners Arrested by the 610 Office in Mengyin County, Shandong Province
2009-04-28On March 17th and 18th, 2009, at least 14 practitioners were arrested by officials from 610 Offices during a large scale operation. According to reports, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a meeting in Jinan, where a quota for the arrest of practitioners was determined for each town. Ms. Sun Zhaoying was arrested on March 18th. According to her neighbours, a 610 Office policeman broke a window and entered her house because she refused to open her door. -
Asking for Help to Release My Younger Brother Xie Yunhuan Who Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
2009-04-27My brother Xie Yunhuan, 34, who used to be a student in Japan, went back to China in February 2000 to appeal for Falun Gong. He was sentenced 10 years in prison and has suffered long- term abuse and mistreatment under the persecution. The so-called criminal evidence the persecutors presented was absurd - making 1,400 copies of Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and 90 copies of a newspaper, and participating in several experience-sharing meetings. In October 2002 my brother was sent to the Hedaling Prison where the detainees were forced to work in an underground coal mine. He was compelled to load and transport coal underground, like a slave, and could be subjected to scolding, lashing or beating with wooden rods at any time. -
Ms. Cheng Guiping Suffers Mental Impairment after Being Injected with Drug in Shayang Forced Labour Camp
2009-04-27Ms. Cheng Guiping was reported to the authorities while she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in December 2001. Ms. Cheng was imprisoned for one and a half years and then sent to Shayang Forced Labour Camp for further persecution because she refused to renounce Falun Gong. At the Shayang Camp, the guards beat her and tied her up. They told the prison doctor to inject an unknown drug, using a 3-inch long needle, into the veins in her calf. Ms. Cheng lost consciousness. She woke up two days later and seemed dazed and confused. She could not recognize her family. Currently, Cheng Guiping is dependent on drugs to maintain a certain amount of rationality and she is staying in Huaxin Hospital's Mental Section. -
Practitioner Zhu Lianzhen from Leshan City, Sichuan Province Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2009-04-27Because Ms. Zhu Lianzhen, a fifty-four-year-old woman, refused to give up her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, she was sent to Wutongqiao detention centre by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Leshan city. After being detained for forty days, she was sentenced to a year in forced labour camp. Currently she is being detained at Sichuan Women's Forced Labour Camp. For practitioners who refuse to give up their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, they forced them to keep in a certain position and used in an army for a long time. If they are not "transformed" in one month, their term would be increased by fifteen days. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhu Quandi from Beijing Died as a Result of Persecution
2009-04-27Ms. Zhu Quandi, 65, had practised Falun Gong since 1993. Her late stages cirrhosis was healed through the practice. On February 19th, 2008, police searched Ms. Zhu's home, confiscated Falun Gong materials, and sentenced her to forced labour. In the women's forced labour camp, she suffered liver cancer as a result of persecution and being forbidden to practise the Falun Gong exercises. On April 1st, 2009, she passed away in hospital. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Severely Persecuted at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2009-04-26Because she refused to renounce Falun Gong, practitioner Ms. Jia Yahui was blindfolded and then shocked with electric batons by guards at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. The guards tried to brutally force her to put her fingerprint on a document renouncing Falun Gong. Another time, when Ms. Jia shouted "Falun Gong is wonderful!" they hung her up by her handcuffed wrists and cruelly tortured her. Another practitioner, who also did not cooperate is Ms. Zhang Min, age 49. Because she refused to sign a form renouncing Falun Gong, she was beaten until her face and entire body was badly bruised and swollen. -
Female College Student in Shandong Province Has No Way to Appeal for Her Mother
2009-04-26Dr. Wu Xiuxin, of the Laixi City People's Hospital in Shandong Province, was arrested last year during the Olympics because she practised Falun Gong. Her daughter, Wu Xin, tried to hire a lawyer to defend her. When she learned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had issued orders prohibiting lawyers from submitting "not guilty" pleas for Falun Gong practitioners, she fell into despair. Dr. Wu has been sentenced to three years in prison. -
Qian'an City National Security Team of Hebei Province Arrests Mr. Cai Youwang, Who Does Not Practise Falun Gong
2009-04-26Mr. Cai Youwang is a taxi driver who does not practise Falun Gong. On May 22nd, 2008, several Falun Gong practitioners hired him to drive them to three villages so that they could distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. They were subsequently arrested by the police. Mr. Cai Youwang was also arrested and had his vehicle impounded. The police used all kinds of methods to torture Mr. Cai. They whipped him with a belt and interrogated him while employing physical abuse. Mr. Cai Youwang is still detained at the Qian'an City Detention Centre. -
Practitioners Ms. Xu Xiaoping and Ms. Tang Guilin Imprisoned
2009-04-26Ms. Xu Xiaoping and her mother, Ms. Tang Guilin, are from Xinning, Hunan Province. On March 6th, 2008, they spoke out about the beauty of Falun Gong and the Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong to the police on a bus. They were later arrested and their homes ransacked. Ms. Xu she was arrested again later and sent to the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years imprisonment. Ms. Tang Guilin was detained at Xinning Detention Centre and sentenced to four years in prison. She is currently in Hunan Women's Prison. -
Two Falun Gong Practitioners from Jilin Province Pass Away After Persecution
2009-04-25Ms. Liu Xiaoman learned Falun Gong in 1998. After the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal twice, and was detained in the Third Detention Centre of Changchun City and Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp. In the labour camp she refused to write statements renouncing Falun Gong and refused to join in the forced labour. She was shocked many times by electric batons on the breast area. In 2004, her dying father wanted to see her for the last time, but the labour camp would not allow it unless she wrote statements renouncing Falun Gong. She refused. One day in 2007, she was dragged from her home to the local police station. Under the long-term persecution, her health progressively got worse. She was very thin, and her lower abdomen was distended. Her urine was red. On April 28th, 2009, she passed away. -
Sun Qinghe Arrested While Visiting a Disabled Practitioner
2009-04-25In early February 2009, the Jiamusi City Public Security Bureau and Police Department, under the direction of the Heilongjiang Provincial Police Department, started a new wave of persecution against Falun Gong under the pretence of ensuring security for the Winter Games. Since February 8th, 2009, more than twenty Falun Gong practitioners and their relatives have been arrested. On February Sun Qinghe went to visit disabled Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xiaobin and planned to stay there to take care of him. Police waiting outside Liu Xiaobin's home arrested Mr. Sun and ransacked his home. They sent Mr. Sun to the Jiamusi City Detention Centre. -
Five Practitioners Arrested and Charged with Illegal Assembly
2009-04-25On the morning of March 18th, 2009, Ms. Tang walked to Suxianling Mountain. On the way, she met four Falun Gong practitioners. They were tired and took a rest in a small pavilion near the mountain. A police patrol soon passed the pavilion. The officers approached and charged the group with illegal assembly. The police refused to hear any explanation and forcibly took them to the Suxian District Police Station. The same day three police officers drove a police vehicle to Ms. Tang's home. Without a search warrant, they took Falun Gong books, cash and personal belongings. -
Wang Yongqiang Brutally Tortured in Police Custody
2009-04-25Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yongqiang on August 1st, 2008. They ransacked his home, taking away valuables and a large amount of cash. At the police station the police tortured Wang for 3 days. They did not give him food or drink, enclosed his head in a plastic bag, put burning mosquito repellent under his nose for a long time, and smeared pepper into his mouth, nose and genitals. They also tied him up and hung him up for one hour. After they put him down, Wang Yongqiang was in excruciating pain and could barely move. The police would sadistically kick his sides periodically.
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