Torture

Jiang Xiqing Tortured to Death and His Family Harassed

2009-04-13

Mr. Jiang Xiqing, a 66-year-old practitioner from Chongqing, was tortured to death at the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, and his family is being continually harassed. State Security police in the Jiangjin District are monitoring his family constantly. The police have said that they would not allow any Falun Gong practitioners to contact his family. They attempted to conceal evidence of their crimes and continue to persecute this family. Mr. Jiang's wife Luo Zehui has been sentenced to eight years in prison and is resisting persecution in the detention centre. Her life is currently in danger.

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Mr. Zhang Xuemin Arrested by Police from Yushu County, Jilin Province--His Family Beaten

2009-04-13

On March 18th, 2009, some people who identified themselves as police drove to Dancheng Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province. They were guided by local police officer Chen Fumin, who broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Xuemin and arrested him. Mr. Zhang's daughter-in-law, who suffered from serious deafness, tried to stop the plain clothes police from arresting her father and required that they show their identification, but the two officers reacted rudely toward her. When she resisted the police they used garden spades found in the yard to beat the family. As a result Mr. Zhang's nephew was seriously injured and was sent to a local hospital.

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The Torture Death of Mr. Lu Guanglin from Qingyuan County, Fushun City

2009-04-13

In 2008, the Panjin City Prison authorities tortured Mr. Lu Guanglin until he suffered a mental collapse and could no long take care of himself. The prison authorities did not want to be held responsible for Mr. Lu's condition and so tried to release him. But when the Qingyuan County Politics and Law Enforcement Committee, 610 Office, and the local police department refused to sign the release order, the prison authorities were unable to release him. Mr. Lu continued to be tortured in the prison, and died in February 2009.

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69-year-old Farmer Secretly Sentenced and Imprisoned in Shanxi Province

2009-04-12

Mr. Chen Jia'an is a 69-year-old farmer. On August 4th, 2008, Liu Sitong, a Chinese Communist Party Secretary reported him to the police for explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people. Shortly after, more than a dozen police officers went to Mr. Chen's home to ransack it and arrest him. The officers confiscated his Falun Gong books, informational materials, and other personal items. He was later detained at the Zezhou County Detention Centre. In November 2008, a secret trial was arranged for Mr. Chen by the procurator and the Zezhou County Court. In December 2008, he was sentenced to three years in prison. The family did not know anything about his arrest, trial, or his sentencing until much later.

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Exposing the Persecution at the No. 2 Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province

2009-04-12

In 2007, I was sent to the No. 2 Women's Forced Labour Camp Division 2 in Shandong Province. Upon arriving, several people persecuted me. I did not give up my practice of Falun Gong. Guards then told drug addict inmates to take turns watching me. They deprived me of sleep, access to the toilet, and the use of water. I was forced to stand for a long time (three days and four nights) twice. My legs were severely swollen and I could barely walk. I refused to write words defaming Falun Gong, so the guards gave me a heavy workload.

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Ms. Xin Xiaoping Faces Sentencing in Linyi County, Hunan Province

2009-04-12

Ms. Xin Xiaoping was arrested by officers from the National Security Division on October 15th, 2008, while Ms. Xin was on her way to work. The officers accused her of "sabotaging the enforcement of the law by organizing and using an illegal organization" because she practised Falun Gong and aided a practitioner who escaped from a local hospital. After arresting Ms. Xin, the police took her to the Linyi County Detention Centre, where she remains to this day.

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Remembering Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Qu Jie

2009-04-12

After the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, Ms. Qu Jie, who was close to 60 at the time, was persecuted numerous times. She was first held in the Hegang City Second Detention Centre, where she treated everyone with kindness, including those who abused her. While in detention, her blood pressure shot up to 220-280. The police had to taken her to a hospital, where they continued to pressure her to abandon her belief. She firmly refused. In 2002, she was sentenced to five years in prison. Due to the mistreatment and abuse, Qu Jie suffered a massive brain aneurysm in the summer of 2004 and passed away.

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Mr. Liu Qinghua from Siping City, Jilin Province, Tortured to Death

2009-04-11

Mr. Liu Qinghua was a cancer patient before he practised Falun Gong. The practice saved his life, and he continued to practise Falun Gong despite the persecution. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) arrested him because he distributed materials that published the facts about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution. He was sentenced to three years in prison and subjected to torture and brainwashing at Panjin Prison. His health deteriorated while in prison due to the abuse he was subjected to. On December 31st, 2008, Panjin Prison released Mr. Liu on medical parole. He died on February 23rd, 2009, at the age of 47.

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A Call to Rescue Ms. Zhu Ming in Dalian City

2009-04-11

Practitioner Ms. Zhu Ming from Dalian City, Liaoning Province, is 47 years old. She was arrested by police while she was selling vegetables at a food market. The police ransacked her home and confiscated her family's property. Presently, she is imprisoned in the Yaojia Detention Centre. Zhu Ming's arrest has caused enormous damage to her family. Her 75-year-old mother had a weak heart to begin with, and after witnessing the barbaric actions of police confiscating their belongings, her condition worsened. Every night she is awakened by nightmares of the crimes of the police. She cries to no end.

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Kindhearted Family in Tianjin City Persecuted for Ten Years

2009-04-11

Mr. Zhou Zhencai; his wife, Ms. Wang Shaoping; and their two sons, Mr. Zhou Xiangdang and Zhou Xiangyang, have practised Falun Gong since 1996. Their whole family has benefited from the practice tremendously. Nonetheless, the Zhou family has been severely persecuted since 1999 for informing people about the true nature of Falun Gong and exposing the persecution to the government. Mr. Zhou and his wife were forced to become homeless to avoid being arrested. From 1999 to 2003, the national security police ransacked their house numerous times and took their valuables. In September 2005, Mr. Zhou was sentenced to the Shuangkou Forced Labour Centre in Tianjin City for two and a half years. His wife was sent to the Banqiao Women's Labour Centre for one and a half years.

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Honest Official Persecuted by the State Security Department after Being Detained over a Dozen Times

2009-04-11

On February 27th, 2009, officers from the State Security Department and the local police officers arrested Mr. Jiang Guobo and his wife Mrs. Zhou Ling at their workplaces in Shandong Province. When they arrested Mr. Jiang, the police officers pulled a black sack over his head, tied it at his neck, and then carried him to the car. Mr. Jiang has now been detained at the Changle Detention Centre for more than 20 days. In 2005, Mr. Jiang was arrested and brutally tortured. His arms and legs were cuffed to a cross for more than 20 days. He lost consciousness as a result of the unbearable pain.

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Mr. Xu Jun, 54, Dies as a Result of Torture and Abuse at Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp

2009-04-10

On June 11th, 2008, Mr. Xu Jun, 54, was arrested and beaten by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police. On June 25th, he was sentenced to a labour camp and he was mercilessly tortured and forced to work long hours at the Yinmahe Labour Camp in Jiutai City, Jilin Province. On February 17th, 2009, after eight months of maltreatment, Mr. Xu Jun died. Mr. Xu Jun had been sentenced to prison twice. The first time he was held in custody in the Tiebei Prison, Changchun City. In 2000 when his prison term matured, the police from Tumen City took him directly from the prison to the Tumen Detention Centre. Mr. Xu Jun's wife was sentenced to ten years in prison due to her faith in Falun Gong. Currently, she is in custody in the Changchun Women's Prison.

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The Suffering of Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Dong Yuying

2009-04-10

On March 16th, 2007, Ms. Dong was taken to a brainwashing centre in Xinjing City, the so-called "Chengdu Law and Education Centre." Ms. Dong noticed a white power residue in her food bowl once she finished eating and asked, "Who put something in my food?" The three "education assistants" immediately yelled at her. Half an hour later she began to exhibit sickness symptoms. She felt dizzy and drowsy, had an upset stomach, and became agitated. Xu Dong removed the bedding from her bed and forbade her to sleep. Ms. Dong gradually developed severe psychological impairment and various illness symptoms.

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Feng Feng and Deng Tianyu Have Been Tortured and Sentenced

2009-04-10

On March 14th, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners Feng Feng and Deng Tianyu from Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, were sentenced to eight and four years' imprisonment, respectively on the charge of "using an illegal organization to break the law." The so-called crime was practising Falun Gong. Mr. Feng was young and strong. Now his hair has turned grey and he is paralysed from the waist down. Mr. Deng has completely lost the sight in his right eye. He can see little with his left eye. Mr. Feng also has limited vision in his left eye. Both of them were tortured until they could no longer take care of themselves.

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Mr. Tian Haitao Persecuted Again in Jiamusi City

2009-04-10

Mr. Tian Haitao was arrested by awaiting policemen while visiting fellow practitioner Huang Weizhong's home on February 12th, 2009, and taken to the Jiamusi Detention Centre. To date, he has already been on a hunger strike to protest the arrest for more than a month. He is currently in poor health. Although his family members have asked to see him many times, visits have not been permitted. Tian Haitao's wife, children, and many family members have suffered a decade of physical and psychological torture. With Mr. Tian's re-arrest and the possibility of another forced labour term, he and his family are once again in an extremely difficult situation.

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