Torture

• Tangshan City No. 1 Detention Centre Prevents Ms. Jiao Xuemei from Seeing a Lawyer

  2009-03-07
  Right before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Xishandao Police Station in Hebei Province, Tangshan City once again arrested Ms. Jiao Xuemei at work for no apparent reason. In September 2008, the Tangshan City Lubei Court held a hearing for Ms. Jiao. Only the prosecutor presented the case, at which time there was no physical evidence of any crime. It was stated that the evidence was destroyed by the police department. Without facts or evidence, the Lubei Court sentenced Ms. Jiao with the charge of "using a cult to destroy execution of the law." Ms. Jiao later appealed her case.
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• Two Families Severely Persecuted During the "Harmonious Olympics"

  2009-03-06
  On May 24th, 2008, the Domestic Security Division of the Shenyang City Police Department arrested more than fifty Falun Gong practitioners overnight, claiming this was to ensure a "harmonious Olympic Games." Mr. Chen Xinye and his wife Ms. Chen Lihui were arrested at home at 7:00 a.m. on May 24th. Four or five police officers damaged their door and broke into their apartment. The police handcuffed Ms. Chen's hands behind her back. They yanked the sleeping Mr. Chen's hair and handcuffed his hands behind his back, too. At the police station, Xu Deyong interrogated Ms. Chen and forced her to sit on the ground. Xu grabbed her hair, hit her hard on the face, and shocked her legs with an electric baton.
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• High School Student Suffers Mental Collapse from Torture at Heizuizi Women's Prison in Changcun City, Jilin Province

  2009-03-06
  Ms. Wang Pingrui, a high school student was arrested by the police around June 2008 and taken to the Heizuizi Women's Prison. Because she also persisted in her belief in Falun Gong, she was put in solitary confinement right after her admittance. The division captain and female guard beat her many times, prevented her from using the toilet, and used electric batons to shock her on the centre of her foot soles, causing bruises and burns. The guards tied her to a bed and directed inmates to whip her and beat her on her head and body with bottles of water, causing her to become bruised all over. This college-bound, smart young girl has now suffered a mental collapse, and the guards still are denying family visits.
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• Yi County Court in Liaoning Province Secretly Transferred Practitioner Zuo Lizhi

  2009-03-06
  On February 14th, 2009, Ms. Zuo Lizhi's family received a notification that she had been secretly sentenced to five years in prison by the Yi County Court in Liaoning Province, and was to be transferred to the prison in ten days. When the family went to visit her, the jail personnel said, "We are closed on the 14th and 15th and there are no visitations on these two days. Why don't you come back on Monday the 16th?" On the 16th, the family members were able to meet with Ms. Zuo, but it was across a thick piece of glass. They could not hear each other very well, and only got to say a couple of words before the meeting was over. That was it, no more visitations were permitted.
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• The Chinese Communist Party in Heilongjiang Province Used Winter Games as an Excuse to Arrest and Persecute Practitioners

  2009-03-06
  The 2009 Winter Universiade was held February 12th-16th in Heilongjiang Province. Using "security" as a pretext, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dispatched a special team to Jiamusi City to direct the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In addition, the CCP claimed that area practitioners had broadcast messages exposing the persecution of Falun Gong through loudspeakers. Officers from every police station in the area went house-to-house to harass practitioners. Those with knowledge of electronics and broadcast technology were specifically targeted. Dozens of practitioners were harassed.
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• Mr. Wang Jiping Dies under Persecution in Heilongjiang Province

  2009-03-05
  After the persecution began in 1999, Mr. Wang Jiping was forced undergo brainwashing, detention, and a forced labour camp term because he refused to renounce Falun Gong. He endured huge physical, mental and financial hardships. Under the CCP's persecution, Mr. Wang Jiping was forced to roam around alone out of town without work or family contact. He died alone on February 4th, 2009 at age 39. His parents still do not know about his death.
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• Older Mr. Xu Jun Dies in Custody in Jilin Province

  2009-03-05
  Mr. Xu Jun, 53, had been detained in the Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp located in Jiutai City since June 2008. On February 6th, 2009, he suddenly fell into critical condition and was rushed to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital to be rescued. He died on February 17th. The Camp Administration stopped all visitation on February 18th, the regular visitation day, and told his family that he had suffered a stroke after showering. They pressured his family sign the paperwork to have his body cremated right away. In January 2009, the guards initiated another round of intensive brainwashing with cruel torture. Mr. Xu's sudden stroke may have been related to this brainwashing.
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• Ms. Zhu Yifang: The Relentless Torture I Have Suffered for Refusing to Renounce My Belief

  2009-03-05
  Over two years ago, in November 2006, I was sent to the Sichuan Women's Prison because I continue to practise Falun Gong. Being detained, mistreated and brainwashed by three collaborators [former practitioners who have turned against Falun Gong under brainwashing and torture.] for such a long time subjected me to huge mental pressures. It has been a long time since I was given any regular food. My diet has been without vegetables and fruit. Lacking sunshine, I developed all-over oedema. I requested many times to leave the cell to get hot water, but permission was never granted. Soon, my life was in danger and I was sent to the police hospital.
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• Products Produced in Handan Forced Labour Camp Using Forced Labour

  2009-03-05
  Xiao Dong, who was forced to package chopsticks in the Handan Labour Camp, said, "I will never use the supposedly sterile chopsticks when I am released. During the hot summer when we work, we sweat all over. Some people intentionally scratch themselves with the chopsticks and then put the chopsticks covered with sweat into the bags. One time I caught a cold and had a runny nose. I know I dripped on the chopsticks, which were then packaged. Some inmates wear slippers and insert the chopsticks between their toes before packaging them into the bags."
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Brutally Persecuted at Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp in Jilin Province

  2009-03-04
  When Mr. Zhang Guosheng first entered Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp on April 29th, 2008, he was subjected to various forms of torture including electric shock, being hung up by the handcuffs, and severe beatings by multiple people for long periods of time. One evening, chief Zhao Yunfu of the "Strictly Disciplined Team" asked several inmates to help force steadfast practitioners to give up their beliefs, starting with Mr. Shao. Two inmates brutally attacked Mr. Shao for more than six hours, using their knees, elbows, and fists to strike him repeatedly.
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• Diary of a Falun Gong Practitioner from Panjin Prison

  2009-03-04
  A Falun Gong practitioner who was once held in Panjin Prison wrote a diary about the extremely difficult circumstances, exposing how prison guards brutally beat and tortured practitioners, and forced them into slave labour. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Diary entry: August 18th, 2006: Guards and Director He tied practitioners Mr. Chen Binli, Mr. Song Zhendong, Mr. Tian Yunhai, Mr. Zhang Zhenxue, Mr. Liu Deqing to iron chairs, and several guards shocked them with electric batons and beat them. The smell of burned flesh filled the hallways.
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• Ms. Fan Xiaoli Taken to Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia

  2009-03-04
  In late January, 2009, Ms. Fan Xiaoli, Ms. Liu Xiurong, Ms. Tian Fang, and Ms. Xiao Yonghua were taken to the Hohhot City Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after receiving sentences from a local court. Ms. Fan was injected with unknown drugs. Guards Shan Jun and Bao Wuyun testified against Ms. Tian Fang and she was sentenced based on fabricated charges. Ms. Tang Liwen, 68, arrested in January 2008, was also detained in the Hexi Detention Centre. She was tied to the death bed. She was also injected with unknown drugs, and as a result, she became mentally ill and could no longer take care of herself.
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• Police from Yinan County, Shandong Province Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners and Confiscate Their Belongings

  2009-03-04
  According to incomplete statistics, from July 20th, 1999 to present day, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials from Yinan County have confiscated and destroyed more than 100,000 Falun Gong books plus Falun Gong materials. They have held vicious brainwashing sessions to persecute 130 practitioners and extorted 460,344 yuan from them. They have ransacked the homes of 35 practitioners 43 times and confiscated numerous items and other property. During the past 9 years, 109 practitioners have been detained 171 times, and 40 practitioners have been sentenced to forced labour 43 times. There is evidence that 1 practitioner has been injured as a result of persecution, 2 practitioners have been persecuted to death; 2 practitioners have become mentally disordered from persecution, and 21 practitioners have become homeless.
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• Details about the Death Due to Torture of Mr. Gai Chunlin from Qingyuan County, Fushun City

  2009-03-03
  Mr. Gai Chunlin was arrested in April 2005 by police and sent to a brainwashing centre. On May 6th, Mr. Gai's family was informed that he had died from heart disease. When Mr. Gai's family rushed to the scene, they saw Mr. Gai's remains were covered by clothes. Mr. Gai Chunlin's younger brother said, "My brother did not have heart disease, how did he suddenly die of it?" Then they saw the scalds on Mr. Gai Chunlin's distorted face and right chest and demanded an autopsy. The autopsy results showed that Mr. Gai's lower oesophagus had been cooked by boiling water and would peel off with the stroke of a finger. Mr. Gai Chunlin was tortured to death by the Chinese Communist Party personnel because he practised Falun Gong. He died at the age of 52.
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• 61 Year Old Ms. Jiao Shuzhen Sentenced to Shijiazhuang Women's Prison

  2009-03-03
  Ms. Jiao Shuzhen is 61 years old. After being arrested by the police from her home in March 2008, she was sentenced to 4 years in a prison in December 2008. On January 3rd, 2009, she was transferred to the Shijiazhuang Women's Prison. Her husband's life is very difficult since he is almost 70 years old, with cancer and can hardly walk.
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