Torture
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My Experiences in the Haikou Brainwashing Centre, Hainan Province
2009-02-23
On June 25th, 2008, I was abducted by two policemen who forced me into a squad car and then took me to the Haikou Brainwashing Centre. Collaborators, former practitioners who have turned against Falun Gong under brainwashing and torture and assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners, relentlessly badmouthed Falun Gong, and my practising Falun Gong. To try and force me to give up my cultivation, they yelled in my ear through a megaphone, and they hit my head with Falun Gong books. One person said that I would not be able to get out if I did not give up my belief, and that they would beat me to death and I had no chance of winning the fight. -
The Persecution of Ms. Sun Meifen in Renqiu City, Hebei Province
2009-02-23Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Sun Meifen benefited both physically and mentally after she started to practise Falun Gong. She has been persecuted many times because of her perseverance in Falun Gong practice. She was imprisoned many times. After being cruelly treated in the Gaoyang County Detention Centre for several months, she was sentenced to forced labour for three years and taken to the Baoding City Forced Labour Camp. At about midnight on July 29th, 2008, just before the Beijing Olympics, a dozen people from the local Pubic Security Bureau came in three vehicles and took her away. She suffered inhuman persecution until her life was draining away. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiulan in Critical Condition at the Jinzhou Detention Centre
2009-02-23Ms. Zhang Xiulan and three other practitioners had masks pulled over their heads when they were arrested in February 2008. Ms. Zhang was then beaten by a group of police officers and mercilessly shocked with an electric baton. She still has scars from the electrical shocks that she received that day. After the officers tortured the four practitioners into confessing a crime that they did not commit, they were taken to a detention centre. Later, Ms. Zhang felt pain in her abdomen and was diagnosed as having an ovarian cyst about four inches in circumference. She also had a tumour on her neck the size of a golf ball. Even though she is in critical condition the police refuse to release her. -
Niu Wanjiang and His Wife from Lanzhou City Have Endured Nine Years of Persecution
2009-02-23Niu Wanjiang was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and spent one year in a forced labour camp. In September 2005, he was taken to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre where he is still undergoing abuse. His wife, Zhang Zhenmin, was arrested on May 3rd, 2005. She was sentenced to eight years in prison and is currently doing forced labour in the Jiuzhou Women's Prison in Lanzhou City. -
Exposing the Murder Committed by Policeman Wang Xianfu in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province
2009-02-22Policeman Wang Xianfu, 40, beat to death a 60-year-old elderly woman in a factory detention centre in December 2008. On December 8th, Wang led police to break into practitioner Ms. Cao Huiqin's home, where they ransacked it and arrested her. They deprived her of sleep and interrogated her continuously for three days and nights, attempting to force her to give a "confession." Unable to get a "confession" from her, the police shocked Ms. Cao with electric batons all over her body. The high-voltage current went through her heart from the chest to the back, charred her flesh and killed her. -
Yanji City Falun Gong Practitioner Shen Quanhui Brutally Tortured
2009-02-22Mr. Shen Quanhui is a practitioner from Yanji City, Jilin Province. Five months after he was arrested for practising Falun Gong, he told his family members during their only visit that he had been subjected to numerous tortures. When he was detained in Toudao Police Station, Mr. Shen was barbarically beaten by the policemen. They kicked his head, as well as the most vulnerable parts of his body. He was almost killed. His family saw that he had become very emaciated and weak since his arrest. Before being arrested, he was a healthy adult. The family was very worried that he would be subjected to further torture. -
The Persecution Suffered by Ms. Huang Juxiu in the Hunan Women's Prison
2009-02-22Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Juxiu, in her fifties, has been repeatedly persecuted for practising Falun Gong. She hasn't received any pay from her workplace for nine years. In August 2006, Hunan Women's Prison sent Ms Huang to the brainwashing centre in order to force her to renounce Falun Gong. Ms. Huang was not allowed to sleep at all for several days and had to day and night. Ms. Huang was dizzy, nauseated, vomiting, and unable to open her eyes from repeated violent torture. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Qi Shuangyun from Jiamusi City Sentenced to a Six-year Prison Term
2009-02-22In September 2008, the police arrested six practitioners for distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in Jiamusi City, including Mr. Qi Shuangyuan. Because of the persecution Mr. Qi developed a tic. On November 21st, Hongxinglong Court sentenced Mr. Qi to a six-year term. It was said that if the court announced that a lawyer entered a not-guilty plea for Mr. Qi, his sentence would have been even longer. In October, Mr. Qi's family was able to see him in the detention centre. Mr. Qi's eyes appeared dull and moved slowly. He was in handcuffs and shackles. -
Ten Lawyers Defy Pressure from the Judicial Bureau to Give Up Defending Falun Gong Practitioners
2009-02-21The Huanggu District Court of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, planned to hold a "trial" of six Falun Gong practitioners on February 6th, 2009. Before the court convened, all ten lawyers involved in the case received phone calls from the city judicial bureau and the district judicial office. The judicial authorities threatened the lawyers, telling them not to defend their clients' claims of innocence, or to challenge court decisions in the case. The lawyers decided to carry on in the practitioners' defence. Hence, the authorities' plot to pressure the lawyers came to nothing. -
Ms. Yin Youlian from Ezhou City Arrested and Tortured
2009-02-21Ms. Yin Youlian, 32, was arrested on January 11th, 2009, with other practitioners when they were distributing Falun Gong flyers in a village. It was winter and the temperature was below freezing. At the police station, the policemen took off Ms. Yin Youlian's coat, leaving her in only a single layer of clothing. They beat her and turned a fan on towards her. She was tortured for the entire night. According to inside sources, Ms. Yin was secretly sentenced to do forced labour. Her family has yet to receive any notification about her situation. -
The Persecution of Ms. Liu Xiaoling in Tanghai County and Luannan County, Hebei Province
2009-02-21Ms. Liu Xiaoling is almost 60 years old. In January 2004, she went to a village to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and was arrested by police. Ms. Liu was taken to the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp for a two-year sentence. The inmates there bound her and beat her every day for 39 days in her cell. She suffered a mental collapse. In October 2004, police broke into her home and arrested Ms. Liu again. In a brainwashing centre she was burned, beaten, and verbally abused. She was force-fed and forced to have intravenous injections for no medical reason. Guards said her death would be announced as a suicide. Since June 2008, Ms. Liu has been detained again. -
Mr. Zheng Huiwang Secretly Given a Ten-Year Sentence; Family Visits Are Denied
2009-02-21Practitioner Mr. Zheng Huiwang was arrested at his home by police on January 21st, 2008. In March 2008, his family received a notice that Mr. Zheng had been sentenced to ten years in Baoding prison. In December 2008, Mr. Zheng's 72-year-old father went to the prison to visit his son. The warden refused him visit no matter what he said. Mr. Zheng has never given up his belief even though he has been arrested many times since July 1999. He has been sent to forced labour camps, brainwashing centres, and prison, and he was once homeless. -
Children of Mr. Jiang Xiqing Seek Explanation for His Suspicious Death in Labour Camp
2009-02-20
Mr. Jiang Xiqing, 66, was taken to the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp several days before the Olympic Games started. On January 28th, 2009, he died because of severe persecution. The circumstances surrounding his death is very suspicious and full of contradictory evidence. Six hours after his death was announced by the guards, his body was still warm. Mr. Jiang's children insisted on receiving an explanation. -
Mr. Wang Donghai Dies after Long term Persecution in Hebei Province
2009-02-20Mr. Wang Donghai, 51, was repeatedly persecuted for practising Falun Gong. On July 14th, 2008, 610 Office agents harassed Mr. Wang at home again and attempted to force him to sign his name to stop practising Falun Gong. They threatened to take him to the county brainwashing centre. In January 2009, officials harassed Mr. Wang at home again and forced him to answer questions so he would stop practising. The repeated harassment caused Mr. Wang Donghai to become very anxious. He died on January 25th, 2009. -
Mr. Mou Lunhui Viciously and Repeatedly Beaten Unconscious by Police and Labour Camp Guards
2009-02-20Mr. Mou Lunhui, in his forties, has been arrested numerous times by the Wanzhou District police over the past nine years. He was viciously tortured at various detention centres and at the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, losing consciousness on several occasions. On December 30th, 2008, Mr. Mou was arrested again by police. It turned out that the police had secretly transferred Mr. Mou to the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp to serve a 21-month term on January 16th, 2009.The police did not issue any legal papers regarding his arrest or imprisonment nor did they notify his family.
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