Torture

Ms. Zhang Qiuyun Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

2009-02-16

Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Qiuyun was arrested six months ago. The Taocheng District Court of Hengshui City, Hebei Province sentenced her to five years in prison on January 20th, 2009. Zhang Qiuyun's family believes she is innocent, and is appealing for her. On July 20th, 2008 several police used the excuse of checking residence cards to break into Zhang Qiuyun's home. They confiscated all of her personal belongings. The policemen, claiming that they had been following her for seventeen days, took her to the station and tortured her on a "tiger bench".

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Police from Yushu City, Jilin Province Arrest and Fine Falun Gong Practitioners

2009-02-16

In late 2008, the Police Department of Yushu City, Jilin Province reorganized their mid-level police system, appointing new police chiefs accordingly. They also issued arrest quotas to subordinate police stations. In order to fulfil the quotas, police stations and the National Security Group have been arresting and fining Falun Gong practitioners. In January police ransacked the home of Falun Gong practitioner Zheng Lijia. Police officer Qi Li slapped Mr. Zheng in the face, kicked him, confiscated his Falun Gong books, then detained Mr. Zheng at the National Security Group. They informed the victim's family that he would not be released until they paid a fine.

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Practitioners Ms. Li Xiuhong and Ms. Yan Shufang Brutally Tortured at Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province

2009-02-15

Ms. Li Xiuhong and Ms. Yan Shufang are from Tonghua City, Jilin Province. On June 10th, 2008, they were detained at the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province. Since they persisted in doing the Falun Gong exercises, they were shocked with electric batons and tied to a metal bed for several months. Ms. Li remains tied to the metal bed even now. She became very sick after being prevented from sleeping. The constant brutal torture has reduced her to skin and bones and she cannot take care of herself.

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Yunnan Province No. 2 Women's Prison Uses Drugs on Detainees, Causing Many to Suffer from Mental Disorders

2009-02-15

The very first persecution that practitioners had to go through was the "transformation" process. If practitioners did not give up their belief, they would face brutal torture: being locked in a small cell alone, forced to sit on a small stool for a long time, beaten with different tools, and shocked with electric batons. Many practitioners were tortured until they suffered mental disorders or drew their last breath. Practitioner Ms. Zhang Rufen was forced to eat food mixed with poisonous drugs. Afterwards, she bled from the seven orifices in her head. When the guards saw that she did not die, one of them said, "Your life is so strong; you did not die."

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Ms. Li Yunxia from Yi County, Baoding City, Hebei Province Arrested Again

2009-02-15

On January 7th, 2009, police broke into Ms. Li Yunxia's home. They arrested her without showing a warrant and then detained her at the Yi County Detention Centre. Ms. Li Yunxia, 40, has been persecuted several times for practising Falun Gong. Police arrested her in 2004 and put her into Balizhuang Forced Labour Camp, Baoding City. During the three years she was there, Ms. Li Yunxia was tortured badly. She was finally allowed to go home in 2007.

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Crimes Committed by the Police in Weifang City, Shandong Province

2009-02-15

Yuhe Police Station officers in Weifang City arrested practitioners and also extorted money from them. In addition, the police ransacked the practitioners' homes and did not even have a search warrant. On October 29th, 2008, police barged into the residence of practitioner Ms. Li Shuqin. They confiscated a Falun Gong materials. They took Ms. Li Shuqin to Yuhe Police Station and incarcerated her. The police tried to extort twenty thousand yuan from her family but did not succeed. Because the family did not agree to their demands, the persecutors dragged Ms. Li to Yuhe Hospital for a blood test, blood pressure test, and electrocardiogram. While undergoing the electrocardiogram, Li Shuqin had a heart attack. Her whole body twitched. Even so, the police still took her to the Weifang City Detention Centre.

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I Was Bound to a Metal Chair for 17 Days in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

2009-02-14

I was detained in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. During these three years of persecution, I was bound to a metal chair twice in a small cell. Due to being tied to the chair without moving for so long, my feet, hands, arms, and legs became swollen. The metal rings cut deep into my flesh. Because we were kept in the dark, wet and mouldy labour camp, many practitioners developed scabies. I had scabies on my legs as I was kept on the metal chair for long periods. The area with the scabies began rotting. The guards used electric batons to shock me and force-fed me. They tried to deceive and threaten me. They also tortured me by not allowing me to sleep.

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Ms. Mi Hong Persecuted at Jilin Women's Prison

2009-02-14

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Mi Hong is 43 years old. On July 11th, 2008, police tricked Ms. Mi into opening her door at home and then she was then taken by police to the Xiushan Brainwashing Centre because the "Olympic torch was arriving in Jilin City. On September 22nd, Changyi District Court sentenced Mi Hong to five years in prison without first notifying her family about the trial. As a result of persecution, on December 30th, Ms. Mi had a heart rate of 120 beats per minute and was in critical condition. However, the police still sent her to Jilin Province Hezuizi Women's Prison for further persecution.

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Recent Persecution of Practitioners in Xintai City, Shandong Province

2009-02-14

Around June 20th, practitioner Ms. An Yan, a teacher, was arrested by Xintai City Education Department and the 610 Office. In the detention centre, she was persecuted until she lost consciousness. Because Ms. An did not cooperate with the interrogation and did not give up her practice of Falun Gong, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour. She is now in the Shandong No. 1 Women's Forced Labour Camp. Because she has some illnesses, she was released on medical parole and is now at home.

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Shandong Forced Labour Camp Refuses to Let Ms. Zhang Chenglan's Son Visit Her

2009-02-14

On August 12th, 2008, Ms. Zhang Chenglan, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested. She was later sentenced to one and a half years in the Shandong Province First Women's Forced Labour Camp. Camp personnel have repeatedly denied Ms. Zhang Chenglan's son's requests to visit his mother. Before the Chinese New Year, he was turned away again. On January 15th, 2009, someone at the labour camp called Zhang Chenglan's niece and asked that her relatives come to the camp to visit Ms. Zhang. Zhang Chenglan's son also went to visit his mother. Guard Han, asked him, "How do you feel about your parents practising Falun Gong?" He answered, "I don't oppose it." Han got angry immediately and said, "I won't allow you to visit your mother!"

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Mr. Zhang Wenliang Dies in Shandong Province after Years of Persecution

2009-02-13

Mr. Zhang Wenliang, 37, went to Beijing several times to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong, and was arrested. In 2007 he was sent to a forced labour camp in Wangcun for 18 months. In 2008, he became very weak while in Wangcun Labour Camp, and was treated at Wangcun Hospital. By the time he checked out of the hospital in October 2008, he could not take care of himself, and his life was in danger. Even in such a poor condition, local police continued to harass him at home often. He died on December 6th, 2008.

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Mr. Ding Guohua Dies Shortly After Being Released from Forced Labour Camp

2009-02-13

On May 26th, 2008, police, and community administration arrested Mr .Ding Guohua and imprisoned him in a detention centre. In August 2008, he was taken to Nanhu Forced Labour Camp in Xuancheng City. In less than six months, he went from being healthy to being bedridden due to the brutal mistreatment. Due to the extra-heavy hard labour and severe living conditions, Mr. Ding soon became very sick, but the guards still forced him work to until he was bedridden. Mr. Ding's family heard that he was very sick and went to visit him, but the camp administration refused to let them see each other. One week later after his family came, the guards saw that Mr Ding was dying, and allowed his family to pick him up. Soon after he returned home, he died on January 13th, 2009.

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Further Information about the Death of Mr. Jiang Xiqing in the Chongqing City Forced Labour Camp

2009-02-13

On January 28th, 2009, seven hours after Xishanping Forced Labour Camp declared Mr. Jiang Xiqing dead, his children found that his philtrum, chest, belly and legs were still warm. They were shocked, and shouted, "Dad is still alive! Quickly rescue him!" They tried to do artificial respiration, but more than twenty guards forcibly dragged them out of the funeral home. When Mr. Jiang's family visited him 24 hours before his death, he was fine. How did he suddenly die of illness, as the labour camp official alleged? Why did his family did not hear from the labour camp if he was so sick as to be close to death? The suspicious nature of Mr. Jiang's death and the labour camp's clumsy attempts to cover up the cause of death have led the family to suspect that Mr. Jiang was murdered.

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I Witnessed Falun Gong Practitioners Suffering Abuse in the Women's Prison of Wuhan City, Hubei Province

2009-02-13

I was a regular inmate in the Women's Prison of Wuhan City. At the end of 2003, another Falun Gong practitioner named Ms. Sun Xiuqin entered the prison ward where I was being held. There are many methods of torture used in the Wuhan Women's Prison. Inmates are never respected, guards will treat inmates really nicely only if the inmates are wealthy or powerful. They are really cruel to Falun Gong practitioners. They would try to force them to give up their belief, make them watch slanderous videotapes, and force them to do hard labour, day and night. If they didn't cooperate, they would be strung up to a metal door.

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I Was Brutally Tortured in Zhongba Forced Labour Camp in Guizhou Province

2009-02-12

I am a Falun Gong practitioner in Guizhou Province. Since I wouldn't give up my belief in Falun Gong and insisted on practising, in 2001 I was detained and sent to the Zhongba Forced Labour Camp. I was brutally tortured there for three years. They used various inhumane methods to try to force me to give up my belief, and the supervisor at my workplace suspended my job and my salary. In Zhongba Forced Labour Camp I was forced to run in the yard for a very long time. They forced me to practise military marching manoeuvres, such as standing for a long time, kneeling down and standing up (sometimes on one leg) thousands of times. This "military training" lasted five hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon everyday.

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