Torture

• 650,000 Yuan in Cash Taken after Mrs. Zhang Yueqin and Four Members of her Family Detained in Lubei Police Department in Tangshan City

  2008-12-25
  On July 10th, 2008, police officer Chen Hong from the Lubei Police Department and other officers broke into Mrs. Zhang Yueqin's home. They damaged the lock but still couldn't open the door. They then mobilized two fire engines and used an auto-lift ladder to climb to the sixth floor and break in through two windows. They entered through those windows and arrested Mrs. Zhang and her husband. The police searched the house without showing a warrant and confiscated valuables. They also stole over 650,000 yuan (USD$95,000) that Mrs. Zhang's eldest daughter had borrowed to invest in a business with partners.
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• Many Practitioners in Shangqiu, Henan Province, Have Been Sentenced

  2008-12-25
  On April 6th, 2008, Mr. Ba Wei and Ms. He Yinghua from Shangqiu, Henan Province, were arrested by police from the national security team in the Mudan District, Heze, Shandong Province, when they were trying to rescue other practitioners from Dan County, Shandong Province. This was believed to have been a premeditated arrest, since family members of the arrested practitioners were persecuted and then cooperated with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. That night, Ms. He escaped. Mr. Ba, Mr. Lao Zhou, and other practitioners were sent to the No. 2 Forced Labour Camp of Shandong Province on May 5th. Mr. Ba was sentenced to a forced labour camp for two years.
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• Persecution against Falun Gong Practitioners in Hulan Prison's "Training Team"

  2008-12-25
  Falun Gong practitioners in the training team are ordered to sign the three statements. If a practitioner refuses to sign, the guards and prisoners will fake a practitioner's signature to get their rewards. The practitioners that refuse to sign are made to stand for long periods of time, beaten and cursed at, deprived of sleep, and supervised 24 hours a day. They are also forced to watch videos that slander Falun Gong. Practitioner Huang refused to sign the three statements. He was not allowed to sleep for several days and was threatened. He has been kept in the training team for nine months. (Usually people only stay there for three months).
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• Mr. Zhang Chuanchao and Other Practitioners Arrested by Licheng District Police in Jinan, Shandong Province

  2008-12-25
  On November 12th, 2008, the 610 Office collaborated with the police to arrest 48-year-old Mr. Zhang Chuanchao his wife, Ms. Zhang Yuying, 47, along with other practitioners that were there. At Guodian Police Station, a plain clothes officer hit Mr. Zhang twice with his hand, pushed him down on the sofa, and then hit him again. Another plain clothes agent also hit Mr. Zhang. At present, Ms. Zhang Yuying and the other practitioners are being held in the Jinan Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Cao Huiqin, in her 60s, Dies As a Result of Torture after Six Days in Custody in Gansu Province

  2008-12-24
  On December 2nd, 2008, police officers ransacked older practitioner, Ms. Cao Huiqin's home, and arrested her. On December 5th, the police took her to ta detention centre. On December 8th, the police said they checked on her at 9:45 p.m. and she was fine, but by 10 p.m., she had apparently hanged herself. The autopsy revealed her calm expression, rope marks on her neck, a needle puncture, and bruises on her back. Ms. Cao's family insists that it was impossible that she committed suicide, because her expression showed no signs of a struggle and her tongue was not sticking out as would be expected in a hanging. Her family believes she was killed and the then authorities fabricated a suicide to deceive them.
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• A Practitioner Recounts the Torture of "Desensitization" at Beijing Women's Prison

  2008-12-24
  On March 11th, 2004, I was taken to the Beijing Women's Prison. Since I refused to give up my belief, I suffered the most brutal tortures, both mentally and physically. Mentally, they forced me to watch video programmes and read books that slandered Falun Gong. They wanted me to write "confessions." Physically, they tortured me with sleep deprivation, forcing me to stand still all night in military postures. They would punch and kick me whenever they were not happy with me. Sometimes I was only allowed to use the toilet once a day. Verbal abuse, humiliation, kicks and punches, and slaps in the face were common practice. They attempted to use force to press me into giving up my belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance.
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• Practitioner's Son Dies Attempting to Rescue His Mother

  2008-12-24
  On May 5, 2003, a group of police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuzhen's home. The police took her to the Nanjing Detention Centre. Two days later, Ms. Zhang's son, Mr. Cao Gancheng, who is not a Falun Gong practitioner, went to the police station and asked to see his mother. After being refused, he became distraught and anxious. He couldn't understand how his mother could be arrested simply because she practised Falun Gong. Unexpectedly, after his mother had been detained for one week, Mr. Cao Gancheng climbed to the roof of the seven story building and shouted, "Falun Gong is good." After that, he jumped off the building. The family rushed him to hospital, but it was too late. He died at 43 years old.
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• A Brief Account of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Qinghai Province

  2008-12-24
  Ms. Tan Yingchun was a biology teacher. On December 29th, 2002, she was tortured to death at Qinghai Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. She was only 46 years old. Before she died, one practitioner who was detained with her saw alarming and disturbing wounds on her legs. Another practitioner witnessed guards putting a rope round Ms. Tan's neck, then dragging her backwards. She almost died of suffocation. In order to destroy the evidence and cover up their crime, the Labour Camp did not release the notice of Ms. Tan's death until three days later. The authorities at the camp claimed that she had "hanged herself." However, when some practitioners pointed out that if she had hanged herself, there would have been physical evidence on her neck.
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• Mr. Jin Junjie Dies as a Result of Persecution in Jilin Province

  2008-12-23
  Mr. Jin Junjie, 35, was arrested and detained several times for appealing for justice for Falun Gong. In 2001, Mr. Jin was once again arrested from his home, and was sentenced to two years of forced labour. He was inhumanly tortured by the method of being locked in a small cell for a long time. He went on a hunger strike to protest, and was then tortured with force-feeding. After his release he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. He died on December 13th, 2008.
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• Mr. Kang Hong from Chongqing City Is Suffering Severe Persecution

  2008-12-23
  Xishanping Forced Labour Camp authorities have stepped up their persecution of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Kang Hong, putting his life in jeopardy. We urgently appeal to people from around the world to help rescue this kind-hearted person. Mr. Kang was arrested and taken to the Labour Camp around August 31st, 2008. He had to be carried into the camp, as both of his shins were fractured, making it difficult for him to stand, let alone walk. In mid-November, Mr. Kang screamed in pain all day long, flailing his arms around wildly. Knowing the dubious history of the hospital, it seems likely that the doctors injected powerful psychotropic drugs into Mr. Kang in an effort to damage his nervous system.
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• Many Practitioners Arrested Recently in Zhucheng City, Shandong Province

  2008-12-23
  Around the first of November in 2008, the Zhucheng City party secretary, Zou Qingzhong, received a phone call from a Falun Gong practitioner who was telling him the facts about Falun Gong and that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. He became very upset and ordered the police in his jurisdiction to severely persecute Falun Gong practitioners through 2008. Many practitioners have since been arrested and subjected to brainwashing.
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• Guards in Labour Camps and Prisons Receive Hefty Bonuses for Participating in the Persecution

  2008-12-23
  In Beijing, the centre of the persecution of Falun Gong, the Communist Party has used large sums of money to build new prisons and labour camps to hold practitioners. It has also maintained the persecution by paying huge bonuses to guards in order to reward and encourage their continued participation. During the 2008 Chinese New Year, the Beijing Women's Prison spent more than 100,000 yuan on fireworks. This huge sum came not only from central government funding, but also from practitioners' slave labour. It is quite possible that it included profit from live organ harvesting.
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• Ms. Wang Hongyan's Personal Account of Being Tortured in the Shulan City Detention Centre and Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp

  2008-12-22
  Ms. Wang Hongyan, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on March 3rd, 2007, and her home was ransacked by police. She suffered inhumane persecution at the Shulan City Nanshan Detention Centre, and was later sent to Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp where she was ruthlessly tortured again. In the detention centre police ruthlessly beat Ms. Wang. Then a policeman poured a whole bottle of hot pepper liquid into a tube and said they were going to insert it into her nose. He splashed the liquid into Ms. Wang's eyes, and she couldn't open them.
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• Mr. Han Weixin is Dying in the Hebei Province Fourth Prison

  2008-12-22
  In September 2001, Mr. Han Weixin, 45, was arrested while involved in tapping into the TV system to broadcast videos exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. The Xushui County Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison, and has kept him locked in the Hebei Province Fourth Prison ever since. In November 2008, Mr. Han suddenly began to have diabetic complications and was dying. The prison administration sent him to the Shijiazhuang City Chest Hospital for emergency care. He used to be a 6 foot, 200 pound man, but he has become only skin and bones. The prison administration did not want to pay for his medical costs so notified his family to take care of him in the hospital, but will not release him.
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• Mr. Ma Shuguang, Mr. Shen Guanglu, and Mr. Gu Yongjun in Zibo City, Shandong Province Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

  2008-12-22
  In August 2008, the relatives of Mr. Ma Shuguang, Mr. Shen Guanglu, and Mr. Gu Yongjun learned that these three practitioners had been sentenced by the Zhoucun Court in Zibo City, Shandong Province. They were charged with "robbery" and sentenced to five years each. The lawsuit was filed on April 21st, 2008. The verdict did not mention any evidence of the purported robberies. The verdict did cite "Downloading Falun Gong information from the Internet to produce and distribute Falun Gong materials," which has no connection with to "robbery" at all. They are now in Jinan Prison and are being tortured.
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