Torture

• Third Arrest for Mr. Zhai Wenbin--Sentenced to Forced Labour in Handan City

  2008-11-22
  In 2008, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that it would beef up security during the Olympic Games. Actually, increasing security was simply an excuse for intensifying the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Zhai Wenbin, a practitioner, was arrested for the third time and is being tortured in Handan Forced Labour Camp. His family didn't receive any information about him for over two months, and they are not allowed to visit him.
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• Ms. Yang Wenling Tortured to the Point of Mental Breakdown at Tianjin Forced Labour Camp

  2008-11-21
  Police forcibly arrested Ms. Yang Wenling, a Falun Gong practitioner, in 2006. Ms. Yang was sentenced to one year in Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin. She refused to give up Falun Gong, so Chinese Communist Party personnel forced her thumb print on a document that they wrote. The guards also incited criminals to beat her mercilessly and force-fed her with unknown drugs, causing her to become mentally unstable. Ms. Yang was forced to do physical work well over normal hours making paper cartons, which resulted in both of her thumbs being injured. The persecution caused Ms. Yang to suffer a mental breakdown, and sometimes when she goes out she cannot find her way home. At present she cannot lead a normal life.
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• The Persecution of Practitioners in Meizhou Prison, Guangdong Province

  2008-11-21
  Meizhou Prison in Guangdong Province persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners who refuse to renounce their faith are subjected to prolonged, vicious torture that inflicts great psychological and physical harm. Mr. Zhuang Zepeng, a practitioner, was sentenced to eight years. His legs were disabled. In Meizhou Prison, he was sent to the "strict discipline team" and was assaulted by other inmates. His face was badly injured, and his body had multiple wounds. Mr. Zhuang has not given up his belief in Falun Gong, and he is still imprisoned.
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• Ms. Shang Shiying from Tangshan City Arrested and Tortured

  2008-11-21
  On October 12th, 2008, police arrested practitioner Ms. Shang Shiying. Dong Zhisheng, an officer from the Diaoyutai Police Station, searched Ms. Shang and took her house key. Several officers went to her home and ransacked it without anyone present from her family. When Ms. Shang's husband returned home later in the day, the police returned and ransacked the home a second time. Ms. Shang is currently being held at the Tangshan City Detention Centre. In 2000 she was detained and tortured using a method called "carrying a sword on the back": Police kept her in this position for so long that the handcuffs cut into her flesh. They also shocked her with electric needles.
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• Liu Haijun of Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province is Harassed and Beaten

  2008-11-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Haijun began to practise Falun Gong in January 1999, and benefited physically and mentally. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong, Liu has repeatedly suffered maltreatment. In July 2005, Liu Haijun was arrested by police because he distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, and handed out information material to people. Liu was sent to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years. Recently police harassed Liu at home and beat him madly.
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• Ms. Wang Kaibi from Cangxi County, Sichuan Province Suffers Brain Damage as a Result of Torture

  2008-11-20
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Kaibi was arrested by local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel. In January 2007, she was sent to Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp in Zizhong to be "re-educated" through forced labour. The guards used all their strength to beat her head and tore out a lot of her hair. They dragged her on the ground and beat her eyes. She was dragged into the toilet and beaten during the evenings. Her clothes were removed and they poured very hot and then cold water on her. While in this camp she was tortured until she suffered symptoms of brain damage. Currently, she suffers vertigo, her eyes feel distended and her memory is very poor.
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• The Plight of Mr. Wang Yongkai and His Family

  2008-11-20
  Mr. Wang Yongkai from Shandong Province was forced to leave home and become homeless to avoid being arrested. Recently, he was taken away by the police in Jimo City. There has been no news about him since. Mr. Wang and his son had been depending on each other for their subsistence. Now his son's whereabouts are also unknown. Mr. Wang had been persecuted in the past and his family was split up several times due to the persecution. As a result of the persecution, his son, Wang Yiguang, was expelled from school at a young age.
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• I Am a Chinese Citizen That's Been Deprived of My Rights

  2008-11-20
  Ever since 1999, when Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime started persecuting Falun Gong, my family has not had a single normal day. The joyous life was no more. It is a fact that I have benefited both physically and mentally from cultivating, and that my family lived in harmony and all of my illnesses were cured. I didn't understand why they wouldn't let us practise. As a Chinese citizen I went to petition. My rights as a citizen permit this, and I told everyone who was there of the physical and mental benefits of practising Falun Gong. On September 18th, 1999, I went to the Office of Appeals in Beijing to petition, but I was taken away by the police before I even reached the office. The next day I was sent back home to a local detention centre. Later I was sentenced to forced labour.
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• Ms. Qiao Huarong Tried by the Chinese Communist Party-Controlled Court in Jizhou City, Hebei Province

  2008-11-20
  Practitioner Ms. Qiao Huarong, was tried in a court controlled by the Chinese Communist Party in Jizhou City, Hebei Province on November 4th, 2008. At 8:30 a.m., security was tightened in the Jizhous Court, as if protection was needed from a formidable enemy. The guards at the entrance checked everyone carefully, and everyone entering the courthouse had to produce an identification card. Outside the courtroom itself, apart from having to show personal identification, anyone entering had to produce a summons and submit to a body search. The lawyer retained by Ms. Qiao's family to defend her was initially not allowed to enter the courtroom. It was not until the trial was just about to start that the lawyer was finally allowed to enter, due to the family's adamant demands.
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• Ms. Zheng Youmei, 61, Dies in Sichuan Province Labour Camp

  2008-11-19
  In July 1999, Ms. Zheng Youmei, 61, went to Beijing to speak out for justice for Falun Gong and was arrested and detained. Ms. Zheng was later sentenced to 18 months of forced labour and detained in the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp and was tortured by being locked in a water dungeon, submerged in extremely filthy water, containing rubbish and sewage. She was detained again in a brainwashing centre and then in November 2007 sent to Nanmusi Women's Labour Camp again. Ms. Zheng died in custody on November 2nd, 2008.
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• 22-Year-Old Mr. Li Daixin Dies Shortly after Being Released from a Detention Centre in Liaoning Province

  2008-11-19
  Mr. Lu Daixin, 22, went to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Xigang District with his mother Ms. Wang Fengjuan (also a practitioner). They were both arrested by police and they ransacked their home and detained them for one month in the Dalian City Detention Centre. Mr. Lu was tortured by being forced to stand for several nights, and brutally beaten. At one point he was forced to watch the cell leader (a prisoner) pull out all of another Falun Gong practitioner's fingernails, one by one. They returned home on October 23rd, 2008, but Mr. Lu died in mental anguish only ten days later on November 3rd, 2008.
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• The Brutal Torture I Suffered at Shenyang Women's Prison

  2008-11-19
  I was arrested on November 9th, 2003 for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. In April 2004, I was sentenced and sent to Shenyang Women's Prison in Liaoning Province. I was assigned to Group 3, Ward 1, infamous for its brainwashing of Falun Gong practitioners, with a high success rate in "transforming" [forcibly renouncing Falun Gong] the practitioners. Police officer Li Zhe directed convicted murderers to torture me around the clock. They tied me up and beat me, stripped me naked and poured cold water on me. They also put drugs in my meals. During the time they were drugging me, I was having mental breakdowns and suffered from depression, with frequent panic attacks. To this day I still do not know what drugs they used on me.
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• Elderly Ms. Zhang Juxiu from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province Persecuted for Nine Years

  2008-11-19
  During the past 9 years Ms. Zhang Juxiu, nearly 80, has been arrested 7 or 8 times and was subjected to all kinds of cruel torture. In the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre she was confined to a small dark cell, hung up by her handcuffed hands. After more than 10 days of this torture, Ms. Zhang became unable to walk, suffered from incontinence and lost consciousness many times. Besides the salary suspension and extortion of money from Mrs. Zhang's employer, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) directly extorted more than 8,000 yuan from her family. It is not difficult to imagine how stressful life has been for a family with handicapped members who are already leading a very hard life.
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• Mr. Dong Fengshan Dies After Six Days in Siping Prison, Jilin Province

  2008-11-18
  On October 13th, 2008, police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dong Fengshan at his home. Mr. Dong Fengshan was detained in Shanyou Detention Centre and secretly sentenced to nine years in prison. The whole process was done without notifying his family. On October 23rd, 2008, he was taken to the Jilin Province Prison. On October 29th, 2008, Mr. Dong's wife received a call from Siping Prison telling her that said Mr. Dong was dying of an illness. However, when they rushed to the prison, the administration told them that he had already died. Mr. Dong's family were very puzzled, because they had seen him on October 22nd, 2008 in the Songyuan City Detention Centre, one day before he was taken to the Siping Prison, and he was fine and not ill; he ate and slept well, and he was in good spirits and health.
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• A Kind-Hearted Falun Gong Practitioner is Arrested in Shenyang City--Her Whereabouts Unknown

  2008-11-18
  47-year-old Ms. Wang Shuxian is a very kind person and she has a happy family of three. On September 23rd, 2008, Ms. Wang was arrested by police officers in Shenyang City when she was telling people the facts about Falun Gong. In the Nanta Police Station, Ms. Wang was brutally beaten by the guards. The police then transferred her to the Shenyang City Detention Centre. It has been over a month since Ms. Wang's family has heard any information about her.
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