Torture
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Ms. Zhou Haitao Suffers a Mental Collapse from Torture After Her Husband Was Killed in the Persecution
2008-09-04
Mr. Chen Guibin was severely beaten by four security guards of Yinhe Cotton Works. He passed away on February 7th, 2001. Police continued to persecute his wife, Ms. Zhou Haitao, after her husband was killed. Police sent Ms. Zhou to Shangdong Province Forced Labour Camp, where she endured brainwashing for five months. She was a capable person, yet the persecution led her to suffer a mental collapse, making her unable to take care of her young child. -
Ms. Dai Xiaoling Dies from Persecution in Heilongjiang Province
2008-09-03
On August 11th, 2008, police officers went to "visit" and threaten practitioners door-to-door. When they arrived at Ms. Dai Xiaoling's building, the police asked, "Why won't you let us in? Do you have anything you are scared to let us see?" An eyewitness said four officers were in her home at around 6:40 p.m. They had found Falun Gong books and DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and questioned Ms. Dai viciously. At around 7:20 p.m. Ms. Dai was seen plummeting from her balcony on the third floor, and landing on a steel manhole cover. She was severely injured. There was a big crowd of people surrounding her. Later, someone saw her foot dangling from the police vehicle. A witness said her last words were: "They forced me. I had no way out. I want to see my husband." -
Ms. Yang Jingfen Dies After Police Break into Her Home
2008-09-03On the morning of August 18th, 2008, a group of police officers stormed in Ms. Yang Jingfen's home located at the Liaohe Petroleum Field in Liaoning Province. After about two hours, Ms. Yang fell from the sixth floor. The group of police officers made sure she was dead, then left together. Another group of police came, claimed that Ms. Yang committed suicide, and demanded that her family immediately cremate her body. When the police broke into her home, she was alone. The police wouldn't let her family in. In the two hours before her death, what exactly did they police do to her? Whether Ms. Yang committed suicide or not, the group of officers should be investigated and take responsibility. -
Wen Jingsong from Fengcheng City Tortured Before His Death
2008-09-03
Mr. Wen Jingsong was sentenced to a four-year jail term in 2005. He was jailed at Dabei Prison in Shenyang City and Xihu Prison in Benxi City, where he was tortured. In 2006, he was released on medical bail. Wen Jingsong was in constant fear and pain, and passed away on July 31st, 2008 at age 38. In April 2005, his family members asked the police to release him after he was arrested. As a result, his father and wife were detained and sent to forced labour camps. -
Police Harassment Leads to the Death of an Elderly Practitioner
2008-09-03Ms. Ge Yulan, 77, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Shandong Province. In June 2008, six to seven police officers made a repeat visit to Ms. Ge's home and attempted to arrest her oldest daughter Ms. Zhao Yuhong, who had suffered numerous severe tortures for years because she refused to renounce Falun Gong. Despite Ms. Zhao's absence, the officers ransacked Ms. Ge's home without showing any official documents. They took away Falun Gong books. Afterwards, the authorities stopped Ms. Ge's monthly army pension of two hundred yuan, thereby cutting off her living allowance. With so much worry, she developed a serious illness and died on August 3rd, 2008. -
65-Year-Old Mr. Wang Chongjun Tortured to Death in Beijing
2008-09-02Mr. Wang Chongjun, 65, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Beijing. On June 20th, 2008, Mr. Wang's family received notices sent from Beijing Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp, saying Mr. Wang Chongjun had been sentenced to two years of forced labour. Guards in the camp injected Mr. Wang with an unknown drug that caused him to become emaciated. The camp authorities saw that he was dying and quickly released him. He skin had turned yellow from the drug. His family picked him up and took him to the hospital for an operation. Mr. Wang died on the afternoon of August 23rd, 2008. His wife was transferred to the Shanxi Province Forced Labour Camp right before the Olympics. She still does not know of her husband's death. -
Ms. Wu Meiyan Dies After Nine Years of Brutal Treatment in Heilongjiang Province
2008-09-02
On August 19th, 2008, Ms. Wu Meiyan died after nine years of severe persecution. When she was jailed in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison guards kicked practitioners in their faces, all over their bodies, and stomped on their feet while wearing high heels. Ms. Wu's 76-year-old mother is still detained for practising Falun Gong, and her husband, also a practitioner, has been locked up in Jiamusi City Prison for nearly seven years. -
Older Practitioners Ms. Yang Jizhi and Ms. Jin Chunqing Died as a Result of Persecution in Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province
2008-09-02Ms. Yang Jizhi, 65, went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was subsequently detained in the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre, where guards forced her to kneel down while they whipped her. She was detained for a total of 11 months, and released in August 2000. Ever since then she was forced to live away from home to avoid being arrested. In 2005, she was arrested and detained in Daqing City. Her daughter Ms. Zhang Tieyan, also a practitioner, was tortured to death. The death of her daughter severely affected Ms. Yang's mental and physical health. She became very thin, and died far away from home on June 12th, 2006. -
Practitioner from Harbin City Dies as a Result of the Persecution
2008-09-02Mr. Liu Hongtao, 39, went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong in 2000. After then he was persecuted severely. On February 22nd, 2003, Mr. Liu was arrested and detained in the Harbin City Second Detention Centre. He was tortured in all sorts of ways during his interrogation and injected with unknown substances. He was soon sentenced to three years in prison. When he was taken to Xinjian Prison, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in both lungs, and prison officials refused to admit him. Mr. Liu never got better. His family tried to have him treated, but detention centre officials delayed treatment repeatedly. He was on February 21st, 2006, when his term ended. Because his treatment was severely delayed, Mr. Liu's condition did not improve after returning home, and he died on August 17th, 2008. -
Mr. Cai Pengshun Passes Away After He and His Family Suffer Years of Relentless Persecution in Menghai County, Yunnan Province
2008-09-01After suffering many years of persecution, Mr. Cai Pengshun, a 74-year-old practitioner from Menghai County, passed away in his home on March 5th, 2008. On February 12th, 2006, three groups of police officers were dispatched to harass Mr. Cai Pengshun and his family. They ransacked Mr. Cai Pengshun's home and took all the Falun Gong books and leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. A few days later, police used intimidation and coercion to put pressure on Mr. Cai and his wife while he was ill in bed, which made his condition worsen. Mr. Cai's wife Zhu Cai'e was imprisoned in a labour camp for two years. -
Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Xingguo, His Wife and Daughter Detained and Persecuted
2008-09-01Husband and wife Zhang Xingguo and Zhang Shuqing are Falun Gong practitioners. For many years now, they have been forced into homelessness in order to avoid persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). After the CCP began its persecution of Falun Gong, Mr. Zhang has been targeted by the police many times because he tells people about his positive experiences with the practice. Once when he was detained, he went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. As a result, the guards pulled his hair, slammed his head against the wall and then brutally force-fed him. Mr. Zhang's mouth bled profusely and he lost a lot of hair. Ms. Zhang Shuqing was arrested for distributing fliers about Falun Gong and the persecution and imprisoned for two years at the Shuanghe "Re-education" Camp. -
Ms. Zhang Lianying Taken to an Unknown Location to Avoid Potential Investigation by International Reporters
2008-09-01Ms. Zhang Lianying is a Falun Gong practitioner who resides in Chaoyang District, Beijing. In July 2008, she was secretly taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Other practitioners were taken there with her. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents were afraid that international reporters would try to investigate who was being incarcerated during the Olympics, so they transferred these Falun Gong practitioners to an unknown location. Due to the Olympics, on April 20th, 2008, Ms. Zhang Lianying and her husband, Mr. Niu Jinping, were arrested at the door of their home. -
Persecution of Practitioners in Shiyan City, Hubei Province in July and August of 2008
2008-09-01In July and August of 2008, officers from the Shiyan City Police Department in Hubei Province persecuted practitioners and ransacked their homes, using "maintaining security for the Olympics" as an excuse. Around June 19th, 2008, practitioner Ms. Liu Haiyan, a teacher, was arrested and detained because she allegedly distributed and posted Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and was caught on a security camera. The police tried to force her to renounce Falun Gong by saying that the bonuses of all the teachers in her school would be cut if she refused. -
Older Man from Heilongjiang Province Dies Following Beating in Police Custody
2008-08-31On August 15th, 2007, Clearwisdom.net published a report on Shan Zhenchang, a older man in his sixties, who was severely beaten by city policeman Du Zhanyi, and was in critical condition. The authorities didn't want to bear the responsibility for his impending death, so they released him. The examining doctor found injuries to Mr. Shan's head, dangerously high blood pressure at levels over 200, injuries to his chest and blurred vision. In June 2008, Mr. Shan died as a result of the severe beating. -
Exposing the Evil Deeds at Xinjin Brainwashing Centre, Sichuan Province
2008-08-31Drugs are mixed with drinking water and food, and sometimes even injected into fruit. After eating these foods, the practitioners have reactions after thirty minutes, and suffer symptoms such as headaches, swollen eyes, fatigue, sleepiness (some people still felt tired and lacked energy after sleeping over ten hours), difficulty breathing, symptoms of angina pectoris, irritability and anguish. This was the reason why some Falun Gong practitioners who were healthy before seemed to have serious illnesses after being detained here for some time.
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