Torture
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Ms. Yuan Shuqin Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
2008-08-01
Ms. Yuan Shuqin, 51, was a teacher employed by Qingtongxia City Vocational High School. In April 2005, she was detained for one month. On November 10th, 2007, she was arrested again by officers assigned to follow her. She was detained for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. Because she would not renounce Falun Gong, on May 10th, 2008, the City Court sentenced Ms. Yuan Shuqin to three years in prison. Her husband was under enormous pressure and felt he must divorce her. Her whereabouts are now unknown. -
Ms. Liu Guoshu Dies from Injection of Unknown Drug in Sichuan Province
2008-07-31Ms. Liu Guoshu, 46, went to Beijing to appeal for an end to the persecution in 2000. Since then she was arrested multiple times and sent to brainwashing centres. On July 11th, 2008, police broke into her house. Four officers cruelly beat her and forced her to the floor. They then injected her with an unknown drug, which was extremely painful. On the morning of July 17th, Ms. Liu was going to a neighbour's house. Due to the unknown effects of the drug, she fell on the pavement. Neighbours found her and immediately took her to the hospital. On the way there she was dying, but managed to tell them, "Four officers injected poison in me." By the time their vehicle reached the hospital she had already died. -
Older Ms. Xing Qiying Persecuted by Officers from Donghuan Police Station in Shijiazhuang City
2008-07-31Family and friends of Ms. Xing Qiying, who is in her 60s, are accusing officers from Donghuan Police Station in Shijiazhuang City of persecuting Ms. Xing Qiying. Ms. Xing has been brutally harassed by officers with the Donghuan Police Station, formerly known as the Yudong Police Station, ever since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong. In recent years, the police have harassed her, ransacked her home, and arrested her many times. They are now planning to send Ms. Xing to a forced labour camp before the Olympic Games. -
Liaoning Province Huludao Detention Centre Officials Conceal Their Crimes with Lies
2008-07-31In February 2008, I was arrested and sent to the Huludao Detention Centre. I did not cooperate and refused to follow the regulations. I went on a hunger strike in protest the persecution. Han Bing, a female guard, ordered several female inmates to watch me around the clock. I was not allowed to talk or sleep. They forced me to eat. If I did not eat, they cursed and humiliated me. Any practitioners on a hunger strike were force-fed twice a day by the guards. Male inmates were ordered to tie the practitioner to a metal chair, bind the hands and feet to the chair with wire, force the head up, and insert a tube into the nose. Because of this brutal treatment, practitioners' nasal cavities and oesophagi bled, and their stomachs were swollen due to the large amount of food forced down. -
Police Again Search the Home of an Elderly Practitioner from Lunan County, Shandong Province
2008-07-31Ms. Liu Yuzhen, 78-years-old, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Shandong Province. In 2007, Chengdong police and the National Security Team in Lunan County fined her about 10,000 yuan and confiscated all of her Falun Gong books. A year later, she was again harassed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police while they searched her home. On April 25th, 2008, three CCP personnel stormed into Ms. Liu's home and began a thorough search, and confiscated Falun Gong books. She told them how wonderful Falun Gong is and how it can improve physical health and fitness, but they refused to listen. -
The Severe Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Nanhu Forced Labour Camp in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province
2008-07-30Zhang Youquan is the head and Zhu Qinghua is the associate head of Team 1 of the Yangshan Group, Nanhu Forced Labour Camp in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. They work hard to persecute Falun Gong practitioners by enforcing a 40-day "Strict Discipline"regime on all practitioners in the camp. Practitioners are forced to get up in the middle of the night or stay up late. Some are forced to stand still until 2 a.m. They are isolated from other inmates, brainwashed and tortured. The purpose of the torture is to destroy practitioners' states of mind and force them to give up their beliefs. -
Agents from Yi County National Security Division Harass and Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners in Hebei Province
2008-07-30Agents from the Yi County National Security Division have closely followed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) orders and frequently harassed and arrested local Falun Gong practitioners leading up to the Beijing Olympics. On June 3rd, 2008, agents from the National Security Division ordered officers from the local police station to arrest three Falun Gong practitioners. As a result, two practitioners were sentenced to forced labour, and one was tortured until he became disfigured. -
Chaoyang City Practitioners Mr. Li Wensheng, Ms. Wu Jinping, and Others Persecuted
2008-07-30For a long time, the head of 610 Office, Qu Lianchun, and his subordinates have been the primary perpetrators in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Zhaoyang City. According to reports within China, Qu Lianchun collaborated with Zhang Minghua to make the decision that practitioners recently arrested would be sentenced to prison term no less than six years. A judge who is well informed about the situation said, "Whatever the court decides doesn't count. The sentence comes from the 610 Office." -
The Persecution of Ms. Fang Cui'e and Ms. Tang Juzhang in the Anhui Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-07-30The guards in Anhui Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp located in Hefei City injected practitioner Ms. Fang Cui'e, 58, with unknown drugs. They also incited criminals to torture 42-year-old practitioner Ms. Tang Juzhang. One day in the labour camp cafeteria, Ms. Fang shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" A Guard immediately handcuffed her. However, she again shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" This time, the guards put her in solitary confinement, where she was handcuffed for a long time. The guards gave Ms. Fang numerous injections of unknown drugs, causing her to lose consciousness and become extremely emaciated. Ms. Tang was tortured by being tied to a metal bed with a rope, then her mouth was sealed shut with duct tape and she was only allowed her to sleep for two-and-a-half hours a day. -
Deng Yuqun and Deng Yulian, Two Sisters from Hunan Province, Passed Away Due to the Persecution
2008-07-29Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Deng Yuqun, 47 years old, died on March 3rd, 2008, from hardships related to being forced to live homeless for three years. When Deng Yuqun went home for the 2008 Lantern Festival, she was emaciated and barely recognizable. Her family members were afraid to send her to the hospital and tried to persuade her to tell the authorities that she had given up Falun Gong. Her sister Deng Yulian was sentenced to forced labour camp and suffered brutal persecution in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou. She died on March 12th, 2007, only 42 years old. -
A Child's Grief in China
2008-07-29
I remember that adroit Zhenyu was lively and happy, but showed a large blister-scarred area around her mouth. Her father, Bai Shaohua, said, within six months, "This child has witnessed several police home invasions and home ransacking and arrests. She watched the police seize her father, mother, and grandma as well as her uncle and aunt, with whom she was very close. This happened because they practise Falun Gong. The barbarism and violence the police displayed has brought great harm to her mind and body." -
Mr. Li Jinpeng Detained for Six Months in Beijing
2008-07-29On December 16th, 2007, police arrested Mr. Li Jinpeng and took him to the district detention centre, where he has now been held for nearly six months. Mr. Li began practising Falun Gong in 1998. From October 2000 to October 2006, he was incarcerated in Qianjin Prison, where his mental and physical health was severely damaged. After his release the local police and 610 Office personnel have harassed him daily. -
Police from Jingzhou City, Hubei Province Arrest Five Falun Gong Practitioners Including Ms. Deng Tianyu and Ms. Wu Cuilan
2008-07-29Police from the Shashi District 610 Office in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province along with personnel from the Domestic Security Division of the Shashi District Police Department arrested five Falun Gong practitioners on July 5th-6th, 2008. On July 5th, practitioner Ms. Deng Tianyu, 57, went to visit practitioner Mr. Feng Feng, 40, and the police followed her. The moment Deng Tianyu entered Mr. Feng Feng's home, a man and a woman followed. The home owner asked, "Why have you come into my house?" The two individuals replied that they were from the police department, and a few more police officers entered immediately afterwards. They handcuffed and arrested Deng Tianyu. -
What Happened to Ms. Liu Aiying Before Her Death?
2008-07-28Ms. Liu Aiying, 51, gave her neighbour's child a Falun Gong leaflet exposing the persecution, and was reported to the police by her neighbour. On June 25th, 2008, police officers arrested and interrogated her at the police station, and then took her home and ransacked it. At around 3:00 p.m., while her home was being ransacked, and under the custody of many officers, she fell from the fourth floor of her apartment at the Car Parts Factory family housing, and died at around 7:00 p.m. the same day. The police said she committed suicide by jumping from the building. They concealed all information, and notified her long separated husband Li, and coerced him with threats into accepting the story that she committed suicide. -
Hebei Province: Hengshui City 610 Office and National Security Division Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners Before the Olympic Games
2008-07-28Recently, the Hengshui City 610 Office of Hebei Province has sent secret documents to every county, city, district and department under its direct control, after which it was passed down to every township, town and department under their direct control, orders for personnel to investigate, monitor and arrest Falun Gong practitioners. In recent days, Jing Chunhua, Hengshui Municipal Party Committee Secretary in Hebei Province, called a meeting with chief leaders from every unit, and ordered them to strengthen surveillance of Falun Gong practitioners. They were threatened that if any unit has practitioners going to Beijing and Qinhuangdao [to appeal for justice for Falun Gong] during the Olympics, the chief leader will be removed from office.
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