Torture
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Bleak Conditions Continue for Practitioners in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province
2008-07-24
To gain higher profits, the authorities of Masanjia Forced Labour Camp abuse Falun Gong practitioners by overloading them with work. Practitioners are forced to make handmade products for profit. These products often require high-intensity labour, and the raw materials are harmful. As a result, few people would willingly work under such conditions. Practitioners were recently forced to process glue containing toxic substances. Long-term contact with the glue harms the respiratory tract, so the processing site was moved outside. Since nobody would willingly do this kind of work, the labour camp sold the finished products at high profits. The guards forced practitioners to do this work, harming both their physical and mental health. -
Laizhou City 610 Office and Dianzi Brainwashing Centre Personnel Brutally Abuse Mr. Pan Yujun
2008-07-24In May 2006, Mr. Pan Yujun, a Falun Gong practitioner was working on a construction site when four police officers arrested him. After his arrest, they went straight to his home and searched it from top to bottom. His wife and child, who were home at the time, were forced to go to Mr. Pan's mother-in-law's home. Under threats and immense pressure from the police, his wife asked for a divorce. As a result, a family that was once harmonious, has been destroyed due to the persecution. After Mr. Pan was arrested, he was taken to Dianzi Brainwashing Centre, then transferred to a detention centre three days later. While there, the guards subjected him to severe mental and physical torture, but Mr. Pan refused to cooperate with them. As a result, they repeatedly hit him with an electric baton. -
Police from the Beijing Domestic Security Division Persecute Ms. Wang Ao
2008-07-24Around May 13th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Ao was arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division in the Chaoyang District, Beijing. She was sentenced to two years of forced labour. Previously in 2001, Ms. Wang was sent to Xin'an Women's Forced Labour Camp in Beijing and forced to undergo brainwashing sessions. She suffered brutal beatings that left her with a protruded cervical vertebrae resulting in pain in her neck, limbs and legs. Ms. Wang was severely injured and her life was in danger. Ms. Wang was also mentally traumatized. Ms. Wang was disabled from the torture while she was in detention. During the past seven years, she has kept appealing to the court, but has heard nothing -
Arrested in Connection With the Olympic Torch Relay: Practitioner Ms. Liu Xiuqing from Datong City
2008-07-23Ms. Liu Xiuqing has been repeatedly persecuted as a Falun Gong practitioner. On June 24th, 2008, Ms. Liu Xiuqing was arrested in connection with the Olympic Torch Relay. She is currently being detained at the Mining Area Detention Centre. Ms. Liu is just one of many practitioners arrested in the run up to the Olympics. Several workplaces are complicit in her arrest including the Chemical Industry Factory of Datong Mining Bureau and the Datong Mining Bureau. The Heping Street Police Substation, and the 610 Office also took part. -
Police Madly Arrest Practitioners to "Protect the Olympics" in Yongnian County, Hebei Province
2008-07-23The police station is executing a secret order from "higher" branches. Using "protecting the Olympics" as an excuse, they recently began to madly arrest Falun Gong practitioners. Up to July 2nd, 2008, at least 16 practitioners have been arrested. On May 30th, 2008, police went to practitioner Ms. Zhang Chunping's home and searched her home. Later they went to the pharmacy Ms. Zhang works at and arrested her. They also seized a computer, a printer and 2,200 from the pharmacy. Ms. Zhang's husband does not practise Falun Gong, but was also harassed by State Security. -
Details about Ms. Chen Yumei Being Beaten to Death by Police in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province
2008-07-23
Ms. Chen Yumei's body was cremated on July 6th, 2008. She was arrested on the evening of July 3rd, 2008, and brutally beaten by officers from Chang'an Police Station in Dadong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province until she passed out. Ms. Chen was taken to hospital. The doctor found severe bleeding in her skull. Her family saw that her arms and legs were covered with bruises, and her body had severe scratches as a result of being dragged on the ground. The doctors said that the marks were caused by being beaten or dragged. She died on the evening of July 4th, 2008, at age 48. -
Additional Information Regarding the Persecution of Ms. Zhu Shuyun
2008-07-23Police officers arrested Ms. Zhu Shuyun, 47, on May 9th, 2007, as she was walking along a road. At the police station they interrogated her. They held her hair and smacked her head against a wall and then slapped her face until she lost consciousness. The ruthless beating bloodied her mouth, spattering the wall, the floor, her clothes, and her face, and a big clump of her hair was pulled out. They handcuffed her behind her back. She was then forced to lie on her stomach on the floor and placed between the legs of a computer chair. One police officer sat on the chair and stepped on her back. Then they removed her shoes and again beat her. -
Mr. Zhong Zhenfu Whipped with Metal Wires by Guards in Pingdu City Prison
2008-07-22On May 4th, 2008, police officers ransacked two Falun Gong centres producing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in Pingdu City, Shandong Province. Practitioners Ms. Xu Aifang, Mr. Wang Yunchong and Mr. Zhong Zhenfu were arrested. That same night, the police forced each of these practitioners to sit on an "iron chair" and interrogated them. Since the practitioners refused to cooperate with the police, the officers poured boiling water over their necks and bodies. Three days later, the practitioners were taken to Pingdu City Prison. At the prison, the guards put shackles on Mr. Zhong Zhenfu and whipped him in the head with metal wires. His life was in danger after the torture. -
Mr. Zhu Zhiyong from Lulong Town, Qinhuangdao City Persecuted
2008-07-22Practitioner Mr. Zhu Zhiyong, 29, has been arrested, detained and persecuted on four occasions by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police. Everyone in his village said that he was the kindest boy. In June 2008 he was locked up in the Lulong County Detention Centre. After June 4th, 2008, police entered and ransacked Mr. Zhu Zhiyong's house four times. They took away a television, printer and other personal property. The house was turned upside down and left in a big mess. Even the bedding was torn up when they searched for evidence that he practised Falun Gong. They dug out the ashes in the stove trying to find something that could have been hidden underneath. Mr. Zhu's personal belongings were strewn everywhere on the ground. It was hard to even open the door. -
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Uses Large Amount of Money on Brainwashing Session in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province
2008-07-22Using the excuse of preparing for the Olympics, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province used a large amount of money to hold a brainwashing session in Shiliping Farm, Jinhua City during June. Police officers arrested seven Falun Gong practitioners from Lanxi City and sent them to this session. The Lanxi City CCP Deputy Secretary together with the city's 610 Office and police force, extorted 210,000 yuan to hold this brainwashing session. Each practitioner's employer had to pay 5,000 yuan, plus assign two employees to closely monitor the practitioner. -
Ms. Niu Yuhui Recounts the Persecution She Was Subjected to in Nanshan Detention Centre in Shulan City, Jilin Province
2008-07-22On April 17th, 2008, police officers arrested me at home. I shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" to let people hear the truth. Afraid of drawing attention to the unjust arrest, those evildoers took off a coat and used it to cover my mouth to stop my shouting. I almost lost consciousness. They took me to Beicheng Police Station where they subjected me to a body search. They searched my backpack and stole over 2,000 yuan in cash. They got a key from my bag and took it to search my home. They made a big mess while ransacking the house. That evening they took me to a detention centre. I staged a protest hunger strikeOn the sixth day they force-fed me. I suffered badly during each brutal force-feeding procedure. -
Jiamusi Police Department Takes Eight of Ms. Ma Duo's Family Members and Friends into Custody
2008-07-21Ms. Ma Duo, a 26-year-old practitioner, has been sentenced to three years in prison by the Jiamusi Suburban Court. Ms. Ma and her family have appealed the case. They hired lawyers from Beijing to defend Ms. Ma. When the lawyers and Ms. Ma's family went to the Jiamusi City Intermediate Court to process the paperwork for representing Ms. Ma, a dozen plain-clothes police officers took Ms. Ma's relatives into custody right in front of the lawyers. According to eyewitnesses, the police also took away three or four more people near a hospital outside the Jiamusi City Intermediate Court. A total of about eight of Ms. Ma Duo's family and friends have been taken into custody and held at the Jiamusi Detention Centre. -
Ms. Gao Jie Sent Straight to Brainwashing Centre After Five Years of Imprisonment
2008-07-21Ms. Gao Jie, 53, was a teacher at the Shuangzhan Elementary School in Chongqing City. She began to practise Falun Gong in 1993, and benefited from the practice physically and mentally. After July 20th, 1999 when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime launched a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong, she has spent most of her time in prison. In June 20th, 2003, Ms. Gao was given a five-year sentence and served the term in Yongchuan Forced Labour Camp. Now, she has again been sent to a brainwashing centre located because she refuses to renounce her belief in Falun Gong. -
Chaoyang County Police Department in Liaoning Province Ganged Up with Liucheng Police Station to Terrorise Practitioners
2008-07-21Recently, police from the Chaoyang County Police Department and Liucheng Police Station teamed up to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. They went to a number of households to harass the practitioners and ransack their homes. Mr. Li Lin was arrested and taken to Liucheng Police Station, where they extorted 1,000 yuan from him before he was released. The personal property of practitioner Zhao Shujun was stolen. In order to avoid further persecution of themselves and their family members, some of the practitioners from Yaoeryingzi Village were forced to leave their homes. -
Mr. Qi Tingsong's Family Receives Compensation for His Death Due to Torture after Persistent Appeals
2008-07-21
Mr. Qi Tingsong, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on October 15th, 2007, by Laiwu police. By November 11th he was dead as a result of torture. Mr. Qi Tingsong's family members appealed this injustice to the relevant departments for six months, but no one paid any attention to them. Mr. Qi's wife hired a lawyer who insisted on seeking justice. Laiwu Police Department were in the wrong and had no recourse, so they had to comply with the lawyer's mediation to compensate Mr. Qi Tingsong's wife.
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