Torture

• Police in Mudanjiang City Continue to Arrest and Injure Practitioners

  2008-07-20
  Mr. Zhao Jianguo was arrested and interrogated under brutal torture by police from the National Security Agency in Mudanjiang City. The police took him to the office of the City's National Security Agency. They took turns interrogating him and would not allow him to sleep for several days. During those interrogations, police officer Guo Liangyi kicked several of Mr. Zhao's teeth out. Peng Fuming, the team leader from the National Security Agency, tortured Mr. Zhao twice with ropes. Qiao Ping used the bottom of a shoe to slap Zhao's face, and he also threatened to send him to the forced labour camp.
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• Who Caused Mr. Liu Xiaozhao's Death?

  2008-07-20
  In 2000, Liu Xiaozhao was taken to Laiwu Detention Centre by police. In order to resist the persecution and prove that belief in Falun Gong is not a crime, he went on a hunger strike for about eight or nine days without food and water. He became skin and bones. When he returned home, his wife had gone back to her parents because she could no longer bear the hardship. Liu Xiaozhao thought to himself how his wife and child were implicated because of him and didn't enjoy any of the good things in life with him. No one cared if they got food to eat or not under the dictatorship of the CCP, people were not allowed to practice qigong in order to gain a healthy body. What would be the end of this kind of life? Liu Xiaozhao had never been good at expressing himself since he was young and always kept his thoughts to himself. But no one imagined that he would choose death to end the suffering.
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• Ms. Gao Ruixia Died as a Result of Persecution in Liaoning Province

  2008-07-20
  Ms. Gao Ruixia began practising Falun Gong in 1998. She studied the teachings of Falun Gong and did the exercises every day. She lived a fulfilling life, experienced great improvements spiritually, and all her diseases went away. But after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, her happy life turned to one of countless harassments. Police went to Ms. Gao's home to harass and closely monitor her. They deprived her of a peaceful practice environment. Gradually, Ms. Gao's health deteriorated and her sickness recurred. The police did not stop harassing her even when she was in critical condition, until the day of her death on October 17th, 2007.
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• Police in Zunhua City, Hebei Province Arrest Mr. Zhao Jingjun

  2008-07-20
  On July 6th, 2008, officers from the Domestic Security 610 Office in Zunhua City, and more than ten officers from the Dongjiusai Township Police Station broke into practitioner Mr. Zhao Jingjun's house in Qihu Village. They ransacked his home and arrested him. Mr. Zhao Jingjun has now been arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the fourth time. In addition to his arrest, the police kicked his three-year-old son and sprayed mace into the faces of his ten-year-old son, Yangyang, and his 60-year-old mother. The chemical was very irritating to their eyes, causing redness and pain.
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• Ms. Chen Yumei Beaten to Death by Police in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province

  2008-07-19
  On the morning of July 4th, 2008, officers from Chang'an Police Station in Dadong District, Shenyang City tried to arrest Ms. Chen Yumei, 48, on Pangjiang Street near Ms. Chen's neighbourhood. They brutally beat and kicked her. Many bystanders witnessed the brutality, and saw that Ms. Chen passed out from the beating. At around 9 a.m. on the same morning, a police vehicle arrived at Ms. Chen's home, and her family was asked to identify her in an ambulance. She died at around 8:30 p.m. on July 4th.
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• Persecution in Heizhuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province

  2008-07-19
  Most practitioners who are imprisoned in the Heizhuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province are over 50. Besides using torture to coerce the practitioners to "transform", guards in the Fifth Section force the practitioners to work long hours, carrying 55 lb. boxes up and down the stairs. The guards often threaten to extend the prison sentence of the practitioners. Scorning, electric baton shocks, and beatings happen frequently in the Fifth Section. Guard Zhang Lihong, (female) actively follows director Wang Limei (female) to torture the practitioners and has no remorse.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested by Police from Jiamusi Railway Police Station

  2008-07-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Meng Xianjie is being detained at the Jiamushi Railway Police Station. His sister, Meng Xianying went with a friend to thew police station to ask about him, but the police tried to arrest her too. While resisting the arrest her back was sprained and she lost consciousness. The police took her to the Railway Hospital and left quickly to avoid responsibility. With help from some kind hearted people, Meng Xianying was able to return home after the injury.
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• Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Intensifies in Haicheng Area, Liaoning Province

  2008-07-19
  As the opening of the Olympics approaches, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) becomes more and more frantic. The 610 Office of Haicheng City and the police stations have held several meetings to accelerate the persecution of Falun Gong. Large-scale arrests of people with spiritual beliefs, cultural dissidents, and people who visit appeals offices is taking place, and the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners has severely intensified. Holding the Olympics in China is supposed to be a good thing, however the CCP is persecuting and killing Chinese people in the name of the Olympics, turning a supposedly peaceful Olympics into another excuse to commit violence.
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• Teacher Ms. Xu Jiayu of Qiqihar High School Tortured Many Times

  2008-07-18
  Ms. Xu Jiayu is a Chinese language teacher. She was tortured many times for practising Falun Gong. Currently Xu Jiayu is being detained in the Women's Prison in Heilongjiang Province. On the night of April 19th, 2002, Xu Jiayu was arrested by police. She was beaten with a rolling pin, and then her feet were pinned under the rolling pin, with two people standing on it. She was also handcuffed and not allowed to sleep. On April 21st, Xu Jiayu was taken to a secret room and put on a metal chair. They put a motorcycle helmet on her head, handcuffed her hands behind her back, and struck her repeatedly in the face with rolled up magazines. In the afternoon, she was detained in the toilet and tied to the urinal. She was drenched with pressurized water and hung up by the handcuffs behind her back.
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• Practitioner's Daughter Abducted and Held Hostage Over a Month by Wuhan City Police

  2008-07-18
  On the evening of May 26th, 2008, a group of policemen from the Domestic Security Division in Wuhan City barged into the residence of Ms. Gu Yuelian. They were using the excuse of "cleaning up" for the Olympics Torch Relay as the reason to arrest her, but Ms. Gu managed to find a chance to escape and got away. Because they could not catch Ms. Gu, the police waited in ambush on the stairway of the dormitory of the No. 3 Postal Company on May 28th. That night around 10:20 p.m., they arrested her daughter, Ms. Qiu Xueming, in order to hold her as a hostage.
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• Seven Female Practitioners Arrested by Police in Wei County, Hebei Province in June 2008

  2008-07-18
  Three Falun Gong practitioners were arrested on June 22nd and 27th, 2008 by officers from the Yali Town Police Station in Wei County, Hebei Province. The police broke into the homes of two women from Pu Village, Ms. Zhao Qingshe, aged 52 and Ms. Li Xiujun, aged 60. They also invaded the home of Ms. Rong Yunqing, a 44 year-old farmer from Yabei Village in Yali Town. The police beat these three practitioners prior to the arrests, and they are currently detained at the Wei County Detention Centre.
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• Mr. Xin Baodong and Ms. Gao Shuying, His Wife, Persecuted Again

  2008-07-18
  Mr. Xin Baodong and Ms. Gao Shuying are husband and wife. Around 10 a.m. on June 27th, 2008, officers from Sanhe City Domestic Security Division and Juyang Town Police Station in Hebei Province broke into the couple's house. The police took them away and ransacked their house that afternoon. The police took some of the couple's private property, including a computer, printer, satellite receiver, television, and bank deposit book. Mr. Xin is being held in the Sanhe City Detention Centre, while Ms. Gao Shuying is in Langfang Brainwashing Centre. Their two children, who are both in school, now have to fend for themselves.
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• Ms. Lin Hong Recounts Her Experiences of Unjust Arrest, Torture, and Harassment

  2008-07-17
  My name is Lin Hong, and I am 50 years old. I am from Lianjiang City, Guangdong Province. I previously worked at the Lianjiang Water Supply Company. I started practising Falun Gong in Haikou City on Hainan Island in May 1997. I have been practising for eleven years now. During the past nine years, I have been constantly harassed by the police. My home was searched, and I was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp. On September 29th, 2007, I was forced to leave home and live in destitution in order to avoid persecution. It's been nine months now. In June 2008, the officials of Lianjiang City went to my home looking for me, and they harassed my husband.
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• More about the Recent Arrests and Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Laiyang, Shandong Province

  2008-07-17
  Officers from the police station in Muyudian Township, Laiyang City have a reputation for unreservedly extorting money from people. In the last few years they have made a fortune confiscating personal belongings from the families of Falun Gong practitioners. It is thought that the police have resorted to doing this because most people now know the truth about the goodness of Falun Gong, and are no longer willing to report practitioners to the authorities. The police have resorted to monitoring, following, harassing, and confiscating the property of practitioners. After arresting the practitioners, the family members are coerced into submitting at least 4000 yuan in fines, for which no receipts are provided. Otherwise the practitioners will be sent to forced labour camps.
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• Lianshan District Court Sentences Mr. Huang Lizhong and Mr. Zhao Liang to Long Prison Terms for Practising Falun Gong

  2008-07-17
  Around May 10th, 2008, the Lianshan District Court sentenced two practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province. Mr. Huang Lizhong was handed a nine-year prison term, and Mr. Zhao Liang was given a ten-year term. On May 10th both practitioners lodged an appeal with the Huludao Intermediate Court in an effort to overturn the court's decision. On June 12th, however, the court upheld the original verdict. On the afternoon of June 12th, Mr. Huang and Mr. Zhao's families visited the detention centre where the two were being held. What they saw really shocked them. Not only had Mr. Huang been badly tortured and the hair on his head shaved off, but he also looked very emaciated and spoke in a very weak voice. He was in such an awful state that his family hardly recognized him.
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