Torture

• Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Chuanxi Prison in 2005

  2008-06-28
  I am not a practitioner, but I was once detained in the Chuanxi Prison, and I personally witnessed how the police persecuted Falun Gong practitioners who were jailed there. In 2005, a Falun Gong practitioner was tortured to death in the Chuanxi Prison. In order to "transform" Falun Gong practitioners, the police physically tortured them. They hung the practitioners by their handcuffed wrists from window frames for ten or fifteen days and didn't let them down. The practitioners were also deprived of sleep. Their strong wills when facing tyranny and their peaceful minds and pure hearts in adhering to Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance greatly touched me.
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• The Depraved and Brutal Nature of Yang Hua, Deputy Director of the Tongjiang City Detention Centre

  2008-06-27
  On December 14th, 2007, practitioners Ms. Liu Yanchang and Ms. Wang Yingxia were arrested by the Tongjiang City police and severely beaten. The following day, Yang Hua (male), the deputy director of the Tongjiang City Detention Centre, mercilessly beat Ms. Wang Yingxia. Seven days later, Ms. Liu went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Yang then incited inmate Fu Guoshan to brutally attack Ms. Liu. On May 5th, 2008, practitioners Ms. Wang Yinghua and her sister, Ms. Liu Yanwei, were again arrested. Four days later, Yang savagely beat them, too.
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• The Persecution of Elementary Schoolteacher Ms. Qi Yunping in Haixing County, Hebei Province

  2008-06-27
  Ms. Qi Yunping is a teacher. On July 23rd, 2007, she was arrested by five police officers and taken from her home to a detention centre. After she was severely tortured and mistreated, she went on a hunger strike for a month. During that period, she was brutally force-fed, which resulted in additional physical and emotional abuse. Later, the agents from the Haixing County Court held a secret trial where they planned to sentence Ms. Qi. She told the officers that it was not a crime to be steadfast in your faith and that they should stop persecuting her immediately. The trial abruptly ended halfway through.
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• Beijing Police Use Olympic Games as Excuse to Harass Ms. Piao Lihua's Fifteen-Year-Old Daughter and Other Family Members

  2008-06-27
  For the two years from late 2005 to July 2007, practitioner Ms. Piao Lihua from Shijingshan, Beijing served a sentence in a forced labour camp. The police recently attempted to arrest Ms. Piao again, using the Olympic games as an excuse. The police have also harassed and threatened Ms. Piao's fifteen-year-old daughter while attempting to find Ms. Piao. They also went to Ms. Piao's parents and sister's house to harass them, severely interfering with their everyday lives.
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• Doctor Jiang Qixiang and His Wife Missing Without a Trace In Yun County, Hubei Province

  2008-06-27
  Around May 14th, 2008, Jiang Qixiang, a doctor from the Baoxia Town Clinic, was secretly taken into custody by agents from the 610 Office. His wife is also missing, and it's likely that she was also taken. There has been no news from the two since. Previously, in December, 2000, Jiang Qixiang went to Beijing to petition for justice for Falun Gong and was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. His wife was also sentenced to a labour camp, which left their children at home without care. Guards tortured him by tying up his arms and legs, depriving him of sleep, forcing him to stand for long periods of time, beatings and forced labour.
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• The Persecution and Torture I Experienced at the Hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

  2008-06-26
  In 2001 I was arrested by police because I practise Falun Gong. In the detention centre, the guards forced us to perform hard labour daily. We had to meet a high quota. We hand crafted flowers for funerals. We were forbidden to do the Falun Gong exercises. I did the exercises anyway, so the guards beat me. The guards treated me brutally. They handcuffed me to an iron bed, and chained my feet to it. When the guards gave me an intravenous injection, they claimed that they were trying to find the blood vessel. They hit my wrists heavily. My hands hurt a lot from these beatings. The guards used the thickest feeding tube they could find to force-feed me. They took pleasure in making me feel pain.
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• Ms. Lu Yanling from Shulan City, Jilin Province Critically Ill Due to Mistreatment

  2008-06-26
  On March 12th, 2008, Ms. Lu Yanling, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested by three police officers from the Nancheng Police Station and a group of police officers from the State Security Division. She was detained in Nanshan Detention Centre, where she developed serious heart disease and other problems due to ill-treatment. Under the pretext of medical treatment, the authorities of the Shulan City Procuratorate transferred her to the Changchun City Police Hospital for further detention and abuse. At present, she is critically ill.
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• The Persecution Suffered by Sixty-Plus Year Old Practitioner Ms. Zhang Peiying in Faku County, Liaoning Province

  2008-06-26
  In 2004, police ransacked over sixty-year-old Ms. Zhang Peiying's home. They took Ms. Zhang to the notorious Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, where she was sentenced to one year of forced labour. In the labour camp, Ms. Zhang was subjected to brainwashing numerous times. She went on a hunger strike to resist the persecution. On July 16th, 2005, after guards force fed Ms. Zhang, they poured a bowl of boiling water down her throat. This burned Ms. Zhang severely and she rolled on the floor for two to three hours.
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• Ms. Gui Youyun from Hengyang Injected with an Unknown Drug by Guards

  2008-06-26
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gui Youyun has been arrested and detained in the Hengyang Detention Centre. Ms. Gui refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong and went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The guards at the detention centre forcibly pried open Ms. Gui Youyun's mouth and fed her a large amount of concentrated salt water. As a result, Ms. Gui's teeth fell out and a great amount of blood gushed out of her mouth. The guards then injected an unknown drug into her body, which has made her critically ill. Her family begged the guards to release her, but the guards refused with all kinds of excuses and shouted, "If she dies, no one will be liable for her death!"
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• Elderly Ms. Liu Yuanfang Died as a Result of Persecution in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

  2008-06-25
  Seventy-year-old Ms. Liu Yuanfang went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was taken to Qianmen Police Station and placed in a wired cage. After returning home, Ms. Liu was continuously harassed by the police. As a result of the relentless persecution, Ms. Liu began to suffer symptoms of illness. Ms. Liu passed away on September 10th, 2003.
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• Gross Physical and Mental Abuse in Wumaping Prison, Sichuan Province

  2008-06-25
  Wumaping Prison was only allocated some construction materials such as steel and concrete. The inmates have to mine and produce other construction materials such as stone, bricks, and lumber, and they have to do the construction. Numerous inmates have died or had become disabled during the construction. They are treated like animals. Once an explosive device did not go off, and the prison head ordered the prisoners to check it out. The prisoners tried to beg off, saying it was too dangerous, but who could argue against the guards' raised guns and whips? As a consequence, the huge explosion instantly killed many prisoners! Their cause of death was recorded as "violating operating regulations." Who dares to question the responsibility for this?
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• Ms. Li Xiulan Severely Tortured in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2008-06-25
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiulan underwent intense physical and psychological torture during her 16 months in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp in 2002. The guards at the camp deprived Ms. Li of sleep in an attempt to make her renounce her belief. Ms. Li exposed the brutal practices that were used to try to "reform" Falun Gong practitioners. Two chiefs made inmate Ma Jun beat Ms. Li mercilessly. Ma knocked Ms. Li to the ground, pressed his knee on Ms. Li's right kidney, and punched her in the stomach. Later, Ms. Li was forced to do farm labour, which included digging soil and carrying manure. Ms. Li's physical condition remains extremely serious. Her right kidney and stomach have become rock-hard as a result of her injuries. She is in constant pain each day.
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• Jiangdu Court Trial Shows the Despicable Nature of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Court System

  2008-06-25
  On June 12th, Judge Zhang Jun of Jiangdu Court in Jiangsu Province presided over a trial involving defendant Mr. Wei Bensheng, a Falun Gong practitioner. At the beginning of the trial, two public prosecutors from Jiangdu Municipal Procuratorate read aloud the false, fabricated charges against Mr. Wei. Mr. Wei's defence lawyers pointed out to the court that the prosecution against Mr. Wei was in direct violation of the Chinese constitution, which grants each Chinese citizen the right to freedom of belief and freedom of speech.
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• My Own Story: My Sister and I Were Tortured in a Forced Labour Camp, My Father and Husband Died

  2008-06-24
  My name is Yan Jingqiu. I'm 49 years old and a Falun Gong practitioner from the North District in Qingdao City, Shandong Province. I was sentenced to forced labour and was brutally persecuted in a labour camp for persisting in my belief and insisting on freedom of speech. My oldest sister, Yan Jinghua, was also sentenced to forced labour. Due to the intense pressure, both my husband and my father died, but I was unable to see them in their last moments.
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• Additional Facts Regarding the Torture-Related Death of Ms. Zhou Fenglin in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province

  2008-06-24
  On December 30th, 2000, five police officers stormed into Ms. Zhou Fenglin's home and took her into custody without any reason. Ms. Zhou went on hunger strike to protest her arrest and detention. The guards brutally force-fed her and cuffed her wrists and ankles onto a torture board that is usually used on death-row prisoners. She was dragged into a cell at noon on January 9th, 2001 after being tortured on that board for nine days. Her cell-mates saw that her breathing was getting weaker and weaker, and she looked like she was about to die, so they called the guards to help her. Guards took her to the hospital to be resuscitated. Ms. Zhou died the same day.
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