Torture

• Mr. Jiang Qiulai Dies from Torture-Inflicted Wounds in Hebei Province

  2008-06-24
  Mr. Jiang Qiulai (over 60, exact age unknown), lived in Renqiu City, Hebei Province. On October 10th, 2007, Mr. Jiang and fellow practitioners were arrested while doing the Falun Gong exercises at home. His home was ransacked. Mr. Jiang was detained in Renqiu City Detention Centre for four months, and he was severely tortured with brutal force-feeding among other methods. On February 27th, 2008, his family picked him up, for his condition so urgent that he could not walk. Mr. Jiang was bedridden and could not take care of himself. His family took him to see doctors, and they found he had four fractured ribs. Mr. Jiang told them they were caused by guards beating him in the detention centre. Mr. Jiang's family had him treated with intravenous injections, but he died on June 11th, 2008.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Zhao Qingshan Dies After Being Cruelly Tortured in Heilongjiang Province

  2008-06-24
  On January 20th, 2002, Mr. Zhao was arrested by police. Mr. Zhao was interrogated and tortured, while cuffed to an "iron chair" with his hands cuffed behind the back of the chair and his mouth taped. The officers kicked Mr. Zhao in the shins with their leather boots, to the point that his bones were exposed. He suffered excruciating pain during this terrible ordeal. Mr. Zhao was imprisoned several times more. When he was released from Daqing City Prison in 2005, he was in critical condition and could not eat at all. His entire body was in pain and he was unable to take care of himself. After two years of being bedridden, he died on June 18th, 2008.
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• Eight Additional Deaths Due to Torture Verified in May 2008

  2008-06-23
  In May 2008, it was reported that eight Falun Gong practitioners died as a direct result of the persecution. Among them, two were female and three were over 50 years old. All eight victims died between January and May of this year, 2008, with three of the eight deaths occurring in May. The Minghui/Clearwisdom website has revealed that among the 42 confirmed death reports between January and May 2008, thirty-four died within the period of January to May.
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• Police Officers Search the Home of a Retired Teacher and Her Disabled Daughter

  2008-06-23
  On May 28th, 2008, Ms. Zhang Fuhua, a retired teacher living in the Oil Extraction Community, Dagang Oil Field, Tianjin City, had her home broken into by seven police officers. Claiming that someone had reported Ms. Zhang for practising Falun Gong, distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong, officers searched her home and seized all Falun Gong-related books and materials. Before leaving, several police seized her hand and forced her to sign a piece of paper against her will.
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• Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners Wang Yinghua, Wang Yingxia, and Others from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province

  2008-06-23
  Two sisters, Wang Yinghua and Wang Yingxia, were arrested and detained by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. The oldest sister, Wang Yinghua, was detained in Jiamusi Detention Centre for more than two months after she was arrested by the Tiananmen Square police for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing. The police did not release her until she was near death due to the police brutality. The other sister, Wang Yingxia, was also arrested, and her house has been ransacked five times since 1999. The police have extorted tens of thousands of yuan from her. She was twice sent to a forced labour camp. When she was detained in Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp, the police put her through numerous forms of torture.
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• Practitioners Arrested and Their Homes Ransacked in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia

  2008-06-23
  In April 2008, the Tongliao City Police Department, Ke District Police Department, Domestic Security Division, several police stations, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel from neighbourhood administrations made a coordinated effort to conduct a so-called "secret check-up" on local practitioners. They phoned or visited them, using the excuses of address verification, low income assistance registration, or providing job opportunities. On May 30th, they began wide-spread arrests. Police arrived with five locksmiths at the home of a female practitioner surnamed Zhang, broke in after picking the lock, and arrested this practitioner.
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• The Persecution of Mr. Zheng Xianjin's Family in Huaiyang, Henan Province

  2008-06-22
  Before July 1999, there were many people practising Falun Gong in Lutai Township of Huaiyang, Henan Province. Ever since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong, the police have repeatedly harassed Falun Gong practitioner Zheng Xianjin's family. The couple was arrested and imprisoned many times and their three children were beaten mercilessly by the police. Mr. Zheng's mother-in-law was so worried about them in the prison that she became ill and passed away. Recently, Mr. Zheng was arrested for the fourth time and tortured in the prison.
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• Details of the Persecution of Older Practitioner Mr. Liu Cheng

  2008-06-22
  Liu Cheng, 52, has been sentenced to forced labour twice and has spent a total of five years in labour camps. In 2000, police beat Mr. Liu until he was black and blue all over, with his face swollen and his nose bleeding. One policeman used a club to strike his legs so violently that he could not walk after the beating. In the Jinzhou City Correction Centre, Mr. Liu was forced to sit on a small stool for long periods of time. When he refused he was brutally beaten and shocked with electric batons. He was abused physically for over ten hours on a daily basis.
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• Children of Practitioners Arrested by Police in Dongkou County, Hunan Province

  2008-06-22
  Practitioner Ms. Xiao Hongyan was arrested on May 13th, 2008, and is currently being held in Dongkou County Detention Centre. Practitioner Ms. Liu Qiju was arrested on July 28th, 2007, and is now imprisoned at Baimalong Forced Labour Camp. On June 2nd, 2008, Xiang Xuan, director of a legal institute went to the home of Ms. Xiao's relatives. They charged Ms. Xiao's son Xiang Zhiyuan and Ms. Liu's son Xiang Shuocheng with going on-line at an Internet cafe to demand the release of their mothers. The police wanted to arrest the two boys, but local village officials said both were still teenagers. However, that night, Domestic Security Division officers still arrested Xiang Zhiyuan. Xiang Shuocheng managed to escape.
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• Chinese Communist Party Members in Qinan County, Shandong Province Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-06-22
  Using the upcoming Olympic Games as an excuse, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in Shuanghou Town on a large scale. So far, the police have arrested four practitioners. The four practitioners are currently held at the Qinan County Detention Centre, and have been subjected to interrogation and mistreatment. Two practitioners left home to avoid persecution, many have been harassed and interrogated, and homes were searched.
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• Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials Arrest and Fine Falun Gong Practitioners in Mengyin County, Shandong Province

  2008-06-21
  It is well-known that Mengyin County of Shandong Province is one of China's most poverty-stricken areas. Police from the local 610 Office and police stations use every chance possible to harass, torture and fine Falun Gong practitioners. Usually, they arrest practitioners and ransack their homes. They steal anything of value, including chickens, rabbits, dogs and trees. They take practitioners to brainwashing centres, police stations or detention centres. They take advantage of the sentimentality of practitioners' family members who do not want to see their loved ones suffer, and force them to pay excessive fines. Some practitioners become impoverished due to the greediness of those evil people, and their children have to quit school and work to help pay the debts.
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• Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Hongjiang City, Hunan Province Arrested

  2008-06-21
  On May 28th, police officers from Hongjiang City broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Biyun's home. They ransacked the home, arrested Ms. Wang, and then detained her at Baihunao Detention Centre. At 7:00 p.m., police officers broke into Ms. Yang Jinlan's home, and arrested Ms. Yang, who is in her seventies, then also detained her at the Baihunao Detention Centre. On May 30th, each was extorted of 800 yuan before they were released.
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• Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners from Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province Arrested

  2008-06-21
  Police arrested Ms. Chen Guifang as she was distributing material exposing the persecution on December 26th, 2007. She was sentenced to a three-year prison term. Ms. Chen Guifang has a dependent mother in her eighties who is now left to fend for herself. Ms. Lu Guizhen was arrested by a police officer as she was distributing Falun Gong-related materials on January 12th, 2008. She was sentenced to a one-year prison term and became ill due to mistreatment in detention. Her mental health is very poor. Despite frequent inquiries and requests for release by her family, the prison authorities have refused to release her.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Meng Qinglin from Changchun Sent to a Forced Labour Camp for the Fourth Time

  2008-06-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Meng Qinglin is in his sixties. He has once again been sent to a forced labour camp because he was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. This is the fourth time Mr. Meng has been detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mr. Meng is currently being held in Weizigou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun. Division Chief Li and others have hung him by his handcuffed wrists and poured cold water on him, among other inhuman tortures.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Jinbo from Yanji City is Cruelly Tortured

  2008-06-20
  During nine years of persecution of Falun Gong in China, Zhang Jinbo has been cruelly tortured, and unable to marry or to live a normal life. Due to an extended forced labour term, her mental and physical health drastically declined. Her body incurred great harm from torture, and many diseases surfaced. Her residency registration was withheld, and would only be restored if she gave up her belief. It was forbidden for her to go abroad to work. She had to live a poverty-ridden existence in exile.
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