Torture
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Cousins Ms. Cai Junxia and Ms. Chuai Cuijun Are Given Heavy Sentences, Their Whole Family Persecuted Repeatedly
2008-05-06
Ms. Cai Junxia and her mother-in-law were forcibly taken away by police on July 18th, 2007. On January 7th, 2008, the Communist Party-controlled Qianxi County Court sentenced Ms. Cai Junxia, who had been already been detained for almost six months, to up to four years of imprisonment. That sentence was confirmed on March 10th. This is the second member of this family subjected to a heavy sentence. Over a year ago, Ms. Chuai Cuijun was sentenced to five years. -
Ms. Gao Shulan from Hebei Province Died As a Result of Persecution
2008-05-06In November 2000, Ms. Gao Shulan, 36, went to Beijing to appeal for justice on behalf of all Falun Gong practitioners. She was arrested and detained at the Qinglong County Detention Centre. It was very cold. She and others were confined in a cold room without heat. A long plank was all they had for a bed, without bedding. It was very dirty, and some spots were pretty wet. The space was not big enough for all of them to sit on, and it was much too small for them to lie down. They were handcuffed and placed in leg irons that weighed more than 30 pounds. They could not stand or lie down. During the winter, the guards poured water onto the cement floor and ice as thick as four inches formed. Wang Jin and his guards then forced practitioners to lie flat on the ice. Ms. Gao and her fellow practitioners were forced to lie on the ice on many occasions. Ms. Gao's health deteriorated and she died on February 2nd, 2002. -
Women's Forced Labour Camp of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, Tortured Practitioners
2008-05-05Practitioner Ms. Xu Xiaomin is now detained at the Women's Forced Labour Camp of Hohhot City in Inner Mongolia. Ms. Xu refused to write the three statements to renounce Falun Gong and has already been detained in the warehouse for a month. Recently the guards began to persecute her by forcing her to stand for a long time, limiting her sleep, forbidding her to use the toilet, as well as using other methods. During the night of March 1st, two prisoners beat her. The next morning the deputy head of the squad also beat her. Methods used to torture Ms. Du Yuqing included piercing her with needles, forcing her to stand for a long time, forbidding her to use the toilet, pouring cold water down her shirt in winter, and beating her. -
Torture Inflicted on Ms. Gao Guofeng at Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province
2008-05-05On September 29th, 2007, during the "October 1st" National Day, Ms. Gao Guofeng, 53, seized a microphone and cried out, "Falun Gong is good." Everyone was shocked. Ms. Gao was locked in a small cell, which is a metal cage, where she suffered inhuman torture. Later Ms. Gao was brutally beaten repeatedly. Director Huo Shuping bound Ms. Gao in handcuffs and deprived her of sleep for 24 hours. On March 7th, Ms. Gao was monitored by criminal inmates. That night she went to bed and was in so much pain that she moaned continuously. On March 8th, she was brutally beaten by Warden Wang Xiaowei and guard, Zhou Yingfan. Her face was beaten until it was black and blue and her mouth was injured. She was not allowed to rest until that night. -
Mr. Chen Kaiqu's Face Disfigured from Electric Baton Torture at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2008-05-05On July 14th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Chen Kaiqu was arrested for distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and sent to a detention centre and then sentenced to a two-year forced labour term. He was sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp on May 21st, 2007. On March 25th, 2008, Mr. Chen refused to do hard labour at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. For refusing to cooperate, guard Li Meng shocked Mr. Chen's face and neck with electric batons for an extended period of time. His face was covered with blisters and burns. He was disfigured to the extent that even those who knew him could not recognize him. -
Practitioner Mr. Li Zhenning Abducted in Hebei Province
2008-05-05On March 12th, 2008, Mr. Li Zhenning, a 22-year-old practitioner, walked out of Minghua Computer Store on Lianchi South Street in Baoding City. Just when he was about to unlock his bicycle, he was surrounded by a group of people and forcibly taken to Yuhualu Police Station. At Yuhualu Police Station, the head of the station interrogated Mr. Li using various methods to threaten and deceive him into a "confession." When Mr. Li protested their actions, the head of the police station forced him into a room and brutally beat him. As a result, Mr. Li had a black eye and some blood around his right eye. The next day the perpetrators claimed that they had all the paper work ready to send Mr. Li to the Mancheng County Detention Centre. Upon hearing this, Mr. Li's uncle who does not practise Falun Gong, gave the police 2,000 yuan to have Mr. Li finally released. -
The Brutal Persecution of Practitioners Liu Fengmei and Wang Guiling in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province
2008-05-04Mr. Wang Guiling, 49, was incarcerated in the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. He recounts his experience: "Guards handcuffed me from behind. They forced my legs into a double lotus position, and pulled my feet to the extreme position. Then they tied my legs tightly and threw me to the ground. After half an hour they realized that I was not ready to compromise. Frustrated, they stripped off my shirt and socks, and shocked me with several batons. These batons were brand new and could generate over 10,000 volts of electricity. They chose the most sensitive areas to shock, such as my chest, my back and the bottoms of my feet. The excruciating pain was hard to endure. I struggled with all my strength, even broke a rope twice. The torture was just too painful to describe." -
Recent Acts of Persecution by the Mei County, Shaanxi Province 610 Office Against Falun Gong Practitioners
2008-05-04On March 1st, 2008, 610 Office agents and police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wang Hulin. They confiscated the family's satellite receiver. He was sent to a brainwashing centre. They also ransacked the homes of two female Falun Gong practitioners in neighbouring villages and arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yingxia. On March 3rd, 2008, the same group of police officers went to Nanzhai Village again and arrested Falun Gong practitioners Hou Honglin and his wife. Hou Honglin was working in the field at the time. The captors removed him from the field by force and ransacked his home. -
Already Ill with Tuberculosis, Ms. Zhao Yingjie Develops Pulmonary Oedema and Pleural Effusion as a Result of the Persecution
2008-05-04Ms. Zhao Yingjie, 34, is a Falun Gong practitioner, who was arrested on February 12th, 2007, and imprisoned. In the middle of March 2008, her family went to the jail twice when they learned that she was severely ill, but the authorities refused to let them see her. On April 9th, 2008, Ms. Zhao's family went to the prison for the third time. Ms. Zhao Yingjie was escorted out with a respirator by a guard and a prisoner. Ms. Zhao said that her pleurisy had progressed so that fluid had accumulated in her chest and abdomen, complicated by tuberculosis. The family visit lasted only 10 minutes. The guard asked, "Are you Falun Gong practitioners, too? If so, you are not allowed to be here." Ms. Zhao Yingjie responded, "Falun Gong practitioners are good people." The authorities refused to release Ms. Zhao on medical grounds. -
Ms. Guo Baoru from Tanggu District in Tianjin City Imprisoned in Forced Labour Camps for a Total of Nearly Four Years
2008-05-04Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Baoru lives in Zhongbache Village, Tianjin City. In January 2001, Ms. Guo was sentenced to one-and-a-half years of forced labour because she didn't give up her belief in Falun Gong. She was forced to gather beans in the labour camp and had to stay awake for long periods of time. In order to force her to give up her belief, the guards assigned her a heavier workload than the whole 20-person team. In 2004, Ms. Guo Baoru was sentenced to another year-and-a-half of forced labour. In order to torture her mentally, the guards pressed her onto a bed-board with a picture of Falun Gong's founder, while cursing her with the most foul words. They forbade her from moving, and would beat her and curse her if she moved. Her term was extended by ten months before she was released. -
Organ Harvesting Confirmed By a Former Detention Centre Prisoner
2008-05-03How do the veteran inmates know for sure if these practitioners are killed for their organs instead of being released? Firstly, these people will not promise to stop practising Falun Gong, so there is no way they will be released. Second, practitioners are taken to an isolated room. Many doctors dressed in white will go to the room and collect them, and they are never seen again. One day a new prisoner was put in our cell. He told us that a practitioner's family was arguing with the guards outside. They questioned why their relative had died so suddenly and why the body was cremated before it was shown to the family. The inmates were puzzled. After all, that practitioner was alive when he was removed from the cell two days ago. How could he die so suddenly? He must have been murdered. Why did they deny his family the right to see the body before cremation? It is because his organs had been removed. Think about it. They harvest organs from executed prisoners, why wouldn't they go one step further? -
Practitioner Jin Chengquan Dies after Being Forced into Homelessness to Avoid Persecution in Changchun City, Jilin Province
2008-05-03On May 9th, 2007, the police in Changchun City arrested many practitioners during a conference. After that, officers from the Changchun City Police Department and 610 Office searched and arrested practitioners according to the list they obtained at the conference. In order to avoid persecution, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jin Chengquan and his wife Ms. Li Jin were forced to leave their home. On January 14th, 2008, Mr. Jin Chengquan had a heart attack and passed away at the age of 56. -
Ms. Zhang Li Tortured to the Brink of Death at Harbin Women's Prison
2008-05-03Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Li was sentenced to nine years in prison by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. She has been currently been detained for six years at the Harbin Women's Prison. Ms. Zhang's husband was also sentenced and imprisoned because he practised Falun Gong, and he was later tortured to death, leaving their 9-year-old son without parents. Ms. Zhang Li has been on a hunger strike since March 7th, 2008, and she is currently at the brink of death. After meeting with her, Ms. Zhang's mother-in-law said that Zhang Li's life was in danger. Ms. Zhang's family then strongly requested that prison authorities release her immediately, but the authorities at the prison said they could not release her. -
Tianjin Women's Prison Uses Brutal Persecution Methods on Falun Gong Practitioners
2008-05-03One torture method was called "Three Straight One Stare": the practitioner's head, chest and lower leg must be dead straight while sitting on a small plastic bench with holes. "One stare" means both of the practitioner's eyes must stare in front of them (or watch a propaganda programme on TV that defames Falun Gong or listen to a prison guard teaching a lesson). At the same time, both of the practitioner's hands must be placed on her knees. They would also place an object between her legs. If she dropped that object, she would be beaten. They have to sit like that from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., not being allowed to move for 15 hours. Especially in summer, one would suffer more by sitting on the small plastic bench with holes for a long time. One would sit there until one's bottom was sore and the skin was broken, and that kind of suffering is unbearable. -
Two Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution in Hebei and Shandong Provinces
2008-05-02Ms. Chai Heping, around 58, went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong in October 1999 and was arrested by the Beijing police, picked up by her employer, and detained in the Handan City Second Detention Centre. She was released after the police extorted money from her. She lost her job, and her husband had been retired early many years ago, so she was under significant financial pressure. She went to Beijing to appeal again in 2001, and she was arrested and detained in the Handan City Second Detention Centre again. She was sentenced to one year of forced labour at Shijiazhuang City Women's Labour Camp. When she was picked up by her family after one year, she had lost her eyesight and had an unclear consciousness. She used to be so intelligent, but she became mentally impaired from the torture. She died from falling out of a building in March 2008.
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