Torture

• Crimes Committed by Chuotou Brainwashing Centre Personnel in Guangzhou

  2008-04-25
  The brainwashing centre in Chuotou is specifically for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. When I was arrested, I was locked up in a dark room. Installed on the roof are pinhole video recorders. Guards on duty may turn them on and watch the practitioners' movements in each room at will. This equipment is configured according to the "attitude" of the practitioner being brainwashed. Those deemed to have been thoroughly brainwashed may turn on the air conditioning, watch television, be assigned to a more ventilated room, and so on. That very evening the principal guard told me to "reform" sooner and confess on my own initiative. He suggested that if I missed the opportunity to act out of my own initiative, I would be in big trouble.
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• Additional Information about Guo Hanpo - Tortured to Death in Baoding Prison

  2008-04-24
  In 2001, Guo Hanpo, 56 years old, was arrested by police because he practises Falun Dafa. He was held for more than one year before finally being sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment. He was detained in the Baoding Prison. Guards and "transformed" people tried to brainwash him. Several prisoners watched him around the clock. He was often confined to his cell for long periods. He was not allowed to have a full meal while doing heavy labour. Several years of torture forced his blood pressure up to 200. Under mental and physical torture, he became emaciated, losing the very healthy and strong body he earlier had. He looked totally different. Later on, although the guards did not force him to do labour, they tortured him mentally. Last year, his family members went to the prison to ask for his release. The prison did not release him until he died.
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• Ms. Gu Li and Ms. Qiu Shuping Arrested in Liaoning Province

  2008-04-24
  Ms. Gu Li and practitioner Ms. Qiu Shuping explained to people how they benefited from the practice of Falun Gong and exposed the facts about the persecution. They were arrested on the afternoon of March 20th, 2008 by police and three security officers. The two practitioners were taken to the police department and then to a detention centre. Numerous police officers ransacked their homes.
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• Elderly Mr. Qirimailatu Dies in Custody in Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Region

  2008-04-24
  On August 8th, 2007, police arrested Mr. Qirimailatu, 72, for the third time while he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. They had him sentenced to forced labour again, but the camp refused to admit him due to his advanced age and the physical tests that he failed, so he was detained in Inner-Mongolia Detention Centre. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution on December 6th, 2007. He died after detention centre administrators rushed him to the prison hospital on January 5th, 2008. Information revealed he was as thin as a skeleton and was unable to speak during the time he was detained.
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• Large Numbers of Practitioners Arrested by Police in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province in the First Three Months of 2008

  2008-04-24
  In the first quarter of 2008, police in Daqing City, Heilongiang Province have been collaborating with local thugs, gangsters, and vagrants to monitor, harass, and arrest Falun Gong practitioners. Methods include phone tapping, following, illegal opening of personal mail, break-ins, and other illegal means. Falun Gong practitioner Lu Jigui was arrested the first time on February 1st, 2008. In the detention centre Mr. Lu went on a hunger strike protesting the persecution. He was violently force-fed and tortured several times, causing a drastic deterioration of his health. Lu Jigui was released on February 11th, 2008 and arrested again on February 26th. After his first arrest, Daqing City police began monitoring and investigating Lu Jigui, his family members and visitors, around the clock.
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• I Miss My Mum

  2008-04-23
  I am the daughter of Falun Gong practitioner Liu Yanchen. Unfortunately, I can no longer see my dear mother, since she was arrested and repeatedly beaten by Communist Party officials because she practised Falun Gong. After her detainment, she could not do the Falun Gong exercises for a long time, and eventually she died from a stroke. Because my father suffered tremendous mental pressure and had several breakdowns my aunt had to adopt me.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Ye Zhanfen Died as a Result of Persecution in Sichuan Province

  2008-04-23
  Ms. Ye Zhanfen was a Falun Gong practitioner in her 60s. In November 2000, she was taken into custody by the Linqiong Town Police Station for copying Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. In the station, four to five police officers beat her cruelly, kicking her lower abdomen, electric-baton-shocking her head, and causing her to pass out due to an extreme headache. They tortured her for nine hours, resulting in her becoming incontinent and fracturing her left wrist. There was blood in her stool the entire time she was detained. On June 5th, 2001, she was sentenced to five years in prison. She was released in 2005, but local 610 Office agents still harassed her and she could not live in peace. She died after enduring the persecution for over eight years.
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• Two Older Practitioners Ms. Chen Jinfen of Hebei Province and Ms. Sun Huaifeng of Yunnan Province Die as a Result of Persecution

  2008-04-23
  Ms. Chen Jinfen, 68, was a Falun Gong practitioner living in Hebei Province. On February 4th, 2008, she was taken into custody by the Heru Township Police Station. The police ransacked her home and detained her in Changli County Detention Centre. On February 13th, 2008, she felt pain in her leg and discomfort in her chest, and was very weak. Thus, she was released. However, the weakness and aches continued. She died on March 24th, 2008.
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• The Persecution of Practitioners at the Hands of the Jiangsu Province Forced Labour Camp Bureau and Judong Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2008-04-23
  Tang Guofang, head of the education department in Jiangsu Province, has been the main perpetrator in charge of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners for the past eight years. Tang in Judong Women's Forced Labour Camp, has been viciously torturing practitioners both mentally and physically. As a result of being severely beaten by the guards, Ms. Zhu Ruifeng's neck was forced into her chest cavity. She had to be taken to a hospital in Zhenjiang City where her neck had to be straightened. Ms. Wu Shunzhen's lower body was burned with mosquito incense and her head was pushed into a urine bucket by a guard. Ms. Deng Jinmei and Ms. Zhu Jinmei were brutally beaten in prison. After they were released, they still suffered extreme pain from internal injuries.
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• Ms. Wang Minli Tortured to Death at Jilin City Detention Centre, Jilin Province, Other Practitioners Brutally Persecuted

  2008-04-22
  On March 15th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Minli was arrested and tortured. She was later taken to the Jilin City Detention Centre, where she was subjected to additional torture. Her family went there on many occasions to request her release, but the guards told them that she was in good health. Shortly before her death, after returning from her last interrogation session, Ms. Wang suffered from incontinence. Every day, she would lie on the floor of the ward, where she was given injections. At noon on June, 19th, 2007, Ms. Wang was tortured to unconsciousness with electric batons. There was a water shortage at the detention centre, but the guards used their entire supply - thirteen basins in all - to pour over Ms. Wang, yet they were unable to revive her. On June 19th, 2007, however, her family was notified that Ms. Wang had passed away.
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• Additional Information about Practitioner Guan Wenjiang Who Was Tortured to Death in Liaoning Province

  2008-04-22
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guan Wenjiang was tortured to death on August 5th, 2002 at the Shenyang No.2 Prison. He had been sentenced to 13 years in prison for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. His family found his ears were deformed due to the beatings he sustained. He was only 33 years old. When Mr. Guan died, the 200 yuan in cash that he had in his pocket disappeared.
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• The Crimes of Party Secretary Liu Zhonghui of Shouguang City, Shandong Province

  2008-04-22
  According to incomplete statistics, within just over a year after Liu Zhonghui became the Party Secretary of Shouguang City in 2007, over 100 practitioners have been arrested, beaten, fined, and their homes ransacked. Sixteen practitioners were sent to forced labour camps. Many families were torn apart. This extent of cruelty in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners is very rare, and it has been the cruellest in Shouguang City for several years. The methods of torture that the police use include: shocking practitioners' sensitive body parts with electric batons; hitting them on their hands, legs, and back with rubber batons and wooden sticks; burning their fingers and arms with lighters; kicking and stomping on their faces with leather shoes.
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• Mr. Cao Jianshan of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, Sentenced to a Forced Labour Camp

  2008-04-22
  On August 1st, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Cao Jianshan went to a shopping centre in Huizhou City to hand out leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. He was arrested by security guards and taken to Qiaoxi Police Station for interrogation. That same night, 20 police officers went to Mr. Cao's home. Ms. Cao, who was already in bed, was terrified by the police intruding into her home. She suffered a heart attack when police officers dragged her from her room. Following this incident, Mr. Cao was detained at Huicheng District Gutangao Detention Centre for 31 days. His family were not allowed to visit him until February 2008.
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• Cases of Practitioners Suffering Abuse at the Hands of Baoqing County Heilongjiang Province Police Department Officials

  2008-04-21
  Xie Yuntong, a 45-year-old male and chief of the Politics and Security Section of the Police Department in Baoqing Country, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, has been actively involved in extorting huge sums of money from Falun Gong practitioners since he took office. He has also been actively persecuting practitioners. On September 6th, 2006, practitioner couple Mr. Zhang Zhaohua and Ms. Yuan Meirong, were arrested by police and taken to the detention centre. Mr. Zhang was detained for nearly seven weeks. A prison guard severely beat him with a plastic tube about one inch in diameter. Inmates forcibly bathed him with cold water. He had 15,000 yuan extorted from him before he was released. Ms. Yuan was detained for six days and had 1300 yuan extorted from her before she was released.
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• Atrocities at Inner Mongolia's Tumuji Forced Labour Camp

  2008-04-21
  Practitioner Baosiqin Gaowa was imprisoned twice at the labour camp and was put in the brainwashing centre three times. The first time, she was put into the brainwashing centre for more than 40 days. A man named Guan beat her so severely that she suffered many serious injuries. A one-inch long scar below her mouth is still visible now. The second time she was again put into the brainwashing centre for more than 40 days. The third time, she was put in the centre for more than three days. She was forbidden to sleep for two days straight and was forced to stand the whole time. As a result, her feet became severely swollen.
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