Torture

• Mr. Gu Qun Dies in Yojia Detention Centre in Dalian City, Liaoning Province

  2008-04-17
  Mr. Gu Qun was a Falun Gong practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. On the afternoon of March 16th, 2008, police arrested him while he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, and detained him at the Yaojia Detention Centre. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and the guards responded by brutally force-feeding him. This left him severely injured. On April 8th, 2008, they sent him to the Dalian City Third People's Hospital for emergency rescue, but according to some sources, he was dead on arrival. His family was notified of his death on April 9th, 2008. Fewer than 23 days passed between his unlawful arrest and his death.
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• Practitioners Tortured at Qiqihar City No.1 Detention Centre

  2008-04-17
  On February 3rd, 2008, officers from the Shuguang Police Station in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province arrested Ms. Wang Yuxian and Mr. Wang Xuqiu. Mr. Wang Xuqiu and Ms. Wang Yuxian were beaten and tortured at the Shuguang Police Station. An eyewitness said that, after repeated violent blows, Mr. Wang's face was bruised, swollen, distorted, and looked horrible. Ms. Wang developed symptoms of heart disease and gallstones due to abuse. She is in critical condition. They are being held at the Qiqihar City No. 1 Detention Centre.
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• Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Donggang, Liaoning Province

  2008-04-17
  On March 9th, 2007, Ms. Yang Guoying, a practitioner from Helong Township, was deceived into getting into a police vehicle at a local market. After arriving at the local police station, the police claimed that someone had reported her and beat her brutally. The police tried to coerce her into admitting to the fabricated allegations. When she refused to comply, the police took her to Donggang Detention Centre. In the detention centre, the police again tried to extract a false confession by force. Ms. Yang still refused. Later police presented her with a "repentance statement" for her to sign. She adamantly refused. One policeman took a sheet of blank paper, grabbed her hand, and took a hand print.
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• Mr. Zhao Qingguo Dies under Persecution in Liaoning Province

  2008-04-16
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Qingguo was arrested in August 2000, when he went to visit detained practitioners. The police shackled one of his feet to rings on a wall, then brutally beat him. Several days later, they locked him in a room that was designated for torturing people. His hands were again cuffed and his feet were shackled to rings mounted on the wall. He was beaten for two days and then taken back to the detention centre. He was also shocked with an electric baton multiple times, and force-fed with concentrated salt water or chilli power water. After returning home, police often went to Mr. Zhao's home to harass him. He could not live a normal life, and often moved to avoid being arrested. He never recovered from his weakened condition. He appeared to have contracted tuberculosis and died on April 6th, 2008, at the young age of 35.
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• Ms. Li Xiaojiang of Hebei Province Dies as a Result of Persecution

  2008-04-16
  Ms. Li Xiaojiang lived in a village in Hebei Province. Early in March 2004, two villagers went to harass Ms. Li at her home and saw a "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" banner hanging on her wall. They forced Ms. Li to take the banner down and spoke to her in a vicious manner. Ms. Li became very frightened. The next day she passed out on her porch. Her husband carried her inside and then took her to the hospital. The doctor found that she had suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and that there was nothing that could be done to help her. Ms. Li died on the afternoon of March 25th, 2008.
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• Mr. Bai Shaohua Hung Up and Beaten by Beijing Police for Five Days

  2008-04-16
  On February 20th, 2008, Mr. Bai Shaohua (37 years old) and Mr. Yang Hui were driving when they were stopped by the Beijing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police using the excuse of "a security check" for the Beijing Olympic Games. The two were subsequently taken to the Huairou District Detention Centre. Because the police discovered Falun Gong materials such as CDs exposing the persecution in the vehicle, they interrogated Mr. Bai using torture, attempting to force him to reveal the source of the materials. Mr. Bai refused to betray fellow practitioners and did not cooperate. From February 20th to 25th, 2008, he was hung up by handcuffs and beaten mercilessly by Beijing police and prison guards.
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• A Prisoner's Testimony: Division Leaders Forced Us to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-04-16
  I was sentenced to a Shandong Province Forced Labour Camp. Under orders from guards I participated in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Certain other inmates and I used different ways to persecute the practitioners, including having them face a wall for a long time, beating and kicking them, as well as beating them with batons. For doing this, guard Sun Fengjun promised to reduce our terms. So whatever they ordered us to do, we did it. If we did not follow their orders, they would beat us and extend our terms. All the persecution that happened to the Falun Gong practitioners was according to orders from the division leaders. We know that Falun Gong practitioners are good people.
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• Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Tai Yurong of Hebei Province Tortured to Death in 2001

  2008-04-15
  On December 1st, 2001, Mou Pingjun, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Secretary from Jia Village, along with others, arrested practitioner Ms. Tai Yurong, 36, from Baoding City in Hebei Province at her home. They forced her to attend a brainwashing session. Within seven days, she was tortured to death. Before the cremation, Ms. Tai's sister and sister-in-law came to look at her body. They saw that Ms. Tai had blood in her mouth, her hands appeared purple and wide open. There were bruises on her arm and her arms were swollen to the size of her legs. Her right eye appeared purple as well, both eye sockets had sunken in, and it appeared as if her internal organs were no longer there. At that time, Ms. Tai's oldest daughter was 16 years old and her younger daughter was 13 years old.
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• Partial Account of Practitioners Tortured Over the Past Three Months at Handan Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province

  2008-04-15
  On October 25th, 2007, guard Wang Zhiming complained that practitioner Gu Daping went to wash his hands without reporting, so he ordered criminal inmates to torture Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu's legs were tied with ropes so he could not bend them. He was forced to sit on the floor with both of his arms stretched by two people on each side. Then several of them pressed hard on Mr. Gu's back so his chest touched his leg. They didn't stop until they heard his bones crack. Mr. Gu's screams were heard all over the building. Then Wang Zhiming brought in the electric baton to shock Mr. Gu until the battery ran out. A rubber club was then brought in and they pushed Mr. Gu to the floor and beat him dozens of times. Mr. Gu could not sleep at night due to excruciating pain in his back.
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• Wang Hongfa from Guizhou Detained Over Four Months--Police Only Recently Disclose his Whereabouts

  2008-04-15
  Falun Gong practitioner Wang Hongfa, 45, from Xishui County, Guizhou Province is a painter. In early December 2007, police from the Xishui County National Security Team secretly arrested him. His whereabouts were unknown until recently. His wife tried many ways to find him. However, the police did not tell her where her husband was detained and his family members were very anxious.
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• Two Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Shenyang City

  2008-04-15
  At around 1:30 a.m. on March 23rd, 2008, several police officers rushed into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Niu Guifang. The police arrested her, along with her husband and her niece. They ransacked the house and found no Falun Gong materials. At the same time, practitioner Ms. Ren Xiuqin was also arrested. With the approach of the Olympic Games, the Chinese Communist Party has sent out secret orders to closely monitor Falun Gong practitioners from March to September. Many practitioners have been arrested in various provinces. The police were given permission to beat Falun Gong practitioners and petitioners.
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• Elderly Father Dies After Seeing Daughter Repeatedly Persecuted

  2008-04-14
  On December 21st, 2007, Mr. Xiong Yuchen died at the age of 77. His beloved daughter, Suyan, was a practitioner. On October 16th, 2007, Suyan and an elderly practitioner explained the goodness of Falun Gong and the truth about the persecution to people in a marketplace in a small town. Consequently, she was arrested by police. Suyan was held at the Fengrun Detention Centre for a month and was then transferred to the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp to serve a one-year sentence. Witnessing his daughter's repeated persecution, Mr. Xiong became very angry at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He missed his daughter very much. Two months after his daughter's arrest, Mr. Xiong died in great sorrow. He had not been able to see his beloved daughter before his death.
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• Mr. Zhao Yancheng's Family from Weifang City Repeatedly Persecuted, His Son Suffers a Mental Breakdown

  2008-04-14
  Mr. Zhao Yancheng is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Weifang City, Shandong Province. He and his family have been persecuted repeatedly by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mr. Zhao was sent to a forced labour camp and was only released after being tortured to the brink of death. Recently, he was forced into becoming homeless and destitute in order to avoid being arrested at home. His daughter was arrested and his son suffered a mental breakdown due to the persecution.
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• Policemen in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province Arrest Several Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-04-14
  On February 17th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Zhang Yunqin, and her twelve-year-old son were forcibly taken away from their home by several policemen. The officers took away her computer and many other items. Ms. Zhang Yunqin's son was released the following day, whereas she was detained in the Jincheng City Detention Centre. It was said that because Ms. Zhang Yunqin wrote and posted information exposing the persecution, the police arrested her.
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• The Hanting District Public Security Bureau and the National Security Team Police of Weifang City Extorted and Arrested Practitioners

  2008-04-14
  Since the beginning of 2008, the Chinese Communist Party has persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in the name of the Olympic Games. There have appeared many cases of practitioners being either arrested or persecuted to death. Recently, several practitioners from Hanting District, Weifang City, Shangdong Province were arrested and fined by the Public Security Bureau's National Security Team. On March 22nd, Ms. Song Xiulan, a practitioner, was arrested at home by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officers. Her property, worth a total of around 20,000 yuan, was also confiscated. This was her second arrest; she was previously arrested and fined 10,000 yuan on July 2nd, 2006.
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