Torture
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The Persecution of Mr. Luo Wen's Family in Huangshi City, Hubei Province
2008-04-06
On about March 7th, 2008, police harassed the wife of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Wen, who is destitute and homeless, in order to obtain information about Mr. Luo. She peacefully resisted and the police finally ceased their attempts to contact her. On March 16th, at 10:30 p.m., she and her daughter returned home from an outing and, although the lock on the door was intact, when they unlocked the door they discovered footprints and dirt tracks in the living room and the bedroom. It was apparent that someone had entered their home without their knowledge. It is believed that police officers stole the house key when they confiscated property from the home about one year ago. -
Mr. Wang Zenghu from Dingzhou City, Hebei Province Unjustly Held at Suning Detention Centre
2008-04-06On February 25th, 2008, Mr. Wang Zenghu, a Falun Gong practitioner, was reported to the police for distributing CDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. In March 2002 police officers had ransacked an internet cafe that Mr. Wang Zenghu and his friends invested 160,000 yuan in. Their reason was that while it was being monitored, there were some people browsing the Clearwisdom.net [a Falun Gong website]. The police asked them which computer was used to browse Clearwisdom, and they couldn't answer, so the police took away twenty-six computers. In April 2003, the police demanded 10,000 yuan as a fine before they would return the computers. One computer's hardware was stolen, and there was a brick left in the machine instead. Since computers are upgrading very fast, the returned computers were like garbage by the time they were returned, leading to the closing of their business. -
Mr. Wang Guiming Tortured to Death at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City--Warrant Issued for Wife's Arrest
2008-04-05After being detained for less than three days, from February 27th, 2008, to February 29th, 2008, Wang Guiming was dead as a result of brutal torture in Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp. The family had solid evidence that proved that Wang Guiming's death was a result of the torture administered by electric shock while he was in the forced labour camp. To cover up the facts, the officials told the prison doctor to list the cause of death as "sudden death due to natural causes" and not to allow any doctors from other provinces to examine his body. Wang Guiming's wife, Han Fengxia, hired a lawyer to bring a lawsuit against the suburban Procuratorate in Changchun City on March 5th, 2008. On March 14th, Tonghua Police Department made a decision to arrest Han Fengxia as well as other members of his family, and to charge them with "creating a public disturbance." -
Recent Large-Scale Arrests of Practitioners by Anqiu City Police Department Officials in Shandong Province
2008-04-05Between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on March 1st, 2008, authorities in Anqiu City staged large-scale arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. Participating were more than 50 police officers who arrived in 20 vehicles. Many of the practitioners were in their fifties and sixties. That same morning, more than 20 police officers broke in and arrested practitioners Wang Peizhi and his daughter Wang Xiaomin. The police taped Wang Peizhi's mouth shut and tied him up because they were afraid he would expose the persecution of Falun Gong to people. Wang Xiaomin defied the police. They tied her with rope and carried her downstairs from the fifth floor. Wang Xiaomin's eight year-old son was frightened by the terrible sight and kept trembling and crying helplessly. -
Exposing the Violent Tortures of Practitioners Taking Place at the Tilanqiao Prison Hospital in Shanghai
2008-04-05Officials at Tilanqiao Prison Hospital frequently force-feed practitioners who hold hunger strikes, as a form of torture. They tie the practitioner up to a bed and then tie a rope around his chest to prevent him from moving. I remember being sent to that hospital for torture three days after I went on a hunger strike. The guards and prison doctors pushed a very thick tube into my nose. It felt as though the tube was inserted into my heart and air passage, and I felt like I was suffocating. Since my hands and legs were tied, I couldn't even struggle. The person who inserted the tubes saw that something was amiss, and he pulled the tubes out. Blood instantly spurted out. They then inserted the tubes again. I lost consciousness during this torture. -
Ms. Ma Fengyi and Ms. Tang Shude, Both Older, Given Long Sentences in Daan City, Jilin Province Court
2008-04-05The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-controlled court in Daan City held a secret trial to sentence Ms. Ma Fengyi and Ms. Tang Shude, both Falun Gong practitioners, to five year terms around March 8th, 2008. Ms. Tang was carried out of the court after the sentence. Ms. Ma was in poor health. Ms. Ma and Ms. Tang were arrested on January 2nd, 2008 and imprisoned in the Daan Detention Centre. Ms. Ma's family had 20,000 yuan extorted from them. -
Mr. Zhang Xuefeng Has Been Detained for Seven Years at Suzhou City Prison, Jiangsu Province
2008-04-04In February 2001, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Xuefeng was arrested. He was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison by the Xiaguan District Court in Nanjing City. Mr. Zhang has now been held at the Suzhou City Prison for seven years. Four practitioners have died as result of being tortured in Suzhou City Prison: Mr. Chen Wanzhi, Mr. Jiang Bingsheng, Mr. Chen Guanghui, and Mr. Yu Huinan. Mr. Chen Guanghui was tortured to death at the prison hospital. The three other practitioners passed away several days after they were released. Mr. Chen Guanghui was in his 40s. Mr. Yu Huinan was in his 60s. -
Ms. Jin Peixia Persecuted in Zhenjiang Public Security Bureau and Judong Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-04-04Ms. Jin Peixia is 64 years old this year. The Zhenjiang City Public Security Bureau of Jiangsu Province and the 610 Office have persecuted her just because she is determined to continue to practise Falun Gong. The prison guards instigated and controlled the drug addict and prostitute inmates to torture and harass the practitioners determined in their belief. Besides keeping the practitioners confined in the small cells and kept under tight surveillance, the guards also used other means to torture them, for example the so-called "husband and wife bed" (using an electric baton to shock the female practitioners' genitals). They refused to let the practitioners use the toilet, deprived them of sleep, and used unknown drugs to destroy their central nervous systems. Practitioners were not even allowed to talk to each other, nor were they allowed to make eye contact. -
Mudanjiang City National Security Police Use Torture and Extortion to Interrogate Practitioners
2008-04-04Since the Chinese Communist regime started persecuting Falun Gong, some police officers from Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, have been using all kinds of ploys to cooperate with the persecution and considered it their fast track to personal gains, such as a higher position and extra money. They have interrogated practitioners using violence and torture, falsified documents and evidence, and charged practitioners with made up crimes for personal gain. They have stolen personal property while ransacking practitioners' homes, threatened practitioners' families while claiming that the practitioners committed "serious crimes," taken advantage of Chinese people's fear of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and extorted money from practitioners' families. -
Anqiu City Police Department Officials in Shandong Province Arrest Practitioners and Raid Their Homes
2008-04-04At 8:00 a.m. on March 1st, 2008, more than 20 police officers broke in and arrested practitioners Mr. Wang Peizhi and his daughter, Ms. Wang Xiaomin, in Hanjiahou Village. The police taped Mr. Wang Peizhi's mouth shut and tied him up because they were afraid of him speaking out for justice for Falun Gong to people. Ms. Wang Xiaomin refused to comply with police. They tied her up with rope and carried her downstairs from the fifth floor. Her eight-year-old son was frightened by the horrible sight and kept trembling and crying helplessly. The invaders also confiscated their computer, TV, DVD player, and other things. -
68-Year-Old Ms. Xia Yuanlan Dies after Being Tortured in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
2008-04-03Ms. Xia Yuanlan, 68, lived with her three daughters after her husband passed away. She was constantly ill with a variety of ailments, but after she started practising Falun Gong, they disappeared. She stopped practising for a time because of the pressure of the persecution, but had returned to cultivation in recent years. On February 21st, 2007, Ms. Xia was arrested with three other fellow practitioners when distributing materials exposing the persecution and sent to Shuimogou District Detention Centre. on March 25th, the Shuimogou District Detention Centre personnel notified Ms. Xia's family to pick her up. They told her family that her heart disease had recurred. Her family took her to hospital, but her health did not improve, and she passed away. -
Brutal Interrogation and Torture at Xi'an City Brainwashing Centre
2008-04-03In the brainwashing centre, the practitioners were forced to watch videos and read books with content slandering Falun Gong. They were also forced to write the so-called "guarantee statement". Those who refused to cooperate were tortured with many means, such as being locked up in a small cell, being deprived of sleep during long-term brainwashing sessions, having lights shone in their face and being forced to eat food mixed with drugs which caused practitioners to become bewildered, and to feel dizzy and nervous. For the practitioners that supposedly knew some details that the evildoers were interested in, they were fixed onto an "iron chair", had lights shining their face for extended periods of time, and were deprived of sleep during continuous interrogation. Consequently, a 20-year-old male practitioner became unable to walk. -
Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuxia from Shanghai Arrested Again, Current Situation of Her Two Young Sons Unknown
2008-04-03On February 18th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuxia, who lived in Shanghai's Xuhui District, was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. The current situation of her two sons, 5 and 3 years old, remains unknown. Back in 2007, Zhang Yuxia's husband Guo Shenghuan was sentenced to four years in prison for not giving up Falun Gong's principles of "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance". -
Practitioner's Mother in Her 90's Passes Away Due to Police Harassment
2008-04-03At about 8:00 p.m. on January 28th, 2008, a dozen police officers broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ma Yukun's home, intending to take him away. However, he was not there. When they learned that Ma Yukun had left home, the police ransacked the house, including the bedroom of Mr. Ma's mother. This severely frightened his 90-year-old mother, and she passed away the next day. Mr. Ma's mother was known as a kind-hearted woman and was respected by all in the neighbourhood. She was in good health prior to the police harassment. -
Mystery Surrounding the Death of Computer Science Teacher Mr. Xiong Zhengming's--Was He Murdered for His Organs?
2008-04-02In early December 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xiong Zhengming, 39, died suddenly while he was being transferred to Mianyang Forced Labour Camp. The whole incident is very suspicious. TheNational Security head, Ye Xudong, called Xiong Zhengming's family and said he committed suicide, and asked them to go to Deyang at once, for the funeral. Mr. Xiong Zhengming had no facial injuries, but there was a hole in the back of his head. Ye Xudong claimed that Xiong had committed suicide. How could a person wearing handcuffs and with police officers on either side of him commit suicide? Questioned by Xiong's family, Ye Xudong changed his story, saying it was a car accident. But there was no accident scene or collision record written by the traffic police. The autopsy was quickly done, but the examiner dared not examine Xiong's back. Is it possible that Xiong's kidneys were missing?
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