Torture
-
The Body of Practitioner Mr. Huang Fujun Remains Unburied
2008-02-28
Mr. Huang Fujun was taken to the First Detention Centre of Acheng on July 24th, 2007, after being tortured by police. He had bone fractures as the result of the torture. The police at first refused to allow his family to see him, and when his family was finally allowed to see him on November 2nd, he was already on the verge of death. His family sought outside help to obtain his release. In order to avoid being held responsible for his death, the authorities allowed Mr. Huang's family to pick him up from the hospital. On November 4th, Mr. Huang was finally taken home. He couldn't utter a word or recognise his family members. On November 6th, his face suddenly turned green, his mouth and eyes opened, and he passed away. -
Ms. Zhu Shuyun Electrically Shocked and Beaten in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun, Jilin Province
2008-02-28Ms. Zhu Shuyun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City was arrested on May 9th, 2007. She is currently being held in Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp. She did not sweep the snow before Christmas as the officials ordered her. Guard Liu Lianying shocked Ms. Zhu on her chest with electric baton(s) more than 20 times. That female guard also ordered inmate Yi Chun to savagely beat Zhu Shuyun until she went into convulsions and could not open her hands. Liu Lianying then shocked Ms. Zhu's hands with electric baton(s). Guard Liu Lianying would not let Ms. Zhu's family visit her on December 25th, 2007. -
The Persecution of Ms. Zhang Guilian from Pingshan County, Hebei Province
2008-02-28Zhang Guilian went to Beijing to appeal in October 2001. In January 2002, police broke into her home and ransacked it. The police took her to the third floor of the police department and handcuffed her behind her back to a chair. She went on a hunger strike to protest the detention. Police officers tortured her and did not let her sleep for three days and nights. Then they took her to a detention centre where she was held for more than two months. From there they took her to a brainwashing centre at a magnesium factory. Official Hou Cunli pressured her on a daily basis in an attempt to "reform" her. She had to pay her own living expenses in addition to having 2,000 yuan extorted from her. The guards took her to Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp. The guards and collaborators brutally tortured Ms. Zhang for more than three weeks and would not let her sleep. -
Who Are the Real Criminals?
2008-02-28During the Chinese New Year, I heard a true story at my relatives' home which really illustrates how Falun Gong practitioners are treated in China. While a Falun Gong practitioner was taking care of a family member in the People's Hospital of Langfang City, she discovered that the expiration date of the infusion medicine had passed. Therefore, she told the doctor in charge. The director of the hospital not only intentionally ignored it, but also asked the police to arrest the practitioner for the crime of "making an illegal appeal during the Communist Party's 17th Congress." When the police arrested the practitioner, they hit her so hard that she lost consciousness. They forcibly took her away while she was still under emergency treatment in the hospital. Currently, she is being held in a brainwashing centre. -
60-Year-Old Ms. Zhang Jinlan Died as Result of Being Injected with an Unknown Drug in a Shaanxi Province Mental Hospital
2008-02-27In December 2001, Ms. Zhang Jinlan, around 60 years old, went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution. She was arrested and sentenced to one year of forced labour. She was sent to a detention centre, where she wore heavy ankle shackles for five months, causing her ankles to bleed and fester. She was released when she could no longer move as a result of the brutal treatment. In July 2002, the police arrested her again and took her to to Ankang (Mental) Hospital. She was inhumanly tortured and injected with unknown drugs. After only one injection, she felt like she was having stroke and could not move half of her body. By September 2002, Ms. Zhang could no longer walk and had become mentally disordered; she was near death. She was totally paralysed, could not recognise anyone, and the lower part of body was severely infected. She died on February 1st, 2008. -
Ms. Zhang Yuxia and Mr. Zhao Tongxiao Arrested in Shijiazhuang City and Falsely Charged
2008-02-27On January 16th, 2008, Shijiazhuang City 610 Office agents and police officers from the Xinhua District Department and the Shigang Street Station arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuxia and Mr. Zhao Tongxiao. They were detained at the Shijiazhuang City Second Detention Centre. The 610 Office agents plotted against Mr. Zhao by first arresting him and then using fabricated evidence to falsely charge him, claiming that Mr. Zhao had tapped into the satellite TV system and used it to broadcast Falun Gong films. -
Officials at the Wuhan City Brainwashing Centres Use Toxic Substances to Poison Practitioners
2008-02-27"In early June, 2005, I was detained at the Yangyuan Brainwashing Centre. Within a few days I started to have headaches, and my vision was blurred, my mind became hazy, my thoughts were befuddled, and my memory faded. In late 2006 the symptoms got worse. I would fall even when I was sitting or lying. I was unable to keep my balance. Besides that, all my teeth ached and began to fall out, and my left foot hurt severely. Sometimes I did not even have the strength to hold a book. Not knowing what was happening, I simply endured everything. When I recently read on the Minghui website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net] that officials at the Yuangyuan Brainwashing Centre mixed unknown toxic substances into practitioners' food, and recalling what had happened to me before, I realised that I had also been poisoned. Before that, my memory and IQ were both very good." -
Mr. Meng Xuetao Sent to a Forced Labour Camp for the Third Time--His Mother Denied Visiting Rights
2008-02-27Mr. Meng Xuetao went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in 2000 and was sent to Xishanping Forced Labour Camp for one year. While imprisoned, Meng Xuetao never gave up practising Falun Dafa. As a result, he was often kept in solitary confinement. One of his vertebra was permanently damaged from being beaten. His mother visited him and found him tied to a bed with tubes in his body. He looked old and drawn. Since Meng Xuetao persisted in his belief, his term was extended for one year. Unable to bear the pressure of his son being incarcerated, Meng Xuetao's father suffered from a stroke and died while Mr. Meng was in the labour camp. In 2007, Mr. Meng was reported as he was handing out leaflets exposing the persecution and again imprisoned in the labour camp for the third time. His mother was not allowed to see him. -
Elderly Mr. Hu Zengxiang Dies after Seven Days of Police Brutality in Shandong Province
2008-02-26Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Hu Zengxiang was around 70 years old. On December 29th, 2007, police arrested him from his home, ransacked his house, and took away two thousand yuan cash. They said they were searching for a Falun Dafa radio station. Later, the police tried to cover up and spread a rumour saying that they "did not arrest Mr. Hu Zengxiang, for he had escaped." In fact, they tortured him seven days in detention. When he was released home, his feet were swollen to 5 inches in diameter, and one of his toes fell off as result of frostbite, his collarbone was broken, and he could not take care of himself. He was first detained by the Village officials, and they did not allow anyone to visit. Mr. Hu was eventually found dead in his home. -
Ms. Zhang Guizhi Tortured to Death in Liaoning Province
2008-02-26On March 9th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Guizhi was followed by police from the Pingshan District Station when distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and arrested. The police also ransacked her home and took her personal belongings. On June 11th, 2007, the Pingshan District Court sentenced Ms. Zhang. Her family saw her being carried by two people into the courtroom, for she was very weak. The court requested money from her family, saying it was for her medical treatment. They took Ms. Zhang to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison in Shenyang City. Around February 7th, 2008 the Prison Administration called her family to pick her up. Her family took her directly to the hospital for emergency treatment, but she died on February 13th 2008. -
Liu Peizhen Sentenced to Eight Years, Nearly Blind from Torture and Abuse
2008-02-26On April 15th, 2005, police burst into the property where Ms. Liu Peizhen and her husband were living and arrested them both. They also seized Ms. Liu's computer and her materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. She was detained in the Nanshan District Detention Centre. In November 2005, the Nanshan District Court held a trial for Ms. Liu. The following April, Ms. Liu was sentenced to eight years in prison for distributing materials exposing the persecution. She is currently being held at the Guangzhou City Women's Prison. It is impossible to express how much pain and torture Ms. Liu has suffered during the last three years. According to her family, Ms. Liu is almost blind, so she is unable to read anything. She is also unable to care for herself without assistance. -
The Persecution of Ms. He Chengsu of Yi County, Liaoning Province
2008-02-26On October 26th, 1999, Ms. He went to Beijing to use her personal experience to explain the facts of Falun Gong to the government. She told those in charge, "Falun Gong is a very good qigong practice that provides an effective way of curing illnesses and improving peoples' health. The practice of Falun Gong has brought many benefits and absolutely no harm to society." After she said this to the officials, she was detained for 34 days in the county police station and had 2,400 yuan extorted from her. In September 2004, police raided her home and sent her to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, where she was persecuted for 372 days. -
Zhang Lianying's Statement at the Hearings on China's Human Rights in the European Parliament
2008-02-25
Ms. Zhang Lianying has been detained in forced labour camps many times for practising Falun Dafa. She recounts: "I was strangled nine times. Twice the policemen strangled my neck until I fainted and the other seven times they used ropes to strangle me until I fainted. Neither time was I sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Once I was so severely beaten that both sides of my brain bled profusely. Once I was injected with an unknown drug so that I fell into a coma and my eyesight was blurred." -
Practitioner in Gansu Province Recounts the Persecution She and Her Family Have Suffered for the Past Eight Years
2008-02-25On October 1st, 2001, I went to a rural village to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution. Someone turned me in to the authorities and I was arrested by police. When they had detained me at the rehabilitation centre for over four months, I started a hunger strike in February 2002. On the fifth day of my hunger strike, Cheng Yeshang, the Chair of the centre, came with a drug addict to force feed me. He told that person to put salt in the powdered soy milk. He then pulled my hair with one hand and used his other hand to force open my mouth with two chopsticks. Then he told that person to pour the food into my mouth. My gums were bleeding, yet he didn't stop. Later, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was on an IV. The doctor looked at my eyes and said to Cheng, "She won't die." The next morning I was taken to the Lanzhou Forced Labour Camp. -
Ms. Lu Xueqin Tortured, Now in Critical Condition in Shandong Province
2008-02-25On January 26th, 2008, police took Ms. Lu Xueqin, a Falun Dafa practitioner, into custody in the Liaoyuan Street Station in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, where she remains to this day. They confined Ms. Lu in an ice cold cell, forced her sit on a hard bench, and did not allow her to sleep for eight days. When she was not very clear-minded due to exhaustion, officers forced her to fingerprint a statement whose content she was not aware of, then threatened her with this fabricated fact. Officers brutally beat her three times, putting her in a critical condition with all sorts of symptoms. Ms. Lu's heart and kidneys are severely damaged and in life threatening condition. Her family requested her release so that she could be hospitalised, but officers at the Liaoyuan Street Station are very vicious and have refused.
more ...
World
Falun Dafa Day
Falun Dafa Day
Newsletter
Photo Exhibition
Papers from Europe
Fa conferences
Fa conferences
Special Topics
Press Releases