Torture
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Mr. Wang Hongshu Taken Into Custody And Beaten Savagely by Officers of Diaobingshan City
2008-02-17
Mr. Wang Hongshu is a 50-year-old practitioner. At about 5 a.m. on January 17th, 2008, when he was on his way to his sister's home he was intercepted by a car without any licence plate. There were two people in the car. They did not show any ID and were not in police uniform. After they discovered that Mr. Wang was a Falun Gong practitioner, they dragged him against his will and tried to force him into the car. Mr. Wang tried to inform them about the true nature of Falun Gong. They said, "Do not talk with us about this. We must seize you." Mr. Wang refused to cooperate with them, so they beat him savagely. As a result, one of Mr. Wang's front teeth was knocked out, and another became loose, his face became blue and purple and his left eye filled with an abnormally large amount of blood. -
Bloody Violence Witnessed at Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province
2008-02-17I am a Falun Gong practitioner and I have been detained at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. On February 2nd, 2004, I heard the sound of someone being slapped. I saw a group of guards and inmates rush to where the slapping was taking place and more sounds of someone's face being slapped followed. Ten minutes later, inmates were seen dragging three men covered in blood. I saw inmate, Qi Lianfeng brutally punching the severely injured man he was dragging. Qi was punching the man's weak spots such as the chest and the ribs. The scene was pitiful. Inmates dragged the three severely injured men into the "small cell", and tied them to "iron chairs". This was followed by brutal beatings, being shocked with electric batons and unbearable verbal abuse. -
Practitioners Force-Fed Drugs, Exposed to Swarms of Mosquitoes at No. 2 Women's Prison in Yunnan Province
2008-02-16A Falun Dafa practitioner who was recently released from the No. 2 Women's Prison in Yunnan Province revealed that the prison guards forced every imprisoned Falun Dafa practitioner to give up her belief by being "transformed". All of the practitioners were forced to have their blood pressure taken. Subsequently, they were told that they had high blood pressure and needed to take drugs and receive injections. Nerve-damaging drugs were administered for long periods of time. The No. 2 Women's Prison is located near a forested mountainous region that is host to swarms of mosquitoes. Most inmates are allowed to use mosquito nets while they sleep. However, Falun Gong practitioners are not allowed to use the mosquito nets. An elderly practitioner was so badly bitten she had bite wounds all over her face. -
Practitioners Tortured, Placed in Solitary Confinement at Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai
2008-02-16When Mr. Xiong was in the First Ward in Tilanqiao Prison he was beaten by 8 to 10 inmates every day, and was forced to sit on a "tiger stool" [Narrow stool made with copper wires] daily for 15 hours. It is a mini-transformer wrapped with copper wires with a diameter of 20 cm and an uneven surface. After sitting for several minutes, one's buttocks. During his imprisonment, he went on a hunger strike and was force-fed a liquid containing chilli powder and menthol. Some of this hot liquid got into his eyes. -
Mr. Zhou Jingchen Unjustly Detained, Imprisoned, and Sentenced Ten Times in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province
2008-02-16Mr. Zhou Jingchen has been detained seven times, and was twice sent to forced labour camps, becuase he continued to practise Falun Gong. Mr. Zhou was tortured by police officers, including beating him for five days in a row, cuffing his hands behind his back, hanging him upside down, and dousing him with freezing cold water and then directing fans toward him. He was so brutally beaten that his skin turned black and purple and his body was swollen. He was forced into a straight jacket, and locked up in a small cell. His hands were tied with ropes so tightly that they went numb. In another term of detention, he was handcuffed to a bed for ten days, bound with straps to a bed for three months, and force fed for 500 days. -
Nearly Blind from Weeping and Losing Her Teeth from Worry, Ms. Guo Calls for Help
2008-02-16"Please rescue my daughter!" echos Ms. Guo's desperate plea. This heartbroken mother is in her 50s, yet one eye is blind from crying and her teeth are falling out from worry. Aunt Guo is the mother of Ms. Li Hongshu, who was sentenced twice to a total of 17 and a half years in prison because of her desire to continue to practise Falun Gong. On November 20th, 2007, when Ms. Guo went to visit her daughter, the prison guard told her, "Ms. Li Hongshu is under strict control and is not allowed to meet with family because she has read and distributed Falun Gong articles." After going home, she felt like a dagger had been twisted in her heart. She did not know whether her daughter was dead or alive. -
Ms. Pan Jingxian Disabled by Torture at Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Jilin Province
2008-02-15"On November 24th, 2006 the police sent me to the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province for one year. I was surrounded by collaborators [former practitioners who assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners.] I was forbidden to have any contact with other people. They slandered Dafa and forced me to read books of different religions. They attempted to coerce me to write a so-called "repentance statement", and to have me give up my beliefs. Because I did not cooperate, I was beaten several times. Once, a guard accused me of doing the sitting meditation on the bed. She slapped my face and used an electric baton to shock me. Even though my health was poor, the guards still compelled me to work at the labour camp. I felt pain in my feet, and my torso and legs were numb." -
The Persecution of Practitioners at the Chuanwei Factory in Chongqing City
2008-02-15Since the beginning of the persecution, Changwei Police Department chief Wang Daocheng and Chuanwei Factory manager Liu Jiarong closely followed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) policies and established a 610 Office within the Chuanwei Factory. They arranged countless brainwashing sessions and forced practitioners to attend. Banners and slogans defaming Falun Gong were posted everywhere in the factory. The factory authorities held a "Ten Thousand Signature" event, forcing everyone to sign their names against Falun Gong. They held a photo gallery show to slander Falun Gong, showed videos against Falun Gong, and forced people to read the books written by the CCP regime to slander Falun Gong. They coerced each practitioner's family to write a guarantee statement that they would cooperate with the authorities to force their family members to give up practising Falun Gong. -
My Experiences at Gaomi Detention Centre and Wangcun Forced Labour Camp
2008-02-15"I was unjustly detained at Gaomi Detention Centre for 28 days. Four police officers, one of whom was called Yu Jihai, then took me to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. I refused to cooperate during the physical exam, and refused to give a urine sample. I took off my handcuffs to throw them in the toilet. Yu Jihai caught me and took the cuffs. He ordered others to get a tube and take a urine sample by force. I firmly opposed them and their attempt failed. At the time, my face was so swollen from bruises that I could not even see. The forced labour camp authorities did not want to accept me. Yu Jihai and the other police officers had to bribe them to take me." -
Ms. Wang Ping, Mr. Luo Guozhu, Mr. Rao Xuming and Mr. Chu Guanyuan of Yingcheng, Hubei Province Still in Custody
2008-02-15Ms. Wang Ping, in her 40s, is a customer service representative for the railway scale at the Shuanghuan Company. Persecutors nabbed her at work the morning of June 13th, 2001. Chen Jing, Qiu Xianbo and another person from the Xinji Police Station tried to force her to make a confession that night. They beat her the whole night with wire clothes hangers and electric batons. Her head was swollen from the beatings; one of her arms sustained a four-inch-long cut that bled; other injuries on her body also bled. The next day the police took Ms. Wang Ping to the Yinching City First Detention Centre. -
Mr. Liu Qingyu in His 70s Suffers Mental Breakdown from Torture at the No. 2 Labour Camp in Shandong Province
2008-02-14On the morning of November 27th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Liu Qingyu was arrested by police from Liujiayao town, and his home was ransacked. When the police ransacked his home, the man in his 70s and his one-year-old grandchild were take out of the home and they were terrified by the police's violence. Liu Qingyu was taken to Anqiu Detention Centre. According to independent verification, on January 3rd, 2008, Liu Qingyu was taken to the No. 2 Labour Camp in Shandong Province. Liu Qingyu suffered a mental collapse after the mistreatment and torture he suffered. One of the tortures included solitary confinement in a "small cell." -
Middle School Student in Guangzhou City Seeks Her Parents' Release from Unjust Imprisonment
2008-02-14My name is Li Linghui. I'm 12 years old and a middle school student. I used to have a happy and peaceful family life. My father and mother persisted in practising Falun Gong after the persecution began, not wanting to give up their faith in Truth-Compassion-Tolerance. Because of this, the police showed up one day and smashed the main house gate, and arrested my father and mother on December 25th, 2007. I saw my father had been pushed down to the ground by two policemen, and both of his hands were tied behind his back. Then, with a loud "bang", the door of my room was smashed and two policemen rushed in. They grabbed my mother by her shoulders and dragged her out of the living room. I witnessed this persecution with my own eyes. -
Middle School Teacher Mr. Wu Shihai Suffers a Mental Breakdown, Near Death in Deyang Prison of Sichuan Province
2008-02-14Mr. Wu Shihai used to be a teacher. He has been continually subjected to brutal torture during the past several years for his belief in Falun Dafa. On January 15th, 2003, he was sentenced to two years of forced labour and sent to Xinhua Forced Labour Camp again. There he was again physically abused, forced to stand in a fixed posture for a long time, and forced to repeatedly squat or stand for extremely long periods of time. He refused to be "transformed" and was taken to the No. 3 People's Hospital for the mentally ill in Mianyang City. There, personnel administered nerve-damaging drugs both orally and by injection. Several unidentified drugs were used. Mr. Wu's reactions and movements slowed, his facial muscles became paralysed, and he exhibited signs of reduced mental capacity. He is currently detained at Deyang Prison in Sichuan Province. -
Mr. Zhou Jingchun from Laishui County, Hebei Province Arrested Again before the Chinese New Year
2008-02-14On the afternoon of January 30th, 2008, the police arrested 61-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Zhou Jingchun. Mr. Zhou has suffered repeated persecution at the hands of the police because he persists in practising Falun Gong. In September 2004, Mr. Zhou was forcibly arrested by police. They brutally tortured Mr. Zhou and beat him in turn until he fell to the ground and could not stand up. -
Facts about the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province
2008-02-13The authorities of Xinhua Forced Labour Camp of Sichuan Province are still persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, using torture to attempt to "reform" them. When inmates are "restricted," they must wear a helmet and be handcuffed and shackled. On July 24th, 2007, because practitioner Mr. Qu Zhenxing refused to wear the "labourer ID" that is required for every inmate, guards brutally beat him for an entire afternoon. His screams were heard in all the cells. Mr. Qu was then "restricted" for 26 days. These guards electrically shocked practitioners with 200 kilowatt and even 500 kilowatt batons.
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