Torture

• Practitioner Mr. Jiang Zonglin from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province is Missing

  2007-11-15
  Officials from the Public Security Office and National Security Office, broke into the home of practitioner Mr. Jiang Zonglin, on August 2nd, 2007. Mr. Jiang, an architecture engineer in his late fifties, was handcuffed and taken away, without the officers saying a word. Jiang's wife and daughter were also taken. It's been several months since Jiang went missing. When his family asked his whereabouts an officer said, "We took him his clothes, which means he is still around."
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• Ms. Qiu Liying Arrested and Detained for Attending Two Public Trials against Fellow Practitioners

  2007-11-15
  Ms. Qiu Liying is a Falun Gong practitioner from Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. On September 26th, 2007, Ms. Qiu sat in the audience in a trial against a fellow Falun Gong practitioner named Li Xiumin (female). The next morning, the local police arrested her and took her to Sifang Police Station. Later the police and officials pried open Ms. Qiu Liying's door and looted her personal belongings including her PC. On the morning of September 28th, 2007, the police transferred Ms. Qiu to a brainwashing centre. Ms. Qiu has been on a hunger strike to protest the unjust detention for eight days at the time of this writing. Her health is in jeopardy.
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• The Persecution of Mr. Zhang Mingfa and His Family in Mengyin County, Shandong Province

  2007-11-15
  Since Jiang Zemin, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] and his wicked gang started the ruthless persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Zhang Mingfa and his family frequently suffered from harassment of various kinds from the local town government. They threatened and intimated Mr. Zhang's family, confiscated Falun Gong books, and extorted money from them in the name of fines. Mr. Zhang Mingfa has been arrested several times between 1999 and 2005, and repeatedly fined for a total of 2,750 yuan because he explained to people the facts about Falun Gong and China's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Traumatised by the persecution and overcome with grief, Mr. Zhang's elderly mother died in the winter of 2003.
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• Mr. Wu Song Died as the Result of Being Tortured in Zhongba Forced Labour Camp in Guizhou Province

  2007-11-14
  Mr. Wu Song, 43, was a Falun Dafa practitioner and the Wushe Village Chief in Pingjiang Township, Rongjiang County. He was arrested in 2005 for practising Falun Dafa and was sentenced to two years of forced labour, which he served in Zhongba Forced Labour Camp. He was tortured in the camp, causing him to suffer from stomachaches and intestinal bleeding. He was near death. The camp administration allowed his family to pick him up at the beginning of June 2007 in order to escape being held responsible for his death. Mr. Wu Song died on October 23rd, 2007. His father, in his 70s; his wife; and his son are without resources.
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• Mr. Fei Zhangjin Tortured to Death in Suzhou Prison, Anhui Province; Two Other Practitioners' Lives in Danger

  2007-11-14
  Mr. Fei Zhangjin, a Falun Dafa practitioner in his 40's, was sentenced to three years in jail for his belief. He was sent to Suzhou Prison in September 2005. The prison sent him to a brainwashing centre and forced him to go through brainwashing sessions. The police ordered inmates to beat Mr. Fei using wooden sticks. For over 20 days, the sounds of wood hitting flesh could be heard from very far away. In October 2005, officer Tang Chuanyou and others used high voltage batons to hit Mr. Fei for several days. Because Mr. Fei Zhangjin would not give up his belief, he was cruelly tortured by the guards time and time again, until he became very weak. He was taken to the inmate clinic on September 23rd, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. He died at 11:30 a.m. An eyewitness saw Mr. Fei's body placed in an ambulance. The body had turned blue.
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• Mr. Huang Fujin Tortured to Death in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

  2007-11-14
  Mr. Huang Fujun was arrested by police when distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Dafa in a village in July 2007. Police detained him for nearly four months in the detention centre. Mr. Huang went on a hunger strike to protest the long detention and was tortured with force-feeding. He lost consciousness and had difficulty breathing. A large area of his skin had festered. He had multiple injuries on his body. On October 31st, 2007, guards rushed him to hospital for resuscitation. He was unconscious, but the guards still handcuffed and shackled him onto the hospital bed. Finally, they agreed to release him on medical parole. He died at home on November 6th, 2007, only three days after returning home.
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• Financial Extortion from Falun Gong Practitioners by Jiuzhai Township Government, Mengyin County, Shandong Province

  2007-11-14
  Besides physical suffering, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is widely using another form of persecution: Economic persecution.The 610 Office, local police station, and other government bureaus have seized massive amounts of wealth in the name of persecuting Falun Gong. This is how they usually operate: Arrest the practitioners and ransack their homes. Grab everything of value, including personal property and belongings. Put the practitioners into a brainwashing centre, the local police station, or detention centre. They force family members to hand over huge amounts of money by taking advantage of their fear that their loved ones will suffer. If the penalty is not paid, they may keep the practitioner in detention, torture him, or send him to a forced labour camp or prison. The authorities don't give receipts for the paid penalty, not even an IOU. All the money goes into their own pockets.
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• Ms. Huang Zhenglan Persecuted at the Changshou District Psychiatric Hospital in Chongqing

  2007-11-13
  On October 17th, 2007, Ms. Huang Zhenglan was forcibly taken to the Changshou District Psychiatric Hospital by agents from the Changshou District 610 Office in Chongqing and the Changshou District Police Department. The doctors in the Psychiatric Section injected Ms. Huang with an unknown drug twice a day. Because Ms. Huang's family has been harassed by the police many times, they were too afraid to do anything to help her.
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• Practitioner Yu Zhenjie and Her Family from Heilongjiang Province Suffer Severe Persecution

  2007-11-13
  56-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Zhenjie has suffered severely during the past eight years of the persecution. She has been arrested several times, sentenced to forced labour, and tortured. Her daughter Ms. Dai Rui was sentenced to two years of forced labour; her younger brother Yu Zonghai, her sister-in-law and her sister were sentenced to prison. Her husband divorced her while she was in the labour camp.
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• Mr. Ba Shuqun's Leg Broken by Police, His Wife is Hospitalised Due to Mental and Physical Stress

  2007-11-13
  Recently it was reported that Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ba Shuqun was arrested covertly by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and his status was unknown. On October 25th, Mr. Ba's wife, Ms. Jiang, was asked by police officers to sign an arrest warrant, in order to see her husband who was injured and had been away from her for over a year. Under pressure, she signed the warrant. Upon arriving, she was told that her husband was in Xinkang Prison hospital. When she got to the hospital, personnel demanded a 9,000 yuan "medical fee" from Ms. Jiang, indicating that Mr. Ba was seriously ill. At the time, the doctors refused to disclose Mr. Ba's condition. Ms. Jiang was so stressed about her husband that she needed to be hospitalised herself.
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• "Sleep Torture" in China's Detention Centres

  2007-11-13
  One of the tactics officials in detention centres use on detainees, including Falun Gong practitioners, is "sleep torture." One key element of "sleep torture" is packing the inmates together tightly. Detainees are only permitted to wear their shorts and are compelled to lie on their sides, each one holding the ankles of the person in front him. This means that each person has someone else's feet on either side of his head. When the cell heads are still not satisfied, they hit the detainees with their shoes and kick them hard while yelling out, "Get moving and get closer!" Once I was made to lie down close to an inmate who had a festering sore the size of a pigeon egg on the back of his leg. It is common for inmates to develop scabies or contagious skin diseases in China's detention centres.
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• Gu Xuemin in Her 70s Is Imprisoned in the Women's Prison in Xinxiang, Henan Province

  2007-11-12
  Right after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2007, 70-year-old Ms. Gu Xuemin suddenly disappeared. After searching for her, we discovered that police and people from the Chuanhui District 610 Office had collaborated with the Chuanhui District Court, which directly ordered the arrest of Gu Xuemin, and detained her in the Zhoukou Detention Centre. Three days later, they transferred Ms. Gu to the Xinxiang Women's Prison.
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• Ms. Wang Haohong, in Hiding for Eight Years, Has Been Arrested Again

  2007-11-12
  Ms. Wang Haohong was arrested several times by police because she practised Falun Gong. During her first detention, she was beaten and verbally abused when she refused to write a guarantee statement to renounce Falun Gong. The former Deputy Chief of the police station shocked Ms. Wang with a hand-cranked electric telephone generator. The shock was so great that she lost control of her bladder and wet herself. The chief of the police station forced Ms. Wang to stand under the burning sun during the hottest time of the day. They also extorted 2,000 yuan from Ms. Wang's husband. Since 2001 Ms. Wang went into hiding to avoid persecution, but was arrested again in September 2007.
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• Inner Mongolia Practitioner Mr. Hou Weiguo's Persecution Account

  2007-11-12
  On January 1st, 2002, Mr. Hou travelled to Tiananmen Square to appeal on behalf of Falun Dafa. But while there, the police arrested him and he was sent to the Public Security Bureau where criminals poured ice-cold water onto his body. In May 2002, he was sentenced to two years of forced labour at the Tumuji Labour Camp. Prison guard Zhang Yaguang threatened Mr. Hou, "We'll "transform" you--even if you refuse to do so, we'll force you. Even if we don't kill you, we'll strip you of three layers of skin." Zhang brutally beat him until his blood covered the ground and walls.
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• Ms. Xie Fengting from Hebei Province Died in 2002 as a Result of Police Brutality

  2007-11-12
  Practitioner Ms. Xie Fengting, 61 years old, upheld her faith after Jiang Zemin's regime began persecuting Falun Gong. One night in November 2000, police stormed into her home, punched Ms. Xie in the chest very hard. She fell down on the floor unconscious. They also took her husband into custody and cruelly beat him. Ms. Xie Fengting suffered a mental breakdown as a result. Finally, she died on February 9th, 2002, at the age of 61.
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