Torture

• Eight Years of the Persecution--The Plight of Practitioner Ms. Wang Yanchun and Her Family in Dalian City, Liaoning Province

  2007-10-20
  On August 14th, 2007, the Dalian police arrested more than 30 Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Wang Yanchun, at their homes. Their only crime: believing in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Even now, 47 days later, family members of these practitioners--fathers and mothers, sons and daughters--are still hoping that their loved ones will return home safely. Not too many know about how they have suffered because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has covered up crimes committed by the police. Ms. Wang Yanchun had previously been arrested and imprisoned in Dabei Prison because she persisted in her Falun Gong practice. When her daughter visited her a total stranger seemed to face her, wearing a dirty uniform, her hair short and messy, with a skinny face and a body covered in bruises. She could not connect this woman with her once beautiful, elegant and well-dressed mother.
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• Ms. Li Xiaoling from Shanxi Province Sentenced to Prison

  2007-10-20
  On July 20th, 2007, when Ms. Li Xiaoling, 34, gave leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong to security officers in a Gaoping City government building, she was reported to the authorities and consequently arrested. Personnel from the 610 Office carried out the arrest and searched her home. On September 19th, 2007, Ms. Li Xiaoling was secretly sentenced to four years in prison. However, her family was not notified. When her family became aware of Li Xiaoling's situation, they immediately tried to appeal her case. Yang Changchun (from the 610 Office) threatened to prolong Xiaoling's imprisonment if her family followed through with the appeal.
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• Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuxia from Shanghai City Tracked and Monitored Twenty-Four Hours a Day

  2007-10-20
  Since September 29th, 2007, practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuxia has been tracked and monitored 24 hours a day. Ms. Zhang Yuxia's husband, Mr. Guo Shenghuan, is an instructor in the Maths and Science Institute of Shanghai Normal University. On the morning of January 25th, 2007, he was taken into custody on his way to work. Mr. Guo is currently being detained in Xuhui District Detention Centre. After Mr. Guo Shenghuan was taken into custody, his father suffered a serious mental breakdown. As a result, his father became delirious and passed away on May 19th, 2007. Mr. Guo was not allowed to see his father even one last time. The authorities intercepted a letter to Mr. Guo from his family, so even now, Mr. Guo Shenghuan does not know about his father's death.
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• Wang Junchang, a National Security Team Agent That Ransacks Practitioners' Homes in Li County of Hebei Province

  2007-10-20
  When three elderly Falun Dafa practitioners went to the Huagang area to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, they were taken into custody by Li County National Security Team agents. That afternoon, security team agents ransacked the practitioners' homes. The real purpose of the raid was robbery. They took away whatever valuables they could. When the police searched Ms. Cui Shumei's home, there was no one home. The agents climbed over the wall, went through the yard. and broke open the door. They looted a 25-inch colour TV, a DVD player, a motorised tricycle, Falun Dafa books, tapes, lecture CDs, an MP3 player, a satellite dish, and many other items. The thugs turned all five rooms upside down, leaving everything in disarray. They took away anything valuable, leaving only a broken refrigerator behind. All of the drawers with locks were pried open, and clothing was thrown around.
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• Agents of the Communist Regime in Guangan City, Sichuan Province Held Brainwashing Sessions to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

  2007-10-19
  On September 2nd, 2004, practitioner Yang Linxin refused to watch the video that slandered Dafa, so security guard Zheng Ce brutally beat Yang Linxin on the face and asked, "Won't you watch? Won't you watch?" Yang Linxin shouted, "Someone is beating me." Hearing the yelling, guard Cao Shan and other guards rushed into the room and shouted, "Beat him!" They all savagely beat Yang Linxin, and he was knocked down as a result. As they beat him they shouted, "You still dare to shout. We will beat you to death." Yang Linxin was beaten until he was unable to eat or stand up straight. His face was swollen and his chest was covered with bruises.
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• Ms. Yan Jingqiu Imprisoned in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp and Not Allowed to Visit Her Husband Before His Death

  2007-10-19
  Because she removed banners that the wicked Chinese Communist Party made to defame Falun Gong, practitioner Ms. Yan Jingqiu of Qingdao City was arrested by police and sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp for a term of two and a half years. Because of the mental pressure, her husband suffered from a severe illness and passed away; Ms. Yan was not allowed to see him before his death. The forced labour camp forbade Ms. Yan to visit her husband because she refused to sign a guarantee statement to give up her beliefs. She is still unlawfully imprisoned and her daughter is at home alone.
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• The Chief Engineer of the Textile Enterprise Group in Weihai City Has Disappeared After Intense Monitoring by 610 Office Agents

  2007-10-19
  69-years-old Falun Gong practitioner Zhou Hengcai's home was ransacked and his wife was arrested on September 19th, 2007. That same day at 3:00 p.m., five agents from the 610 Office and from the police department in the Huancui District broke into Jiang Zhennan's home, ransacked it and confiscated a printer and some leaflets exposing the persecution. They also took away Mr. Jiang's nephew's new laptop. Jiang Zhennan has since disappeared, over a week ago.
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• How Ms. Chen Shaoqing from Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province Is Persecuted

  2007-10-19
  Ms. Chen Shaoqing used to be a teacher at an elementary school. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted her for the past eight years because she practises Falun Gong and believes in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance". Her husband couldn't stand the persecution and was forced to divorce her. In 2003, Ms. Chen was arrested and sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. She was forced to squat on the ground 24 hours a day without going to the toilet, sleeping, standing up, or sitting down. If she didn't squat properly, the collaborators [former practitioners who assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners] would pinch her until she was bruised and elbow her in the back.
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• Mr. Deng Wenyang Tortured to Death in Hebei Province

  2007-10-18
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Deng Wenyang lived in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. Since the start of the persecution he was arrested and detained at a forced labour camp multiple times. On September 26th, 2007, he was arrested again, and died from mistreatment ten days after being detained in the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp. Previously in 2000, Mr. Deng also experienced brutal torture in the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp. Guards and prisoners shocked him with electric batons and old-fashioned hand-crank phones: they attached his four limbs to the phones and cranked the handles nonstop, torturing him until past midnight.
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• Recent Persecution of Practitioners in Hengyang County, Hunan Province

  2007-10-18
  On the night of August 17th, 2007, police officers broke into and ransacked practitioner Mr. Zhu Pingzhi's home in the Baiguo Village, in Hengyang County, and took away equipment such as a computer, printer, CD burner, and materials worth a combined value of more than 20,000 yuan (about 1,250 British pounds). Mr. Zhu and his wife have escaped and decided to go into exile to avoid further persecution and arrest.
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• Officials at the Saertu Police Department in Daqing City Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners Ms. Li Hui and Ms. Du Shuxia

  2007-10-18
  Officials from the Saertu District Police Department in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, arrested Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Li Hui and Ms. Du Shuxia on September 22nd, 2007. They handcuffed the women behind their backs and sent them to the No. 1 Detention Centre in Daqing City at 8:00 p.m. In the days that followed they tortured and interrogated them and videotaped the entire process. They bound Li Hui to a metal chair for several days. They constantly pressured her and tried to extort a "confession." They planned to fabricate charges against the practitioners and forbade family visits. They lied to the families in an attempt to extort money by saying the practitioners had committed crimes.
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• Practitioner Wei Rongdi from Benxi City Suffers Ill Health After Detention

  2007-10-18
  On April 26th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wei Rongdi was arrested in a shop she worked in, by police. The police told her that she needed to go the police station for some minor issue. However, when she arrived at the police station, she was immediately handcuffed and interrogated. The police asked her if she practised Falun Gong. Ms. Wei Ringdi replied "Yes." She was taken to Dabailou Detention Centre. Twenty days later, she became ill and developed a large bump in her lower abdomen. On June 18th, 2007, Ms. Wei Rongdi could not eat and started to have difficulty breathing. She lost control of her bladder and bowels. She also suffered insomnia. Now she is on medical parole. She has no source of income and lives by doing odd jobs at the shop.
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• Four Practitioners From Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Are Secretly and Sentenced

  2007-10-17
  On May 29th, 2007, under great pressure from the Autonomous Region's governing body and the 610 Office, the court in Xixia District, Yinchuan City was forced to open a hearing on four practitioners and sentenced them to heavy terms ranging from 3 years to 7 years because they practise Falun Gong. The four practitioners appealed the sentence. Yet, on July 11th, 2007, Yinchuan City Middle Court again secretly pronounced heavy sentence on the four practitioners.
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• The Persecution of Practitioner Ms. Zhang Shengrong Over the Past Eight Years

  2007-10-17
  Practitioner Zhang Shengrong, in her 60s, from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, has been arrested and persecuted numerous times by the local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials since July 20th, 1999, for her belief in Falun Dafa. In February 2007, Ms. Zhang went to the police station to look for her son who had been arrested, but police forced her out. They were so rough with her that she lost control of her bladder, she was bruised and stiff, and felt pain in her chest and abdomen.
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• Kan Jikui and His Wife Feng Zimei Brutally Persecuted for Their Belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance

  2007-10-17
  After the persecution began, Mr. Kan and his wife, Mrs. Feng, went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Gong. They were arrested. Police repeatedly slapped the couple in the face with books and pulled their hair to knock their heads against the car bumper. The persecutors flogged Mr. Kan and Ms. Feng and poured lots of water over them. The couple was sent to the Mengyin Detention Centre. In the detention centre, the wardens forced Mr. Kan and Ms. Feng to make 1,500 matchboxes every day. If they did not finish them all, the wardens forced them to work during the night. They were forced to sleep with over ten other people in a cell that was designed to fit only six.
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