Torture

• Dalian City Intensified the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in 2012

  2013-02-15
  Ma Danliang was appointed head of the Dalian City Detention Centre by the Dalian Municipal Government on May 17th, 2012. He has continued to actively enforce the regime's policy of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Two months after he took office, 69-year-old Ms. Zhang Guilian from Kaifa District died as a result of abuse in detention.
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• Officials from Acheng Court Hold Trial for Three Practitioners, Family Members Threatened and Barred from Attending

  2013-02-15
  Officials from Acheng Court in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province held a trial for three Falun Gong practitioners on December 5th, 2012. Officials started to force the practitioners' family members and friends out of the building. They threatened them and said they would arrest those who did not leave. Court officials limited the number of people in the courtroom. Every practitioner's family was given a limit of people who could attend.
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• Ms. Qu Shumei from Dalian City Arrested Again

  2013-02-15
  After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999, Ms. Qu Shumei and her husband's lives were turned completely upside down. Ms. Qu was sent to a forced labour camp twice, and Mr. Zhu was given a 12-year sentence and is currently in Shenyang No. 1 Prison. Ms. Qu was arrested again at home on December 17th, 2012, and police took her to Yaojiao Detention Centre.
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• School Teacher Mr. Wang Linkai Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labour for Because of a Poem Posted on His Door

  2013-02-15
  Mr. Wang Linkai, an elementary school teacher, posted a poem on the front door of his home during the 2012 Chinese New Year. The characters on the poem read: “The Sun and Moon Illuminate Heaven and Earth with Auspicious Light, Heaven and Earth are Bright Again with Favourable Circumstances.” Police arrested Mr. Wang Linkai at school on July 6th and sentenced him to one year in a forced labour camp.
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• Mr. Wei Chaohai, 62, Tortured to Death in Deyang Prison

  2013-02-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wei Chaohai died on January 1st, 2013. Mr. Wei was sent to Qingjiang Prison Hospital for emergency treatment on December 31st, 2012, and died the next morning. Details are under investigation; however, it is certain that Falun Gong practitioners are not allowed to do their exercises in prison, and are subjected to forced brainwashing and close monitoring. Thus, they are tortured both physically and mentally. Mr. Wei was arrested in September 2009 and sentenced to eight years in Deyang Prison for practising Falun Gong.
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• Mr. Hua Lianyou from Tianjin on Hunger Strike to Protest Another Arrest and Prison Term

  2013-02-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hua Lianyou and his wife, Ms. Tian Zongli, were arrested on April 24th, 2012. They went on a hunger strike on May 23rd to protest and resist the persecution. While Mr. Hua was ill at a hospital, he was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was then transferred from Binhai Prison to Xinsheng Hospital and is emaciated and bedridden. Mr. Hua's wife Ms. Tian is currently detained at the Tianjin Beichen Detention Centre.
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• Fushun City Police Ransack and Rob Practitioners' Homes

  2013-02-04
  On April 15th, 2012, police arrested more than a dozen practitioners in Xinbin County, ransacked their homes and confiscated their personal belongings. Mr. Mu Guodong and his wife, Ms. Yu Haiyan, were arrested by over 10 officers from the Fushun City Domestic Security Division at 6 a.m. that same day. Their home was also ransacked. The police confiscated their computer, a mobile phone, 8,000 yuan cash, and a bank savings book with a balance of 30,000 yuan.
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• Fuqing Road Neighbourhood Officials in Chengdu City Arrest and Incarcerate Ms. Guo Lirong in Brainwashing Centre

  2013-02-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Lirong was persecuted in the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. The first day she was admitted, a staff member kicked her in the head with his shoes on, causing her to lose consciousness and vomit blood. After she was held there for more than 20 days, on November 21st, 2012, Ms. Guo was released. She was physically and mentally devastated. She was dragged out of the car and left alone on the road outside of her residential community.
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• Ms. Chen Shulan from Beijing Detained Again after Eight Years of Imprisonment

  2013-02-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Shulan was once again arrested and taken to the Changping Detention Centre on December 16th, 2012. All seven members of Ms. Chen's family practised Falun Gong, but five of them have lost their lives as a result of the brutal persecution over the past more than 13 years. Ms. Chen's younger brother, Chen Aizhong, was tortured to death in Hehuakeng Forced Labour Camp in 2001. Ms. Chen's younger sister, Chen Hongping, had her legs broken when guards at the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp beat. She was tortured to death in 2003. Ms. Chen's other brother, Chen Aili, ended up in critical condition after being tortured in Jidong Prison. He died in 2004.
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• Former Legal Daily Reporter Disappears for Over a Month, Now Faces Sentencing

  2013-02-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Yang Zhixiong, a former reporter for Legal Daily, disappeared over a month ago. His family received a notice on December 9th, 2012, stating that he was detained and facing sentencing. The case against him was fabricated by the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and presented to the court. His court date was scheduled for December 25th. On November 3rd, Gupolice and officials arrested Mr. Yang at his workplace
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• Twelve Practitioners from Xiangtan City Arrested in October 2012

  2013-02-04
  Twelve Falun Gong practitioners from Xiangtan City, Hunan Province were arrested in October 2012. Local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) agents, police officers, and government staff participated in the arrests. Mr. Wang Qingsheng and Mr. Luo Yinping were covertly sent to Laodaohe Law Training Centre in Changsha City (Hunan Province Brainwashing Centre) on October 17th. Mr. Wang was refused admission because of his poor physical health. However, he was sent to the Wujia Garden Brainwashing Centre in Xiangtan City the next day.
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• Many Falun Gong Practitioners in Handan City Falsely Labeled “Mentally-Ill” and Driven to Mental Disorder

  2013-02-04
  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted Falun Gong for 13 years. During this heartless campaign, countless healthy practitioners have been persecuted so terribly that they became mentally disordered. In order to eradicate Falun Gong, the CCP has labelled normal, healthy Falun Gong practitioners as “mentally-ill” and tried to destroy them. On August 31st, 2002, Mr. Cheng was arrested when he participated in a Falun Gong conference held in his county. Because he was treated so brutally Mr. Cheng suffered from mental stress and subsequently developed a mental disorder and couldn't take care of himself. On February 9th, 2005, he died.
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• Practitioner Jiang Zonglin Remains Incarcerated after Completing Five-year Prison Term, His Wife and Daughter Also Arrested

  2013-02-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang Zonglin was sentenced to five years in prison for his belief. His term ended on October 15th, 2012, but he was not released. He was taken instead to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre by Jinniu District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Fuqin Resident Committee personnel. He has been detained there for over two months. On December 22nd, Mr. Jiang's wife, daughter, siblings, and other relatives went to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre to request his release. The brainwashing centre director locked them up inside.
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• Zhang Hongwei Confined Again by Jilin Prison Guards

  2013-02-04
  Mr. Zhang Hongwei, 44, has been incarcerated in Jilin Prison for almost 12 years. He suffers from severe, type III tuberculosis. On November 26th, 2012, he was again confined in a small cell by the guards because he did the Falun Gong exercises. Mr. Zhang has been confined in a small cell many times. The longest duration was for more than two years. Because he refused to give up his belief, he was put on a "stretching bed." The guards both stretched and beat him. He endured other methods of torture, including the "death bed", being burned with smoke and hot water, having his mouth stuffed with dirty rags, and being stabbed with needles. He was on the verge of death as a result of persecution.
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• Older Ms. Huang Juxiu from Yueyang, Hunan Province, Persecuted at the Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre

  2013-01-11
  Ms. Huang Juxiu, about 60, was arrested on her way home from shopping on September 2nd, 2012 by police officers. Ms. Huang was taken directly to the Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre in Changsha. The guards ordered several collaborators (former practitioners, brainwashed against Falun Gong, made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners) played video and audio programmes defaming Falun Gong's founder and the practice around the clock. She was deprived of sleep and tortured. Certain acupuncture points were forcibly pressed without leaving any external marks. After this “massage,” she could not raise her right hand.
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