Torture

  • Wang Yuxian from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province Gained a New Life from Practising Falun Gong but then Dies under Persecution

    In August 1992, Ms. Wang Yuxian was diagnosed with mid late-term lymphoma and gave up hope of recovery. She then discovered Falun Gong. Six months later her cancer had disappeared. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sentenced her to three years of forced labour in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. She was often beaten and had to perform intensive physical labour. Wang Yuxian passed away on April 6th, 2006 at the age of fifty.
  • The Persecution of Mr. Wu Baowang from Heilongjiang Province Before Passing Away in 2002

    On May 17th, 2002, while Mr. Wu Baowang was detained in the Shuangcheng City No. 2 Detention Centre, he went on a hunger strike so the police force-fed him with concentrated saline solution. The prison doctor did nothing but laugh. Once back in his cell, Wu Baowang bled from the mouth and was in a coma. Within only half an hour, they had tortured him to the brink of death. Mr. Wu went into coma and passed away that same day.
  • Guangzhou Lawyer Mr. Zhu Yubiao Imprisoned in Forced Labour Camp For Defending Falun Gong Practitioner

    On June 8th, 2005, lawyer Zhu Yubiao defended Falun Gong practitioner Gao Huanlian in Guangzhou's Tianhe Court. This was the first lawyer in Guangdong Province to openly defend a Falun Gong practitioner. Afterwards, some officials from the Judicial Office accused Mr. Zhu of being a "counter-revolutionary" and protested to his superiors at the Guangda Law Firm, where Mr. Zhu worked. During January and February of 2007, more practitioners attempted to hire Mr. Zhu as their defence lawyer, and he accepted the case. On February 10th, 2007, Mr. Zhu was arrested. Mr. Zhu is currently being detained at the Guangzhou Huadu Third Forced Labour Camp.
  • Exposing Crimes Committed in the Hubei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Practitioner Li Zhihui is 56 years old. Four male guards shocked her with electric batons for over 40 minutes. Before they shocked her, the prison doctor checked her and then told the four guards to go ahead with the shocking. These male officers disfigured her face. The skin on her eyelids, mouth, and ears peeled off. Before they left, they told her, "We will come back tomorrow." Practitioner Lu Fengying is 50. When she was detained in the labour camp they shocked her hands with electric batons for a long period of time, which disabled her hands, and she was unable to straighten her fingers.
  • Details on the Torture and Death of Ms. Dong Cuifang at the Beijing Women's Prison

    Ms. Dong Cuifang worked as a doctor at Shunyi District Hospital for Women and Children in Beijing. In 2001 Ms. Dong and her fiancé, Mr. Shen Wenjie were arrested while handing out leaflets exposing the persecution . They were detained at the Shunyi Detention Centre in Beijing. In 2002, Shunyi District Court sentenced them to five years of imprisonment each. On March 11th, 2003, Ms. Dong Cui was transferred to Daxing Women's Prison in Beijing. Eight days later she died at the age of 29 as a result of torture.
  • Internet Satellite Images Show Facilities Where Falun Gong Practitioners Are Persecuted

    Throughout districts and counties in Beijing, many organisations and facilities have been and continue to participate in the persecution of Falun Gong. The satellite picture obtained by searching Google Earth not only can accurately locate these places, but can also clearly expose their real appearance. The picture clearly shows the tall walls used for imprisoning Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Dafa Practitioners from Mengyang Town in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province Subjected to Torture

    On October 2nd, 2002, Ms. Jiang Qunhua, over 60 years old, was detained at the town police station. Zeng Jun shocked her with electric batons, and Huang Guangyao used a club made out of metal wires to beat Ms. Jiang. Teng Jiahua scalded her with boiling water. In addition, Zeng Jun used a cigarette lighter to burn Ms. Jiang's hair and shouted at the same time, "I'll burn you to death, and then it will count as a self-immolation! I'll beat you to death and throw you into the Mengyang River!" This went on from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. She started a hunger strike to protest the torture, but they force-fed her. During the force-feeding, the guards knocked out her front teeth.
  • My Son Is Being Cruelly Tortured and His Life is in Danger --Who is Responsible?

    My son Liu Yongwang is 35 years old. In 2001, police officers and officials from the 610 Office arrested him. Subsequently, they detained him at the Baoding Forced Labour Camp, Tangshan Forced Labour Camp and Hebei Jidong Prison, and he has endured various kinds of inhumane tortures. Currently, he is paralysed in his lower body and is extremely weak. He has passed out several times when they force-fed him. His life is in danger and he could die at any moment. Seeing my dying son, my heart is pained with worry and anxiety! Therefore, I am writing this letter calling upon all levels of the government to investigate the misery of us ordinary citizens and to ensure that justice is served!
  • Disabled Practitioner Liu Zhigao's Life is in Danger in Police Custody in Heilongjiang Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Zhigao is physically disabled, and lives in Heilongjiang Province. On May 21st, 2007, he was arrested by State Security agents and police officers. He is currently detained in the Daqing City Detention Centre, and his life is in danger due to being tortured. The reason given for his arrest is that he is suspected of distributing 1000 copies of the book, "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party." He was tortured, and police took him to the hospital to be revived on several occasions with intravenous injections. His life is in danger, but the police refuse to release him.
  • 60-Year-Old Mr. Wang Tongwen from Hebei Province Dies as Result of an Unknown Drug Injection

    In 2001, police officers injected an unknown drug into Mr. Wang Tongwen's brain, causing him to lose the ability to function in his daily life. Due to damage caused by this drug to his central nervous system, Mr. Wang felt very ill. By 2002, half of his body was paralysed, he could not talk coherently, and he could not take care of himself. By 2005, he was bedridden and had totally lost the ability to talk. By April 2007, Mr. Wang Tongwen's whole body was paralysed, and he completely lost consciousness. He died on May 29th, 2007, at the age of 60.
  • Persecution of Zhang Lifang from Sichuan Province: Five Years of Unjust Incarceration

    I am Zhang Lifang, fifty years old. Because I distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, I was detained at Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp. I suffered and witnessed personally the persecution of practitioners. The guards punched and kicked the practitioners, shocked them with electric batons, and forced them to remain standing in the same position for long stretches of time. They also subjected the practitioners to sleep deprivation and assaulted them.
  • Practitioner Mr. Zhao Baoting in Gansu Province and His Family Suffer Severely from the Persecution (Photo)

    In December 2003, Zhao Xudong and his mother Bai Jinyu and several practitioners were at home when police broke in their house and arrested them all. In detention Zhao Xudong went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. He was handcuffed and shackled together at the back so Zhao Xudong had to bend his back 90 degrees 24-hours-a-day. Criminal inmates force-fed him every three days with overly salted noodles. The force-feeding often lasted two hours. They inserted a plastic tube from his nose or throat roughly and carelessly. They pierced oesophagus and lungs in the process of the violent force-feedings. Zhao Xudong suffered excruciating pain daily. On February 5th, 2004, the force-feeding started at 5 p.m. and the food still wouldn't go down by 7 p.m. When the guards took him to the hospital, there was no heartbeat.
  • Practitioner Ms. Chen Weijun from Heilongjiang Province Dies as a Result of Being Cruelly Tortured 37 Times

    On June 3rd, 2007, practitioner Ms. Chen Weijun passed away. She was only 49 years old. At Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison, Ms. Chen suffered cruel torture, such as being hung up, forced to sit for a long time, handcuffed behind her back, put in solitary confinement, and force-fed. She also had the force-feeding tube pulled back and forth after it was inserted and the tube was left in her stomach until it turned mouldy. Her life was many times in great danger. In July 2005, she was diagnosed with end stage cancer of the female reproductive system. She was given no more than three months to live, so she was granted a medical release. On October 17th, however, police arrested her and took her back to Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. She suffered torture until she could no longer take care of herself.
  • The Persecution of Mr. Li Shuwen from Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Shuwen has been persecuted since July 20th, 1999. He was arrested, brutally beaten and tortured, and then served with a warrant for arrest by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and their agents. Mr. Li was arrested again by the police on February 6th, 2007. At the beginning of March, he was sent to Suihua Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years. Li Shuwen's wife and eleven-year-old son now live a difficult life without any source of income. Their living conditions are terrible and the child has malnutrition and renal failure, with no money for treatment.
  • Ms. Zhu Yazhen Becomes Mentally Disordered in Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province

    On April 20th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhu Yazhen was arrested at her home by State Security Agents and the police. She was later sentenced to 18 months of forced labour and was detained in Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. After less than a month, she became mentally disordered. On May 23rd, Ms. Zhu's husband and son, as well as other family members, went to visit her, but she could not recognise any of them. Her husband exclaimed to the guards, "She was perfectly fine at home before she was arrested by you! How come you tortured a normal person to this degree?" The guard then said, "She was fine when we accepted her. Maybe the local police shocked her."