Torture
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Ms. Zhang Lianying's Family Trying to Find Lawyer to Sue Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp for Its Crimes Against Humanities
2007-06-07
While Ms. Zhang Lianying was imprisoned in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp, she was subjected to violence and psychological torture repeatedly. On March 21st, 2007, she again suffered brutal violence. She received beatings to both sides of her head, which resulted in a coma. She was taken to hospital for emergency treatment. Her life is in grave danger. -
Mr. Gao Weixi from Changchun City, Jilin Province Arrested One Day Before Going to Visit His Daughter
2007-06-07
Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Gao Weixi was planning to visit his daughter, whom he had not seen for eight years, out of town on May 10th, 2007. On May 9th, he was arrested by police from the Nanguan District Department and Jilin Province Department. On May 10th, the family could not find Mr. Gao at the train station like they had planned. Finally, they went by train to look for him at his house in Changchun City; they found two policemen, who had been living there for several days. The police said, "We found three big bags of Falun Gong materials in this place. Five books are enough to have him sentenced. Mr. Gao has been detained in the Changchun City Third Detention Centre, and once he is sentenced, he will be permitted visits." -
Several Practitioners in Critical Condition from Abuse at the Qingyang District People's Hospital in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
2007-06-07On May 5th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Zhao Zhongling was killed in Qingyang District People's Hospital in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. In addition, several practitioners in Qingyang District People's Hospital are on hunger strike. One has been on hunger strike for six months (name unknown) and is in critical condition. Practitioner Ms. Huang Min has been on hunger strike for 80 days and is extremely weak. Her family is trying to rescue her. -
Young Artist in Shandong Province Becomes Homeless for Persisting in His Spiritual Belief (Photo)
2007-06-07Falun Dafa practitioner Zhou Ning is an outstanding teacher in the Shandong Special Education Polytechnic Institute. He suffered repeated persecution and eventually became homeless. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not recognise the school he worked for as the provincial model work unit in 2006, because of the CCP's implication policy. That is why school principal Wang Wen as well as the head of the school's Party committee discharged this outstanding teacher. The excuse was, "Having not returned to work for a long period of time." Mr. Zhou had contributed much to the school and to the education of the disabled. Zhou Ning's right to an assigned apartment was revoked. -
Poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party, Daughter Turns in and Assaults Mother Ms. Hu Lingying
2007-06-06
In July 2003, Ms Li Huaying beat up her mother, Dafa practitioner Ms. Hu Lingying, at home because she continued to practise Falun Dafa. She assaulted her mother with an iron nail, attacking her head, back and upper body, causing her to bleed profusely. In 2006, Ms. Hu was reported to the police by her daughter and sent to a brainwashing centre. -
The Persecution Suffered by Practitioner Ms. Wang Huaixiang from Weifang City, Shandong Province
2007-06-06In September 2001, Ms. Wang Huaixiang went with other practitioners to the Hanting Town Government compound to distribute Falun Dafa leaflets. They were reported to the authorities and subsequently sent to the Hanting Detention Centre. There, she was tortured with all kinds of means. She was purposefully given very little food. She was not allowed to read any Falun Gong related materials or do the exercises. If she did the Falun Gong exercises, she would be tortured via the excruciatingly painful "cross" torture method, the "death bed", and the "grand cuffing". -
School Teacher Ms. Zhao Junfeng from Hebei Province Persecuted for Eight Years
2007-06-06Ms. Zhao Junfeng is a teacher. Since July 1999, the authorities have harassed her almost every day to stop practising Falun Dafa. The Township Secretary and policemen monitor Ms. Zhao 24 hours a day; they go to her workplace and her home, so that she cannot work and live normally. They constantly threaten and intimidate, taking pictures, and they have confiscated her ID. At the end of 2003, Ms. Zhao was turned in to the police. The school principal Wen Juhai cancelled her authority to teach for two years, depriving her of her 300-yuan salary each month. Zhao Junfeng's daughter has also been harassed frequently at her work. -
What I Saw and Heard in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp
2007-06-06In late May 2005, in the "Intensive Training Team" of Beijing Women's Forced Labour Re-education Camp, there was an elderly Falun Gong practitioner who was quite tall and had white hair. When it was time for her to shower, three people would hold her body, with a towel forced into her mouth in order to keep her from talking. However, we have not seen her since June. When we were having so-called "legal lessons," practitioners asked, "What crime did we Falun Gong practitioners commit for you to sentence us?" The guard who was leading the session said, "You committed a crime because you believe morality is superior to the law." There was no further explanation. -
An Account of Persecution at the Shandong Province No. 2 Forced Labour Camp in Wangcun, Zibo City
2007-06-05Practitioner Zhang Feng, 32, an English teacher, went on a hunger strike for nearly three years at Liaocheng Hospital, and later he was transferred to the No.7 Division of the No. 2 Labour Camp of Shandong Province. In 2005, guards used cruel means to try to force Zhang Feng to give up Falun Gong using both physical and mental abuse. Later the guards made him do forced labour like other Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioners were forced to use toxic glue to put together glass in the closed, suffocating workshop. The glue contained sodium nitrate, and each practitioner was forced to finish his quota. Zhang Feng's eyes were sensitive to the glue, and he was already myopic. His eyes were so affected by the glue that his right eye shrank and became distorted. Furthermore, his right eye became smaller and smaller until it was nearly blind. The guards still did not release him -
Ms. Li Jifeng Given Eight Year Sentence and Tortured at Yongchuan Prison in Chongqing City
2007-06-05On May 28th, 2003, police from the Beipei District Police Department arrested Ms. Li Jifeng and took away her Dafa books and other leaflets exposing the persecution. They also confiscated about 7,000 yuan cash from her home and other personal property, including a computer. To date, the police department has not returned these items. The police sent Li Jifeng to the brainwashing class in the Beipei Party School. Li Jifeng refused to tell them any information about the leaflets production site and other fellow practitioners. She did not cooperate at all, so the police from the Beipei District Police Department hung her up and beat her for a long time. She was brutally tortured in both body and mind. In February 2004, she was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. -
Ms. Chen Xiumei Brutally Tortured at Baoding Labour Camp in Hebei Province
2007-06-05Practitioner Ms. Chen Xiumei, 53 years old, was arrested on March 7th, 2007, and taken to Baoding Labour Camp on March 8th, 2007, to be held for one year. She was handcuffed for one day on March 9th for doing the Falun Gong exercises. Later on she was handcuffed again for a long time because she refused to wear a prisoner's uniform and refused to be photographed as a criminal. Her wrists bled and ulcerated from long-term chaffing from the cuffs. Inmates Zhang Xinyi and Zang Wantong savagely beat her under instruction from the guards. The guards also used various methods and tortures on her while she was isolated from others. -
Disabled Practitioner's Compensation Claim Ignored in Zhejiang Province
2007-06-05
Falun Dafa practitioner Fan Zhongzhuang has suffered severe persecution on two occasions. He was arrested and sentenced to four years of forced labour. Then on August 9th, 2005, he was arrested again and his home was ransacked. This time, he ended up totally disabled from torture. Advocate Fan Ziliang, who is appealing for justice on behalf of Fan Zhongzhuang, submitted a letter warning County Security Captain Li Jinliang and his accomplice police officers that they would have to pay for their crimes. -
Ms. Shi Tongwen, 67, Has Died as a Result of Torture by Police in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province
2007-06-04Since 1999, Ms. Shi Tongwen and her family members have suffered brutal persecution. All of her family members, except her four-year-old grandson, were sent to a brainwashing centre. During their detention there, Shi Tongwen was on the verge of death due to the persecution. Later, she was paralyzed from torture and could not take care of herself. At 10 a.m. on May 6th, 2007, she died at the age of 67. -
Communist Party Orchestrates "Touching" Scene at Beijing Women's Prison for BTV Broadcast
2007-06-04On May 10th, 2007, the reception lobby of the Beijing Women's Prison was cleaned until spotless and beautifully decorated with many fresh flowers. Several dozen inmates, four selected from each ward, met their family members there, each presenting a bouquet of carnations to their mothers, who had come for a visit. "The hall was filled with harmony and human emotion," which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had propagated. The Beijing TV Station (BTV) news crews filmed this "touching" scene. However, this meticulously planned "touching" scene was nothing but a political ploy dictated to the prison officials from above. It was another deceptive trick, cooked up by BTV to lead people to believe the "humanitarian civilized management of prisons" by the CCP. -
Shuangcheng City in Heilongjiang Province Policeman Zhang Guofu Persecuted His Brother, Sister-in-law and Niece
2007-06-04In April 2002, Zhu Qingwen, Secretary of Shuangcheng City, ordered policemen Zhang Guofu and over 740 police officers to engage in a citywide arrest of Falun Dafa practitioners. Zhang Guofu's brother Zhang Tao, his sister-in-law, and his niece were among those arrested. Zhang Tao was persecuted in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp, from which he was granted bail for treatment only when he was on the verge of death. He died on July 31st, 2002.
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