Torture

• Two Sisters Are Persecuted in Rushan City, Shandong Province

  2007-05-09
  Because of being steadfast in their belief, practitioners Ms. Feng Xilan and her sister, Ms. Feng Xisong, have been persecuted in Rushan City, Shandong Province. Feng Xilan was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment. She was released in early April 2007 when her life was in danger due to torture. Feng Xisong was arrested by the Rushan State Security Group in mid-April and was sentenced of two years in a forced labour camp.
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• The Evil Guangzhou City No. 1 Forced Labour Camp in Guangdong Province

  2007-05-08
  The next day I started a hunger strike against their unlawful persecution. At noon on the third day they pulled me out for force-feeding. They used two sets of handcuffs to handcuff each of my hands on a long bench. They deliberately pulled the handcuffs very tight, making them cut into my flesh. I was in such excruciating pain that my whole body trembled. Five of them sprang on me and tied me up. First, they used cotton strips to tie up my arms. Then they twisted my arms to the back. Two of the monitors used all their strength to pull my arms to make them come close together. Then they tied my arms together in the back. They also tied up my legs and forced my legs into the lotus position (both feet on top of the thighs). My arms had very deep wounds, as did my back. I could not move nor raise my hands -- they simply hung down.
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• Practitioner Mr. Wu Lei from Shijiazhuang City Arrested and Detained in Connection with the Trial of Wang Bo and Her Parents

  2007-05-08
  An unjust trial of Wang Bo and her parents took place at the Shijiazhuang City Intermediate Court on April 27th, 2007. The court stipulated that anyone could apply and receive an audit permit with an ID and a residence permit. Following the official requirements, 27 people including some Falun Gong practitioners obtained audit permits. However, the Communist Party agents refused to let any Falun Gong practitioners audit the trial. The court officials and 610 Office agents monitored and arrested practitioners who tried to enter the courthouse. Practitioner Mr. Wu Lei is in his 20s. Officials from the National Security Division at the Shijiazhuang City Police Department arrested him for taking photographs.
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• Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province Colludes with the 610 Office to Arrest Practitioner's Visiting Family Members

  2007-05-08
  Ms. Zhu Guilin, 43, has been detained in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp since 2004 and has suffered brutal torture. She has now served her so-called "forced labour term" but the labour camp still refuses to release her. Prisoners often beat Zhu Guilin. In July 2005, because she didn't stand up to do the morning calisthenics, the prisoners dragged her out and beat and verbally abused her, right in front of the guards. Another time she was beaten until she lost consciousness. On April 9th, when her family visited her, they saw that she was covered with wounds everywhere, on her face, her head, elbows, knees, legs, and so on. There were three burns on her hands. Several places on her body had festered.
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• Shackled to an Iron Chair for Fifty Days at Panjin Prison in Liaoning Province

  2007-05-08
  On August 18th, 2006, I was transferred from Wafangdian Prison to Panjin Prison. After August 20th, I was shackled to an "iron chair" and force-fed twenty-four hours a day. The iron chair is made of thin, irregularly-shaped steel bars that are welded onto a steel plate. One's chest and thighs are bound by two pieces of eight-centimetre-wide steel scrap, and the hands are cuffed onto the chair. In addition, one's feet are locked up by two steel bars that are connected. There are a total of five locks. Only one's head can move. One sits on three steel bars. In fact, sitting on the "chair" means sitting on three steel bars. As a result, one's buttocks will be torn very soon; one's neck, lumbar and coccygeal vertebrae will be injured to different degrees.
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• Practitioner Mr. Jiang Anming's Health Rapidly Deteriorating After Being Abused in the Yubei Detention Centre in Chongqing City

  2007-05-08
  On April 10th, 2007, 69-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Jiang Anming was arrested for informing people about the persecution of Falun Gong and dispelling the state propaganda attacking the practice. He is being detained in the Yubei Detention Centre, Chongqing City. Due to the mistreatment by police and guards, his health is rapidly deteriorating and his situation is urgent. Mr. Jiang has been affected by high blood pressure, headaches, tightness in the chest, and loss of control of his bodily functions. With instructions from the guards, the inmates did not allow him to urinate, which has resulted in the rapid deterioration of his health.
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• Accounts of Brutal Persecution of Practitioners in Yishui County, Shandong Province

  2007-05-07
  In the autumn of 1999, Wang Fuwen and He Fengjun arrested Ms. Wang Yuzhi and took her from her home to the Yishandian courtyard and detained her in a darkened room. She was pregnant at the time. Two people beat her to the ground. They kicked her from her head to her buttocks. This lasted three to four hours, until she could not stand up. However, they forced her to stand up and then to remain in a squatting position. They made her stretch her arms out straight and put several heavy steel bars on top of them. Then they brutally beat her until she could no longer see. Her whole body was black and blue and swollen, and she was unable to move. They didn't stop beating her for 24 hours. They also extorted 3,000 yuan from her mother.
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• Ms. Su Xiying from Chongqing City Died as a Result of Persecution

  2007-05-07
  During her four-year term in the Chongqing City Women's Prison, Ms. Su Xiying, 53, was tortured physically and mentally. Ms. Su refused to recite the prison regulations, and she was often verbally abused and cruelly beaten by the guards and prisoners. She was forced to do overtime heavy labour, from 7:00 a.m. to midnight every day. She was then forced to stand for two hours after midnight while being subjected to brainwashing sessions. Su Xiying was inhumanly tortured like this for more than a whole year. During this time, she slept less than 4 hours per day because she had to get up at 6:00 a.m., labour until midnight, and then suffer brainwashing attempts for two hours while being forced to stand. Ms. Su had been very healthy, but she was tortured to the extent that her lower spine became severely misaligned. She could not walk, and she died on April 18th, 2007.
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• Corrupt Daqing City in Heilongjiang Province Police Conduct Mass Arrests Before Holidays

  2007-05-07
  From April 21st through 26th, 2007, Daqing police shamelessly arrested practitioners in broad daylight. The Daqing Police force is in reality a criminal organisation and the public is quite aware of this. They collude with gangs and traffic in drugs, guns, ammunition and counterfeit money. They also opened bordellos, secretly support prostitutes, roam the streets, and commit crimes. They are the reason for social instability, and are a disruptive force in people's lives. When arresting practitioners, they disregard procedures, do not explain anything, or identify themselves. After practitioners were arrested, a policeman said, "If you give me 20 thousand yuan, I will set you free tonight. Or, you could give me a second-hand car instead."
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• Huludao City Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province Responsible for the Deaths of Several Falun Gong Practitioners

  2007-05-07
  Practitioner Mr. Chen Dewen was 57 years old and was tortured to death by guard Zhang Fusheng and other prison officials. They brutally beat him, shocked him with electric batons on the sensitive areas of his body (including the genitals), force-fed him with salt water, and used other methods of torture. Thirty-five year old Mr. Wu Guoliang was frequently forced to go outside to do manual labour for eight hours at a time, which caused his physical condition to deteriorate rapidly. He was also forced to sit on a stool for long periods of time. Mr. Wu was taken to a hospital when his life was in danger. He was taken home by his family members and passed away ten days later.
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• Practitioner Ms. Xie Lijuan Has Suffered a Mental Collapse as a Result of Persecution at the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province

  2007-05-07
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xie Lijuan, 28, was detained in the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp's First Division and has become mentally disoriented as a result of gross abuse under the persecution. She suffered from savage tortures, including being shocked on her thighs and genitals with electric batons. The criminal police often forced her to take drugs. The more drugs she was forced to take, the more serious her symptoms became. Even so, policewoman Wei Dan still instructed inmates in prison for prostitution to monitor her. They not only deprived Ms. Xie of sleep, but also forced her to do manual labour.
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• Mr. Wang Jitao Died as the Result of Torture

  2007-05-06
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Jitao was 54 years old. On September 1st, 2003, he was arrested by State Security agents and detained in the Chengde City Detention Centre. He was inhumanly tortured. His ribs were fractured by beating, and his head suffered internal injuries. After being released, his rib fracture healed, but he constantly suffered from a headache. On April 29th, 2007, the doctor found a huge pool of liquid inside his skull. He died on April 30th, 2007.
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• Practitioners Zuo Li and Li Lin Detained in Xi'an Women's Prison; Their Lives are in Danger

  2007-05-06
  Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Li Lin and Ms. Zuo Li were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution on the street and were arrested. They were taken to the Chenggu County Detention Centre and handcuffed to the metal window for 24 hours by guards. The two practitioners resisted the persecution by going on a hunger strike. They were force-fed, which resulted in injury to their oesophagus. They were both given a heavy sentence by the Chenggu Police Department: Ms. Zuo was sentenced to five years and six months, and Ms. Li was sentenced to six years. They are imprisoned in the Xi'an Women's Prison where they are tortured. Even though their lives are in critical condition, the prison guards continue to torture them.
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• Second Trial of Wang Bo and Her Family Opens; Five Lawyers Defend the Family's Innocence, One Lawyer Audits the Trial (Photos)

  2007-05-06
  The second trial of Wang Bo and her parents commenced at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate Court on April 27th, 2007. Five lawyers defended the Wang family's innocence based on the constitution of China which guarantees freedom of belief and human rights. The five lawyers were up against tremendous pressure from the Communist regime as they systematically and thoroughly defended three Falun Gong practitioners from various angles. The judge told the lawyers that Wang Bo and her parents' case would be tried publicly. On the afternoon of the same day of the registration, however, all Falun Gong practitioners who had registered for audit permits were harassed and three female Falun Gong practitioners were arrested.
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• Xu Xiaochun of Jiayu, Hubei and Chen Zhiying of Tonghua, Jilin Died Due to Torture

  2007-05-06
  A female Falun Gong practitioner, over 50 years old, came from another city to inform people about the true nature of Falun Gong. She was reported during one of her trips and detained by Jinan Railway Public Security Bureau for several months. She suddenly died not long after she was released. Afterwards fellow practitioners recalled that before this practitioner died she often complained of problems in her chest, that she felt weak and breathing was very hard. She always vomited yellow liquid with pus and blood. Her husband and local practitioners both suspected that during the detention, she was given toxic medication.
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