Torture

  • The Persecution I Experienced in Beijing's Legal Training Centre

    When I was first taken here by Beijing policemen, several armed police officers took me to a cell. An armed police officer monitored me around the clock. I protested the incarceration with a hunger strike. In the first few days, several armed police ordered a doctor from the nearby Tuanhe Hospital to force-feed me. They called the force-feeding "being responsible for your life." The secret police observed me through the door to see if I was fearful, nervous, tired or anxious. Since I was calm, a few days later the secret police showed up. They tried to trick me and convince me with their evil theories and to threaten me. I knew that as a Falun Dafa practitioner I cannot be convinced or tricked by them, no matter how nice they pretended to be, or how tough they looked.
  • The Lives of Mr. Yang Jianpo, Mr. Liu Yongwang and Mr. Bian Zhongxue Are in Danger at Jidong Prison in Hebei Province

    Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Yang Jianpo is currently being detained at Jidong Prison. He has been on a hunger strike for over three hundred and fifty days. The prison doctor gave him intravenous injections and oxygen, as well as injecting him with an unknown drug. His body contracted with spasms of pain during the injections, from which the guards knew he was still conscious. Members of his family have gone to Jidong Prison more than a dozen times, requesting to see their loved one whose life is in danger. However, prison guards have rejected their request using various excuses.
  • The Crimes at Dalian City Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province

    The situation in the Dalian City Forced Labour Camp is horrible. To maintain an intimidating atmosphere, the guards will find any excuse to torment someone once in a while. The electric baton is used primarily, and the painful cries of the victims can always be heard. Division head Lu often applied this torture when on duty at night. Falun Gong practitioners are among these people and forbidden to talk to others. They live in terror and loneliness all day long.
  • Practitioner Ms. Gong Shulian from Sichuan Province Sentenced Again after Escaping from a Detention Centre

    Ms. Gong Shulian, 45, went to Beijing to appeal the persecution at the end of 2000. After returning from Beijing, police arrested her and sentenced her to a year and a half of forced labour. She suffered various forms of torture and almost died. She was then sent to a detention centre after the forced labour camp. Ms. Gong miraculously escaped from the detention centre at the end of 2005, but was arrested again in May 2006 when she was distributing materials and explaining the facts about Falun Dafa.
  • The Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp in Tangshan, Hebei Province

    If practitioners held a hunger strike to protest the persecution, they would be subjected to brutal force-feeding. The tormentors handcuffed practitioners' arms behind their back, to a chair. Several people would hold the practitioner's head and insert tubes through their nose. Then they would feed, little by little, some black material from a small container; all the while chatting with each other. It takes 40 minutes to finish the forced-feeding, which is more painful than delivering a baby. Moreover, in the winter, they would place practitioners in rooms with the windows open and only allow them to wear one sweater. Practitioners often have to sleep on the ground on a cold wooden board.
  • Mr. Tai Zhengxu Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

    At the beginning of the persecution, Mr. Tai Zhengxu was forced to leave home to avoid being arrested in July 2001. He was arrested in 2002 while telling people the facts about Falun Gong. Four to five policemen beat him until he passed out. He was detained, threatened, and tortured, and not allowed to sleep for more than ten days. Later, he was sentenced to imprisonment and lost his freedom. He is now detained in the Hongzehu Prison with a seven-year prison term just because he spoke out for justice for Falun Gong.
  • Elderly Ms. Li Xuebi from Chengdu, Sichuan Province Died after Being Tortured to Disability

    After 62-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xuebi was tortured until she was disabled, the authorities continued to harass her. She died at 2:30 p.m. on February 17th, 2007, Chinese New Year's Eve. When she was detained for three months in the Luzhou City Prison, there were no bed, bedding, or even straw in the cell. Ms. Li had to sleep on the wet floor, causing her spine to deform and severely damaging her health. She was released when she was dying and could not take care of herself in the prison.
  • First Hand Experience of Cruel Brainwashing at the Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp (Part 9)

    I was persecuted for not renouncing Falun Gong from that day in July 1999 when the Chinese Communist regime banned Falun Gong. Because, seven years ago, the former head of the Chinese Communist regime, Jiang Zemin, gave the order "to destroy them physically, starve them financially and destroy them mentally and spiritually," I lost my basic right to earn a living and live a normal life. I was harmed physically and mentally. Because of the rule "guilt by association," my family and relatives suffered and still suffer from this persecution.
  • The Persecution Mr. Zhao Guangxi Suffered Before His Death in Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province

    On January 29th, 2007, practitioner Mr. Zhao Guangxi passed away as a victim of the Chinese Communist Party's vicious persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. He was a good person who believed in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He was only 42 years old when he died. Mr. Zhao's wife Wang Guihua is also a practitioner. She was imprisoned in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin when her husband died. They did not even see each other before he passed away. They have a young son who was left alone at home.
  • Mr. Hu Jiyu Was Beaten Savagely and Had 13,000 Yuan Extorted from Him

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Hu Jiyu is in his 40's. In April 2001, police extorted 1,800 yuan from Mr. Hu. On September 9th, 2001, 200 yuan in cash were confiscated. The policemen failed to catch him, so they arrested his wife as a substitute and extorted 3,000 yuan from his family. On February 28, 2004, Mr. Hu was arrested and taken to the 610 Office. Because he did not accept "transformation," he was forced to stand nonstop for 12 hours. He was then forced to lie face-down on the concrete floor when the temperature was below 10o F. The policemen put a metal barrel over his head and beat on the barrel to make loud noises. On February 14th, 2006, Mr. Hu was arrested and was savagely beaten. He has had a total of 13,000 yuan extorted from him.
  • Practitioner in Qinglong County, Hebei Province Arrested and Fined for Repairing Road

    On January 8th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Han Yuquan led 130 to 140 people to voluntarily repair a public road. All the people in the vehicles passing through the road thanked them. However, on January 11th, police ransacked his house and confiscated his Dafa books. Because Mr. Han was not home, they arrested his wife and took her to the detention centre. After the village officials discussed the situation with police, she was released after five days in the detention centre and a cash fine of over 1,000 yuan.
  • The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners by CCP Members at Huanan Institute of Technology

    On February 1st, 2001, the Department of Education sent a notice requiring all schools to initiate signature campaigns that targeted Falun Gong. The "million signatures" movement was first spread through the national education system; it was used to influence hundreds of millions of adolescent students. Some students would not sign any petition that was against Falun Gong, so the teachers tried to coerce the students into signing their names under threat of expulsion. Meanwhile, posters, banners, and propaganda attacking Falun Gong and its founder were posted everywhere on school campuses. Chen Zhili also had defamatory content added to high school and elementary school textbooks and various post-secondary school entrance exams.
  • The Severe Persecution of Practitioner Mr. Zhou Jiangang at Qinduankou Prison, Hubei Province

    When the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Zhou Jiangang explained the facts about Falun Dafa to people. For this, the authorities arrested and persecuted him many times, and he was finally sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. On April 25th, 2006, Zhou Jiangang, while handcuffed and shackled, was forced to stand facing a wall. Staff then ordered prisoners to strike Zhou Jiangang from behind with heavy objects. This caused compound fractures on his sixth and seventh vertebra. He lay on the ground unconscious. Zhou Jiangang has been persecuted to near death, and his feet were even tied to prevent him from moving.
  • Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yu Wei from Weifang City, Shangdong Province, Repeatedly Persecuted over the Past Seven Years

    On January 4th, 2007, 610 Office officials and police broke into Dafa practitioner Yu Wei's house under the pretence that Wei was a temporary resident. Mr. Wei's Dafa books, CDs, audio tapes, and other materials were confiscated. He was arrested on his way home from work and taken to a detention centre. Since the Communist regime started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, authorities have twice ransacked Wei's house. Authorities confiscated his Dafa materials, a recorder and two laptop computers worth over five thousand yuan, and extorted 8,400 yuan.
  • 12-Year-Old Li Mingqian Longs for His Father on Chinese New Year's Eve

    Li Mingqian is a twelve-year-old boy attending fifth grade. On Chinese New Year's Eve, at his family's reunion, he told his mother, "I miss my father. Can he have some dumplings?" On October 8th, 2006, several police officers suddenly stormed into the home of Ms. Wang and arrested Mr. Li Hongwei. Mr. Li was brutally beaten by several police officers, causing his body to be covered in wounds. He was sentenced to one year of forced labour. In the visiting room of the Shenxin Forced Labour Camp, Li Mingqian saw his father, whom he has missed so much. Young Mingqian cried for a long time.