Torture

  • Details of Five Missing Falun Dafa Practitioners from Hunan and Hebei Provinces

    Practitioner Mr. Gao Haiku from Gaoying Village, Wanzhuang Town, Langfang City, Hebei Province, was taken to a brainwashing centre twice because he went to Beijing to appeal. In 2001, because he was speaking out for justice and explained the facts about Falun Dafa to people, he was subjected to eighteen months of forced labour at the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. After one year in the forced labour camp, Mr. Gao showed nephritis symptoms and was therefore sent home to receive medical attention. After he was released, the township government and township police station repeatedly went to his home to harass him. Later he was forced to leave home. He has since been missing.
  • Mr. Zhao Jiyuan from Liaoning Province Persecuted at Shenyang Second Prison for Nearly Six Years

    Mr Zhao Jiyuan was arrested on February 27th, 2001 because of his persistent practice of Falun Gong. Later, he was sentenced to seven years in prison by the local court and sent to the Shenyang Second Prison. At the prison, Zhao Jiyuan has suffered beatings, been forced to wear torture instruments, locked in a small cell, and has been shocked with electric batons. Mr. Zhao has been continuously imprisoned and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for nearly six years.
  • Ms. Jiang Xiuxiang from Shandong Province Suffered Torture and Psychiatric Abuse Before Her Disappearance

    After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Jiang Xiuxiang went to Beijing to speak out for justice and was arrested. Police hung Ms. Jiang from the ceiling beam by her wrists for over 10 hours at a time. Moreover, they shocked Ms. Jiang with an electric stun baton on her neck, breasts, and vprivate parts, causing a horrid smell of burning flesh. Police later put her into a mental hospital where she was subjected to psychiatric abuses, such as being injected and force-fed with unknown, mood-altering drugs. In 2002, Ms. Jiang decided that she had no other choice but to flee her home to avoid further persecution.
  • Persecution of Practitioners in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province - (Part 4)

    On February 3rd, 2006, the Chaoyang District Court held a 30-minute trial and sentenced Mr. Zhang Guibiao to nine years in prison for appealing for Falun Dafa. They transferred him to Shiling Prison. Mr. Zhang used to be very healthy and strong, but by the time he entered Shiling Prison, he had been tortured severely and looked like an old man in his 60s. Finally, Mr. Zhang came home, but he was only skin and bones. He was bedridden and could not sleep, eat or drink normally. He could not take care of himself and suffered excruciating pain constantly. He passed away on September 12th, 2006.
  • Ph.D Student Wang Weiyu Severely Tortured at Qianjin Prison in Beijing

    On August 12th, 2002, Mr Wang Weiyu was arrested by the National Security Team. In 2004, the Chaoyang District Court in Beijing gave him a severe sentence of eight years. When he appealed to the court did not open a session, but directly gave a written statement to affirm the original decision. In October 2006, Wang Weiyu was hurt in the tendon of his right leg. It is said that a criminal kicked him and injured his right leg in a compulsory "recreational activity" in the prison. After the injury, Wang Weiyu's right leg immediately became swollen and congested, which persisted for a long time. However, the prison did not inform his relatives and also did not arrange any checkup or treatments until his family went to visit him.
  • Female Practitioner Shackled and Handcuffed to a Large Sack in Handan City Second Detention Centre

    A female Falun Dafa practitioner was shackled and handcuffed to a large sack for the entire night in Handan City Second Detention Centre, Henan Province because she didn't give up practising Falun Gong. This is but one of the torture methods used in Handan City Second Detention Centre.
  • Evidence Suggests Ms. Wu Hong Died as a Result of Torture

    On January 7th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wu Hong's body was cremated. The police claim that Ms. Wu Hong was severely injured when she "jumped from a moving vehicle" on the way from a brainwashing class to a detention centre. During the time she was being treated in the hospital, many Falun Dafa practitioners visited her, and discovered that her skull had been fractured, but her surface skin had no scratches or cuts, disproving the claim that she jumped from a moving vehicle. Normally when a person jumps from a moving vehicle, the skin would be badly scratched or cut. Ms. Wu Hong had no breaks in the skin at all, but all her injuries were internal. These were very possibly caused by brutal beatings that were done in such a way so as not to cause visible injuries.
  • Persecution of Practitioners in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province - (Part 3)

    Practitioner Mr. Yang Zhanjiu was tortured brutally and is now permanently disabled. In April 2005, his over 70-year-old mother, over 60-year-old mother-in-law, and another relative came to the prison to ask for his release. The prison head told the guards not to let them enter the prison grounds. Mr. Yang's relatives talked to the gate guard for a long time and eventually were allowed to go to fifth floor for a talk with the director of the Department of Political Affairs. The director saw Mr. Yang's mother-in-law and immediately went into a fury, "How dare you come here! I'm not letting you see him no matter what!"
  • Wang Bo and Her Family Still Detained and Denied Family Visits

    Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Bo and her family were tried by the Communist regime on November 10th, 2006. According to Wang Bo's relative, the arrest of Wang Bo and her family is the result of Wang Bo and her father Wang Xinzhong having recently published accounts of their persecution for practising Falun Gong on overseas websites, including the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. The relative said, "Wang Bo had previously said something against her will on CCTV [Central China Television], but those were not her real thoughts. She recently expressed her true feelings through an article published on an overseas website."
  • Authorities at Jinzhou "Correctional Centre" (Liaoning Province) Brutally Tortured Practitioner Mr. Weng Hongjun

    On December 1st, 2004, police arrested practitioner Weng Hongjun, imprisoned him at Liaoyang Prison for two years of forced labour camp. Because he continued to practise the Falun Gong exercises when he was imprisoned, the prison authorities tortured him many times. They locked him up in a small cell and made him "Carry a Sword in the Back." They shocked his head, his neck, and his back with an electric baton for a dozen minutes. On another occasion, a guard handcuffed him behind his back against a tall heating pipe and forced him to stand on tiptoe in a handcuffed position. The handcuff marks stayed on his wrists for a long time.
  • More Information on Jilin Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wei Xiushan Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wei Xiushan was persecuted to death around 2003 or 2004, in the 7th Section of Jilin Prison. The ringleader of the convicted criminals in the 7th Section at the time was Lan Shaohai from Yanbian. Another vicious person, Zhao Fuyu (people call him "African"), was from Shulan. He was ruthless. Originally, he was sentenced to one year in jail, but his sentence was extended because he beat a person to death at the detention centre. Then he was transferred to Jilin Prison, and the police made use of him to persecute Dafa practitioners.
  • Facts about the Persecution of Mr. Kang Zhiguo from Shanxi Province and How He Suffered Before His Death

    At the beginning of November 2003, Mr. Kang was imprisoned in Jinzhong Prison in Shanxi Province. The prison guard instructor ordered criminals to "transform" Kang Zhiguo, using whatever means they chose. A murderer, who had a postponed death sentence, beat him every day until Mr. Kang became paralysed. Later he was again mercilessly beaten. Mr. Kang Zhiguo died on May 21st 2005.
  • Persecution of Practitioners in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province (Part 2)

    Practitioners who protest with hunger strikes are force-fed. Force-feeding is one of the tortures that destroys practitioners' wills and brings more suffering than one can imagine. It actually is one of the most brutal, cruel, and deceitful torture methods. They use it to torture practitioners and deceive the outside world. Practitioners that are force-fed are all in terrible condition. Their mouths, throats, and intestines are injured. After having been force-fed for a while one suffers constant internal pain. It feels as if one's intestines are being torn apart.
  • Liu Shuping Detained at the Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin for Nearly Six Years

    Ms. Liu Shuping's term at the Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin has been extended four times. January 1st, 2006, was her release date after the second extension of six months. By then, she had been detained at the labour camp for five and a half years. When her family members arrived in the labour camp after travelling 60 miles, the staff at the detention centre said that her term had been extended for another four months. Now it's been far longer than four months, yet Ms. Liu is still detained at the labour camp.
  • Exposing the Hypocritical Tactics of the Langfang Brainwashing Centre

    Han Zhiguang has been the Head of the Langfang City 610 Office since July 20th, 1999. He repeatedly incited his subordinates to commit crimes. To deceive the practitioners into cooperating, however, he always put himself forward as a kindhearted person. He sent numerous practitioners to forced labour camps. He was cited for his so-called "merit" in persecuting Falun Gong. He is known to have used a particularly vile form of persecution: those who had been coerced into renouncing Falun Gong would be released only when they had betrayed two fellow practitioners.