Torture

  • Elderly Mr. Cheng Huazheng from Anshun City, Guizhou Province Repeatedly Arrested

    64-year-old Cheng Huazheng had only recently been released from the notorious Zhongba Forced Labour Camp after having been imprisoned for three years. While he was imprisoned, he was frequently deprived of sleep for as long as two weeks and frequently and mercilessly beaten for several hours at a time. He suffered multiple bone fractures and internal injuries from the savage beatings. Mr. Cheng was tormented until he came close to a mental breakdown, and to this day, he is often disoriented.
  • Details of Five Missing Falun Dafa Practitioners from Beijing City, Liaoning Province, and Hunan Province

    Ms. Bao Cuiyuan, in her sixties, worked for the Science Institute of China. Ms. Bao has been arrested three times since the start of the persecution in 1999 and released on bail. She disappeared in November 2005 and was suspected to have been arrested again. We call on anyone who knows about her disappearance to please report any information.
  • Former Division Manager in A Bank, Mr. Chen Guanghui, Dies at 40 After Being Comatose for Over Two Years Due to Persecution at the Suzhou Jail in Jiangsu Province

    In front of the Suzhou No. 100 Hospital, Jiangsu Province people often saw a skinny and grey-haired older lady lamenting that her son Mr. Chen Guanghui was persecuted to death. At the time, her son was dying in the hospital. His body was swollen beyond recognition due to oedema. The hospital diagnosed him as terminally ill and informed the prison authorities. Prison staff ordered the hospital staff to keep this information secret from the family. Mr. Chen's family asked that he be transferred to another hospital or released so they could bring him home. Prison authorities said, "He can only die in prison." 40-year-old Mr. Chen Guanghui died on December 12th, 2006.
  • Ms. Tong Chunshi, 57, from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Dies Following Torture at the Longshan Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tong Chunshi was arrested in 2001 by officers from the Baiqing Police Station in Sujiatun. She was sentenced to three years of forced labour and held at Longshan Forced Labour Camp. Her abusers held her in a "chill room," shocked her with electric batons, hung her by her handcuffs, deprived her of sleep, and forced her to squat for forty days. The guards also beat and kicked her and made her do slave labour. She suffered a relapse of aesophageal cancer in 2004 and could not eat. She went home extremely weak and died on September 5th, 2006, at the age of 57.
  • Hong Kong Resident Ms. Zeng Aihua's Family Deceived by Shanghai 610 Office

    On December 8th, 2006, after enquiring through many departments about Hong Kong Dafa practitioner Zeng Aihua's situation and whereabouts, and after being misled for over a month, her family was shocked to finally learn that her case had already been brought to public prosecution on November 1st, 2006. The Public Security Bureau, as well as the Procuratorate, deceived the family and the lawyer of Zeng Aihua, as they kept telling the family and lawyer that the case was still in its investigation period, and no further decision had been made. They obstructed the efforts of the lawyer who lost precious time in making a thorough investigation and preparations for the case. The Shanghai 610 Office is attempting to bring Zeng Aihua to a trial in the near future.
  • After Losing 3 Members, Mr. Wang Xiaofeng's Family Continues to Be Harassed by Shijiang City Police for Many Years

    Shijiazhuang City resident Mr. Wang Xiaofeng and his family all practise Falun Dafa. They have been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. In less than an 18 month period, Mr. Wang lost three family members. His 34-year-old wife (pictured), his brother-in-law and his father-in-law were all tortured to death. At the time of his wife's death, his son, Tianxing, was just over one year old.
  • Overview of the Persecution During the Past Seven Years in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province

    Dafa practitioner Chen Yunchuan's family was from Canfangying Village, Beixinbao Township. All five people in his family cultivated Falun Dafa diligently. After July 20th, 1999, their whole family went to Beijing to appeal. They were arrested by police from the Tiananmen Police Station. Chen Yunchuan's oldest son Chen Aizhong, youngest son Chen Aili, and daughter Chen Hongping were all tortured to death. His wife passed away while they were homeless. His oldest daughter Chen Shulan is married and lives in Yanqing County. She practises Dafa and was arrested and held in the local prison there.
  • Ms. Cao Aihua Tortured to Death in Xinjiang Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Cao Aihua, a Falun Dafa practitioner, was arrested in August 2006 when she wrote messages to promote quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on paper money. In the middle of November, Ms. Cao was sent to the Urumqi Women's Forced Labour Camp. This was the third time Ms. Cao had been put into a forced labour camp. She died within a week as a result of torture.
  • Ms. Zhang Yunzhi from Qiqihar City Dies from Brutal Beatings

    Ms. Zhang Yunzhi, was a 51-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner. She began to practise Falun Dafa in October 1998 and actively participated in doing things that spoke out for justice for Falun Dafa, including going to Beijing to appeal. Ms. Zhang was arrested five times since 2000. The first four times she was arrested, she was detained in Nianzishan District Detention Centre. However, the last time she was arrested she was beaten until she nearly died. Her entire body became swollen and her legs oozed fluid as a result of the extreme and merciless beatings. Eventually she died on October 2nd, 2006 from severe damage to her internal organs from the beatings.
  • Mr. Yang Fengbin Tortured to Death in 2004

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yang Fengbin, 58, was a stone carver, had a very healthy body, and was well-known in the village for his kindness. In 2004, Mr. Yang was arrested by policemen from the Dongcun Town Department without reason. The police beat him cruelly and tortured him. He was tortured to death in only four days. Policemen notified his family and lied, saying that Mr. Yang committed suicide by jumping off the building. His family doesn't have any place to voice their grievances.
  • Peasant Detained for Trying to be a Good Person, Mother and Mother-In-Law Die in Suffering

    In autumn 2000, someone from the Political and Legal Party Committee of the county government came to ask me what I thought of Falun Gong. I replied that I regained my health after only ten days of practice. A few days later, I was arrested and taken to the detention centre again and sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp two days later. The camp wardens forced me and other practitioners to write letters renouncing Dafa and to attend brainwashing classes. My 80-year-old mother-in-law's health declined due to fear because of my arrests. She soon passed away. My 86-year-old mother also could not see me one last time before she passed away.
  • Inhuman Torture at Guizhou Prison

    Practitioner Mr. Ma Tianjun is a teacher from Shuicheng. The persecution methods the police used were very evil. They sat on a bench by his side and hit his legs with a hammer. They hit him with light to heavy strikes, which cause internal injuries without any obvious external wounds. Mr. Ma is still unable to walk because of the cruel torture. Prison guards handcuffed his hands behind his back and tied him to a window for 25 days. During the cold of winter he was given no blanket. They also tortured him at the Punishment and Inspection section of the Second Brigade. They hung him up for four days and nights.
  • Merciless Persecution of Practitioner Who Was Raped by a Police Officer in Beijing (Photos)

    On May 14th, 2002, Ms. Wang Ping went to a pond in Beijing to put Falun Gong flyers. A patrol officer saw her and beat her with a plastic baton. She was injured severely and was bleeding from many places. This officer, after brutally beating her, dragged her underneath a bridge in Dongzhimen in Beijing and raped her. The officer then stuck the plastic baton he beat her with into her vagina. She fainted because of the pain. After she woke, she was going to report the officer but he ran away. Two of her front teeth were knocked out and she was severely injured.
  • Ms. Li Bin Escapes to the U.S. and Recounts the Psychiatric Abuse She Suffered at Siping Mental Hospital in Jilin Province

    I was arrested in November 1999 at a Dafa cultivation experience sharing conference in Guangzhou City, and the police sent me to Siping Mental Hospital in Jilin Province in January 2000 because I wouldn't give up my belief. I was cruelly tortured. I was sentenced to one year of forced labour in April 2000, and I was subsequently held at Dongcheng Detention Centre, Beijing Labour Reeducation Dispatch Division, and Xinan Women's Labour Camp in Beijing. I rubbed shoulders with death from constant abuse. I arrived in the US in July 2004.
  • Exposing Crimes at Tumuji Forced Labour Camp in Inner Mongolia from My Own Experiences

    I was arrested on June 28th, 2004, and sent directly to the Tumuji Women's Forced Labour Camp to serve a three-year sentence. Arriving there, they searched me and my luggage; even the toilet paper was opened. Then they put me into a "reformation group," isolated from all others. I ate in the cell and was followed all the time, even when I was sleeping or going to the toilet. They subjected me to around-the-clock mental torment, tried brainwash me with propaganda, and tried to force me to write the three statements (to denounce Falun Gong). Three female guards and two criminal inmates watched me. I refused to listen to the them and refused to compromise in any way. They got angry and kept on insulting me, refusing to let me sleep.