Torture

  • Ms. Niu Yuhuan from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province Persecuted Repeatedly for Her Belief; Her Father-in-Law Passed Away in Grief

    51-year-old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Niu Yuhuan has suffered continual persecution over the past seven years. She was tortured severely in a labour camp, where she became emaciated and could not even tend to her daily needs. After Ms. Niu was repeatedly arrested, her father-in-law passed away in October 2006, grieving at the injustice.
  • Mr. Bai Tianshi, 63, Seriously Tortured at the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City

    Mr. Bai Tianshi was seriously tortured in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp. In February 2006 when criminal inmates did not suceed in forcing Bai Tianshi to write a guarantee statement to renounce Falun Dafa, they tortured him relentlessly. He was crippled and lying in bed for over twenty days due to the torture. He was unable to move freely for the two to three months, and is missing most of his teeth due to torture.
  • Brief Descriptions of the Persecution Experienced by Practitioners at Xiangtan University in Hunan Province

    Mr. Hu Yongfeng, 69 years old, was a retired Xiangtan University employee. In June 2000, he went to Beijing to legally appeal. He was charged with "disturbing the social order" and was detained in a detention centre for 15 days. After he came back, agents from the university 610 Office forced him to attend several brainwashing "transformation" sessions held at the university. He was sent to Changsha Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp for one year.the university security office intercepted Mr. Hu on the road for no reason. He was arrested and sent to Changsha Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp for one year. Upon his release 610 Office personnel harassed him with phone calls every day. On December 13th, 2004, Mr. Hu died suddenly.
  • 610 Office of Laizhou City, Shandong Province and State Security Unit Police Persecute Practitioner Ms. Zhang Chengfang

    On April 18th, 2003, Ms. Zhang Chengfang was arrested and sent to a detention centre. For three straight days, the prison guards brutally tortured her during the day and deprived her of sleep during the night. Ms. Zhang's hands were cuffed together with one arm over the shoulder and another behind her back. To inflict more pain, the guards would continuously pull her arms up while her hands were still cuffed. The guards tormented Ms. Zhang until she passed out and white foam came out of her mouth. Only then would they release the handcuff. However, when she regained consciousness, they would cuff her hands again. They laughed maliciously as they tortured Ms. Zhang in this way.
  • Five Practitioners in Hongjiang, Hunan Province Die in the Past Seven Years as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Zhou Juying, 49, suffered from severe liver and stomach problems, but regained her health after practising Dafa. When the persecution began, the local authorities tried to force her to lie that it was the hospital that had cured her, but she refused. Police officer Zhou Wei hung her up on the stairs for a whole night, which caused her to almost lose consciousness. The police released her out of fear that she might die, but they often harassed her and threatened her afterwards. Ms. Zhou passed away on September 19th, 2006.
  • Exposing the Crimes of Li Xueliang During His Term as Communist Party Committee Secretary for Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province (Photo)

    Li Xueliang is now the deputy director of the Harbin City Forestry Bureau. During his term as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Secretary for Shuangcheng City between 2001 and 2005, he ruthlessly persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners, directly and indirectly causing the deaths of many practitioners. This man's hands are full of blood. He was listed in the first segment of the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong's list of wanted Chinese Communist Party Officials. Now he is visiting the United States of America.
  • Police in Shanghai Refuse to Allow Hong Kong Resident Ms. Zeng Aihua to Meet with Her Lawyer

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zeng Aihua is a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Region. She has been detained in the Pudong District Detention Centre in Shanghai for more than six months, charged with the "crime" of "spreading Falun Gong materials." At the beginning of October 2006, the Pudong District Procuratorate sent her case back to the Pudong Police Department because there was not enough evidence. Currently, the police from the Pudong District are trying to stop the lawyer from meeting with Ms. Zeng.
  • Repeatedly Harassed, Elderly Practitioner Ms. Li Chaorong, from Beiliu City, Guangxi Province, Reported Missing for Several Days

    73-year-old Ms. Li Chaorong is from Guangxi Province. Because she continues to cultivate Falun Dafa, she has been frequently detained, followed, harassed, and had her house ransacked since July 20th, 1999. Her everyday life has been gravely disrupted. Her harassers include officials from the Beiliu City Public Security Bureau, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political and Judiciary Committee, the 610 Office, the Songhua Police Station, and the Beiliu City Detention Centre. Li Chaorong has now been missing for several days. It was said that she was arrested again a few days ago.
  • Crimes Committed by the Chinese Communist Party in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province against Dafa Practitioners

    Because Ms. Zhang Zhunli practised Falun Gong, police officers from the Shan County Police Department beat her to death. According to her family, when they arrested Ms. Zhang, she was very healthy and had no illnesses. Within two days of her arrest, she was covered with injuries from being beaten. In the end, she lost consciousness and they threw her out of a window from the second floor. They said that she jumped and committed suicide. The police officers made up a false scenario and transported her body to the Shan County No. 2 Hospital for emergency treatment. But in fact they transported a dead body.
  • Brainwashing Centre in Suining County, Jiangsu Province Tramples Justice by Persecuting Good People

    So-called "attending class" at the brainwashing centre is to force practitioners to listen to, watch and read propaganda against Dafa and to sing Chinese Communist Party songs. So-called "doing exercises" is to get the practitioners out of the cell at 6:00 a.m. and have them run two laps in the yard first. Then they are forced to walk military style, with their legs extending straight out and lifted at a 45 degree angle. If one cannot do it well, he is whipped from behind. If practitioners refuse to comply, the punishment can range from being beaten to being dragged into the "repentance room" where one would be handcuffed for up for 48 hours. The brainwashing centre forces practitioners to do hard labour planting vegetables.
  • Third Appeal Letter Requesting Legal Assistance from Ms. Wang Bo's Grandmother

    My daughter Liu Shuqin, son-in-law Wang Xinzhong and their daughter Wang Bo were arrested, beaten and taken to forced labour camps many times for refusing to renounce the practice of Falun Gong. Liu Shuqin lost control of her bowels due to torture; Wang Xinzhong could not move his back because of the beating and even young Wang Bo was sentenced to three years of forced labour and finished college under close police supervision. They were arrested again on July 27th, 2006. So far, they have been detained for over four months. To our dismay, it is impossible to find a lawyer who would ask for a non-guilty verdict when representing Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Song Weijuan Became Very Weak from Brutal Persecution in Nanjing Women's Prison in Jiangsu Province

    Ms. Song Weijuan was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison because she continued practising Falun Gong. Now detained at the Nanjing Women's Prison, she is extremely weak from the long-term slave labour and mental torture, and she hasn't received any rest or medical treatment at all. In late 2005, Ms. Song's father could no longer stand the suppression and died of illness. Before his death, he was not able to see his daughter. Now Ms. Song's mother, who is over 80 years old is left at home and she cries because she doesn't know if she will be able to see her daughter again before she dies.
  • Persecution Facts Regarding Practitioner Ms. Zhao Jihua in Dalian City, Liaoning Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhao Jihua, 40, was sent to Wangcun Labour Camp for two years of forced labour. In late 2005, Ms. Zhao was arrested when she was explaining the facts about Falun Dafa. She held a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was brutally force-fed, losing her front tooth as a result. She was detained for eight months, all the while refusing to accept the brainwashing. She was sentenced to six years in prison, and she is now locked in the Jinan Women's Prison. She is forced to perform heavy labour every day and endure mental and physical hardships.
  • How the 202nd Squadron at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province Persecutes Practitioners

    The 202nd Squadron was the centre for detaining and torturing practitioners. Those primarily responsible were: Bian Shuqiang, Zhang Li, and Dong Guoxin. They utilized various methods to fiendishly torture us, such as repeatedly airing anti-Falun Gong propaganda forcing us to view drawings slandering Falun Gong, using sleep-deprivation, forcing us to squat for long periods of time, shocking us with electric batons, hitting us with sticks, barbarically force feeding us, and forcing us to overwork so as to damage our health.
  • How Ms. Li Guiqin from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province Was Persecuted Before Her Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Guiqin was taken away by policemen from the Zhengyang Police Station on September 4th, 2006. On September 9th, the police compelled her to provide information about other practitioners, and when they came to an area of buildings in Jiefangmen, Ms. Li fell out of a building. She died immediately. The detailed information needs further investigation.