Torture

  • Mr. Miao Shujun Suffered Torture at Suihua Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province

    Mr. Miao Shujun was arrested at home by police. His wife asked the police to release her husband as he had committed no crime. Policeman Zhou said, "He was reported for spreading Falun Gong." When she visited her husband Miao Shujun told her, "On September 22nd, I was subjected to beatings.I have headaches, feel dizzy and have severe pains in my chest. I throw up anything I eat. It's becoming worse and worse."
  • A Practitioner in Her 80s Sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province for Refusing to Give up Her Belief

    Mrs. Niu is in her 80s. Recently, she was arrested by the 610 Office and taken to the Taian Brainwashing Centre. Because she refused to stop cultivating Falun Dafa, she was sent to the notorious Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. An 80-year-old woman has been arrested and persecuted at a brainwashing centre and is now being sent to a forced labour camp. These inhumane and unlawful acts demonstrate the insanity of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Older Practitioner Ms. Li Qiuling Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Li Qiuling was over 60 years old. In May 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. The Beijing police took all of her cash, and she was taken to the local police station by officers in Beijing. After she was brutally beaten at the police station, she was taken to a detention centre and detained for a month. During this time, police from the Langfang City Department, along with her employer, broke into her house and stole 1,000 yuan without a warrant. Later she was she was tortured at the labour camp and fined another 7,000 yuan. After she returned from the labour camp, her health deteriorated, and she passed away in September, 2006.
  • My Experience of Being Arrested, Imprisoned and Force-fed: Written in a Detention Centre by Practitioner Liu Yu from Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

    Ms. Liu Yu was detained in a detention centre and went on a hunger strike to protest. She recounts,"A doctor used ropes to tie my four limbs. He also shouted, "I want to hear the pig cries when we slaughter it." I used all my strength to resist, but I was not able to deal with so many people. I was then savagely force-fed. Two nurses inserted a plastic tube into my nose. The tube touched my throat and I shook violently from the discomfort. Both my throat and stomach were in great pain from the tube insertion. I felt humiliated and injured. All of my limbs were numb, as I was not able to move at all. They kept moving the tube up and down inside my stomach."
  • Practitioner Ms. Liu Xiufang from Shandong Province Is Homeless Again Due to Continuous Persecution

    During the past few years, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Xiufang has been repeatedly persecuted for her belief in Falun Gong. She has been sentenced to forced labour and detained in a mental hospital. Her newly built home and yard walls have also been destroyed. In June 2006, she was forced to leave home again to avoid further persecution.
  • Practitioner Arrested in Shandong Province - Father Dies of Grief

    Because he firmly cultivates in Dafa, the authorities ransacked 38-year-old Song Baogang's home on numerous occasions and sentenced him to two years of forced labour. They even held him for more than two years after he had completed his sentence at the Wangcun Labour Camp. The actions of the police forced Mr. Song into destitution and homelessness. On September 7th, 2006, more than ten individuals arrested Mr. Song. Mr. Song's father suffered tremendously, both physically and emotionally, as a result of the long-term harassment, threats, and persecution that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) inflicted on his son. He died on September 17th after hearing that his son had been arrested once again.
  • Two Practitioners from Hebei Province Arrested and Tortured for Delivering the Nine Commentaries

    Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Li Gang and Mr. Li He were arrested by traffic police in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province when delivering the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party . They are detained at Zhuozhou Detention Centre and are reportedly being tortured and persecuted. The police beat them and then scattered salt on their wounds. Cries of pain could be heard from the torture room.
  • Two Elderly Practitioners Die from the Persecution in Jilin and Shandong Provinces

    Mr. Sun Fuxi, 68, lived in Yantai City, Shandong Province. He began cultivating Falun Gong in 1995 and had been healthy ever since. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa on July 20th, 1999, party officials often harassed him at his home at all hours. They forced him to write a "guarantee statement" to renounce Falun Dafa and arrested his family members. His wife and son were arrested and detained many times. Mr. Sun suffered tremendous harm to his mind and body. After enduring the long term mental pressure and persecution, he passed away during August 2005.
  • Nineteen Practitioners Arrested in Harbin City, Mr. Zhang Zhong Died in Custody after Torture and Abuse

    On August 10th, 2006, nineteen practitioners were sharing experiences together at a practitioner's home. When they came downstairs, they were all arrested by police officers. The police detained all of the practitioners in theNan'gang District Detention Centre. We heard that Mr. Zhang Zhong and Mr. Han Wei were tortured the most severely, causing injury and extreme physical weakness. Mr. Zhang Zhong was on hunger strike to protest the arrest. He died in the police hospital after severe torture.
  • Older Practitioner, Ms. Li Xiuju from Shandong Province, Died As a Result of Persecution in 2002

    Ms. Li Xiuju suffered all kinds of inhuman torture when she was detained in a detention centre, following her arrest for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. The hatchet men tortured her every day, lashing them with bamboo strips, beating them with batons, shocking them, pouring ice cold water on them, putting salt on their wounds; they were also made to stand straight, run or do push-ups for an extended time. The persecution also gave great pressure to her husband. After repeated harassment Li Xiuju died on January 17th, 2002, at the age of 52.
  • Four Practitioners Who Died as a Result of the Persecution in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Hubei Provinces

    Mr. Liu Shaohua, 73 years old, was an employee of the Education Bureau in Langfang City, Hebei Province. After the persecution began the staff from his work place would go to his home to threaten or harass him, attempting to force him to write letters renouncing Falun Gong. In the spring of 2005, people from the local 610 Office told his work place that Liu Shaohua had been distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, so the staff from his work place went to his home to threaten him. In October of the same year, they went to his home again and said that he had been reported for meeting another practitioner. Liu Shaohua suffered threats and psychological persecution by these people until he died on November 12th, 2005.
  • Guangzhou City Practitioner Mr. Ma Minqing Arrested and His Wife Sentenced to Forced Labour

    Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Ma Minqing and his wife, Ms. Zheng Jie'er, had been forced into homelessness for some time. They were the main targets of persecution that the Public Security Bureau of Yuexiu District had focused on. Ms. Zheng Jie'er was arrested on July 23rd, 2006, and was sentenced to two years of forced labour. The same office arrested Mr. Ma Minqing on October 8th, 2006.
  • Practitioners Tortured at Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province

    Mr. Liu Heqing, in his 30s, had previously left the forced labour camp. Unfortunately, he was again sentenced to forced labour in March 2005. He was beaten after he yelled, "Falun Dafa is good!" He fainted and was carried to a closed room. When he came to, he started yelling, "Falun Dafa is good!" He continued to yell when others were eating. Those in charge handcuffed him and punched his chest and stomach. All of his teeth fell out after the beating. Although he was beaten with sticks and electric batons, he still yelled, "Falun Dafa is good!" They used a long needle to puncture his tongue, pulled a threaded needle through it, and tied the thread to a weight. After that horrific torture, Mr. Liu could no longer talk nor look after himself. He became mentally unstable.
  • 60-Year-Old Ms. Lu Yanfang Persecuted to Death by Police from Shulan City, Jilin Province

    Ms. Lu Yanfang was about 60 years old. She went to Beijing twice to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999. Police officers stopped her when she reached Beijing the second time and detained her. In March 2002, she was again detained by police. To avoid being harassed, Ms. Lu was forced to leave home and become destitute. In May 2006, Ms. Lu's whereabouts were reported to authorities. To avoid arrest, Ms. Lu had to walk dozens of miles in the mountains during the night. Because of this tremendous mental and physical pressure, she became ill and died on October 10th.
  • Wang Xiaoyan Is Persecuted in Dalian City, Liaoning Province And Cannot Join Her Husband in Germany

    On May 27th, 2006, Ms. Wang Xiaoyan was arrested and her home was ransacked by police from the Chunhai Station. She has not been allowed visits ever since. She called home for the first time last week, and said that she is now being detained in the Second Branch of Masanjia Labour Camp on a two-year term. Details of her situation over the past five months are unknown.