Torture

• Mr. Wang Xin, PhD Student in Prestigious University, Persecuted at Huazi Prison

  2006-07-24
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Xin from Shenyang City is a 30-year-old former Ph.D. candidate from Tsinghua University. In 2001, lawless officials abducted him. Afterwards, in 2002, he was sent to his original hometown. Since he refused to renounce his belief in Falun Dafa, he was detained at Huazi Prison. In defence of his fundamental human rights Mr. Wang Xin went on hunger strike, opposing the persecution against him. The persecution of Mr. Wang Xin has lasted for 99 days, and now Mr. Wang's body has become emaciated. We ask that everyone takes notice of this terrible situation and helps rescue Mr. Wang.
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• Dafa Practitioners Arrested in Nanchang City in March 2006 Were Severely Tortured

  2006-07-24
  The director of Daishan Police Sub-Station ordered police to persecute Ms Zhang Shujun. Each of them pulled one of her legs apart 180 degrees, then they fiercely pushed and pulled them apart and shook them back and forth. Her lower back was broken due to the violent shaking. She was persecuted for six consecutive hours, and was not allowed to close her eyes for even one second during the torture. If she did, the police ordered the lookout patrols to brutally beat her again. Policeman Deng Xiangyang pounded her toes using the stool legs. Her toes were crushed and covered with blood.
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• The Eighth District of Harbin Women's Prison Brutally Persecutes Falun Dafa Practitioners

  2006-07-23
  On August 15th, 2003, when Ms. Ma Shuhua was transferred to the Eighth District, she could barely walk. Gui Nana organised other inmates to tie her with rope, seal her mouth with tape, then drag her to the "chicken house," where she was tortured with electric batons and dragged by several inmates as they ran. At night, they put Ms. Ma on the cement ground and did not allow her to sleep. For 11 days, her feet were swollen and bloody, and the blood glued her socks to her feet for more than half a month. After her socks were taken off, her toenails came off... Her feet were dark blue and there were holes where the nails had been.
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• The Crimes Committed at Haidian District Police Department and the Haidian District Detention Centre in Beijing

  2006-07-23
  Ms Zhao Xin was a respected teacher at Beijing's University of Business and Industry. When she went to do the Falun Dafa exercises on June 19th, 2000 in Zizhuyuan Park, Zhao Xin was arrested and detained in the Qinghe Detention Centre in the Haidian District. On June 22nd she was beaten until three vertebrae in her neck were fractured.
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• Three Elderly Practitioners in Heilongjiang and Guangdong Provinces Died After Suffering Persecution

  2006-07-23
  Ms. Deng Guiyun, over 70 years old, began to practise Falun Gong in 1996, and all her illnesses disappeared. In addition, she used to be illiterate before she practised Falun Gong. Since she practised Falun Gong, she could read Dafa books. After the CCP began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, she lost the opportunity to share experiences with fellow practitioners because of threats from the village administration agents. In 2003, her diseases reoccurred. Because her family members were afraid and tried to prevent her from contacting Falun Dafa practitioners, she stayed in bed and could not stand up. She passed away on April 5th, 2006.
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• After Being Missing Six Years, Wang Xiangshang Returned Home and Died at the Door

  2006-07-22
  At 2:00 p.m., June 16th, 2006, Mr. Wang Xiangshang suddenly appeared at the door of his home and fell to the ground. His mother kept calling his name. Mr. Wang looked at his mother with wide open eyes, filled with tears. He died without saying one word. When he died, this 38-year-old man only weighed about 25 kg [55 lbs]. Because he practised Falun Dafa, Mr. Wang was forced to leave home to escape the persecution. For the past 6 years, his family members had no idea where he was. After being missing for 6 years, he suddenly appeared at the front door of his home. But why was he near death? How did he arrive at the door? This has to be investigated!
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• Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners by Xiangtan City 610 Office Agents

  2006-07-22
  The "Wujia Garden" in Xiangtan City is a 610 Office brainwashing centre. Agents from the 610 Office arrested many Falun Dafa practitioners and took them there. They force the practitioners to sign documents, write guarantee statements and watch videos. More than ten Dafa practitioners were recently sent to there. During the past seven years, Xiangtan City 610 Office agents sent at least thirty five Dafa practitioners to forced labour camps. Dafa practitioner Xu Ailian was sent to a labour camp twice and suffered a mental collapse after being savagely tortured at the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp.
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• Letter to Vice-President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott Concerning the Participation of Volkswagen Group China in the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2006-07-22
  As the family member of a persecuted Falun Gong practitioner employed by Volkswagen in China, I am writing to you in order to ask you to pay special attention to the disgraceful behaviour of Volkswagen in participating in the CCP regime's persecution against Falun Gong, and ask you, as a politician of stature, to provide help to these persecuted people. Located in Changchun, Jilin Province, FAW-VW was established in 1991. With an annual output capacity of 660,000 cars and 360,000 engines, it is considered to be one of the most prosperous firms in the northeast region of China. But between 1999 and 2003, at least ten employees who practise Falun Gong were dismissed for refusing to give up their belief.
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• Mr. Zhang Quanfu Tortured to Death by Guard Wang Tao at Chaoyanggou Labour Camp

  2006-07-21
  Practitioner Mr. Zhang Quanfu was tortured terribly and had scabies all over his body due to the inhumane living conditions. He was forced sit for entire days and not allowed to use the bathroom. He weighed less than 30 kg, ate very little and was in critical condition. Despite this, the labor camp guards did not release him. Instead, the torture against him was even more severe, and he was forced to sit on the bench for even longer. It was very common that he was forced to sit from 5:00 a.m. until midnight.
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• Persecution of Practitioner Ms. Wang Mingzhen in Sichuan Province

  2006-07-21
  In January 2003, Ms. Wang was forced to stand still because she was practising the Falun Gong exercises. The head of the detention facility, used a fang-like baton to hit Wang Mingzhen's buttocks and thighs mercilessly. Ms. Wang suffered great pain but continued to do the exercises. The on-duty supervisors then handcuffed Ms. Wang with her arms behind her back and hung her up in the air under a steel door by the handcuffs. Only her toes could reach the floor. She was hung in this position around the clock, and finally her body became totally numb. In addition, Ms. Wang was not allowed any food or water, and she was not allowed to use the toilet. This torture went on for five consecutive days.
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• Practitioner's Mother Not Allowed to Visit Her Daughter in Heizuizi Women's Prison in Changchun City

  2006-07-21
  Song Yanqun, an English teacher, was arrested by police on November 27th, 2003 because of her belief in Falun Dafa and sentenced to twelve years in prison. She was tied on a tiger bench, her ears and eyes pricked with a thin nail, and fed with mustard oil. On May 23rd, 2006, Song Yanqun's parents went to visit her in Heizuizi Women's Prison, but the guards would not allow Song Yanqun's mother to meet her. Cao Hong, why she was not allowed to meet with her daughter. Cao said, "Because you practise Falun Gong."
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• Practitioners Persecuted in the Sixteenth Section of the Mudanjiang City Prison

  2006-07-21
  During Mr. Pan Xingfu’s imprisonment, the police forced him to do heavy labour, which devastated him both physically and mentally. In late 2003, he suffered from oedema in his legs and became too weak to walk. However, the prison guards did not provide him with any treatment. It was not until May 2005 that Mr. Pan was sent to a prison hospital, where he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and hydropsy inside his chest and abdomen. The director would not allow the medical parole unless Mr. Pan wrote a guarantee statement promising he would give up Falun Gong. However, Mr. Pan refused to write it. Mr. Pan was released from prison during July 2004 without receiving treatment for the tuberculosis and hydropsy. As a result of his long term persecution, Mr. Pan died in January 2005.
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• Exposing the People in Fushun City Who Persecuted Practitioner Mr. Han Zhe

  2006-07-20
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Han Zhe originally worked at the Casting Pipe Workshop, of the Fushun Special Steel Limited Company. He has been persecuted so severely that he is now mentally traumatised. In 2001 Mr. Han, then only 23 years old, spoke to people about the facts of Falun Dafa in his company and distributed fliers exposing the persecution. He was reported to the company public security office, arrested and taken to Fushun City Reformatory where several criminals took wooden boards and fiercely beat Mr. Han’s body and head. They then lifted him up and threw him to the ground. Sun Jiwen, the section chief of the administration section, used an electric baton to shock Mr. Han.
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• The Persecution of Elderly Practitioner Zhang Dequan of Jilin Province

  2006-07-20
  71-year-old Mr. Zhang Dequan was persecuted because he remained steadfast in his belief in Falun Gong. The authorities arrested him and ransacked his home many times. Zhang was also sentenced to forced labour. Zhang and his family have been persecuted for years by their local police officers and street committee members. On the evening of February 9th, 2002, local police ransacked his home. During the same night, Zhang and his wife were sentenced to fifteen days of detention. The police sent Zhang to prison, and two months later he was sent to Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp for two years. While he was at a labour camp, local police and street committee members regularly went to his home to intimidate his family. They also prohibited Zhang’s children from going to college, rendering them unable to graduate.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured at Hebei Province Female Prison

  2006-07-20
  In August of 2002, Bai Yuzhi was abducted from her home and detained in the Second Detention Centre of Shijiazhuang City. In the detention centre, she went on a hunger strike to protest her arrest and suffered severe deterioration of her health. On April 10th, 2003, she started to vomit blood and was force-fed by the police. Her nose was broken and she nearly lost her eyesight. She could not walk by herself and had to be carried by the person that was force-feeding her. On May 19th, 2003, Bai Yuzhi was detained in Hebei Province Female Prison.
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