Torture

  • Ms. Qiu Xi'e Tortured to Death

    Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Qiu Xi'e, in her 70s, lived in Miluo City, Hunan Province. She was taken to the Yueyang City Hubin Brainwashing Centre in June 2006 by personnel from the 610 Office and tortured for more than 20 days. Ms. Qiu died around 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of July 8th, 2006. The 610 officers were frightened that their abuse of Ms. Qiu would be made public, so they promised to pay her family a hundred thousand yuan. Qiu Xi'e's children are preparing for her funeral, which is scheduled for July 13th, 2006.
  • The Suffering of Ms. Gu Xingzhi before Being Persecuted to Death in Sichuan Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gu Xingzhi was arrested while posting Falun Gong's leaflets exposing the persecution in April 2002 and was sent to Miyi County Detention Centre where she died after a month of forced feeding on November 7th, 2002. On previous occasions was handcuffed and beaten with strips of bamboo because she did the Falun Gong exercises.
  • Police Brutally Beat and Disable Middle School Teacher Mr. Jiang Yuejun

    The local police inhumanely persecute Jiang Yuejun and his wife because they practise Falun Gong. Jiang Yuejun is a middle school teacher in Shulan City. The police arrested Mr Jiang on June 20th, 2006, and brutally beat him. This caused a disability in one of his legs and he couldn't walk. He is still being detained at the moment.
  • Crimes Committed by The 610 Office and Brainwashing Centre in Sichuan Province

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhu Xia, 34, was in a forced labour camp for one year. The 610 Office arrested her again and took her to the Pi County Brainwashing Centre, where she was drugged and became mentally disoriented. Two criminals raped her many times. Zhu was mentally traumatised even further.
  • Zhuzhou City Forced Labour Committee and Baimalong Forced Labour Camp Detain Practitioner Ms. Yu Yingzhu

    After the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yu Yingzhu by Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou City of Hunan Province was exposed to the public, the forced labour camp forcibly forbade Yu's family from visiting her. The labour camp police often scream at practitioners: "I am not going to let you die. I will make your life a living hell." If one's family is detained in such a living hell, it is not hard to imagine the pain experienced by the practitioner's family members.
  • Additional Details about Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Wang Xiujuan from Shandong Province, Who Was Beaten to Death by Zhao Shijuan and Others in 2001

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Xiujuan was a farmer from Masong Village in Shandong Province. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Wang went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong three times and was arrested and transferred back to Changle County each time by the police. She was detained on criminal charges twice and was detained by the county government several times. On January 21st, 2001, Ms. Wang was beaten to death by the Masong Township secretary of politics, Zhao Shijun.
  • The Brutal Persecution at Fangqiang Forced Labour Camp in Jiangsu Province

    When a practitioner enters a forced labour camp, personnel who received a higher education are assigned to mislead them. This might include forcing them to watch movies with a lot of Falun Dafa slandering material. The goal is always to "transform" the practitioner in a short time. If practitioners are not "transformed," the forced labour personnel resort to physical abuse, like using a shoe to slap him/her, brutal beatings, the use of wooden planks to smash practitioners’ hands and fingers on a stool, forcing him/her to stand against the wall while others repeatedly kick his/her head, chest/breasts, legs and private parts. If the practitioner still refuses to be "transformed," then toilet use is restricted. He/she would not be allowed to go to the toilet for long periods of time. Practitioners would be forced to urinate in their clothing and suffer in agony.
  • Qingdao Judge Liu Lin Sentences Practitioner Couple Min Huirong and Sun Hong to Prison (Photo)

    On June 7th, 2006, Judge Liu Lin, in Licang District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, sentenced Falun Dafa practitioners Min Huirong and Sun Hong, husband and wife, to five years in prison. The sentence was groundless even under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unlawful codes, and was based on fabrications. The 610 Office and the police department in Qingdao City tortured the couple physically and psychologically continuously for four months to try to force them to "confess." Their family members hired local lawyers to help them, but the 610 Office directed the police not to let the lawyers meet with them. The justice department in Qingdao City also pressured the lawyers to stop helping the couple.
  • Three Disappearances in Beijing and Liaoning Province

    Zhang Zuobin, 56, was a practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. He disappeared in March 2002 and has been missing for over four years. When Mr. Zhang's family enquired about him at his workplace, they learned that three women and a man had come to see him at around 10:00 a.m. on the day of his disappearance and asked him to go with them. No one has seen or heard from him since. His family remains extremely worried about him.
  • Practitioner Ms. Wu Jinfeng Has Been Persecuted Many Times

    Practitioner Ms. Wu Jinfeng is from Shandong Province. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999, Wu Jinfeng went to Beijing to appeal to the central government to end the persecution and was arrested by the authorities. She was imprisoned in a detention centre for one month. Then, she was detained again in the Jinling Police Station for about two weeks. All of Wu Jinfeng’s money and personal belongings were confiscated when she was arrested. She suffered both physically and mentally during the entire course of detention. In the middle of September 2000, members of the Jinling Police Station locked Ms. Wu in small and dark cell, and the officers severely tortured her.
  • Ms. Gao Huifang Murdered by Longchang County Police in Sichuan Province; Witness Mr. Yu Ziming's Life is in Danger

    On the morning of June 29th, 2006, a Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Gao Huifang was arrested by the police from the Longchang County Police Station. On the same afternoon, she was killed. At present, Mr. Yu Ziming, a Falun Gong practitioner and the only one who knows the inside story of Ms. Gao’s death, is in danger of being killed himself. A few policemen from the Longchang County Police Station revealed that it is impossible for them to let Mr. Yu leave alive.
  • Ms. Liu Ruiqiu Arrested Again and Persecuted at the Jiangshuiquan Women’s Forced Labour Camp in Jinan, Shandong Province

    59-year-old Ms. Liu Ruiqiu has been imprisoned several times for speaking to people about the facts of Falun Dafa. While imprisoned in the Lixia District Police Station, she was cruelly tortured by the then police station chief, Zhang Guisheng. Zhang used an electric baton to shock her around her heart for as long as half an hour. She passed out and remained unconscious through the night after the electric baton shocks. She was released after being fined 5,000 yuan a few days later.
  • Ms. Chen Guihua, Mr. Zhou Yiqun and Mr. Tu Qiyao Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Sichuan Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Guihua from Chengdu City was arrested by Qingbaijiang District 610 Office agents and National Security agents because she told students, "Falun Dafa is good." During the arrest, her left arm was fractured. On the afternoon of June 21st, 2006, she was sentenced to four years in prison. Qingbai District Court charged Ms. Chen Guihua with "using [slanderous term omitted] to disrupt legal implementation."
  • Details About the Persecution of Fang Xiaoping from Sichuan Province

    Officials and officers from the local police station broke into Fang Xiaoping's home, smashing all the doors. Fang and his wife hid in the attic. The authorities smashed the door to the attic, forced their way in and dragged his wife downstairs. They handcuffed her to the table, and then they tried to arrest Fang, who had retreated to the roof of the building. Fang stayed on the roof of the building for more than ten hours. They eventually tricked him into coming down and arrested him. A lot of people witnessed what was happening and many said: "They are good people. Please release them. They have old parents and two kids. Don't arrest them." But the police simply wouldn't listen.
  • Chengdu Practitioner Yao Wu Missing for Over Six Years

    Practitioner Yao Wu from Fuqin District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong in September 1999 and has been missing since. His whereabouts are unclear, and it is suspected that he is in a forced labour camp.