Torture
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Whereabouts of Practitioner Couple Remain Unknown
2006-06-24Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Huimin, 53, was arrested at the hospital where she had been caring for her sick father. During her detention, the authorities forced her to stand for long periods of time and allowed her almost no rest or sleep. In September 2005, after Ms. Li had completed her two-year sentence of forced labour, officials arrested her at her workplace. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Ms. Li's husband, Xu Qutian, was released after three years of forced labour in Guangzhou City. His whereabouts also remain unknown. -
My Body Weight Fell from 195 Pounds to 78 Pounds During Four and a Half Months of Torture
2006-06-24A woman who remained steadfast in her practice and beliefs endured a series of brutal tortures. Police tied her up and suspended her off the ground for three days. Doctors injected her with poison. Her body weight fell from 195 pounds to 78 pounds. Her non-practitioner husband was not spared either. The police poured boiling water on him during interrogation. -
Zhang Zhikui of Zhaoyuan City Recounts the Tortures He Experienced to the Investigation Committee
2006-06-23"I was sent to the Tiebei Detention Centre in Changchun. As soon as I entered the cell, the police told the prisoners, "Take good care of him for me." After that, three to four inmates pushed me to the ground and beat and kicked me. They then pulled off all my clothes and kicked me again towards the wall. I fell down to the ground and could not get up, but they continued kicking me. My arms and legs began to bleed. The cut on my thigh bled profusely. The detained practitioners were constantly monitored by the prisoners, and randomly beaten and cursed." -
The Weifang City Forced Labour Camp Used Drugs to Persecute Practitioner Mr. Jiang Guobo
2006-06-23On October 3rd, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang Guobo, who was destitute and homeless for more than three years, was followed and arrested and detained at the Hanting Detention Centre. He used the method of a hunger strike to protest this persecution. He was cuffed onto a cross position for 20 days and nights,causing him to faint many times. By November 2005, his life was in great danger, but rather than release him, they sentenced him to three years of forced labour again. He was forced to return to the Weifang City Forced Labour Camp where he had been brutally persecuted four years earlier. He was force-fed with food with added unknown drugs. The drugs can damage the nervous system, paralyse the excretory system, and damage other human organs. -
Practitioner Ms. Zhang Rongjie on Hunger Strike for More than One Week
2006-06-23We have recently learned that on May 11th, 2006, Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Rongjie was unjustly sentenced to twelve years in prison at the Xinshi District Court in Baoding City, Hebei Province. The charges are related to the incident where some Dafa practitioners tapped into the Tianjin TV network signal and broadcast videos exposing the persecution of Falun Dafa. Zhang Rongjie shouted, "Falun Dafa is good" every morning during her trial to protest the sentence and detention. The guards at Baoding City Detention Centre ordered the inmates to beat her until her face became swollen and she lost all feeling. Zhang Rongjie has protested with a hunger strike opposing the persecution. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhuang Gangxiang Brutally Persecuted and Taken to the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp
2006-06-23Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhuang Gangxiang was arrested on February 26th, 2006 and taken to a detention centre. He held a hunger strike to protest the persecution, was brutally force-fed and injected with unknown drugs. While in excruciating pain and beside himself, he swallowed the needle, yet the perpetrators sentenced him to 21 months of forced labour and sent him to the Changlinzi Labour Camp. His family has not seen him until now. -
Dead from Torture-Inflicted Wounds: Practitioner Hao Yingqiang from Jilin Province
2006-06-22Hao Yingqiang suffered torture several times in prison. He was the most severely tortured practitioner in Jilin Prison. He had to be carried wherever he went. The hospital said he could only live two more months. By April 30th, 2006, Hao was dying. Not wanting to take any responsibility, the prison released him. After taking him home, his family found there was a bone exposed in the big hole left on his lower back. He was in extreme pain. On June 8th, 2006, he passed away. -
Practitioner Li Miaoneng and Her Daughter from Henan Province Face Unjust Trial
2006-06-22The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) judicial system in Luoyang city, Henan province is attempting to hold a "trial" of Falun Dafa practitioner Li Miaoneng, who has already been tortured in a detention centre to the point of being unable to walk, and her daughter. At present, they are still being detained at Luoyang Detention Centre. She was tortured until she was unable to walk. After she went on a hunger strike to protest, she was ruthlessly beaten. -
The Miserable Experience of Three-Year-Old Tianxing
2006-06-22"My name is Tianxing Wang. I'm three years old. It's been a long time since I last saw mummy. They told me that my mummy left on "June 1st, Children's Day" and went to "a place which is far far away." I miss her very much. My daddy hasn't come to see me for a very long time either. When can they come to see me and play with me again? When I was still inside my mummy's womb, my mummy and daddy were forced to move here and there because they practised Falun Dafa. After a very long and painful time, I was born." -
Practitioner Mr. Chen Xun From Sichuan Province Taken to the Xinjin Brainwashing Class Right After His Release from Prison
2006-06-22On April 27th, 2001 police arrested Mr. Chen Xun at home and took him to the Qingbaijiang Detention Centre. He was later sentenced to five years in prison and sent to the Chengdu City Detention Centre Transit Station. He developed symptoms of severe liver and abdominal flukes. Chen Xun was later sent to the Sichuan Yaan Prison where he was brutally tortured. Chen Xun's five-year sentence expired in May 2006, but he was not released. Instead, the 610 Office agents took Chen Xun to the Xinjin Brainwashing Class. -
Lawless Officials Hide Gao Rongrong's Body; Her Parents Cannot Commemorate their Daughter at First Anniversary of Her Murder
2006-06-21Following the murder of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Rongrong from Shenyang City, her family appealed to various government agencies. Her murderers have not yet been brought to justice. Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials hid Gao Rongrong's body and said that officials from the Shenyang City Judicial Bureau must be present when her parents view the body. In the end, her elderly parents did not get to see the body and could not commemorate their beloved daughter on the one-year anniversary of her death. -
Mr. Liu Yongwang in Critical Condition After More Than 15 Days on Hunger Strike to Protest Unjust Prison Sentence
2006-06-21"On October 13th, 2002, police carried me into a room where they used to torture determined Dafa practitioners. They shocked me with electric batons and hit me with rubber clubs and coerced me to attack Dafa and "reform" [renounce Dafa]. I told them, "It's against the law to beat people." They hog-tied me and then whipped my face with rubber clubs and leather belts and they knocked out one of my front teeth. They shocked the top of my head, the inside of my thighs and other sensitive body parts with electric batons until the smell of charred flesh permeated the room. They tortured me for three days. I went on hunger strike on the first day of the three-day torture. After the three-day torture, they tied me spread-eagle in a metal bed 24 hours a day for 21 days." -
Mr. Zhou Jiangang's Spine Broken by Brutal Prison Beating
2006-06-21On March 10th, 2006, during a meeting in Qinduankou Prison in which Falun Gong was being criticised, detained Falun Dafa practitioners, Mr. Feng Zhen and Mr. Zhou Jiangang shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" in an attempt to stop the persecution. Guard Qin directed other prisoners to brutally beat Mr. Feng Zhen and Mr. Zhou Jiangang, and afterwards locked them in solitary confinement. Mr. Zhou Jiangang was tortured to the brink of death. He was sent to hospital and diagnosed with a broken spine. Mr. Zhou Jiangang can only talk now after more than a month of treatment. -
Chongqing City Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Quanliang Framed by Police During Torture Session
2006-06-21Chongqing City Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Quanliang was abducted by police in December 2005. He was hung up and beaten for six days and nights and was detained in Li Ziba Detention Centre, Chongqing City. Police used mind-altering drugs to make Mr. Zhang talk about his work to expose the persecution. Then police used this as evidence to sue him for further persecution. The police submitted a legal document against Mr. Zhang to Yuzhong District Court, trying to put him in jail. -
Details Surrounding the Persecution Death of Tan Pingyun from Weifang City
2006-06-20On November 8th, 2005, more than twenty personnel from the "610 Office" barged into the residence of Tan Pingyun. They ransacked her house and confiscated her belongings. She was taken to the brainwashing centre and later to a forced labour camp. In the afternoon on May 18th, 2006, her family members received a phone call from Wangcun Labour Camp, informing them that Tan Pingyun was in critical condition. The vicious police told her family members, "Tan Pingyun drank detergent when she was cleaning the toilet earlier that morning. At 7 p.m. that night, her heart stopped beating. The family members did not agree and suspected foul play with regard to the cause of death.