Torture

  • Mr. Shi Yinchang Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Shi Yinchang was sentenced to two years of forced labour under the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution, which severely damaged his mind and body. He lost almost all of his eyesight in the Benxi City Labour Camp. He was released on medical parole yet Mr. Shi Yinchang was harassed multiple times and threatened by policemen and his employer. He died on April 30th, 2005, at the age of 57.
  • Non-Practitioner: The Cover-up of Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners in Daqing City (Photo)

    "While detained at the Daqing Longfeng Detention Centre, I heard a lot of stories from an inmate, who is now serving his time at Daqing Prison, about how the police were dealing in organs of Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners whose organs are to be removed are not shot dead. Instead, they are knocked out first and then taken into a vehicle standing by, where the still living victims are cut open for their organs. Sometimes victims were in such excruciating pain that they pleaded, "Hurry up. Please let me die first!""
  • Rescue Falun Gong Practitioner Song Zhezi, Who Suffers Persecution in Changsha Women's Prison

    Ms. Song Zhezi is 57-years-old. Because she persists in practising "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," she was secretly sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Wuling District Court in August 2004, and detained at Changsha Women's Prison in Hunan Province. The long-term persecution caused a mental collapse and seriously compromised her health. Her family went to visit her in February 2006, but was refused by the prison, which claimed that she did not obey the prison rules, so they cancelled her rights to be visited by family members.
  • Shanghai Practitioner Pan Jijun Sentenced to Seven Years

    After failing to convict practitioner Pan Jijun during his public trial in Court Room 2 of the Pudong District Court in Shanghai on March 3nd, the court secretly sentenced Pan Jijun to a seven-year term of imprisonment on March 10th, 2006. In his defence Pan Jijun recommended that the judges go find copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to read, so they could learn how the Chinese people have been cheated and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Hearing this, the judges became so alarmed that they tried to stop Pan Jijun from continuing.
  • Zhu Junxiu from Chengdu City Sentenced to Eight Years of Imprisonment

    Zhu Junxiu, former auditor of the National Tax Bureau of Qingyang District, Chengdu City, was arrested by police under false charges in October 2005. Since then, she has been imprisoned in the Detention Centre of the Chengdu City Public Security Department. Recently, Zhu Junxiu was unjustly sentenced to eight years of imprisonment by the Jinniu District Court. When the verdict was announced, Zhu Jiuxiu was already unable to walk normally and had to be carried into the courtroom.
  • Younger Brother Threatened and Persecuted for Defending Innocent Elder Sister

    Ms. Cui Luning is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Qingdao City. Her younger brother, Mr. Cui Luwen, was threatened by the authorities in Qingdao City because he advocated for a not guilty plea in the court case defending his sister. On February 21st, 2006, the Licang District Court held a court hearing designed to escalate the persecution of Ms. Cui Luning. Her younger brother, Cui Luwen, representing the defendant and her family, worked with an lawyer to plead for his sister's innocence. Before Mr. Cui could wind up his defence arguments, Liu Lin stepped in to stop Cui Luwen by saying that their time was up.
  • Practitioners Who Have Been Persecuted to Insanity at the Tianjin City Women's Labour Camp

    I would hereby like to share several cases of persecution that I witnessed with my own eyes, one such practitioner was: Ms. Guo Baohua, 60 years old, was persecuted to insanity at the Tianjin City Women's Labour Camp. I heard from the labour camp staff who supervised me that Guo was tortured by a gang of criminals under the instigation of the police. The criminals used needles to prick her body until there were no untouched spots at all. It was later reported that Guo was bailed out for medical treatment, but passed away a short time after.
  • Mr. Wang Jianguo, 30, Persecuted to Death at the No. 1 Detention Centre of Jilin City

    Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Wang Jianguo and his wife Ms. Zhao Qiumei were arrested by a group of policemen on March 2nd, 2006. Within one month and nine days, Mr. Wang Jianguo was persecuted to death at the No. 1 Detention Centre of Jilin City. His body is at the autopsy centre of Jilin City police station. Before his death, his wife was arrested again and taken to the No. 5 Division of Changchun Heizuizi Female Forced Labour Camp, where she is being persecuted.
  • Dafa Practitioner Yin Wenjun and Her Non-Practitioner Husband Brutally Tortured by Police in Liaoning Province

    On the evening of October 26th, 2005, Dafa practitioner Yin Wenjuan was arrested by officers from the Hongqi Police Station. Her non-practitioner husband Li Yuanjun was also taken away together with her. After a period of detention, Yin Wenjuan was released and she is currently remaining homeless to avoid further persecution. Her husband was tortured to the point where he cannot take care of himself. The Hongqi Police Station police still refuses to return the couple's personal belongings, IDs and confiscated money.
  • Suzhou Prison Guards Use Boiling Water to Burn and Cripple Hu WenKui

    In January 2005, the staff of the First Jail Area of the Suzhou Prison in Anhui Province brutally persecuted Mr. Hu WenKui, a Falun Dafa practitioner. He had burns on his body and on his feet. He is now permanently disabled. They tortured Mr. Hu Wenkui by kicking and punching him, and striking him with their elbows. They also shocked his genitals and other places with an electric baton for more than thirty minutes. They then used hot-water bags filled with boiling water to burn his left leg, causing deep, third degree burns, and the connective tissue around his bones died from the heat. His left leg is now crippled.
  • Three of Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Hao Fukui's Family Members Illegally Arrested and Sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    70-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Hao Fukui was detained at the Dalian City Development District Detention Centre. He was grossly abused under the persecution for nine months and was on the brink of death. On February 27th, 2006 Mr. Hao was taken to the No. 3 Dalian City Development District Hospital. His family members Hao Yuefeng, Liu Mingwei and Mu Chunmei went to the hospital to visit him on March 1st. They had an argument with the police about Mr. Hao's treatment. Following that, Hao Fukui was returned to the detention centre. The three family members were also detained at the district detention centre.
  • Older Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhou Yongliang Tortured to Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhou Yongliang was 51 years old. On April 28th, 2002, he was arrested from his home by policemen from the Songjiang Station, and sentenced to two years of forced labour. He was tortured with fire and deprived of sleep in the Xigemu Labour Camp in Jiamusi City. When he was released on April 28th, 2004, he was very pale, his legs felt numb and icy cold, and he had difficulty breathing. Police came to his home twice to harass him. They threatened him and asked if he still practised Falun Dafa. He became very tense, weaker and weaker, and died on January 6th, 2006.
  • Wang Jun is Missing, His Family Members Are Being Followed

    Dafa practitioner Wang Jun from Jiamusi City was arrested, and his whereabouts are unknown. Since the Sujiatun Concentration Camp was exposed internationally, his family is extremely worried about his plight. His parents, wife, and child went to the Jiamusi City Police Department to visit Chen Wanyou, a police official, and enquired about him. Since then, they have been followed. When Wang Jun's wife left the Police Department with her young daughter, she noticed a man following them from a distance.
  • Exposing the Criminal Conduct of Nanjing Police Station Officials in Jilin City

    After Nanjing Police Station agents arrested Jianguo Wang, they extorted a confession under torture, seriously injuring his face and arm. It is suspected that they broke his arm, or some other bone, otherwise they would not have gone to the hospital to obtain a fake certificate. In order to avoid responsibility for their criminal acts, an agent from the Nanjing Police Station went to the city's central hospital to obtain a false medical record for Jianguo Wang. The false medical record states: "Jianguo Wang damaged his face and arm when he jumped from a second floor window."
  • Six Falun Dafa Practitioners from Jilin, Shandong, Hebei, Heilongjiang Provinces Died from Persecution

    Ms. Wang Cuiying, 62 years old, went to Beijing in December 2001 to appeal and help explain the truth about Falun Dafa. She was subsequently arrested. On January 2nd, 2002 she was forcibly taken to the local police station and imprisoned in the Second Detention Centre. While she was there, she suffered persecution for seven months. During this period, she was taken to the Wanjia Labour Camp three times. Ms. Wang Cuiying suffered extensive abuse, both physically and mentally. She passed away on November 24th, 2005.