Torture

  • Witness to Persecution in the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province

    The new arrivals were be forced to stand in the janitor's room in the No. 2 subdivision for a whole day, regardless of their ages. They then were ordered to write the "Guarantee Statement". If anyone refused, she would have to stand, with limited toilet breaks or without permission for toilet time. Ms. Zhou Xiaohong was beaten by five on-duty criminal inmates. They prohibited Ms. Zhou from going to the toilet. As a result, she had to use her lunch box as a chamber pot, then carry the lunch box to the toilet to clean it up before using it to eat a meal again.
  • The Persecution I Suffered in the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin

    "When I entered the forced labour camp, it was as though I was entering an evil den full of monsters. For Falun Gong practitioners, there is a rule that new prisoners must suffer pain from the very beginning. The camp employed collaborators to talk to me. They came one after another. They also tried to force me to write the "Four-No" letter (no learning, no exercising, no speaking and no spreading of Falun Gong) and to recite the "Four-Rules" (posted on the wall) used to restrain prisoners. If you did not comply with their demands, they would deprive you of sleep, force you to stand for long periods of time, or force you to perform hard labour, sometimes until 1 or 2 a.m."
  • The Persecution of Dafa Practitioner Ms Zhang Xiaoping from Ningxia Province

    Dafa practitioner Zhang Xiaoping was sentenced to a forced labour camp for three years for handing out Falun Gong materials exposing the persecution in December 2000. In the labour camp, Zhang Xiaoping was deceived by the false pretence and lies, and was "transformed." In 2004, with the help of other practitioners, Zhang Xiaoping realised her mistake. She then helped other practitioners who were "transformed" under duress to return to the righteous path again. Because of this, the police see her as a thorn in the eye.
  • Violence and Brainwashing at the Shuanghe Labour Camp in Qiqihar City

    Shuanghe Labour Camp torture determined practitioners to make them give up their belief. They start by having collaborators attack the determined practitioners and instill them with mind-twisting theories against Dafa. They lock the practitioners to metal chairs, shock them with electric batons, force-feed them and forbid them to communicate with their families via letters or visits. Practitioner Wu Xiuru was tortured by guards and as a result, she was paralysed for 18 months.
  • The Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in Chengdu City

    When practitioner Ms. Huang Xiangling hung up a Falun Dafa banner, she was arrested by the police and sent to the detention centre and persecuted by officers from the Sanhe Police Station. They didn't let her sleep and forced her to wear shackles and handcuffs. Her legs became black from bruising and swelled to the width of her trousers from the beatings. Her hands were handcuffed to a stool. The handcuffs cut into her flesh. A month later the detention centre authorities signed a release card, but the Xindu District Mulan Town government and police station wouldn't let her leave and imprisoned her in the police station.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Guo Lirong in Critical Condition Resulting from Long-term Persecution

    Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on March 1st, 2006, soon after Ms. Guo Lirong had left her home, four policemen went to Ms. Guo's home, intending to arrest her. Unable to find her, the policemen then went to Ms. Guo's parents' home many times to harass them. A police car waited outside of Ms. Guo's home until after 9:00 p.m. Policemen also followed her sister. These events terrified her 80-year-old bedridden parents. Guo Lirong was then unlawfully detained and tortured, and is now in critical condition.
  • Missing Falun Gong Practitioners from Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei and Heilongjiang Provinces

    A female practitioner who lives next door to us did not tell her name. They detained her in the Tuanhe Labour Camp in Beijing for a year. A practitioner who went to Beijing with me was locked up in the detention centre. Because she later had high blood pressure and was about to die, she told her name and address and was taken home. She told me that there were still many practitioners who did not tell their names. We do not know their current circumstances, or if any of them have been transferred to the Sujiatun Concentration Camp and murdered.
  • Exposing the Gross Abuse of Women Falun Gong Practitioners at the Guangxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp, Part 3

    A practitioner remembers that Guangxi Women's Labour Camp is notorious for its rats. Inmates are afraid to stick their feet out at night, as the rats often bite people's toes. Many inmates' toes are injured as a result of rat bites. It is terrifying when you see rats jumping around along the bed frames, at times over your body, face, or head. A rat bit me during my first month there. At that time, I was forced to be in the study group, where I had to memorize the prison rules, do military training, watch brainwashing videos, write responses and do hard labour. I did not finish until 2 a.m.
  • Qinhuangdao Practitioner Mr. Hong Fei's Death After Being Arrested

    Mr. Hong had never thought that he would leave his parents forever after being arrested on March 7th, 2006. Police broke into Wu Wenjin's house and arrested two people inside. Because Mr. Hong was very weak, he was frightened and became physically incapacitated. However, the authorities still dragged him into the vehicle. On the way to the station they discovered that Mr. Hong was dying and could not be saved. They were afraid of being held responsible, so they threw him to the side of a road and used a quilt to cover him. Afterwards, Daonan Police Station officials lied and said that someone had reported his death.
  • Practitioner Ms. Cheng Chunmin Is Missing from the Shuanghe Forced Labour Camp in Qiqihar City

    Ms. Cheng Chunmin, 44 years old was sentenced to three years of forced labour. She was placed in solitary confinement and was forced to attend brainwash sessions. She had to do slave labour. The guards put her on an iron chair and tortured her. The solitary confinement cell was humid with no sunlight. In the winter, it was extremely cold. The heater was not working at all. The bedding had mould and smelled like someone had wet the bed. One could squeeze water out of the cushion. In the summer, it was hot and stuffy with no ventilation. Mosquitoes covered the wall and the floor. She had to use cold water to wash her clothes and take a bath, all in the same room.
  • Practitioner Mr. Liang Bosheng from Changchun Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Practitioner Mr. Liang Bosheng persisted in practising Falun Dafa and believed in "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance." He was sentenced twice to forced labour. The guards in the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp tortured him to the brink of death. They stripped him of his clothes in March when it was cold and used a high-pressure water hose on him. He passed out and froze stiff from the freezing water. He contracted a severe form of tuberculosis and died on March 20th, 2006. At least five practitioners died of the same illness after they were brutally tortured by the Chaoyanggou Camp guards.
  • Exposing the Gross Abuse of Women Falun Gong Practitioners at the Guangxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp, Part 2

    Guards ordered two inmates to monitor Ms. Huang Zhiqin. They forbid her to speak, laugh or use the toilet, unless special permission was given. Moreover, she had to perform slave labour for 16 hours daily. She was treated cruelly and became disabled. She could no longer walk because her legs were so badly swollen. One day during the roll call Ms. Huang Zhiqin stood next to a practitioner. The inmates who supervised her dragged her backwards. After Ms. Huang stood up and left an inmate ran after her and beat her up. Ms. Huang questioned her about who gave her the right to beat other people. Li Yong answered, "The government officials gave me the right to beat you."
  • Wang Shuohui and Liu Boyang, Mother and Son, Deeply Mourned

    At the end of October 2005, I read the news about a 30-year-old male Falun Dafa practitioner who was pushed by a police officer from the 6th floor of a building and fell to his death. He and his mother, Wang Shouhui, were on their way to another practitioner's home via separate routes. They were followed and abducted by police and then taken to the police station where they were cruelly tortured. Liu Boyang was persecuted to death that night. Less than two weeks later, Wang Shouhui was also persecuted to death, not even knowing that her son had already died. When I learned of their deaths, I cried. I knew both the mother and the son.
  • Three Practitioners from Hebei and Hubei Province Die as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Zhou Huirong, aged 36, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Hubei Province. Before she started practising Falun Dafa, she was very weak and suffered from many diseases. Once she began to practise Falun Dafa, she became very healthy and happy. After the persecution started, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in October 1999. Ms. Zhou was arrested and detained for a month. Then she was let go by her employer without being given any reason. In December 2003, twenty policemen and security staff, ransacked her apartment without cause. They took her to a brainwashing class, causing her severe physical trauma. Ms. Zhou passed away on January 31st, 2005.
  • "Make It Impossible for Those Who Are Detained to Come Out"

    The guard said, "We don't want to abuse Falun Gong practitioners. We know that Falun Gong practitioners are the nicest people, but the government heavily pressurised the prisons again and again, saying that we were too soft toward Falun Gong, saying that it's a class struggle between the Party and Falun Gong and that we must be ruthless toward you guys. You see, the foundation for the prison building is growing deeper and deeper, the new buildings are much better looking than the old ones, but the cruelty toward those held inside is getting worse and worse."