Torture

  • Persecution-Related Deaths of Twenty-four More Practitioners Verified in February (Photos)

    Civil channels in February 2006 have verified the torture deaths of twenty-four Falun Gong practitioners from Mainland China. Since the Chinese Communist Regime under former dictator Jiang Zemin's directions began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, a total of 2,838 practitioners have been verified to have been tortured to death. Among these 24 death cases, eight of them took place in February alone. The victims' ages ranged from 35 to 64. Eleven of the 24 practitioners (46%) were women.
  • Practitioner Ms. Li Ping Brutally Tortured at Tianjin Women's Labour Camp

    Due to the non-stop arrests, imprisonment and torture, 32-year-old Ms Li Ping was severely devastated both physically and psychologically. A once young, healthy woman with a promising future, Ms. Li has been reduced to a weak and mentally disoriented person. Because she shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," Ms. Li was put in a confinement cell, where she was deprived of sleep. She was not allowed to go to the dining hall to have meals, nor was she allowed water to drink. She could not get in touch with anybody, except the people who monitored her around the clock. She could not send letters to her family.
  • Family Members of Falun Dafa Practitioners Persecuted at Baimalong Labour Camp Appeal to the International Community

    We had previously exposed the atrocities at the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp on September 1st, 2005. The labour camp received many phone calls and faxes sent from overseas to condemn their crimes. The atrocities did not stop, however, but escalated. The labour camp authorities and the CCP agents launched a frenzied retaliation against the people who signed the public letter. Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Yunlan was tortured until she had a mental breakdown, after which her family took her home. In November 2005, the CCP agents hit and killed her with a car in order to destroy evidence of their crimes.
  • Even the Guards Call Guangdong Sanshui Women's Labour Camp a "Hell on Earth"

    Guangdong Sanshui Women's Labour Camp is a place that even the guards call a "hell on earth." The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has the guards adopt all kinds of horrible and vicious methods, such as instigating criminals to abuse Dafa practitioners, not allowing sleep or toilet visits, and forcing practitioners to squat for unbearably long periods of time.
  • The Persecution that Practitioner Mr. Li Huimin from Hebei Province, Endured before His Death

    Mr. Li Huimin had suffered five years of physical and mental torture. He also underwent intensive brainwashing and slave labour for his refusal to give up the practice of Falun Gong. All three members of his family were arrested. When his home was ransacked, they found a written indictment against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the CCP< and a letter to Jizhou City officials exposing the persecution. They thought his daughter had written it, so they tortured her. This long-term pressure eventually took a toll on Mr. Li's health. He developed high blood pressure and became very weak and depressed upon his release in 2005. He died on the morning of February 5th, 2006.
  • Reenactment of Torture Methods at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp - Part 6 (Photos)

    A practitioner who has been on a hunger strike for a long time has his arms and legs cuffed to the four corners of a metal bed. The guards insert one end of a rubber tube into the practitioner's nose and down his throat to his stomach. The guards push corn porridge and rotten vegetable soup from the other end of the tube into the practitioner's stomach.
  • The CCP Central Committee Secretly Sends Officials to Sujiatun

    After the Sujiatun Concentration Camp was exposed on the Internet, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee secretly sent people to Sujiatun on the evening of March 13th, 2006. They held meetings with the District Head of the local government, the police department, the Procuratorate, the Department of Justice, the District Court, and the Public Health Bureau to make plans to deal with the repercussions.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Ma Qinghai Force-fed Concentrated Saline Solution at Chifeng Prison

    On October 31st, 2005, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ma Qinghai was unlawfully sentenced to nine years in prison, where he has been brutally tortured. He has been on a hunger strike lasting 130 days in order to protest the persecution. A guard ordered about seven inmates to force-feed Mr. Ma through a contaminated rubber tube. The inmates inserted and pulled out the tube a dozen times until blood gushed from Ma Qinghai's nose and mouth and he lost consciousness. Due to the unbearable pain, Ma Qinghai bit the tube in half and part of the tube is now lodged inside his throat, obstructing his breathing.
  • Three More Practitioners in Xinjiang, Shandong and Heilongjiang Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Zhou Shimin was a teacher in Shandong Province. After he started practising Falun Dafa in 1994, his heart problem, high blood pressure, and other illnesses all disappeared without a trace. After the persecution began, he kept explaining the truth of Falun Dafa with his own experience to the public. As a result, he was constantly harassed and once detained and forced to go through brainwashing, causing great damage to his mind and body. He passed away on June 8th, 2003, at the age of 65.
  • Reenactment of Torture Methods at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp - Part 5

    Guards and an inmate yanked practitioner Ms. Zou Guirong's hair and forced her to stand on the floor while they took turns shocking her. The guards laughed hysterically as they shocked her, saying, "This is fun! [She is] funnier than a monkey in the zoo." Ms. Li Suyun was shocked on the chest with eight electric batons, each capable of releasing 300,000 volts. Smoke rose from her body and the smell of roasted flesh could be detected outside the building.
  • Elderly Dafa Practitioner Mr Zheng Dinghe from Guizhou Province Persecuted to Death

    In September 2005, 64-year-old Zheng Dinghe went to visit his daughter and was arrested. On December 4th, he was taken back home by the 610 Office. Without any legal procedure, he was thrown into a detention centre the same day. On February 18th, 2006, the police sent him to hospital for emergency treatment, without notifying his family. The second day Zheng Dinghe's son received a notice that his father had died in the hospital that morning. When Zheng's family rushed to the hospital, they saw that his ears, mouth and nose were stuffed with cotton. His body had shrunk in size. He was only skin and bones. His hands clenched tightly. His right toes were opaque and rotten to the point that bones could be seen.
  • Detailed Information about Wang Tiesong's Torture Death at the Yanbian Forced Labour Camp in 2001

    Agents for the Communist regime arrested Wang Tiesong in October 2000 and tortured him to death at the Yanbian Forced Labour Camp in 2001. Wang Tiesong was a 32-year-old young man whom the guards murdered by savagely beating him for three hours. Wang Tiesong died for his firm belief, just because he insisted on living his life according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, to be a good person. His elderly parents have lost their son.
  • Seven Practitioners from Hebei, Liaoning, and Jilin Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    Practitioner Ms. Wang Zhiqiang, 40, lived in Liaoning Province. She went to Beijing twice to appeal and was arrested many times. Her home was ransacked multiple times. She was held in custody centres, detention centres, brainwashing classes and forced labour camps, where she was savagely tortured. She broke free and lived a homeless life. Due to the hardships of going from place to place she died on December 11th, 2005.
  • Three Falun Dafa Practitioners Die Due to Persecution

    Practitioner Ms. Yao Fuqin was 59 years old, and had severe heart disease before cultivating Falun Dafa, and took lots of medicine. Since beginning Falun Dafa practice in 1994, she had not taken any medicine and her heart disease disappeared. She rode her bike to spread Falun Dafa everywhere, telling people how miraculously her sicknesses disappeared. In 2000, she was detained in Tangshan City First Detention Centre for nine months, and it severely injured her, both mentally and physically. After she returned home, the district Education Bureau, 610 Office and police sent many people to harass her at home. They threatened her and subjected her to huge mental pressures. She died on October 30th, 2005.
  • What I Know about the Persecution at the No. 2 Women's Camp in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    In April 2005, Ms. Cong Aidong became mentally disordered after the guards savagely force-fed her. She accidentally swallowed two metal clips, which caused excruciating pain. She was sent to the hospital a few times but her condition didn't improve after nearly 1,000 yuan was spent on medical examinations. The labour camp authorities hid the truth and prevented her from receiving medical further treatment. She lived in agony. Zhang Lei handcuffed Ms. Cong to the radiator pipe for more than 10 hours, during which time she was not allowed to use the toilet.