Torture

• Ms. Wang Xiaomei Sent to Forced Labour Camp for Attempting to Rescue Her Brother

  2012-08-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Xiaodong's younger sister Ms. Wang Xiaomei was sentenced to Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp for one year for attempting to rescue him. Officials from the public security bureau and Procuratorate in Botou City have also brought charges against Mr. Wang Xiaodong. Mr. Wang's family and friends have hired a lawyer from Beijing to represent him, and are determined to fight against the unjust persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Mr. Bai Shijun Died Five Years Ago from Torture at Tailai Prison in Heilongjiang Province

  2012-08-21
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bai Shijun from Daxinganling, Heilongjiang Province was sentenced to four years in prison. He suffered tortures at the Tailai Prison which resulted in heart disease, renal atrophy and pulmonary inflammation, and his life was in danger. The prison phoned his family on April 24th, 2006 to inform them that he was in critical condition. However, the prison used all kinds of excuses to disallow his release for medical treatment. He was not released until December 2006. Mr. Bai died on April 23rd, 2007 at the age of 55.
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• Trying to Rescue Their Unjustly Imprisoned Husbands, Wives Are Pressured by Their Employers to Divorce Them Instead

  2012-08-21
  Ms. Zhou Xiuzhen and Ms. Li Lemei from Tangshan City, Hebei Province, are married Falun Gong practitioners. Their husbands have been arrested, their homes ransacked, and their personal belongings confiscated. Instead of helping, when the two ladies hired lawyers to defend their husbands, their employers tried to interfere and attempted to force them to “sever their relationships” with their husbands.
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• A Description of the Solitary Confinement Room at Gansu Province Women's Prison

  2012-08-21
  Falun Gong practitioners at Gansu Women's Prison are tortured in a small solitary confinement room. There is nothing inside the room except a wooden board in the middle of room, measuring 10cm wide, 1.5m long, and 10cm high. One end has an iron ring for handcuffs. This is called the Tiger Bench. The inside room has a window but no glass. It is covered with iron wire and heavy black curtains, making the room very dark. It is extremely cold in the winter and extremely hot in summer. Someone detained in the inside room is usually forced to sit on the Tiger Bench with both hands cuffed to the iron ring. The skin around the prisoner's wrists will be abraded through within several days. The prisoners are allowed to leave the room to use the toilet and or eat, but otherwise are forced to sit on the Tiger Bench all day long with their legs bent. It is excruciatingly painful.
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• Eight Falun Gong Practitioners Tried at Dongning County Court in Heilongjiang Province

  2012-08-21
  A trial hearing was held at Dongning County Court in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province on June 27th, 2012 for eight Falun Gong practitioners. Five lawyers appeared in court to defend the practitioners and pleaded not guilty. The court has yet to announce the verdict. On the night of January 9th, the practitioners were arrested and taken to the Dongning Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Ma Zhichai Dies in Police Custody under Suspicious Circumstances

  2012-08-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Zhichai, 42, died in police custody on August 1st, 2012. Her body is being held at the Jiyuan City Funeral Home, but her family have not been allowed to view the body. Funeral home personnel have said that it is not allowed to see her body without the permission from the director of the police department. Ms. Ma had been in the intensive care unit after her health deteriorated in detention, but she was beginning to recover. Her sudden death, and the police department's refusal to allow the family to view the body have raised serious concerns about the cause of Ms. Ma's death.
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• 70-Year-Old Man from Rongcheng City, Shandoing Province Defends Himself in Court - Judge Left Speechless

  2012-08-17
  Mr. Ning Shijiang, a 70-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested and has been detained for more than five months. The Rongcheng City Court authorities were instigated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials to hold a hearing on July 25th without notifying Mr. Ning's family or allowing anyone to attend the hearing. The courthouse was filled with criminal police from the entire county, and plainclothes police were everywhere in the plaza where the city government is located. This was to ensure no one tried to interfere with the hearing.
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• Sixty-Nine-Year-Old Practitioner Ms. Zhang Guilian from Dalian City Dies One Month After Arrest

  2012-08-17
  Sixty-nine-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guilian was taking a shower at home on July 6th, 2012 when the police broke in. They arrested her and took her to a detention centre. Ms. Zhang Guilian was detained for 17 days before she developed symptoms of a stroke. Her life was in danger. To avoid responsibility for her possible death, the detention centre officers sent her home. Ms. Zhang passed away on August 5th, only 29 days after she was arrested.
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• Details Regarding the Persecution and Death of 66-Year-Old Mr. Zhao Shenxing from Wu'an

  2012-08-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Shenxing was sent to a forced labour camp three times. Guards shocked Mr. Zhao with electric batons and beat him with rubber batons for a very long time. They tortured him without restraint. Mr. Zhao suffered a mental breakdown as a result of torture at the Handan City Forced Labour Camp. He passed away on November 20th, 2011, at the age of 66.
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• Ms. Wu Lijun's Personal Account of being Injected with Psychotropic Drugs in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

  2012-08-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Lijun was sentenced to nine years in prison in early January 2002. She was tied up and taken to Heilongjiang Women's Prison, where, because she had scabies, she was isolated in a small cell. In the small cells, the prison guards injected practitioners with psychotropic drugs, causing them great physical discomfort. To keep others in the prison from hearing the practitioners' screams, the guards turned on the loud speaker.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in the Second Division of Inner Mongolia Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2012-08-17
  Practitioner Ms. Wang Jiangbin refused to be “transformed” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] in Inner Mongolia Women's Forced Labour Camp, thus in mid-January in 2012 the guards instigated inmate Duan Lihui to monitor her. When Ms. Wang did not obey, Duan Lihui brutally beat her, scolded her, and slapped her face. Once, Duan grabbed Ms. Wang's neck and did not let go until she was almost choked to death. Another time, Duan took Ms. Wang to the toilet and poured ice-cold water over her, drenching her from her head to her toes. In the past several months, Ms. Wang has been beaten and scolded by Duan and has been suffering greatly mentally.
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• Seventy-year-old Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Fan Guotian Arrested and Brutally Beaten

  2012-08-17
  On July 24th, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fan Guotian, in her seventies rode her bike to the Baibu village market to distribute materials introducing Falun Gong and exposing the 13-year persecution of the practice. She was stopped by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and the police arrested her. While Ms. Fan resisted, the two policemen, with Zhao and Rang, pushed, pulled, and forced her into the police vehicle. They pulled her so roughly that Ms. Fan's right leg was injured. At this writing, her right leg is still in pain and she cannot walk properly. At the police station police interrogated her as to where her materials came from. Ms. Fan refused to tell them. The policeman slapped Ms. Fan on the face and brutally beat her.
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• Cadres and Workers in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province Forced to Sign Guarantees Not to Support Falun Gong

  2012-08-17
  Mr. Zhong Dingbang, a manager of a technology company in Xinzhu, Taiwan, flew to Nankang, Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province to visit his two half brothers on June 15th, 2012. He was planning to return to Taiwan on the evening of June 18th, but was arrested by officials at Ganzhou Airport. He was told that he was to "assist with investigating Falun Gong" and was then told to tell his family in Taiwan that he would be released after one day. Mr. Zhong's family still has no information on his whereabouts. Shortly after this news was reported, Chinese Communist Party officials forced local cadres and workers in Ganzhou to sign a guarantee that they and their family members would not pass on information about or support Falun Gong in any way.
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• Mr. Deng Jiangang Dies from Abuse in Wumaping Prison

  2012-08-14
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Deng Jiangang, from Pengshan County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, was sentenced in 2008 to five years in prison. He was abused in the Wumaping Prison and was in critical condition. He was recently released. He died on July 18th in excruciating pain only one month after his release. He suffered many symptoms, including symptoms of being poisoned.
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• Ms. Wang Guanrong Tortured to Death in 2009 in Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province

  2012-08-14
  Ms. Wang Guanrong was from Shuangyashan City in Heilongjiang Province. The communist regime sentenced her to 12 years of imprisonment in September 2003 and held her in a detention centre. Officials tortured her for more than 50 hours, including depriving her of food and water, having her maintain the “flying an airplane” position, cuffing her hands behind her back, stomping on her feet, kicking her in the knees, etc. Ms. Wang died at a local hospital in April 2009. She was 53 years old.
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