Torture
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610 Office Bans Missing-Persons Ads to Cover Up the Rape Case in Hebei Province
2006-01-10
Certain "610 Offices" in Hebei Province recently ordered local news agencies to prohibit the publication or broadcast of missing-persons ads looking for police rape victims, Ms. Han Yuzhi and Ms. Liu Jizhi. People find it strange and wonder why someone would want to ban small ads. As a result, more people are paying attention to the truth of the matter. -
Practitioner Mr. Yang Xiaojie Paralysed from Torture - Beijiao Prison Authorities in Shijiazhuang City Deny Family Visit
2006-01-10Dafa practitioner Mr. Yang Xiaojie is being held in a prison in Shijiazhuang City. He is paralysed from torture and cannot take care of himself. In 2003, prison brainwashing centre head ordered inmates to beat and kick Yang Xiaojie, which resulted in two of his teeth being knocked out. He went on a hunger strike and was viciously force-fed. The prison authorities did not grant any medical treatment and do not allow family visits. His anguished parents strongly urge the prison authorities to release Yang Xiaojie on medical parole. -
Practitioner Blinded Due to a Beating; the Perpetrators Remain at Large
2006-01-10Ms. Zhai Shuzhen is 46 years old. Since the nationwide crackdown against Falun Gong began in 1999, she has been persecuted in all kinds of ways for practising Falun Gong. She was brutally beaten into unconsciousness and her ribs were broken. The authorities also extorted money from her. Now she has lost her eyesight and is unable to take care of herself. -
Changchun Tiebei Prison Staff Brutally Torture Practitioner to the Edge of Death
2006-01-10Falun Gong practitioner Liu Zhaojian had been locked up in a small cell in Jilin Prison for more than a year. The staff severely tortured him, and he lost weight until he was less than 90 pounds (40 kg). He was emaciated and hunchbacked. In 2005, they transferred Liu Zhaojian to Changchun Tiebei Prison, where he has been continuously persecuted. Liu Zhaojian has steadfastly refused to cooperate with his captors. Unfortunately, he developed symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis and liver disease, and his condition worsened day by day. The 610 Office agents at Tiebei Prison were afraid of being held responsible if he died, so they unconditionally released him -
Police Supervisor Passes Away Due to Persecution in "Legal System Education Class"
2006-01-09
Ms. Bao Liqun was a Falun Dafa practitioner and a mid-level police supervisor. On May 17th 2005, she was arrested when exposing the persecution and taken to the so-called "Guizhou Province Legal System Education Class", where she suffered forced brainwashing. In detention, Ms. Bao developed symptoms of severe sickness. When she was released, her situation worsened. Bao Liqun passed away on August 20th 2005. -
Dafa Practitioners Ms Ye Jingsu and Ms Zhao Hongxia from Inner Mongolia Persecuted to Death
2006-01-09Two ladies, one a retired accountant and the other a teacher regained complete health after they began to practise Falun Dafa. However, both exposed the persecution and were arrested detained and suffered severe long-term persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As a result their illnesses returned and they both died; one in August 2005 and one in November. -
Six Practitioners Die from Persecution in Hebei, Xinjiang, and Shanghai
2006-01-0969-year-old Mr. Li Xiaojing suffered from physical and mental persecution ever since former president Jiang Zemin's regime launched the suppression of Falun Gong. In May 2000, Chinese authorities imprisoned Mr. Li several times and extorted tens of thousands of yuan from him. Mr. Li's home was searched a dozen times and he was imprisoned for more than a month. The persecution has also harmed Li Xiaojing's children. Mr. Li was forced into homelessness in 2001 to avoid further persecution. He died on September 5th, 2005. -
The Tianjin Iron Plant Colludes with Police to Persecute Dafa Practitioners
2006-01-09The Tianjin Iron Plant has continuously harassed and persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners in various ways. Their persecution tactics include offering heavy financial incentives for those who persecute practitioners, illegal tracking of practitioners, eavesdropping, camera monitoring, and other surveillance. As a result, many practitioners were unjustly detained or sentenced. The police in She County once threw female practitioners into male prison cells for 20 days. In addition, they once arrested four practitioners, and among them, one female practitioner has become paralysed due to torture and still lies motionless in the hospital today. -
Detained Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Pei Shuhua's Life in Danger
2006-01-08On November 4th, 2005, Falun Dafa practitioner was arrested while telling people, who had been misled by the government propaganda, the facts about Falun Dafa and exposing the persecution. She has been on a hunger strike ever since to protest, and her life is now in danger. She is being held in the Changchun City Police Hospital. Her life is sustained by intravenous injection. We have learned that the police department notified her employer, the Shuangyang District Hospital in Changchun City, but her employer refused to be involved, saying that they were "too busy." -
The Brutal Persecution of Practitioners in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp
2006-01-08Most of the detained practitioners are forced to prepare toothpicks and small sticks for food products. The young people are ordered to finish 25 boxes. Every box weighs 2.76 to 3.3 pounds. Elderly people are ordered to finish 15 to 20 boxes. They are supposed to work from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., but usually are forced to work until 10 or 11 p.m., sometimes even midnight. If anyone doesn't finish the work, he has to bring the unfinished work back in the cell. As punishment, the person has to do more work in addition to his unfinished work. Some people have to work until 3:30 a.m. -
How the Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp Persecute Elderly Ms. Wang Guoying
2006-01-08Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Guoying is in her 60s. Since being imprisoned in the Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp in October 2005, she has been constantly suffering brutal persecution and is locked up as a so-called "strictly monitored target" on the 3rd floor of the labour camp. Her current condition is very urgent. -
Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Second Women's Section of the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2006-01-08The guards in the Second Women's Section force-fed those Falun Gong practitioners who protested by going on a hunger strike. For example, Ms. Zhu Yun was force-fed for thirteen months and finally, she could not control her bowels after the force feedings. Ms. Wang Manli's eyesight was blurry because of being force fed for six months through inserted tubes. But the guards did not lighten their persecution. Ms. Dong Jingya was force-fed three times per day and infused with five bottles of IV solution, which caused her face to swell up. The guards also tied some Falun Gong practitioners onto beds and force-fed them. They had to lie on the beds and get help from others when they relieved themselves. -
Women's Prison in Liaoning Province Continues to Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners
2006-01-07Practitioner Ms. Wang Lanzhi, is about 49 years old. Her name is well known to all the prison guards and the few hundred inmates inside the prison; everyone knows her story. At present, Ms. Wang is in an extremely dangerous condition. Ms. Wang was sworn at or beaten every day since she arrived at the prison. The tortures have caused serious damage to her brain; she reacts very slowly and the expression in her eyes is dull. One time she jumped from a building after a day's work and nearly died from the injuries. -
The Persecution Methods Used at a Forced Labour Camp in Jiangxi Province
2006-01-07Officials at Majialong use inhuman torture methods to force practitioners to renounce Falun Dafa, such as "Stick to the Wall," in which the arms and legs of a practitioner are forced apart as much as possible, then the practitioner is forced to face a wall with his or her whole body pressed to it, until the practitioner chokes and falls. Another torture method is called "Bent at the Waist With Head Touching the Wall," in which a practitioner is forced to stand about half a metre from a wall and bend 90 degrees at the waist. The cap of an ink bottle is placed between the practitioner's head and the wall. Those in charge closely monitor the practitioner and prohibit any movement. -
Information about Two Practitioners Who Died from Persecution
2006-01-07Mr. Sun Daye, 41 years old, practised Falun Dafa together with his wife. After the persecution began this couple went to Beijing twice in order to appeal for Dafa. Mr. Sun was detained and persecuted in the police station, the 610 Office, the brainwashing centre, and the detention centre many times. His home was illegally searched, and he was badly beaten, threatened, fined, and otherwise disturbed. He was greatly hurt both spiritually and physically. On June 29th, 2003, he died from a recurrence of his former disease.
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