Torture

• Remembering Fellow Practitioners Ms. Shi Shengying and Ms. Ren Shujie

  2005-10-11
  On August 25th 2005, Ms. Shi Shengying was tortured to death in the Shenyang Women's Prison in Liaoning Province. On September 4th 2005, I again heard the news of Ms. Ren Shujie's death as a result of torture. I recalled my short acquaintance with them. I now dedicate this article to these two practitioners, Shi Shengying and Ren Shujie. Ms. Ren Shujie radiated a righteous field around her. Ms. Shi Shengying was frequently tortured until she fainted. It is my regret that I can no longer see Shi Shengying.
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• Daqing Prison Prohibits Falun Dafa Practitioners from Leaving the Prison Building

  2005-10-10
  In Daqing Prison, practitioners are deprived of their basic freedom. Prisoners monitor them around the clock. The Daqing Prison prohibits Falun Dafa practitioners from leaving the prison building to get fresh air outside. Practitioners Mr. Zhang Zidong, Mr. Li Huifeng, and Mr. Wang Yudong left the prison building, resulting in the prison guards beating them severely. Mr. Zhang was tortured into partial paralysis, his lower back was injured. As a result, he can no longer stand and take care of himself. Mr. Zhang has been in the hospital since August 31st.
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• Update on Falun Dafa Practitioners from Helongjiang Province Suffering from Persecution

  2005-10-10
  The following is an update on the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners from Fuyu County in Heilongjiang Province. Ms. Zeng Fenglian was tortured so severely that she can no longer walk. Mr. Xu Guoxiang was arrested when looking for work out of town. Without him, his wife and son are living a difficult life. Ms. Lu Guizheng has been persecuted. She and her family's whereabouts have been unknown for nearly three years. Mr. Zhai Yuzhu was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.
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• The Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in Hebei Province

  2005-10-10
  The police closely follow the persecution policies against Falun Gong initiated by former leader Jiang Zemin and his regime. They illegally search Falun Gong practitioners' homes, brutally beat them, and subject them to all manner of painful tortures including burning practitioners with cigarettes, nailing bamboo spikes into practitioners' fingernails, and beating them with electric batons. In the authorities' efforts to try and "reform" Falun Gong practitioners, practitioners are severely tortured both physically and mentally. Some have been forced to leave home to avoid persecution.
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• Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in a Military Enterprise in Anshun City

  2005-10-10
  At the Fenglei Air Force Equipment Manufacturing Factory in Anshun City, Guizhou Province, where I work, the authorities have closely followed former president Jiang Zemin's regime to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. From 2001 to 2004, six practitioners from our factory were arrested because they told the facts about Falun Gong and two died from illnesses that arose as a result of a long and severe persecution.
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• September 2005: Deaths of an Additional 44 Falun Gong Practitioners Confirmed (Photo)

  2005-10-09
  The deaths of another 44 Falun Gong practitioners have been verified in September 2005. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Jiang'Zemin's group launched the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th 1999, to date 2,742 Falun Gong practitioners have died, most as a result of torture. 58-year-old Mr. Jia Junxi was beaten to death around August 29th. The police threatened his family, "Nothing will happen, even if you sue us in Beijing"
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• Exposing the Dark Side of the Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2005-10-09
  We are the family of Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Guifu. We are writing this appeal letter in a state of grave concern because we cannot accept that she is at this moment being tormented in a Chinese government facility because of her firm belief in Falun Gong and her unwillingness to be "transformed" and thereby manipulated to deceive other people. When we saw her, Liu was as thin as a stick, and we could hardly recognise her. She used to weight around 154 pounds and now she looked less than 110 pounds. Her hair had turned grey.
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• Frenzied Arrests of Dafa Practitioners Took Place in Qingdao City Just Before the October 1st National Day

  2005-10-09
  The Qingdao Police started an intensive manhunt of Falun Gong practitioners on September 26th 2005, in anticipation of the upcoming National Day on October 1st. Ms. Cui Weirui, from the Shibei District and approximately 56 years old, was arrested from her home in the early morning hours of September 20th 2005. The police also ransacked her home. She is now imprisoned and being forced to attend a brainwashing class in Qingdao City.
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• Dadong District Court of Shenyang City Put a Good Person in Jail

  2005-10-09
  On the morning of September 20th 2005, Falun Dafa practitioners Mrs. Wang Jinping and Bai Min were on trial in Dadong District Court of Shenyang City, and were sentenced to eight and four years of prison respectively, for "disturbing social order and endangering national security." During the trial process, there was no defence lawyer and no chance for them to defend themselves. The verdict was pushed through as if it was part of a mechanised process.
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• Government Officials in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province Arrest at Least 16 Falun Gong Practitioners

  2005-10-08
  On September 23rd 2005, a large number of Daqing City policemen were sent to arrest many Dafa practitioners. At least 16 practitioners from the city were arrested. It started about five a.m. The Head of the Daqing Development Zone Police Sub-bureau led 7 to 8 policemen to break into the house of elderly Dafa practitioner Ms. Gao Guifen. The policemen cut her telephone line and disconnected her mobile phone to cut off all communication to the outside. They ransacked her house and confiscated her personal property. At about 10 a.m. the policemen took Ms. Gao Guifen, who is nearly 70 years old, to criminal detention.
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• Facts about the Recent Persecution of Dafa Practitioners at Dalian Forced Labour Camp

  2005-10-08
  Falun Gong practitioners' work units start work at 6 a.m. and work for more than ten hours a day in the forced labour camp. Practitioner Liu Jilian, though very weak, was forced to collect scrap, but was not allowed to rest. He was forced to perform the work one-handed, because the other hand was disabled. The guards treat practitioners as the main production force and get bonuses if production is high. As practitioners are released, the number of people working is reduced, but the work quota is not reduced. If the quotas are not met, the deputy captain puts pressure on the guards.
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• Five Falun Dafa Practitioners from Heilongjiang Province Arrested and Unjustly Sentenced to Prison for Telling the Facts of Falun Dafa

  2005-10-08
  Five practitioners from Jixi City were sentenced to prison for telling people the truth about Falun Dafa and exposing the persecution. It is known that Ms. Pan Xihua and others have been transferred to the Heilongjiang Women's Prison. Pan Xihua said: " I was sentenced to five years in prison for practising Falun Gong. I witnessed the police from the Mashan District and the Didao District Police Sub-bureaus use torture to extort confessions from people."
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• Practitioners Ms. Wang Caiqin and Ms. Cao Airong from Gansu Province Unjustly Sentenced to Prison

  2005-10-08
  44-year-old Ms. Wang Caiqin was arrested and detained several times for practising Falun Gong. In October 2004, more than 20 officers climbed the walls and got into a house to arrest practitioners. A police officer grabbed a manure shovel and brutally beat practitioners with it. The entire courtyard was enveloped with dust due to the severe beating. The beating caused a large tear in the back of Ms. Wang Caiqin's jacket. At the police station police kicked at Ms. Wang's face until her face became frighteningly swollen and covered with nicks and cuts, because she refused to betray any fellow practitioner. Her body was also full of injuries and bruises. The court sentenced Ms Wang to four years in prison.
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• 43-Year-Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lu Lihua from Harbin City Tortured to Death

  2005-10-07
  On the morning of September 23rd 2005, Harbin City police launched a massive hunt for practitioners. On the same day, practitioner Ms. Lu Lihua was arrested and sent to the No. 2 Detention Centre of Harbin City, where she was tortured. At around 7:20 p.m. on October 2nd 2005, Ms. Lu passed away on her way to a hospital. According to insiders, there were many purple bruises on Ms. Lu's face, her chest, and her back.
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• Recent Large Scale Abduction of Dafa Practitioners in Liaoning Province

  2005-10-07
  Between the afternoon of August 23rd 2005 and the morning of August 24th 2005, the Public Security Bureau along with other departments, illegally arrested eleven Falun Gong practitioners. In this arrest operation, policemen brutally assaulted Falun Gong practitioners with punches and kicks, and many policemen forcibly threw practitioners onto their cars without showing any credentials. Moreover, they broke into and ransacked practitioners' housing, confiscating their possessions for themselves, and even took the money that some practitioners carried on themselves and put it in their own pockets. No forms, paper work, or lawful procedures were carried out.
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