Torture
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Mr. Zhang Siyou and Ms. Zhang Meishan Died from Repeated Persecution
2005-09-11
Mr. Zhang Siyou and Ms. Zhang Meishan, both from Shouguang City, Shandong Province, suffered constant persecution ever since the Communist Party started its campaign against Falun Gong. Mr. Zhang died on August 9th 2001, and Ms. Zhange died on January 8th 2005. Mr. Zhang witnessed his daughter's arrest and saw her being brutally beaten, just for practising Falun Dafa. He became severely depressed and developed liver cancer. In the past few years, Ms. Zhang Meishan suffered intense mental pressure, and she died suddenly on January 8th 2005. -
67 Year Old Practitioner Chen Zhengheng Died Due to the Persecution
2005-09-10On June 27th 2005, police ransacked the home of Mr. Chen Zhengheng and his wife Ms. Huang Jinlian. They also arrested Ms. Huang and took her to the Police Department, claiming someone reported her to the police for Falun Gong activities. Although they did not find any evidence they still sent her to a detention centre. Mr. Chen was visiting his hometown at the time. After Mr. Chen returned from the trip, he was very upset and in deep grief upon finding that his wife had been arrested. His old illness recurred, and he was sent to hospital. A medical rescue failed, and he passed away on July 10th 2005. The officials did not release Ms. Huang until Mr. Chen was dying. -
An Account of the Inhuman Torture I Suffered at the Hands of Police in Dalian City
2005-09-10"The policemen lit nylon ropes and allowed the flaming plastic to drip on my arms. My hands and arms were covered with blisters due to the burning, and many scars were left after the blisters were gone. During the daytime, they ordered eight people to beat me. They asked me whether I would continue to practise Falun Gong. I would say yes, and they would slap my face with the sole of a shoe. Every inch of my body had been struck at some point. When the policemen saw that I was not afraid of death, and that they could never "transform" me, they gave up. On January 26th 2005, I finally went back home." -
The Persecution in Nanchang City: Chen Meili Loses Her Eyesight Due to Persecution
2005-09-10Practitioner Ms. Chen Meili is in her sixties. She is the chief physician at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical University. The Xihu District Court of Nanchang City sentenced her last year to 8 years in prison because she practises Falun Gong. Those responsible ignored the fact that Ms. Chen suffered from high blood pressure, and put her in the forced labour camp hospital. Now, due to the persecution, she has lost the sight in both of her eyes. -
Practitioner Ms. Zhao Huixiang from Liaoning Province, Died as a Result of Persecution in 2003
2005-09-10
Ms. Zhao Huixiang was a Falun Gong practitioner who suffered a mental collapse due to the tortures she experienced in detention. She would scream whenever someone knocked on the door. Her family sent her to a mental hospital yet treatment did not cure her. On March 31st 2003, when Zhao Huixiang was home alone, she jumped from the sixth floor. She died on the way to the hospital. -
Sixteen-year-old High School Student Sun Yanpei Held by Shandong Province "610 Office" for Over Two Weeks
2005-09-0916-year-old Ms. Sun Yanpei, a student from the No. 1 High School of Zhaoyuan City has been held by the "610 Office" for more than two weeks. She is currently being detained in an isolated building of the Nanling Southern Gold Mine in Taishang Village, Linglong Town. In order to conceal their illegal activities, the authorities have labelled the building as the "Legal Education and Training Centre," but it is actually a brainwashing centre where Falun Gong practitioners are persecuted. -
Nine-year-old Cao Xiaodong Lost His Grandmother Zhang Jinrong after His Father Was Tortured to Death
2005-09-09
Sixty-five-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Jinrong from Pulandian City, Dalian was persecuted for a long time for her belief in Falun Dafa, a practice which had made her live a fuller life. She was traumatised by the death of her son Cao Yuqiang in 2004 who was first tortured to disability whilst being illegally detained. Ms. Zhang Jinrong passed away on August 23rd 2005 leaving behind her husband and nine-year-old grandson. -
Practitioner Yu Yali's Life Hangs by a Thread - Her Mother Asks the World for Help
2005-09-09Ms. Yu Yali is on the brink of death! The former judicial representative of Xinhuo Surface Materials Technology Limited Company of Jinan City, Yu Yali was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on November 16th 2004, and is currently imprisoned in the Shandong Province Women's Prison. She has been forced into slave labour for her refusal to give up her belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," and is on a hunger strike to protest the inhumane persecution. Her weight has dropped from 132 pounds to 77 pounds . Her mother hopes that more righteous voices and media within China and overseas will sound their concern about Ms. Yu's persecution. -
I Was Tortured 26 Different Ways during My Two Years of Detention in the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City - Part 3
2005-09-09"When I was in the Strictly Controlled Team, Zeng Zhiping from Tongnan County asked me, "Oh! how did you come to look like this?" I said, "Zhang Liang sent me to a labour camp. Policemen and convicts in the Xishanping Labour Camp abused and brutalised me. My condition is proof." Zeng Zhiping looked surprised. When I was sent back to Tongnan County, Zeng said, "You stay here for several days, then you can go home." But I was delivered to a custodial centre and detained there. Liu Yong came to visit. When he saw me he said, "How come you look so old?" On the morning of March 5th I began a hunger strike. Vicious officers said, "As soon as you eat and write a guarantee statement, you can go home."" -
Twelve-Year-Old Girl Has No One to Care for Her Because Her Family is Persecuted for Practising Falun Gong
2005-09-0812-year-old Li Yujuan is now without anyone to care for her because her family practises Falun Gong. Her father and uncle have been sentenced to long prison terms. The authorities forced her mother to leave the family. Feeling sorrow and regret, her grandfather passed away. Yujuan's grandmother cannot even care of herself because she is nearly blind. -
Three Practitioners from Hebei, Henan and Liaoning Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-09-08Mr. Zhao Jinwang was 47 years old. He started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1994, and benefited from the practice very much. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa on April 25th and July 20th 1999. Afterwards he was constantly harassed by the Beijing 610 Office, and by the police. He was arrested and taken to a city brainwashing centre in August 1999, and released after 24 days. He was also detained one month in October 2000. Ever since then, the 610 Office and the police continued coming to his home to harass him, and attempt to force him to give up cultivation. This badly damaged his vitality and spirit. He became sick with cancer in 2004, and died in August 2005. -
Retired Mr. Li Zemin from Shandong Province Dies as a Result of Persecution
2005-09-0868-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Zemin was a retired employee of Anqiu City Light Industry Machinery Factory located in Shandong Province. Because he kept his faith in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," his employer mistreated and persecuted him. On many occasions officials from his workplace went to Mr. Li's home to harass him and his family, and to scare them into giving up cultivation. They had his son and daughter fired from their jobs at the factory, and forced them stay at home to watch their father every day, not allowing him to even step outside. Long-term persecution led both his mind and body to be severely damaged. Doctors discovered liver cancer in March 2004 and he died on August 9th 2004. -
Practitioner Jin Sheng from Daqing City Ruthlessly Tortured
2005-09-08Mr. Jin Sheng, from Daqing City, began practising Falun Dafa in May 2000. When the Jiang Zemin regime began its persecution of Falun Dafa, his faith in Falun Dafa never wavered. Near the end of 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa, and was arrested for exposing the truth of the persecution. In prison, because he refused to cooperate with unjust demands to give up practising Falun Dafa, he was brutally tortured by the police from Beijing, Zhaozhou, and Daqing City. For more than three years, Mr. Jin Sheng has suffered from all kinds of cruel tortures. As a result, his current health condition is poor and his life is in grave danger. -
The Details of How Daqing Prison Tortured Practitioner Mr. Yuan Qingjiang to Death
2005-09-07
Mr. Yuan Qingjiang was transferred to the Daqing Prison from the Harbin Prison in July 2004. When he arrived he was already injured from brutal tortures at Harbin Prison. Doctors diagnosed him with "dual lung hematogenous pulmonary tuberculosis." On July 23rd 2005, after enduring long-term hideous torture he continued to lose weight and his health deterioated daily, he was tortured to death. -
Grandma Shi Shengying Tortured to Death in Shenyang Prison
2005-09-07
Abandoned by her parents after she was born, Lu Tianjiao was cared for by her grandmother for more than ten years. Her 65-year-old grandmother will never return. Shi Shengying was tortured to death on August 25th 2005. At the cremation memorial, her family saw wounds on her neck, chest and in her rib area. When her family wanted to take pictures, the police quickly grabbed the camera and shouted, "We can't let you take pictures.
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