Torture

• Five Practitioners in Jilin, Guangdong, and Hebei Provinces and Chongqing City Died Under Persecution

  2005-08-08
  Ms. Zhou Cuihua was 60 years old and a practitioner in Hebei Province. After she began to practise Falun Dafa in 1998, all her sicknesses disappeared. She went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Dafa in 2000 and was twice arrested and taken back for detention in the township government office. Ms. Zhou was beaten in the government office and had 5,000 five thousand yuan extorted from her. She was then harassed repeatedly after her release. Ms. Zhou Cuihua died on January 8th 2004.
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• United Nations: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health [Excerpt]

  2005-08-07
  On 15 July 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women regarding Geng Juying and Su Yanhua. On 25th May 2002, Ms. Geng, a Falun Gong practitioner, was allegedly taken to the Mengzhou police station. She was pregnant at the time. It was alleged that the police officers forcibly gave her an injection to induce an abortion so she could be sent to the Shibalihe Labour Camp.
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• An Eyewitness Account of the Torture that Led to the Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Bai Xiuhua in 2002

  2005-08-07
  "The police officer handcuffed her left arm to the bed, pressed down her right arm and instructed a medical doctor to administer an intravenous drip and then force-fed her at the same time. While the force-feeding was in progress, I saw the food administered through her nose spew out of her mouth. The police officer incessantly slapped her cheeks, yelled at her, and tormented her. After this torture she was barely breathing so they called a medical doctor for a physical examination. The doctor said, "Ms. Bai's lung has been filled with water for some time." The hospital personnel knew that she was dying and that the police officer had brought her there to persecute her further. We were in the prison cell together for seven days. I was released after seven days, and she died three days later from the persecution."
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• Stop the Brutal Persecution and Murder of Practitioners in Daqing Prison

  2005-08-07
  No. 7 Jail Block of Daqing Prison political instructor guard Zhang Dezhi commanded the prisoners to torture practitioner Xu Jishan to death. The prison guards are now occupied in covering up the murder and trying to pass his death off as natural causes. At a prison meeting on June 10th, they also threatened all the prisoners in all the jail blocks not to discuss the matter with anyone from the outside. Anyone who did so would lose the chance of a reduced prison term and would also be detained in solitary confinement. Consequently, no prisoners dared to speak the truth to anyone on the outside.
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• Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xihong of Jinzhou City Paraplegic Due to Persecution in 2002

  2005-08-07
  For her firm belief in Falun Gong, Ms. Zhang Xihong of Jinzhou City was persecuted by the police in 2002. Whilst escaping from the police when they were trying to unjustly arrest her, she had a bad fall and now suffers severe paraplegia. Her personal life, mental state, and physical condition, as well as her family life, have been drastically impacted and damaged. Unable to bear the mental and economic pressure, her husband left her. Now Ms. Zhang is without any income and barely survives. She depends on help from her parents, relatives and close friends.
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• Another Female Falun Dafa Practitioner Tortured to Death in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City

  2005-08-06
  Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Ji Fengqin was brutally tortured at the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. On the afternoon of July 27th 2005, when Ms. Ji Fengqin was picked up by her family at the Harbin City Armed Police Hospital, she was so thin that she looked like a skeleton. She was unconscious and dying. The rescue effort failed, and Ms. Ji Fengqin died on July 30th 2005 only three days after being released to her family. We have confirmed at least 24 torture-related deaths at the Wanjia Labour Camp.
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• Memorial Service Held for Murdered Ms Zhao Chunying in Jixi City, with Police Stationed Everywhere

  2005-08-06
  Because Zhao told people about the goodness of Falun Dafa, she was arrested and sent to Jixi City Second Detention Centre on April 27th 2003. On May 10th 2003, her family was informed about her death. When they went to see the body, they saw that it was covered with bruises and wounds. At the memorial service, the public security bureau stationed a large number of plainclothes policemen inside and around the funeral home. Several minutes after the service began, even before some of the relatives and friends had entered the hall, the plainclothes policemen hastily took Zhao Chunying's body away to be cremated causing great distress to Zhao's family.
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• Fifteen Falun Dafa Practitioners Have Been Persecuted to Death in Hainan, Hunan, Hubei and Other Provinces

  2005-08-06
  Ms. Fang Qiaoying, 34 years old, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Hainan Province. In May 2001, while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, Ms Qiaoying was arrested by the authorities. While at Qiongshan Detention Centre, Ms. Fang was tortured until she was emaciated, lost all her hair, and had two holes appear on her lung. Only then was she was released, almost on her last gasp of breath when she got home. After a little while, when her body just began to recover, the authorities came to harass and threaten Ms. Fang again. Ms. Fang Qiaoying passed away in 2004 as a result of the persecution.
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• Additional List of the Main Persons Responsible for the Death of Gao Rongrong

  2005-08-06
  The director of Judicial Department of Liaoning Province Yu Fengsheng was ordered directly by Luo Gan, the Director of the 610 Office to form a "Special Case Group" at the Xiaobailou Brainwashing Class of Zhangshi Reform Camp of Shenyang City after Gao Rongrong escaped for the first time. The group focused on re-arresting Gao Rongrong and the other Falun Gong practitioners who rescued Gao Rongrong.
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• Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Jiang Liying Persecuted to Death in Hunan Province in 2002

  2005-08-05
  Ms Jiang Liying was a practitioner from Changsha City, Hunan Province. She was tortured to the point of near death in Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp. Due to the intense and terrifying brainwashing at the Labour Camp, Ms. Jiang's blood pressure was as high as 280. Her heart was in extremely poor condition, and she was dying. Labour camp officials were afraid she would die, so they sent her back home on a conditional release and continued to monitor her closely. They also frequently harassed and threatened Ms. Jiang, causing tremendous damage to her body and mind. Ms. Jiang died in September 2002.
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• Mr. Gao Deyong Tortured to Death at Fuyu Forced Labour Camp in 2004

  2005-08-05
  Fifty-five-year-old Mr. Gao Deyong was tortured by the prison guards from Fuyu Forced Labour Camp, with methods such as the "big hang up," and beat him on his temples with electric batons. They beat and cursed at him, and made him stand for 17 to 18 hours. However, he remained determined not to give in, so the prison guards increased their brutality and rendered him unconscious. He was released for treatment and passed away in 2004.
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• Eleven Elderly Practitioners Had Their Lives Cut Short Due to Persecution for Their Falun Gong Beliefs

  2005-08-05
  Ms. Wang Mingying was a 73-year-old housewife who lived in Shandong Province. Before she learned Falun Gong, she suffered from several illnesses. After she started practising Falun Gong, her illnesses vanished, she regained her health and her hair turned black again. After July 20th 1999, when the persecution started, she was inhumanely harassed and threatened and was forced to stop practising Falun Gong. Her old illnesses recurred. At the end of 2000, within a month after their recurrence, she died.
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• Older Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Jiang Meilan of Hunan Province Holds Hunger Strike to Protest Persecution in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp

  2005-08-05
  Dafa practitioner Ms Jiang Meilan, nearly 60 years old, was arrested on March 24th 2005, and sentenced to one year in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp, were she has been tortured. She has been on a hunger strike to protest, but was force-fed and given intravenous solutions. She is now very weak and her life is in danger. The staff of the 610 Office said that they would not release her unless she died in the labour camp.
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• Inhuman Torture At the Guizhou Province Women's Labour Camp; Ms. Zhang Yan Died After Brutal Force-Feeding in 2003

  2005-08-04
  Prison staff at the Guizhou Province Women's Labour Camp have committed countless crimes against humanity. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Guihong was severely tortured and suffered a mental breakdown. Ms. Zhang Yan was tortured over an extended period, and her body was completely emaciated. She was unable to walk and had to be carried to the treatment room to be force-fed. One day near the end of August 2003, she was again taken to the treatment room, restrained, and died immediately after being force-fed. Another practitioner Ms. Zhou was tortured almost to death and then died soon after being taken home.
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• Mr. Fu Xinli in Critical Condition, Monitored by 610 Office Agents Around the Clock

  2005-08-04
  On June 16th 2005, the Gestapo-like 610 Office arrested Mr. Fu Xinli and brutally tortured him on the 5th floor of the Zhaoyuan City Police Station. After being tortured he fell from the 5th floor. The fall injured his head, fractured his shoulders and lumbar vertebra and his spleen was also torn. He is now in critical condition.
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