Torture

  • Urgent Appeal on Behalf of Ten Practitioners Who Have Been Arrested for Rescuing Ms. Gao Rongrong

    Ms. Ma Lianxiao, a 59-year-old employee of the Liaoning Province Construction Academy of Science, benefited physically and mentally from practising Falun Gong. She was arrested in July 2003 and sentenced to eight years in prison. She was released only when she was close to death due to torture. After being subjected to torture several times, she was severely injured. She often felt lightheaded, her entire body trembled, and she could not walk steadily. In March, she was again arrested and taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. Shortly afterwards it was discovered that she was no longer in Masanjia. When concerned people made inquiries, Masanjia authorities told them, "She was sent home already." Everyone looked for her everywhere, but no one could not locate her. Ms. Ma Lianxiao's whereabouts remain unknown.
  • Practitioner Zheng Lin from Jilin Province Has Died as a Result of Torture at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp

    58 years old Mr. Zheng Lin was sentenced two years of forced labour "re-education." He was jailed in Changchun City's Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp. Zheng was severely tortured in the forced labour camp. Even when he was very weak, the policemen still forced him to work. Because Zheng refused to write the so-called "five statements", the authorities refused to release him when the sentence was over. Because his body was so severely injured, the hospital was unable to rescue him, though many treatments were applied. Zheng Lin passed away on April 4, 2005.
  • Seven Practitioners from Hebei, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, and Liaoning Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Liu Qingrui, who is in her 60s, began practising Falun Gong in 1996 and benefited physically and mentally from the practice. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she was harassed many times by Public Security Bureau and the 610 Office. In September 2000, the Haixing County Public Security Bureau detained her without legal process for two weeks and extorted several thousand yuan from her because she appealed for Dafa. For the past several years, the Haixing County Public Security Bureau and 610 Office have used a number of methods to prevent her from practising Falun Dafa, including intimidation, surveillance and levying fines. Liu Qingrui died on April 8, 2005.
  • Over Twenty Policemen Break into a Practitioner's Home and Injure All Six Family Members

    At around 8:20 p.m. on June 9, 2005, over twenty people from the Public Security Bureau arrived in three police vans to Shi Sanchun's home. Wearing plain clothes and with police batons in hand, they broke into his home. Seven to eight police officers cornered Shi Sanchun and beat him. Shi shouted, "Why you are you arresting me?" Shi Sanchun was suffocating. His face became pale and he could not speak. His hands were twisted behind his back. The police ruthlessly kicked him. He was only wearing shorts at the time. He sustained injuries and was bleeding all over. At that point a group of vicious thugs still forcefully dragged him into their van. All five of his family members were injured during the arrest.
  • The Murder of Gao Rongrong

    Gao Rongrong is known to many as the innocent woman whose face was disfigured with electric batons by the Chinese police simply because she persisted in her belief. She may have died in silence, but now an increasing number of people who are learning about her death are becoming interested in Falun Gong and concerned about the genocidal persecution in China.
  • Additional Information about How Ms. Gao Rongrong Was Tortured to Death

    Ms Gao Rongrong was arrested near the United States Consulate on March 6th 2005. After her death, several officials visited Ms. Gao's home and coerced the family into having her body cremated immediately. Once her body was at the funeral home, her family members were strongly discouraged from paying their respects.
  • Demonstration of Some of the Torture Methods Used at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Li had been jailed in Masanjia for 6 months and she was tortured almost every day. After half a year in Masanjia, her weight fell from over 50 Kg to only about 20 plus Kg. Seeing that she was dying, the Labour Camp released her. One of the tortures she endured was called "Kick Face": Guards order criminal inmates to kick the practitioner in her face.
  • Mr. Fu Xingli Arrested, His Life Is in Danger

    Dafa practitioner Mr. Fu Xingli, about 40 years old was subjected to persecution by the authorities in 2001 because he exposed the persecution about Falun Gong to other people. He was forced to become homeless to avoid further persecution. He was recently arrested and has reportedly fallen from the third floor of a building, causing severe injuries. His face was badly mutilated, he has a bleeding lung, and his life is in danger. He is currently in hospital.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Lin Deming Dies after Prolonged Persecution

    Mr. Lin Deming, a 53 year old doctor was kind-hearted. He suffered from many diseases, and he even had his spleen surgically removed. Less than one month after he started practising Falun Dafa, the diseases that had tortured him for many years all vanished and his health naturally returned. In 2000, Mr. Lin Deming peacefully appealed for Falun Gong in Beijing with his six other family members. From then on he suffered terrible persecution. After several years of torture in a forced labour camp, Mr. Lin Deming became debilitated, losing the use of his left eye. Under the stress of prolonged harassment and persecution, Mr. Lin Deming passed away on June 9, 2005.
  • More Information on the Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Jin Zunyi from Jiangxi Province

    Jin Zunyi, a Falun Dafa practitioner died from persecution. When he went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong on September 25, 1999, he was arrested and detained in a detention centre in Beijing. In October 1999, under orders from their superiors, the Public Security Bureau and an officer from the local police station accompanied Mr. Jin's family to Beijing to identify his body. The police officer in Beijing told the family, "During a train ride, your son jumped to his death." They were also warned not to talk about it with other people. Mr. Jin's father, a simple farmer, lost his son and didn't know how and where he could appeal for justice.
  • Practitioner Ms. Wen Fenhua from Guangdong Province Severely Tortured (Photos)

    On May 30, 2005, Dafa practitioner Ms. Wen Fenhua was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre, where she was tortured. Following the torture, Fenhua needed help to eat and go to the toilet. She needed help to turn herself, and her eyes were closed the whole time. When others called her name, she could only respond with a feeble hum. In addition, there were many bruises on her legs, and some wounds were still exuding sero-sanguineous fluid. More ominously, in many places on the wrists and on the back of her hands, there were needle marks, some with extravasated blood. On analysis, it was very likely that she was injected with drugs.
  • Young Practitioner: The Police Broke into My Home and Robbed My Family

    "On May 28, 2005, a group of policemen broke into my home. My mother is a hairdresser and runs her business out of our home. Without showing any legal procedures or documents, the police ransacked our place, searching every corner including the insides of our shoes. In one of my mother's boots, they found 5,000 yuan. My mother works hard and has saved every penny for my school tuition. However, the police took our money without giving us a receipt or going through any legal procedures. What the police did seriously hurt me, a child."
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Jiabin Dies from Toxic Drug Injections

    On August 18, 2004, the local authorities arrested Mr. Li Jiabin and sent him to the Shuangliu Detention Centre, where he was tortured for 4 months. Then they sent him to the No. 1 People's Hospital and tortured him. They injected him with drugs and beat him for half a month. As a result, Mr. Li's mental clarity was shattered and his entire body became swollen. He died on May 26, 2005.
  • Upon Witnessing the Illegal Arrest of her Daughter, Mother, 80, Passed Away in a State of Extreme Fear

    An elderly lady in her eighties passed away in a state of extreme fear after witnessing the illegal arrest of her daughter, Ms. He Rongtao. The group of thugs broke in to her home twice. The first time they forcibly removed her daughter and the second, they searched her home. He's mother was extremely scared and fell ill. Not long after, her mother heard that a Falun Dafa practitioner in the village had been tortured to death during detention. This news terrified her even worse. On January 11, 2001, she passed away.
  • Henan Province Practitioner Severely Tortured for Displaying the Word "Compassion"

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ku bought a set of New Year scrolls and posted them on the gate of his house for the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year's Day) of 2005. Since they contained the word "compassion," the local police beat him so viciously that he had difficulty speaking. Ku was then sentenced to two years of forced labour and is still being detained in a forced labour camp, where he is often beaten by prisoners with support from the guards. He is on the verge of death.