Torture

• Four Dafa Practitioners in Hubei, Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province Died Due to Persecution

  2005-06-23
  Mr. Hu Guoyan was a 72-year-old Dafa practitioner from Hubei Province. He had suffered persecution at the hands of the Communist Party in the past, yet after starting to practise Falun Dafa he became a joyful and light-hearted man. When the persecution started in July 1999, local officials often came to their door to harass, threaten and intimidate his family. Mr. Hu suffered under the enormous psychological pressure. His daughter was imprisoned, and suffered persecution through brainwashing. His mind and body began to degenerate rapidly, and he passed away in July 2001.
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• Ten Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioners Who Passed Away Due to the Persecution

  2005-06-23
  63 year old practitioner Ms. Ma Yunhua was from a village near Tianjin City. She started practising Falun Gong in 1998 and benefited a lot from it both physically and mentally. She was in good health. After the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began, Ms. Ma went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was unlawfully arrested and detained three times, and her home was illegally searched. Ms. Ma suffered severe physical and psychological torment and passed away in May 2004.
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• Urgent Call to Help Zhang Sanquan, Who is Near Death from Torture at the Baoding Forced Labour Camp

  2005-06-23
  Mr. Zhang Sanquan went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in September 2004. The police subjected him to a torture instrument called "star over sky," which is a helmet-shaped instrument with nails inside. The abusers put it on Mr. Zhang's head, and he lost consciousness. When he awoke the next day, his head was covered with blood and had many holes caused by the nails. Later, the wounds festered and ulcerated. Later he was sentenced to three years of forced labour. In the forced labour camp, his health condition went from bad to worse. Recently he couldn't eat anything. Because he was so weak, his family members went to the camp to ask for his medical parole, which the camp authorities have refused to grant.
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• Ms. Yue Qiuyu Was 7-Months Pregnant When She Was Forced to Have an Abortion at Forced Labour Camp, Her Current Whereabouts Are Unknown

  2005-06-23
  Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yue Qiuyu was detained in Wulapo Forced Labour Camp in 2000, where the authorities forcefully aborted her 7-month unborn child. Ms. Yue suffered immense mental shock as a result. Additionally, the guards physically tortured her to an extreme extent. After serving her sentence, Yue Qiuyu returned home, but the wicked perpetrators still harassed and persecuted her. She was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. Now, no one knows her whereabouts.
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• Mr. Li Heng from Hebei Province Died After Being Paralysed Three Years

  2005-06-22
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Heng was forced to leave his home to avoid being arrested by the police. However, he was later arrested in Beijing City, sentenced to three years of forced labour, and then a further year of forced labour. He suffered a stroke while he was incarcerated in the Baoding Forced Labour Camp and died on June 12, 2005 after three years of paralysis.
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• Practitioner Mr. Wang Wensheng from Heilongjiang Province Dies from Injuries Due to Torture in 2000

  2005-06-22
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Wensheng went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. He was beaten severely for more than 24 hours from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. the next day. His entire body was covered with bruises, his face looked deformed and his jaw was dislocated. He was then released after paying five thousand yuan extortion money. But the torture had its effect on his mind and body, and the damage was too severe. Mr. Wang died in April 2000.
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• Six Falun Dafa Practitioners From Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Hebei Provinces Who Died Due to Persecution

  2005-06-22
  49 year old Mr. Li Jingang started to practise Falun Gong in April 1996 and experienced a dramatic improvement in his body and mind. After the authorities started to persecute Falun Gong, Li Jingang persisted in practising. He went to Beijing in June 2000 to appeal for Falun Gong, but as a result was imprisoned for two months. In November 2001 he was again arrested by the local police and imprisoned for one month. The two prison times and resultant tortures enormously harmed his health. His body showed signs of serious illnesses, with the symptoms persisting for a long time. He passed away on January 4, 2005.
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• A Young Practitioner Describes the Persecution His Family Experienced

  2005-06-22
  In 2003, the local officer in charge of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners ordered the police to locate all the sites producing leaflets exposing the persecution. In the middle of the night, the police barged into my grandparents' house, ransacked their belongings, and found a lot of leaflets. They took my grandparents away and locked them up in the forced labour camp for four months. Later they were released, but the police monitored them and would come into the house to check on them whenever they felt like it.Last month in a neighbouring city, one fellow practitioner was not careful enough and was arrested by the police. He told them about the practice site at our house. The police took away all the equipment and arrested my uncle. To date, we have had no news of him. To avoid being persecuted, my grandparents left town and did not return home.
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• Ms. Gao Rongrong Tortured to Death

  2005-06-21
  37 year old Ms. Gao Rongrong suffered seven hours of brutal electric shocking that left her face blackened and disfigured. Photos of her pitiable condition were published on the internet. She was arrested again and tortured to the point of skin and bones. Gao Rongrong died on June 16th 2005.
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• Practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan Drowned by Five Inmates under Orders from the Prison Guards at Daqing Prison

  2005-06-21
  On June 7, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan from Daqing City died as a result of fatal abuse in Daqing Prison. Inmates had previous to his death physically tortured him for seven days by forcing him to stand, beating and verbally abusing him, depriving him of sleep, dousing him with cold water, and tying him up with ropes, as well as other cruel methods. It has been confirmed that prison guards ordered five inmates to drown him, pushing him into a pool and holding his head under the water. As they were pushing Xu Jishan into a pool, many inmates in the cells heard him yell "Help!", but noone rescued him and he died.
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• Brainwashing Methods used in Shiliping Forced Labour Camp: Beating, Torture, and Psychotropic Drugs

  2005-06-21
  Police officers in the Shiliping Forced Labour Camp, Zhejiang Province persecute detained Falun Gong practitioners using various torture methods, including injecting them with psychotropic drugs. The labour camp seeks to brainwash each newly arrived practitioner. The tactics they use are solitary confinement, beatings and drug injections. The police set the standard for determining that a practitioner has been "transformed" when there is a visible mental collapse. If a practitioner isn't affected mentally, the police would not consider the practitioner to be transformed.
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• Fourteen Practitioners in Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan, Jilin, Sichuan, and Gansu Provinces Died as a Result of Persecution

  2005-06-21
  Ms. Wang Yajie was in her 50s. She was from Jilin Province. After July 20, 1999, she went to the provincial government to appeal on behalf of Falun Dafa. In September 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal but was detained and persecuted in the local detention centre. In June of 2001, she was detained again but managed to walk out of the detention centre with dignity after a hunger strike. The local police often harassed her at home and threatened to arrest her. She was forced to leave her home and live an extremely poor life. She died on May 31, 2005.
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• More Facts about the Persecution and Death of 76 Year Old Mr. Yang Shaoyun from Sichuan Province

  2005-06-20
  Mr. Yang Shaoyun was a 76 year old Falun Dafa practitioner. After he learned Falun Dafa in 1998, his prior illnesses were eliminated, and he looked much younger. He firmly cultivated Falun Dafa even after July 20, 1999, when the horrific persecution started and massive arrests were underway. His home was ransacked, his books were stolen from him, and Mr. Yang was more than once abducted and sent to brainwashing classes, where he was brutally tortured and finally released when he was near death. He died in October 2004.
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• Practitioners Beaten and Forced to Give Blood in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

  2005-06-20
  Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison guards gathered six practitioners then let loose several prisoners, who suddenly dragged out these six practitioners. One prisoner threw a 51 year old practitioner to the ground, dragged her to the office by her hair, kicked and beat her, stomped on her belly, and then attempted to draw blood from her arms and legs. This lady had high blood pressure. They tried eight times but could not get any blood from her veins and in the end gave up.
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• Ms. Jiang Hong from Hubei Province Was Arrested for the Seventh Time

  2005-06-20
  On April 25, 2005 Gongan County policemen broke into the home of Falun Dafa practitioner Jiang Hong and confiscated her personal property. They took her to the county detention centre to be persecuted. It has been reported that because of practising Falun Dafa and telling the truth of the persecution to the public, Jiang Hong has already been arrested and imprisoned seven times.
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