Torture

• More Than Fifty Falun Dafa Practitioners from Liaoning Province Arrested on the Same Day; Mr. Gai Chunlin Dies in Police Custody

  2005-05-15
  On April 14, 2005, Fushun City police department sent fifty police vehicles to various villages to arrest practitioners, with their sirens blaring. Police surrounded each practitioner's home before arresting them, frightening the local folks. On May 6, 2005, police notified the family of one of the arrested practitioners, Mr. Gai Chunlin, that he had died.
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• Ms. Gan Yulan and Mr. Guo Shijun Died as a Result of Torture

  2005-05-15
  Ms. Gan Yulan was 35 years old and was arrested by policemen while posting Falun Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution. She was sent to Nanning City Women Forced Labour Camp where she endured numerous tortures, which severely damaged her mental and physical health. She became very ill with severe pulmonary disease and was and sent back home in June 2002. Agents from the local 610 office continued to harass and threaten her at her home, and then sent her back to the Labour Camp in July 2002. Her condition worsened, and she was sent home because she was dying. She passed away on September 15, 2003.
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• Authorities at the Jilin Province Women's Prison Escalate Persecution of Dafa Practitioners

  2005-05-15
  According to reliable sources, since the 2005 New Year, the authorities at the Women's Prison of Jilin Province have been isolating all the imprisoned Falun Dafa practitioners from one another and severely persecuting them mentally and physically. This round of escalated persecution is even more brutal, concealed, and deceptive than before. It has also lasted much longer. The authorities prohibit the practitioners from any contact with the outside world in order to hide their crimes.
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• Retired Teacher Zhao Yong from Inner Mongolia Dies in Prison

  2005-05-14
  Mr. Zhao Yong was a 63 year old retired teacher who had been detained numerous times because he practised Falun Dafa. He was sentenced to a three-year prison term in the Hohhot City Second Prison. During his confinement in the prison, he was repeatedly mistreated, severely weakening both his physical and mental state. His liver disease reoccurred. However, the prison administration refused him medical parole, and he died in April 2005.
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• Remembering Practitioner Mr. Liu Yucai, Who Died as a Result of Persecution

  2005-05-14
  Mr. Liu Yucai was over 50 years old and was detained for two years in the Tumuji Forced Labour Camp for speaking out for Falun Dafa. In order to force Mr. Liu to give up his belief, the police did not allow him to sleep. He was determined to resist the persecution. The police verbally abused him and refused to let him sleep for several days. As a result, his blood pressure rose, and he felt very cold and was in great pain. He had to be released early from the labour camp. To avoid constant police harassment he left home. However, on January 16, 2004, he died.
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• Persecution against Family Members of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2005-05-14
  After October 2000 my mother and sister were arrested and detained several times for practising Falun Gong. In 2001 my mother was detained for the second time in a forced labour camp. After that, she was on the verge of death several times. The labour camp again ordered me to pay money and also to turn in my sister in exchange for my mother. How terrible their words were! My sister had just been recovering from her brush with death, and my mother's life was in extreme danger. How could I choose between them? The experience was terribly painful.
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• Seven Falun Gong Practitioners from Sichuan Province Passed Away Due to the Persecution

  2005-05-14
  In December 2000 Ms. Xu Qing was arrested on her way to appeal in Beijing. She was then detained at a detention centre, where she was subjected to maltreatment and lost consciousness. Her family was called to take her home. She recovered after an emergency treatment, but became mentally confused and broke down. Her family was deeply misled by the CCP's propaganda and had misunderstandings toward Falun Gong. They did not allow her to practise and refused to allow other practitioners to talk with her. Xu Qing passed away on April 16, 2005.
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• Beijing Tiantanghe Women's Forced Labor Camp Viciously Persecutes Dafa Practitioners and Hides the Truth from Reporters

  2005-05-13
  The team leader of the Third Unit in Tiantanghe Women's Forced Labor Camp orders drug addicts to watch the steadfast practitioners in the unit and to assist in their ongoing torture. Many practitioners are locked in a small room and forced to stand or hold their arms in the air for long periods of time. They are also deprived of sleep and toilet privileges. The drug addicts force practitioners into absurd positions, making them cram their heads under a small stool. Sometimes practitioners are also forced to stand naked outdoors on winter nights.
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• The Persecution of Dafa Practitioner Ms Li Ying at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2005-05-13
  Ms. Li Ying was incarcerated in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. Before her release she wrote a letter to her parents, which said, "While writing this letter I shiver with fear recalling the past three years in prison. I want to tell all my relatives and family about my experiences. I want to tell everybody about those who have committed crimes so that people will know the truth. Just like me, many other practitioners in the prison had been persecuted so seriously that they had difficulty moving around on their legs. Every day my heart felt the tremendous pressure, and my ears were filled with the loud cries of the people around me."
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• The Difficult Life of Ren Yuan, Teenage Son of Ms. Wu Lingxia, Who Was Tortured to Death

  2005-05-13
  14 year old Ren Yuan tragically lost his mother, Ms. Wu Lingxia, at the age of 13. She was unjustly imprisoned and suffered brutal persecution at the Shuangya City Detention Centre and the Jiamusi City Forced Labour Camp. Due to mental and physical torture, she died on July 27, 2002. Due to the persecution Ren Yuan's home and school life were severely disrupted - his father was coerced to divorce his mother and he had to change schools when his persecuted mother could no longer look after him or herself. He now lives with his father.
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• Eleven Practitioners, Including Three In Their Eighties, Who Died as a Result of the Persecution in Hebei Province

  2005-05-13
  Mr. Wang Shaodong went to appeal in Beijing and was arrested. He suffered from beatings, torture and mental abuse. The torture caused him to have a mental breakdown. After he was released, he resumed his Falun Dafa practice and basically recovered. In 2001, he was on a train when the police searched him against his will. They found a Falun Gong book and detained and tortured him again. His just-recovered mental status could not bear another round of abuse and he again suffered a breakdown. Additionally, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. In November 2003, Mr. Wang Shaodong passed away.
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• Elderly Mr. Zhu Xianghe from Jiangsu Province Beaten to Death in County Brainwashing Class

  2005-05-12
  64 year old Mr. Zhu Xianghe was abducted and sent to a brainwashing class because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Dafa. He was beaten to death only five days later on April 19, 2005. Witnesses who saw his body said his fingers and toes had turned black, his eyeballs and his internal organs had been removed, a truly horrific sight. His son, placed under great pressure by local officials, said his father's body had only lost some internal organs and that the eyes were not removed. Police said he died from natural causes, but it is clear that they are trying to cover up the truth.
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• Masanjia Forced Labour Camp Authorities Torture Ms. Li Baojie to Death and Force Her Family to Quickly Cremate the Body

  2005-05-12
  On April 8, 2005, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Baojie was persecuted to death by authorities at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. After her death, the perpetrators forced Ms. Li Baojie's family to quickly cremate her body in order to try to avoid responsibility. Due to an enormous amount of pressure, her family gave in and cremated her body on April 15, 2005.
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• Three Ladies from Liaoning and Shandong Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

  2005-05-12
  72 year old Ms. Zhang Guizhen was cured of diabetes and heart disease since starting to practise Falun Dafa. In 1999, because she introduced Falun Gong to other people, approximately eight policemen broke into her home and confiscated her Falun Gong books. Police tried to forced her to write a guarantee statement to stop practising. Although she refused the authorities continued to harass her. Her diabetes came back and her eyesight began to fail. She passed away on September 5, 2004,
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• Practitioner Li Yeming Near Death After Severe Persecution in the Shengli Oilfield

  2005-05-11
  On March 27, 2005, Mr. Li Yeming, a Falun Gong practitioner who worked at the Engineering Exploration Company of the Design Institute of Shengli Oilfield in Shangdong Province, was arrested and held in the Shengli Oilfield Detention Centre. Mr. Li Yeming, emaciated and with a disfigured face, is now near death. His wife was also arrested at the same time as him and is detained in a brainwashing centre in Shengli Oilfield. Her family members have been forbidden to see her.
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