Torture

• Firsthand Account: Ms. Du Zuyin Force-Fed with Psychotropic Drugs at Xiaogan Mental Hospital

  2012-07-03
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Du Zuyin, a healthy and mentally competent person, was detained in the Xiaogan Mental Hospital in Hubei Province and force-fed psychotropic drugs. She was taken to the hospital by policemen He Zhongping and Liu Qiang in 2001. Through persistent demands, her family was eventually able to secure her release.
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• Mr. Zhang Weijie Arrested Ten Times and Sentenced to Forced Labour Twice; Now in Court Again

  2012-07-03
  Mr. Zhang Weijie is one of nine Falun Gong practitioners that were to be put on trial on May 19th, 2012 at Wuhan City Court. These practitioners were to be tried together in one main case. Mr. Zhang has been arrested ten times in the past 13 years, and has been sentenced to forced labour twice. In 2011 Mr. Zhang was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre. Inmates would constantly talk to Mr. Zhang, telling him lies and false propaganda about Falun Gong in an attempt to get him to renounce his belief. Mr. Zhang was forced to stand for 14 consecutive days and was not allowed to sleep. Mr. Zhang went on a hunger strike to protest his persecution and was subjected to brutal forced feeding.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner and Former Anchor for Heilongjiang TV Station Zhao Xidong Arrested

  2012-07-03
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Xidong was an anchor for the Russian channel and a reporter for the Heilongjiang Province Television Station. He was arrested on December 31st, 2011. Mr. Zhao is currently being held in the Nangang Police Department Detention Centre. His family has hired an honest and kind lawyer to defend him.
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• The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Ms. Zhu Xiumei and Ms. Ma Zhichai

  2012-06-26
  On February 25th, 2012, police arrested Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhu Xiumei and Ms. Ma Zhichai and locked them in the Jiyuan City Detention Centre. In a closed hearing, Ms. Zhu and Ms. Ma were sentenced to five years and four and a half years, respectively. The two women are filing an appeal. Ms. Zhu and Ms. Ma were previously imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their belief in Falun Gong.
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• When an Honest Man Is Tried, Hundreds Sign a Petition to Demand His Release and the Area Experiences Earthquakes and a Sandstorm

  2012-06-26
  On February 25th, police officers arrested an honest businessman, Mr. Zheng Xiangxing. On the afternoon of May 29th, he was tried in Tanghai County Court in Hebei Province. His lawyer defended him with a not-guilty plea and presented a petition with 562 signatures plus the signers' fingerprints, demanding Mr. Zheng's release. On the day of the trial and the days before and after, there were earthquakes and a sandstorm in Tangshan City and Tanghai County. Local citizens commented, “Bringing a good person to trial has upset the heavens.”
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• High School Teacher Mr. Lu Jiajun from Jiamusi City Arrested and Taken to Brainwashing Centre

  2012-06-26
  Mr. Lu Jiajun is a high school teacher who is held in high regard by those who know him. He is known for his uprightness, kindness and responsibility. However because he remains steadfast in his belief in Falun Gong, he has been harassed many times by officers from the local political and legal committee. He was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre on May 15th, 2012.
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• Mr. Ge Yijun Sent to Forced Labour Camp in Shanghai

  2012-06-26
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ge Yijun went missing for more than two months, and only recently did we learn that Shanghai 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) had subjected him to 15 months of forced labour in April. Mr. Ge is currently on a hunger strike, and has been hospitalized in the Zhoupu Prison Hospital. In 2008, Mr. Ge was arrested by the 610 Office agents, and subjected to 15 months of forced labour. He was sent to the Shanghai No.3 Forced Labour Camp.
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• New Brainwashing Centre Established by Political and Legal Affairs Committee in Xianning City

  2012-06-26
  The Xianning City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Political and Legal Affairs Committee set up a new brainwashing centre to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. It was used to carry out a 1-month forced brainwashing session. Police implemented various methods for arresting practitioners, in order to detain them at the brainwashing centre. These methods included arresting practitioners on the street or at work, as well as setting up deceptive schemes to lure practitioners to a specific place of planned arrest.
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• Police Arrest a Dutiful Daughter and a Benevolent Couple

  2012-06-26
  When Ms. Zhang Qiuping, a Falun Gong practitioner of Shenyang City, went to visit a friend on April 15th 2012, the police arrested her for no reason. She is now in a detention centre in Shenyang City. Her 75-year-old mother is handicapped and cannot take care of herself properly, but is now on her own. She is waiting anxiously for her daughter to come home.
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• Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Chen Hongzhou Sent to Ziyang Brainwashing Centre

  2012-06-26
  On May 25th, 2012, the Lu County Court of Sichuan Province, the Procuratorate and Police Department attempted to sentence Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Hongzhou, who was imprisoned at Erehu Brainwashing Centre in Ziyang. A trial verdict requires going through legal procedures. However, the court had never given Ms. Chen any indictment, nor was she notified of her right to hire an attorney. Her family wasn't notified to attend any trial. But the court attempted to sentence Ms. Chen to a brainwashing centre. Ms. Chen is in her seventies. She had planned to visit her daughter on April 26th, 2012, but when she didn't show up her daughter called her. Ms. Chen was barely able to say the words, “I was arrested,” before the call was cut off.
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• Mr. Guo Xiaojun’s Health Has Declined Sharply in Detention; Lawyer Denied Visits

  2012-06-26
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Xiaojun, a former lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Shanghai Jiaotong University, was incarcerated at Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai for his belief in November 2010. Prior to the prison term Mr. Guo was detained and interrogated at the Baoshan Police Department, which resulted in his experiencing frequent bouts of intermittent blindness. This condition has worsened at Tilanqiao Prison. The prison officials have denied his family's request for medical parole several times because Mr. Guo has refused to renounce his belief. When Mr. Guo’s family and a lawyer visited the prison, the lawyer was not allowed to meet with Mr. Guo.
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• Xiang Lijie Disabled from Torture at Jilin Province Women's Prison – Current Whereabouts Unknown

  2012-06-22
  Falun Gong practitioner Xiang Lijie is from Liaoyuan City. Because she refused to give up her belief, she was suspended over a bed at the Jilin Province Women's Prison. Her four limbs were tied up and her whole body was suspended in the air. Her arms were broken and disabled. She has not yet received any treatment and is still detained in the prison. Xiang Lijie is 49 years old. In 2006, she was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Because she refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong, she has endured torture.
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• Mrs. Wang Guiying Held at the Baoding Detention Centre in Hebei Province

  2012-06-22
  On the morning of February 25th, 2012, Cui Hao and other policemen arrested fifty-five-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Guiying who was at home by herself. They grabbed her wage slips and took the money Ms. Wang's siblings had prepared for their mother's hospitalisation fee. Ms. Wang was taken away when her family members arrived. Cui Hao was the mastermind in persecuting Ms. Wang. He prevented her from meeting a lawyer and didn't issue a meeting pass leaving her unable to see her family.
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• Three Practitioners from Li County, Hebei Province, Arrested by 610 Office Personnel

  2012-06-22
  The Li County Police Department, the Domestic Security Division, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and several police stations acted simultaneously to arrest practitioners Ms. Xie Aman, Mr. Wu Ruixiang, and Mr. Li Baoheng. The police surrounded Ms. Xie's home, climbed over the wall, and arrested Ms. Xie. They then ransacked her home and confiscated many informational Falun Gong materials. The officers also videotaped the scene.
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• Nurse Jia Liqing, 55, from Harbin City Has Been Detained Awaiting Trial for More Than Six Months

  2012-06-22
  Ms. Jia Liqing is a pediatric nurse in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin City Medical University. She was arrested on November 5th, 2011 along with her colleague, Yu Huazhi. She has now been detained for more than six months. So far, only her defence lawyer has been allowed to visit her twice. According to the lawyer, Ms. Jia is detained in No.2 Detention Centre of Harbin City. At the beginning of 2000, Ms. Jia went to Beijing to appeal again. She was taken back and detained at No. 2 Detention Centre for six months. She was mistreated during her detention and had scabies all over her body. She suffered physically and mentally.
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