Torture
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Prison Guard: "I Can Kill You Any Way I Want, and Report that You Committed Suicide"
2005-03-30
The Qingdao Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province has been persecuting practitioners since July 20, 1999. They set up a special unit just to torture practitioners. Every night, there were sounds of wailing, beatings and verbal abuse that kept people up all night. They gathered them up and sent them to brainwashing classes. A prison guard said to the practitioners, "I can kill you any way I want, and report that you committed suicide." -
Five Falun Dafa Practitioners Young and Old Died Due to Persecution
2005-03-30Five practitioners are known to have died as a result of mental and physical persecution. One 51 year old man was slapped and viciously beaten in a detention centre such that his internal organs were severely injured. During three years, his life was so miserable that each day felt like a year. His house was ransacked many times. Under constant threats and harassment, he died in October 2003. -
Elderly Practitioners Ms. Zhang Huanrong, Ms. Zhang Guiqin, Ms. Du Kerong and Mr. Ding Chunrong Died as a Result of Persecution
2005-03-29Four Falun Dafa practitioners, in their 60's, suffered gross injustices and maltreatment by the authorities that they passed away. One 62 year old lady was beaten so badly by police that she was severely wounded and traumatised. This led to her developing liver cancer, so she was sent home. However in October 2000, she passed away. Upon her death, she still had marks on her body from being beaten. -
Three Perscution Deaths of Elderly Practitioners from Liaoning Province, Hebei Province, and Shandong Province
2005-03-29Ms. Bu Cuiqin was 72 years old. Since she began cultivating Falun Dafa in 1996, all of her sicknesses disappeared.. She was abducted by police in May 2001 while passing out leaflets to expose the persecution, and was detained for one month in a detention centre. She was seriously injured during the detention, resulting in incontinence. She died in September 2001 after being released. -
Denied the Right to Practise Falun Gong, Four Falun Gong Practitioners Died from Extreme Stress and Illness
2005-03-29Ms. Zhao Shuzhen, 73, was harassed many times by local police. Two of her daughters were detained many times for practising Falun Gong, which increased the pressure on this lady when they were released. As a result of a series of blows and mental pressure, and under extreme threats and fear, the older lady Zhao Shuzhen suffered for three months and finally died in December 2004. -
Former Cancer Patient Ms. Hong Lixian Arrested Five Times and Subjected to Relentless Persecution
2005-03-29Ms. Hong Lixian was a terminal cancer patient. After practising Falun Gong, she regained her health. Even the medical experts who performed her surgery admitted that Falun Gong has an amazing healing effect. However, exactly because of her perseverance in cultivation, she was arrested five times. As a result, her physical condition declined, and she was sent to the hospital wearing foot shackles. Despite the seriousness of her illness, she had to be carried by her husband to the court to receive a sentence of three years in prison. The judge said that the ruling was not from his own will but rather orders from above, because he could do nothing. -
Teeth Knocked Out and Toenails Torn Off -- The Torture Endured by Practitioner Mr. Li Shaotie from Helongjiang Province
2005-03-28In September 2004, police sent Mr. Li Shaotie to the Shuihua Forced Labour Camp. Within two days they began to torture him. Guards kicked Mr. Li in his legs over 100 times, from top to bottom, using their military shoes. One guard shouted at him, "Do you still want to practise?" Mr. Li replied, "Yes." The guard then ground on Mr. Li's toenail with the heel of his shoes. Fresh blood spurted from his foot and two of his toenails were torn off. Mr. Li fainted. -
Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp Lied about the Death of Ms. Sun Guilan
2005-03-28The forced labour camp personnel forbade others to speak to nearly 60 year old Ms. Sun and ordered her to do heavy labour, which placed tremendous mental and physical pressure on her. One morning, she went early as usual to clean the toilets and she fainted next to a water pond outside the garage. She must have passed away because the camp personnel spread the rumour that she committed suicide because of guilt. Practitioners, however, investigated and found that she did not commit suicide but from the persecution of Zhengzhou Forced Labour Camp instead. -
Reenactment of Torture Methods in Fangzheng County Detention Centre
2005-03-28
Police heads interrogated using torture, and beat practitioners brutally with a whip and strap for three to five hours. They were beaten until they had cuts and bruises over their whole bodies, and suffered extreme pain everywhere. This is just one of the brutal tortures. -
I Personally Witnessed the Brutal Persecution of My Mother
2005-03-27My mother Xu Shuqin is a Falun Gong practitioner. In October 2001, she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. Since then she has been detained and brainwashed on three occasions. I have personally witnessed some of the cruel treatment that she has been subjected to. -
11-Year-Old Boy: I Had a Happy Family in the Past
2005-03-27I am a young Falun Dafa practitioner in China, aged 11 this year. I had a happy family in the past, but now only my grandmother and I remain, and we are dependent upon each other for survival. My father and uncle were sentenced to forced labour for 12 and 8 years respectively, and my mother was forced to leave home to avoid constant hounding by the police. My grandfather was so badly traumatized by the suffering that he passed away at the end of June 2004 and left us forever. -
Retired Teacher Mr. Zhao Yong and his Wife were Arrested in Baotou City: His Life Is in Danger
2005-03-27Mr. Zhao Yong is a retired teacher of the Railroad Workers School in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia. Both Mr. Zhao and his wife Cao Huifang are Falun Gong practitioners. They were both sentenced to prison after their third abduction by the police in May 2003. Ms. Cao is being held at the Hohhot Women's Prison. Mr. Zhao is in critical condition at the Donghe District Detention Centre. -
Elderly Ms. Liu Lian'e from Shandong Province Died in 2003 After Mental and Physical Torture
2005-03-26Ms. Liu Lian'e was a 66 year old doctor and was a steadfast practitioner of Falun Gong. She was harassed constantly by the Neighbourhood Administration and local police, and forced to go through brainwashing. The abuse she suffered severely harmed her both mentally and physically and illnesses she had had prior to practising Falun Dafa returned. She died on February 23, 2003. -
Torture Methods in Heilongjiang Women's Prison: "Hang Up" and Injection with Drugs
2005-03-26The "Hang Up" torture method raises cuffed hands and feet just off the ground and is not permitted according to prison rules. However, in Heilongjiang Women's Prison, officers adopted this vicious technique to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Inmates hung Ms Zhang Jing's handcuffs to the highest place on the bed, and left her hanging there for 20 to 30 minutes until she agreed to wear prison clothes. The handcuffs cut deeply into her flesh. Marks remained on her skin for two days, and her left thumb continues to experience numbness. -
The Sad Plight of Mr. Dou's Family
2005-03-26For the past five years, many Falun Dafa practitioners who cultivate Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance have gone through all kinds of torture and abuse. According to reports, at least twenty practitioners are killed as a result of the persecution per week in recent years. The Dou family all practise Falun Dafa. As a result they have been subjected to untold misery and suffering. The son and his wife were detained and tortured. Their newborn child died due to police harassment and the family were split up causing heartache to everyone.
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