Torture
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The Murder of 31-Year-Old Dr. Shao Hui from Jilin Province Known After Over 2 Years
2005-03-06Dr. Shao Hui was a 31-year-old doctor. The Jilin City Police Department tortured him to death in 2002. Recently, Dr. Shao's family went to the police department to search for him and learned half-truths about how he died. It has been revealed that when the police raided a building where Dr Shao was, when he tried to avoid arrest, the riot police threw a tear-gas grenade into the room, powerful enough to destroy the bed. The police department tried to cover up their crime and called this a case of suicide. -
Practitioner Ms. Lu Caixia Suffers Brutal Persecution in Tangshan Forced Labour Camp
2005-03-06Without notifying her family, the "610 Office" secretly sent Ms. Lu Caixia to a labour camp. No one would reveal to her family her whereabouts. An insider finally told them where she may have been sent. After the family members arrived at the Camp, the local police shifted responsibility to prevent them from seeing her. Her family was very worried about her health. Her blood pressure was very high at the time, as she was on a hunger strike. Two months have passed since then. -
Three Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioners, Ms. Huang Qiaolan, Mr. Wang Yuheng, and Mr. Wang Zhankui, Have Died as a Result of Persecution
2005-03-0558 year old Ms. Huang Qiaolan from Shanghai, suffered brainwashing and police harassment, which led to her developing lung cancer. She died in October 2004. Mr. Wang Yuheng was 73 and became illness-free once he took up the practice of Falun Gong. Following brainwashing and being to forced to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong, his old diseases came back, and he died in June 2004. The stress of police harassment and his two daughters sent to a forced labour camp, caused 70 year old practitioner Mr. Wang Zhankui to die from cancer in June 2003. -
Belated Report: Seven Falun Dafa Practitioners in Hebei Province and Beijing Died in the Persecution
2005-03-05It has come to our attention that seven more Falun Dafa practitioners have died as a result of the authorities persecuting them so severely. Some were forced to write a "guarantee statement" to stop practising Falun Dafa. This is equivalent to cutting off the life-force of a person, causing them to become spiritually bereft and is even more cruel than physical torture. -
Some Facts about Dafa Practitioner Wu Jingfang's Being Persecuted to Death in Guangdong Province
2005-03-05Falun Dafa practitioner Wu Jingfang from Guangdong Province recovered from all her diseases after she began to practise Falun Dafa. Her face glowed with good health. Upon seeing her great changes, many people began to cultivate Falun Dafa one after another. Wu Jingfang was arrested and detained many times because she persisted in continuing her cultivation. In the beginning of April 2002, she was brutally tortured to death. -
Wanjia Forced Labour Camp--A Den of Evil
2005-03-05"I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Heilongjiang Province. After being brought to court four times, I was sent to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in January 2002. Wanjia Forced Labour Camp is a hell on earth. More than half of the practitioners detained there suffer brutal torture, such as force-feeding, being hung up, and shocks with an electric baton. Since July 2002, the guards at Wanjia have abused practitioners daily with beatings and torture." -
50-Something Ms. Dong Xiuqin from Jilin City Died as a Result of Persecution in 2004
2005-03-04Ms. Dong Xiuqin was persecuted many times for practising Falun Dafa. Because of endless harassment by persecutors, her family tried to prevent her from leaving home. She was pressured into being homeless for an extended period of time. Upon returning home, her family strictly prevented her from going out. As a result of relentless persecution, she became ill again and died in November 2004. -
Details of How Mr Liu Ziwei Was Tortured to Death at Changchun City's Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp
2005-03-04On Friday, December 10, 2004, after three and a half days of continuous torture, Falun Dafa practitioner Liu Ziwei passed away. Mr. Liu had been subjected to a torture method called "Big Hang Up" and violently force-fed in Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, the notorious "transformation" base in Jilin Province. The labour camp hid evidence of their torture. Following a so-called investigation into his death, where false testimony was given, the authorites concluded that Liu Ziwei had died due to a heart attack and claimed that it was a result of natural causes. -
Belated News: Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liang Zhongbin Passed Away after His Daughter Died as a Result of Persecution
2005-03-0466 year old practitioner Liang Zhongbin was sentenced to 3 years of forced labour for practising Falun Gong. After his daughter, also a practitioner, died whilst trying to escape from wrongful arrest, the family was constantly harassed. He was kept from doing the Falun Gong exercises and studying the teachings. As a result, Mr. Liang's old illnesses reappeared and he died on August 31, 2004. -
Dafa Practitioner Li Zhiyong from Changchun City Suffers Brutal Persecution in Jilin Prison
2005-03-04Li Zhiyong was sent to Jilin Prison because he practised Falun Dafa. There, he was forced to do slave labour, making fake brand-name clothing. As a result of the abuse he suffered, he developed extreme oedema, leading to difficulties in breathing and walking. -
Ms. Tian Li from Shandong Province Dies After Enduring Three Years of Torture-Induced Paralysis
2005-03-03Ms. Tian Li from Weihai City, Shandong Province died on February 21, 2005 after enduring about three-years of paralysis of her entire body resulting from the persecution she faced at the hands of Weihai City "610 Office". The police, trying to cover up their torture of her, stated that Tian Li "hurt herself by jumping out of a building to try to commit suicide." -
News of the Deaths of Three Male Practitioners as a Result of Persecution from Liaoning Province
2005-03-0342 year old Mr. Qian Naizhang was denied an income after being released from a detention centre and under great mental pressure, he passed away on February 7, 2005. 40 year old Mr. Lin Baoshan, was incarcerated in a forced labour camp. As he suffered serious physical and mental abuse, he passed away in December 2003. 57 year old Mr. Wu Junjie, was detained, had 2000 yuan extorted from him and was harassed by police. He passed away on January 4, 2005. -
Mr. Gu Dongying from Tianjin City Died in 2002 as a Result of Torture
2005-03-03Mr. Gu was a 62-year-old practitioner. He was reported while distributing pamphlets that revealed the truth about the persecution of his peaceful practice and arrested. He was sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. Due to his treatment there, his body and mind suffered greatly. By March 28, 2002, he had become critically ill as a result of the torture and passed away that same day. -
Supplementary Information on the Persecution Death of Heilongjiang Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Yang Hailin
2005-03-03During her detention, the Mishan Court authorities sentenced Ms Yang Hailin to a 12 year prison term. In less than one year, she was tortured to death in the detention centre. Afterwards, it didn't allow any visits from any detainees' family members in order to block the news. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Deshan, a Teacher, Suffered Mental Collapse and Died in Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in 2002
2005-03-02Mr. Li Deshan was severely tortured in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. The tortures he suffered include sleep deprivation, beatings, being hung up, being force-fed water and alcohol, and mental abuse. He suffered a mental collapse from the torture and forced brainwashing, which lead to his death in August 2002.