Torture
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98 Year Old Ms Jia Yuzhi from Henan Province Died in 2002 After Long-Term Harassment and Mental Torture
2005-02-26Ms. Jia Yuzhi was nearly one hundred years old, and lived in Henan Province. Her entire family cultivates Falun Dafa and has suffered in the brutal persecution over the past five years. Ms. Jia has had to watch as one of her children would be released from detention, another would be arrested by the police again. Because of the long-term harassment and mental anguish, Ms. Jia Yuzhi died at the end of April 2002. -
Practitioner Ms. Gan Xiuyun, 71, from Heilongjiang Province Died Due to Police Harassment
2005-02-26Ms. Gan Xiuyun was 71 years old. After the year 2000, the local police repeatedly harassed her and her daughter was also detained. In 2001, her daughter and son-in-law went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. Both were arrested and sentenced to forced labour. This caused Ms. Gan great distress, and from then on she lived in terror and suffered from constant mental anguish. She died on January 27, 2004 after suffering unrelenting pressure and harassment. -
Details of Ms. Zhao Fengyun's Death in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp
2005-02-26Around 10:00 p.m. on February 27, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhao Fengyun suddenly started vomiting violently while working in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. After vomiting Ms. Zhao wanted to use the toilet, but the police guard didn't allow her to, so she had to lie prone on the table to ease the discomfort. Very soon Ms. Zhao breathed heavily in gulps with fixed eyes, and then her lips turned white. Soon Ms. Zhao Fengyun was dead. She was 50 years old. -
Eyewitness Account: Police Beat a Falun Dafa Practitioner to Death on Tiananmen Square in 2001
2005-02-26I am a Falun Dafa practitioner in Beijing. Around October 2000, I personally witnessed a Falun Dafa practitioner being beaten horrifically. He was about thirty years old and died on a bench at Tiananmen Square, because he was beaten so brutally by the police. Fellow practitioners carried his body out of the Square, and sent him out to suburban Beijing by car for burial. -
Two Women Falun Gong Practitioners from Guizhou Province Die in the Persecution in 2000 and 2003
2005-02-25Ms. Wang Biyu was arrested and her home ransacked. Even after she returned home, the police often came to harass and threaten her and her family. As a result, she fell ill and passed away in July 2000, at the age of 64. Ms. Hu Deming went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was sent to a forced labour camp. Her health deteriorated and she passed away in April 2003. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Guozhen from Chongqing City Dies One Year After Torture in Maojiashan Forced Labour Camp
2005-02-25Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Guozhen from Chongqing City was arrested many times and was sentenced to forced labour in June 2002. She was tortured in the Maojiashan Women's Labour Camp to the point where her entire body became swollen and she was then released from the camp. She died on February 3, 2005. -
70 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Shuping, a Retired Teacher from Liaoning Province, Died as a Result of the Persecution in 2004
2005-02-25Ms. Li Shuping was a 70-year-old retired teacher. Police ransacked her home, arrested her and took her to a detention centre. Because of the torture she suffered she came down with a life threatening disease. Officials extorted 5,000 yuan from her family members before they released her. Shortly after she returned home, Ms. Li Shuping passed away. -
The Unlawful Arrest of Liu Xiaobin, a Formerly Disabled Practitioner Who Was Healed by Practising Falun Gong
2005-02-25Mr. Liu Xiaobin suffered from paraplegia in his upper body before practising Falun Dafa. Everyone who saw the change in him after he started the practice extolled the wonders of Falun Dafa and the miraculous healing effects. After Liu Xiaobin went to appeal in Beijing, he was locked in a detention centre for over four months. During the detention period his whole body had scabies and pus oozed from the sores. Upon his release he had to live an itinerant life to avoid persecution. -
Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Gao Yunhu from Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Region Dies as a Result of Persecution
2005-02-2463 year old Mr. Gao Yunhu was sentenced to three years at forced labour. He was later bailed out on a medical parole due to the effects of severe torture. The local "610 Office" and police continued to harass him at home. Since his daughter was arrested for handing out Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials, the police decided to closely monitor his home, causing him great stress. He died on February 1, 2005 -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Guo Shijun Dies as a Result of Abuse at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp
2005-02-2452 year old Mr. Guo Shijun, was barbarically tortured at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp to the point where he developed liver and lung cancer. He passed away on February 9, 2005. People in the village all know that he was very healthy before he was abducted. -
Tianjin City Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liu Jinhua Died as a Result of Relentless Police Harassment and Persecution
2005-02-24After 57 year old Mr. Liu Jinhua started practising cultivation his diabetes and liver cirrhosis were healed. Because he wrote "Falun Dafa is good" on an telegraph pole, officials sentenced him to three years of forced labour, where he was persecuted until he became seriously sick. Upon his release officials kept on harassing him at home. Mr. Liu Jinhua died in February 2005 as a result of the relentless persecution. -
The Deaths from Persecution of Three Elderly Shanghai Falun Dafa Practitioners
2005-02-24Three elderly practitioners were each subjected to persecution of various kinds leading to their tragic deaths: Mr. Ding Youmu endured forced labour leading to blindness in both eyes, and a malignant tumour; Mr. Xie's wife and son were unjustly sent to forced labour camps, and the five years of separation was heartbreaking for him; Mr. Zhang Baoqing was threatened with dismissal from his job or preventing his child from enrolling in school, in order to coerce him to give up practising Falun Dafa. He died from a recurrence of old illnesses. -
Shanxi Province Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr. Li Mingyue and His Son Li Junwen Died as a Result of Persecution in 2002 and 2004
2005-02-2369 year old Mr. Li Mingyue and his son Li Junwen died as a result of the persecution. Mr. Li Mingyue died three to four days after four or five police officers came to his house to harass him in October 2002. Li Junwen died in May 2004, after being tortured multiple times by police. He is survived by two children who are less than 10 years old. -
School Teacher Ms. Li Jinmei from Shanxi Province and Senior Citizen Mr. Zhao Yupu from Heilongjiang Province Died As a Result of Persecution in 2002 and 2004
2005-02-2357 year old Ms. Li Jinmei was detained in a detention centre extorted out of 5000 yuan, because she practised Falun Dafa. She died in September 2002 as a result of being continuously harassed and mistreated. 71 year old Mr. Zhao Yupu was arrested, had his Falun Dafa books confiscated, and also had 7000 yuan extorted from him. Because of his advanced age, he was released on parole, but Mr. Zhao died in June 2004 as a result of the constant police harassment. -
Death of Elderly Lady as a Result of Torture and Police Harassment
2005-02-23Ms. Chen Guiqin, 58 years old, was a teacher in Heilongjiang Province. After July 20, 1999, officers from the local public security bureau, the national security bureau, the government, her workplace and the area of her residence frequently went to her home to harass her and she was detained in detention centres several times. She suffered terrible torture and even after her release the police continued to persecute her at home. She eventually died in January 2004.