Torture

• Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners from Daiwangcheng Town in Hebei Province

  2005-02-23
  Since 1999, the local officials of Daiwangcheng Town had to report the actions of Falun Gong practitioners to the town government in their villages. More than 40 practitioners became targets of persecution. After some practitioners went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution they were sent back to their home town and Li Fuchun, the head of the town government, said through clenched teeth, "I would really love to slice you into pieces."
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• Practitioner Ms. Tong Huilan, 70, Suffered an Unjust Death in January 2004

  2005-02-22
  Ms. Tong Huilan, a 70-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, miraculously recovered from late-stage cancer after practising Falun Gong. Ms. Tong went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in November 2000. She was arrested, and the police beat her so badly that she suffered a concussion. Later in 2002, the perpetrators captured her, tried to brainwash her and even confiscated her hard-earned savings of 2,000 yuan. Tong Huilan died an unjust death on January 20, 2004.
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• Qingdao City "610 Office" Brainwashing Centre Fabricates Lies and Frames Innocent People

  2005-02-22
  Qingdao City's current brainwashing centre hides its true identity with signs hanging up in front of the entrance, which say "Qingdao City Massage Instruction Centre for People with Visual Impairment" and "National Appraisal Centre for Professional Skills." However, none of these places exist. A leader of the "610 Office" has openly said to Falun Gong practitioners that every year the rental expenses for the brainwashing centre costs the state almost 100,000 yuan.
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• The Persecution of Ms. Zhao Fengxian and Her Family

  2005-02-22
  On November 19, 2004, about a dozen people barged into the home of Ms Zhao Fengxian, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Hebei Province. Police officers took away 2 computers, 3 mobile phones, as well as 3,600 yuan in cash. They handcuffed Ms. Zhao and her daughter, her younger son and his fiancee and forced them into a van, not giving them time to put on something proper. The police also imposed a fine of 10,000 yuan on her son's workplace for having employed someone that was involved with Falun Gong.
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• The "Decorated Archway" Torture Implement at Jiutai Forced Labour Institute in Jilin Province (Drawing)

  2005-02-22
  "Pai Lou" (meaning a decorated archway) at Jiutai Forced Labour Institute in Jilin Province, is also called the "forbidden cell." Many Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured in this iron cage. The detained practitioners have to eat, sleep and relieve themselves all in one small cell. Each cell is 0.9 meter wide and 1.7 meters long, and each will contain four practitioners. There are also handcuffs in the cell to further restrain practitioners.
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• To Cover Up Their Crime of Murder, Police in Shandong Province Frame a Falun Gong Practitioner as Having Committed Suicide

  2005-02-21
  Just after 10:00 a.m. on May 7, 2001, officials forcibly entered the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms Li Xianglan and found information that exposed how Jiang Zemin's regime frames Falun Gong. She was arrested. When she returned back at her house after 11:00 p.m. she walked with great difficulty into the room. Her husband asked, "Did they beat you?" The short conversation was the last one they had in this life. When he woke up early next morning he discovered that Li Xianglan lying down in the yard - dead. Her legs and face were all bloody and covered with bruises and some portions of her legs were without skin.
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• Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Wang Guangzhi Was Persecuted to Death in Sichuan Province

  2005-02-21
  63 year old Mr. Wang Guangzhi, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and violently force-fed, when he went on a hunger strike for 38 days to protest the illegal detention and abuse, causing his teeth to become loose. He was persecuted to the verge of death before being sent home. Mr. Wang passed away in October 2004.
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• 66 Year Old Mr. Zhang Mengye, the Chinese President's Former Classmate, Suffered Severe Abuse at Forced Labour Camp in Guangzhou City

  2005-02-21
  Mr. Zhang Mengye, is a former assistant professor at the Guangdong Provincial Electric Power Institute. He was a fellow classmate of the current President of China, Hu Jintao, in Tsinghua University, "Class of 1959." Zhang Mengye was detained for 2 years and 37 days and was "re-educated" in a forced labour camp which caused him tremendous mental and physical trauma. When h ewas released in February 2002, he was thin as a skeleton, weighing less than 77 pounds (35kg).
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• Atrocities Committed in the No. 2 Women's Ward of the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2005-02-21
  A sign on the courtyard wall of the No. 2 Women's Ward of the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp reads: "Liaoning Province Mental Education Centre." Since the day the Women's Ward was established, its staff have violated human rights, forbidden people to believe in the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," deprived people of their right to think for themselves, destroyed people's free will, and physically and mentally tortured them.
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• 60 Year Old Ms. Zou Siying from Jiangxi Province Died from Persecution in 2003; Her Daughter Presently Held in Custody

  2005-02-20
  Ms. Zou Siying was around 60 years old. From July 1999 to May 2000, she was detained at the Jinxian County Detention Centre three times. She developed extremely high blood pressure as a result of the abuse endured. She was released on so-called "medical parole." Within months of her returning home, she passed away from persecution. Her daughter, also a practitioner, was sent twice to a forced labour camp and arrested for a third time in December 2004.
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• An Entire Family is Persecuted: One Daughter Dead, a Mother and a Second Daughter in Prison

  2005-02-20
  Mrs. Li Weihong, her mother and her younger sister are all Falun Dafa practitioners from Shanghai. In order to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa, the mother and her two daughters went to Beijing to appeal to the authorities there. Because they refused to give up their beliefs in Dafa, they were brutally persecuted, and their family suffered great tribulations. Mrs. Li Weihong died, not cleared of false charges against her. Her mother and sister are still being detained and persecuted.
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• Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Prison Instigates Criminals to Abuse Dafa Practitioners

  2005-02-20
  Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Prison persecutes Falun Dafa practitioners not only through verbal abuse, prolonged exposure to freezing cold, starvation, and beatings, but also by assigning as many as four criminals to monitor one practitioner around the clock, and even requiring that the monitoring records, in turn, be signed by guards supervising the group. Other torture methods used on female practitioners at the prison include shocking with electric batons, beating with a policeman's rope, prolonged handcuffing in painful positions, not allowing toilet use, etc.
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• Paralysed Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Hu Wenjian Files Lawsuit against Persecutors

  2005-02-20
  Mr. Hu Wenjian is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Hebei Province. Half of his body has been paralyzed as a result of torture suffered at the hands of lawless officials. He is not able to move freely, engage in normal work or take care of himself. Mr. Hu has filed a lawsuit against the officials involved in the persecution.
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• Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr. Wang Shiming and Ms. Wang Lanfen from Dalian City Are on Hunger Strike and In Critical Condition

  2005-02-19
  In January 2005, Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Wang Lanfen and Mr. Wang Shiming were reported for handing out truth clarification leaflets, arrested and taken to the police station. They were sent to a detention centre that same day. To protest, they have been on a hunger strike, without water, since their arrival more than 15 days ago. Their families went to request fortheir release, but were told that this case has nothing to do with them. Police even shouted at them, "Go and talk to Jiang Zemin, we don't care if their lives are in danger."
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• Documentation of the Torture and Death of Mr Shen Baoping, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Xinjiang Province

  2005-02-19
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Shen Baoping was 32 years old. In 2001, he was detained and tortured until he was just skin and bones. For example, he was hung up by both hands while his body was beaten mercilessly with electric batons, police clubs, and leather belts, until finally the torturer was exhausted. His unyielding belief frustrated the prison guards and they hated the fact that they he would not go against his conscience, no matter what vicious methods they employed. In August 2004, Shen Baoping was finally beaten to death by prison guards and criminals.
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