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65 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chen Xinshi from Chongqing City Died in 2002 as a Result Persecution
2005-02-15
Mr. Chen Xinshi was 65 years old and was steadfast in his cultivation of Falun Dafa. His wife and daughter, both practitioners, were locked up. The local officials often came to his home to harass him. They forced him to leave his home to avoid arrest, and he became destitute. His physical condition deteriorated during the persecution, and he died on April 13, 2002. -
Another Chinese New Year without Reunion for Thousands of Broken Families, Part 2 (Photos)
2005-02-15There is no more severe pain in life than losing parents at a young age, losing a spouse in middle age, or losing children in old age. In the five years of persecution against Falun Gong, human tragedies have taken place in millions of Falun Gong practitioners' homes. Since July 1999, 1,300 deaths from persecution have been verified through various channels. The average age of those killed is 45. Most of them have left young children or elderly parents behind. With difficulty, the remaining family members carry on with their lives. -
Two Practitioners from Hubei Province Died in 2002 After Being Forced to Give Up Falun Gong
2005-02-15Mr. Liu Hongfa changed his bad temper and his body became strong and healthy, through practising Falun Dafa. But he was forced to attend a brainwashing class. Due to pressure on his family, they didn't allow him to practise at home. His health deteriorated and he passed away in October 2002. Ms. Hao Fengru was tortured severely because she held fast to her faith. Her family also stopped her from practising when she returned home and she passed away in July 2002. -
Another Chinese New Year Without Reunion for Thousands of Broken Families - Part I (Photos)
2005-02-14Chinese New Year is a time when families get together and celebrate the holidays. For Falun Dafa practitioners the most important traditional Chinese holiday for get-togethers and happiness has lost its meaning. The persecution has broken up countless families. Some families lost one member, and some lost several. Children have lost their parents; wives became separated from husbands; the elderly were deprived of the warmth and care of their children. Many Falun Gong practitioners are unjustly held in prisons, labour camps and detention centres where they are subjected to severe physical and mental abuse. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner, Mr. Cheng Zhiming from Hunan Province, Is Murdered by State Security Police
2005-02-14In October 2004, Hunan Province Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Cheng Zhiming was intentionally hit by a car in an accident created by the Xiangtan City "610 Office" and the State Security police. There was a hole in the back of his head, and he bled terribly. The Central Hospital made a diagnosis that Mr. Cheng had bleeding inside his skull. One week later, his condition dramatically improved, and his condition became stable. On October 24, while he was still in the hospital, the "610 Office" sent a State Security agent to monitor him, and Mr. Cheng Zhiming suddenly died on October 25. -
The Persecution Takes the Lives of Three Lady Falun Dafa Practitioners from Heilongjiang Province
2005-02-14Three ladies, aged 61 years, 43 and 50+, were all arrested and incarcerated without proper legal process, because they had the courage to stand up for what they believed in: Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. In a dangerous environment they bravely told people the facts about Falun Dafa and exposed the brutality of the regime that is persecuting practitioners. For this they were persecuted to death. -
Three More Falun Gong Practitioners are Now Known to Have Died of Persecution
2005-02-1462 year old Ms. Xu Xiufen from Liaoning Province was sentenced to forced labour. She was tortured brutally and her health deteriorated. Ms. Xu died in December 2004. In 2002, Mr. Fang Boying's children were arrested and persecuted for practising Falun Gong, which tormented him so much that he fell ill and passed away at the age of 74. Ms. Wang Chaoyin was harassed on numerous occasions by police. Her home was also ransacked and she was forced to write statements denouncing Falun Gong. Soon, old illnesses recurred. and Wang Chaoyin passed away in January 2000 at the age of 48. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chu Guiren from Jilin Province Is Tortured to Death
2005-02-13The family members of Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Chu Guiren from Jilin Province, have been jailed six times with sentences totalling nine years because they have tried to be good people and validate the fact that Falun Dafa is good, that Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good. Mr. Chu Guiren was very frightened after being tortured in a forced labour camp. He suffered a mental collapse as well as uremic poisoning, combined with kidney stones and died on January 16, 2005. -
Falun Gong Student Ms. Wu Yuqin Arrested and Her Husband Beaten to Death by Liaoning Province Police
2005-02-13At the beginning of November 2004, police officers in Liaoning Province arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Yuqin. On November 7, Ms. Wu's husband, Mr. Sun Youlin, tried to find out her whereabouts and argued with the police officers who were giving him a hard time. He was then beaten to death. There was a hole at the back of his head and burn marks from the electric batons were all over his body. After killing Mr. Sun, the police came to his home for three consecutive days just to convince his family that the police had nothing to do with his death. -
My Experience of Long-Term Imprisonment in a Chinese Mental Hospital
2005-02-13"Having practised Falun Gong for nine years, I was in good health, yet I was thrown into a mental hospital for 3 year and suffered brutal persecution. It cost me, as well as my workplace tens of thousands of Yuan in medical expenses on top of the time lost and pain and suffering. This has worsened my family's already poor financial situation and put us in serious debt." -
Family Seeks Justice When a 74-year-old Practitioner Is Disabled by Torture; Court Refuses to Accept the Case
2005-02-13Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ning Bo, 74, is a resident of a village near Panjin City. In May 2004, while he was clarifying the facts about Falun Gong, police seized him and forced him to walk over 10 miles with them. They fiercely beat him the entire way, and severely injured and eventually disabled him. He was then thrown into jail. Ning Bo proclaimed his innocence and requested that the court investigate the police officers' criminal acts. However the court refused twice to formally hear the case. -
Heilongjiang Province Practitioner Mr. Pan Xingfu Has Died as a Result of Persecution
2005-02-12Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Pan Xingfu from Heilongjiang Province was 33 years old and an employee of the Shuangyashan City Post Office. He was tortured repeatedly because he upheld his faith. Mr. Pan's physical condition began to severely deteriorate in January 2005 yet he could not afford any medical treatment or even emergency aid at the hospital. He died in January 2005. His wife was sentenced in 2003 to nine years in prison for speaking out against the persecution of Falun Dafa. -
Ms. Yu Jinhua, from Heilongjiang Province Died in 2004 After Being Forced to Give Up Her Practice of Falun Dafa
2005-02-1240 year old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yu Jinhua went to Beijing to appeal for the rights of Dafa practitioners in 2000. She was arrested, sent to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, and her family was charged 10,000 yuan for bail. After she was released, Ms. Yu's family members prohibited her from practising Falun Gong in hope of avoiding further persecution. However, on August 30, 2004, Ms. Yu Jinhua died from a sudden stroke. -
The Torture and Persecution That I Sustained Inside Wangcun Forced Labour Camp
2005-02-12"Recently, "CCTV" [China Central TV]broadcast a series of fabricated lies and rumours alleging that Falun Gong practitioners are not tortured when they are arrested and detained by the authorities. This is completely untrue and so I hereby document and submit my personal experience of the torture and degradation I experienced when I would not go against my own conscience by giving up the practice of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance;" the practice of Falun Gong." -
Cruel Tortures Falun Gong Practitioners Suffer in Jilin Prison - Part 1
2005-02-12
The cruellest torture in Jilin Prison is the "stretching bed." The police fix the practitioners' limbs on a specially made bed on which there are 4 rings. Their hands and feet are fixed in the rings then the police apply force to the rings, so that the practitioner's body is pulled up away from the bed as their limbs are stretched. If more force is exerted, one will pass out in a few seconds.
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