Torture

• Mr. Su Qingbo Still Detained

  2012-06-05
  In mid-January 2011, Mr. Su Qingbo, 30, was reported to police while he talked to people about Falun Gong. Officers from the Fengtai District Police Department in Beijing took him to the Fengtai Detention Centre. The police ransacked his home and confiscated his laptop, mobile phone, MP3 player, Falun Gong books, and other items. The police did not inform Mr. Su's family of his arrest. Later on, his family learned of his arrest through other channels. They went to Beijing to visit Mr. Su, but the detention centre did not allow them to see him. Mr. Su was sentenced to two years of forced labour. The guards do not allow his family to visit him.
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• Several Falun Gong Practitioners Detained in Yuanbaoshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

  2012-06-05
  Several Falun Gong practitioners from the Yuanbaoshan District in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, were arrested in mid-April 2012. They have been detained for over a month. The Yuanbaoshan District authorities are planning to persecute them further. Ms. Wang Fenghuan and Ms. Cui Cuixia were arrested by a police officer under orders from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on the afternoon of April 13th, while they were explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people.
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• Wife and Mother Ms. Wang Ya Detained and Persecuted Again in Chongqing

  2012-06-05
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Ya was taken into custody on her doorstep on May 4th by officers from Jiangbei District Domestic Security Division. She is currently incarcerated at Jiangbei District Detention Centre. In 2007, Ms. Wang was incarcerated in Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. Before practising Falun Gong Ms. Wang suffered from hereditary rheumatism, and she was greatly tormented by this condition. Later, she was fortunate to learn Falun Gong. She strictly followed the requirements of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and very soon all the illnesses that had tormented her disappeared.
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• Alumnus Calls for Doctor's Exoneration

  2012-06-05
  Ms. Chen Jing is my college friend and a Falun Gong practitioner. She was born in 1979. She was accepted into Jiamusi University’s Medical College in 1998 and upon graduation became a doctor in Jiamusi Central Hospital. Bowing to police pressure, the hospital fired her after she accompanied a child to visit his parents, who were detained for their belief. Despite experiencing brutal persecution, Ms. Chen's faith in Falun Gong is unshaken. When we met recently, she spoke with a calm demeanor, and even with a grin on her face.
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• Retired Doctor Ms. Wang Weizhen from Dalian, Liaoning Province Arrested

  2012-06-05
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Weizhen, 63, was arrested on May 18th, 2012. Her home was sealed and it may have been ransacked. Before becoming a practitioner, she suffered from all kinds of illnesses, and was in constant pain, with discomfort all over her body. After Ms. Wang began practising, she became energetic and looked young and beautiful. Her colleagues, classmates, and friends were amazed by Falun Gong's miraculous effect, and the tremendous changes they saw in her. However, after the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Wang was detained for eight months in the military, and was handcuffed daily.
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• Retired Nurse Ms. Chen Jiurong Arrested

  2012-06-05
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Jiurong, 67, from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province was arrested in May 2012, by police, who also ransacked her home. On the morning of May 10th, Ms. Chen's family went to the police station to demand her release, but the officers said that Ms. Chen had been transferred to Shenyang City Detention Centre at 3:00 a.m. that morning.
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• Sixty-Four-Year-Old Ms. Zhou Guilan from Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province Died As a Result of the Persecution

  2012-06-02
  Ms. Zhou Guilan, 64, lived in Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. After she began practising Falun Gong, her lung cancer disappeared. She told others the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution, and was subsequently arrested by local police. Beilin District Court officials sentenced her to three and a half years in prison. Ms. Zhou appealed, accusing the Suihua 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of persecuting her. Her family hired a lawyer for her, but before the second trial hearing could be held, Ms. Zhou passed away on March 29th, 2012.
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• Mr. Ma Zhanfang, a Falun Gong Practitioner in His 70s from Jilin Province, Dies Due to Persecution

  2012-06-02
  Mr. Ma Zhanfang, 74, began practising Falun Gong in 1998, and he and his family benefited a lot from the practice. However, after the large-scale persecution of Falun Gong started in July of 1999, Mr. Ma was continually persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because of his belief. His home was ransacked, and he was detained and imprisoned. Mr. Ma was arrested on April 27th, 2011 and sentenced to six and a half years in prison. He was taken to the Xinsheng Prison in Gongzhuling City. He passed away on May 7th, 2012, after several months of imprisonment. The prison authorities forcibly took his body to the mortuary. Mr. Ma Zhanfang's son, Ma Jun, is now representing his family to appeal, requesting punishment for all the responsible parties as well as compensation.
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• Four Elderly Practitioners in Shandong Province Arrested

  2012-06-02
  Four practitioners from Chenbei Village in Shandong Province were arrested at their homes by police on April 16th, 2012. Those arrested were Jiang Yuwen, 64, Zhang Wangming, 65, Jiang Huaizhen, around 60, and Liu Guanglei, 70. At no time during the arrests or incarceration were proper procedures followed. After Jiang Huaizhen was arrested, she suffered a fall and she was completely unable to move her right leg. Over night her leg became extremely swollen and developed several blisters. The police managed to extort 5,000 yuan from her family before setting her free.
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• Ms. Huang Youfeng, 60, from Nanan District, Chongqing City Placed on Trial

  2012-06-02
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Youfeng, 60, was reported by someone when she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and was arrested by the police. Ms. Huang was taken to the patrol officer's office, then to the detention centre. Due to high blood pressure, Ms. Huang was released and is now under residential surveillance. The Procuratorate of Nan'an District placed her on trial on May 7th, 2012.
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• Mr. Liu Yongjin on the Verge of Death in Tai'an Prison

  2012-06-02
  On March 20th, 2008, Mr. Liu Yongjin was sentenced to seven years in prison for practising Falun Gong. On June 18th, 2008, he was sent to the Fifth Division of Tai'an Prison. While in prison, Mr. Liu refused to renounce Falun Gong despite being subjected to various forms of torture. He has now been incarcerated for five years, and he is currently on the verge of death due to the long-term persecution.
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• Nothing But Skin and Bones, English Teacher Severely Persecuted in Changchun Women's Prison

  2012-06-02
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Song Yanqun from Shulan City, Jilin Province, has been severely persecuted in Changchun Women's Prison. She now appears to be disoriented with dull eyes and dishevelled hair, nothing but skin and bones. Even though Ms. Song's wrongful prison term has recently ended, the guards in the Education Division have attempted to force her to write the “Five Statements” to renounce practising Falun Gong. They threatened to not release her if she refuses and also placed her in the disciplinary unit. Ms. Song went on a hunger strike in an effort to resist the persecution. The guards tortured and force-fed her with food and salt water.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Systematically Murdered for Their Organs: Refuting the Chinese Regime's "Death Row" Explanation, Chapter V

  2012-06-02
  In 2006, The Epoch Times newspaper broke a stunning story about what is undoubtedly one of the most horrible atrocities to be committed by any government, not only in modern times, but in all of recorded history. As documented in the investigative report, "Bloody Harvest," by noted human rights lawyer David Matas and former Canadian Secretary of State for the Asia-Pacific region David Kilgour, there is overwhelming evidence of the Chinese Communist regime's chilling role in systematically murdering Falun Gong practitioners, harvesting their organs while they are alive, and making huge profits from doing so.
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• Jilin Province Prison Brutally Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners and Deprives Them of Their Rights

  2012-06-02
  In China, release on bail for medical treatment is the procedure for all detainees when they are in critical condition. It is the right of all detainees, including actual criminals, and is clearly specified in China's law. For many years, Jilin Province Prison has broken this law, trampled human rights and treated human life as worthless. They have brutally persecuted imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. When many practitioners' lives were in great danger due to the persecution, the prison not only failed to provide medical treatment, but also did not allow the practitioners to be released on bail for medical treatment. Moreover, they secretly stipulated that 10 per cent of deaths for imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners could be considered reasonable and acceptable for the prison.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Fu Guichun Dies after Eight Years of Persecution in Prison

  2012-05-29
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fu Guichun was arrested in May 2002 and forced to have an abortion; she was then sentenced to eight years in prison and held in Harbin Women's Prison. Ms. Fu was brutally persecuted to the point of unconsciousness numerous times. She developed diabetes and other illnesses in prison. When she was released in 2009, she was traumatised and injured both mentally and physically. Ms. Fu died on May 1st, only in her forties.
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