Torture
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Chen Aili Persecuted to Death; One Sister and Brother Died Previously, His Parents and Another Sister are Persecuted
2004-12-02Such is the heartbreaking story of one family torn apart because they followed the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Aili lived in Hebei Province but passed away on November 5, 2004 due to vicious abuse by the authorities. His two brothers and sisters also died in labour camps as a result of persecution. Both his mother and mother were detained and tortured; his mother was only released when she was dying. One surviving daughter remains, yet she is also incarcerated and her daughter is detained at a nursery because there is no-one to look after her. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lin Chunfang Beaten to Death by Police in Tianjin
2004-12-02On November 15, 2004, Ms. Lin Chunfang was distributing Falun Gong information in a residential area when she was stopped by police. The police brutally beat and tortured her. In just 24 hours, this kind middle-aged lady was beaten to the verge of death. Afraid of being held responsible, the police sent Ms. Lin to the hospital. However due to the severe trauma from torture, she died at 6am on November 23, 2004, only 8 days after she was arrested. -
Baicheng City Falun Gong Practitioner, Mr. Wu Quanyi, Dies as a Result of Persecution
2004-12-02Fifty-two year old Mr. Wu Quanyi, former deputy secretary of the People's Committee of Baicheng City was arrested in September 2001, because he practised Falun Dafa and was not afraid to tell people the truth about it. In October of that year, Mr. Wu was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and during his detention he suffered greatly both physically and mentally. He escaped while on medical parole and was forced to become homeless until he died on March 6, 2004. -
The Barbaric Torture I Endured at the Dalian Forced Labour Camp
2004-12-02"On November 22, 1999, my older sister and I went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. From then on I was detained in detention centres and a labour camp several times. I experienced the most inhumane and debased torture and persecution that you could ever imagine, including beatings with electric batons, forced-feedings, holding extremely uncomfortable positions for long periods etc. Yet I was able to survive due to my faith in Falun Dafa." -
Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Que Shanyan from Fujian Province Tortured to Death in 2001
2004-12-01Mr. Que Shanyan was in his 60's and a villager from Fujian Province. He went to Beijing twice to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was detained twice by Shanghang County Police. During the second detention, he was tortured by police for his unyielding faith in Falun Dafa. He became very weak and died at noon on January 31, 2001 in Shanghang County Detention Centre. -
Ms. Yang Mingfen from Guangdong Province Dies After Years of Mistreatment and Abuse During the Persecution
2004-12-01On January 4, 2001, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Mingfen and several other practitioners from Guangzhou Province were arrested by police while painting "Falun Dafa Is Good" on the wall outside Maoming Estate. After being detained for two months, Ms. Yang was sentenced to one year in the Sansui Women's Forced Labour Camp and forced to sign documents swearing to give up her belief. After her release she declared that the so-called "transformation" statement was wrong. She was imprisoned again, brutally tortured and died on October 26, 2004. -
54 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Yuzhen from Hubei Province Passed Away in 2003 as a Result of Persecution
2004-12-0154 year old Ms. Li Yuzhen, from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, was a retired employee of Wuhan City Sixth Pharmaceutical Company. As a Falun Dafa practitioner she felt it was important to let people know the truth about the practice when the reputation of Dafa is being undermined. For her efforts to clarify the facts, she was detained twice. Because of the long-term physical and mental persecution, Li Yuzhen passed away in January 2003. -
The Torture in Jilin City No. 1 Detention Centre and Jilin Province Heizuizi Women's Prison
2004-12-01On May 29th 2001, Jilin City No. 1 Detention Centre sent Yu Lixin and me to prison. My first experience in the prison was a policeman rushing right up in front of my face, grabbing me, throwing dirt at me constantly, and beating me with his hands and feet. The director of the detention centre and a police officer were both there at the time, but neither of them stopped him. -
Torture Methods at the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre (Re-enactment Photos)
2004-11-30The police warden punished the practitioners who refused to renounce their belief with the "Flying Airplane" torture. The victim is forced to bend his body at a right angle to the legs, and raise his arms behind his back. The guards even pushed the victims' heads under the table. The torture is so painful that the victims' sweat soaked a large area of the cement floor. -
"610 Office" Arrest a Doctor Who Refuses to Obey Their Unreasonable Demands
2004-11-30"610 Office" officials had brought a patient with psychosis to Falun Dafa practitioner Dr. Hu Jinzhao's office at the Yunnan Province Psychiatric Hospital. Seeking to slander Falun Dafa, they asked Dr. Hu to certify that the patient had become psychotic because of practising Falun Gong. He refused their request, and clarified the truth about Falun Gong to them. The "610 Office" officials saw the three words, "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance," under the glass on his desk, so they asked him if he practised Falun Gong. Dr. Hu said yes! -
Practitioner Yu Ming Secretly Transferred Numerous Times for Suing Jiang While Detained in a Labour Camp
2004-11-30Falun Dafa practitioner Mr Yu Ming was admired and feared by re-education team leaders and custodians that monitored him the various labour camps he was incarcerated in. He wrote an appeal to sue Jiang Zemin for his criminal actions towards practitioners and their families and was detained by the team leader. In the end, Yu Ming walked out of the camp due to his upright state of mind. -
Seventy-Five-Year-Old Ms. Cheng Ke Tortured to Death in Tianjin City Police Station
2004-11-20Ms. Cheng Ke was 75 years old and lived in Tianjin City. On April 23, 1999, she went to Tianjin Institute of Education to clarify the fact that she herself had benefited greatly from practising Falun Dafa. She was subsequently beaten up by the police. Recently, she was tortured to death at a police station in Tianjin City. We have learned that all Falun Dafa practitioners detained in the same police station are on a hunger strike to protest this atrocity. -
Practitioner Ms Wang Yunfang from Shaanxi Province Tortured Beyond Recognition, Died in July 2004
2004-11-20Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Yunfang from Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong, and as a result during the last five years of the persecution, local government officials frequently harassed her and ransacked her house. In late July 2003, Ms. Wang was captured by the "610 Office" police from her house and detained in a Detention Centre. She was tortured until she was beyond recognition. She died on July 5, 2004. -
67 Year Old Ms. Xia Guiqin Passes Away After She and Her Son Endure Frequent Police Harassment and Mistreatment
2004-11-20Ms. Xia Guiqin, sixty-seven years old, was from Jilin City in Jilin Province. After she began practising Falun Dafa in 1996, her liver disease, rheumatism and many other diseases were all cured. She went to Beijing three times to appeal for justice for Falun Gong after the persecution began. For doing this she was frequently persecuted. The stress led her to become ill and died in 2004. -
An Account of the Torture I Experienced at the Heizuizi Labour Camp and in a Mental Hospital
2004-11-20"In December of 2000, the police arrested me when I went to Beijing to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Later on, I was sent to Heizuizi Labour Camp. When I refused to recite the rules of the labor camp, one policeman shocked me all over my body with a high voltage electric baton for about 45 minutes. My entire body smelled of burned flesh and the pain was so excruciating that I could hardly bear it! I was sent to a mental hospital where I was injected with unknown drugs into my body. I felt all kinds of pain and experienced horrible visual hallucinations."