Torture
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Hebei Province Falun Gong Practitioner Mr Cui Fengqi Dies as a Result of Persecution
2004-11-02
40 year old Mr. Cui Fengqi became fit and healthy after he started practising Falun Gong in 1998. After the unjust suppression of Falun Gong began in July 1999, he continued to promote and clarify the truth about Falun Gong. He was detained at his workplace many times. He was later subjected to abuse by the Tangshan City Detention Centre, where he was seriously injured both physically and mentally. He was fired from his job, harassed and humiliated by police. Due to the physical and mental torture that he suffered, Mr. Cui passed away on October the 15th 2004. -
Torture and Harassment Led to Death of 49 Year Old Guangdong Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yang Mingxia
2004-11-02Ms. Yang Mingxia, 49 years old, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Guangdong Province. She was arrested and sent to the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp in Guangdong Province for three years of forced labour. She suffered from severe physical tortures and spiritual abuse in the labour camp. Ms. Yang was released in January 2004 and went home. She continued to be monitored, harassed and threatened. As a result, four months later, in May 2004, Ms. Yang Mingxia passed away. -
Weak from Torture, Police Apply Pressure on 60 Year Old Ms. Liu Yuying Until Her Death in September 2004
2004-11-02Ms. Liu Yuying, about 60 years old, was a resident of Henan Province. In December 2000, she travelled to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was arrested and detained in a forced labour cam for eight months. By that time, Ms. Liu had become extremely weak from the persecution, was emaciated and could barely walk. After she returned home, police continued to harass her at home. Under such tremendous mental pressure, Ms. Liu's health condition further deteriorated. She died on September the 17th 2004. -
Elderly Xi'an Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhou Qingtian Tortured to Death
2004-11-01Mr. Zhou Qingtian lived in Shaanxi Province and was retired. He was sent to Shaanxi Zaozihe Labour Camp in 2002 to be "reeducated through forced labour" for one year, because he practised Falun Gong. During this period, the police ordered some drug addicts to torture him by piercing his fingers with steel needles. He was again arrested in 2004 and tortured to death by Xi'an police in July 2004. -
Details of the Relentless Persecution That Caused the Death of 51 Year Old Practitioner Ms Yang Qinghua from Wuhan
2004-11-01Ms. Yang Qinghua, 51 years old was from Hubei Province. In 2001 she was sent to Hewan Forced Labour Camp for appealing for the restoration of the right to practise Falun Dafa. She was persecuted until "both eyes lost sight, both ears lost hearing, the feet lost the ability to walk, and the mouth lost the ability to talk properly." She was bedridden and on the brink of death. Although released, she was unable to recover from the mental and physical trauma, and the police continued to harass and threaten her until she died on August 25, 2004. -
Husband Beaten to Death, Children Illegally Jailed in Prisons, Zhou Dongmei Cries for Justice on the Streets
2004-11-01This is the desperate situation of a family from Hubei Province, all Falun Dafa practitioners. Ms. Zhou and her daughter, went to the streets on October 11, 2004. They held poster boards explaining the injustice that their family is suffering. People on the streets were shocked to find out that Ms. Zhou's husband died from internal injuries caused by brutal beatings by the police. They could not believe that her son was being tortured to the brink of death. When Zhou and her daughter passed in front of the police department several police officers forcibly snatched away and smashed their boards and arrested them. -
How Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-11-01
Torture method: Violently Beating Practitioners with Stools or Benches: Falun Gong practitioners were forced to squat on the floor with their hands behind their back. Prisoners and policemen then used stools or benches to beat them violently on the head and the back. If the practitioners did not obey them, they would be tortured with even more cruel methods. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Song Wenhua Tortured to Death at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp
2004-10-31Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Song Wenhua, 56, was resident in Jilin Province. In October 2004, Song Wenhua was tortured to death at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City. Some official from the labour camp bellowed to his family, "We don't take care of the old and sick. We also won't release him as long as he is still alive. If he is dying, we will carry him outside the labour camp's gate at the last minute so he can die outside. Then his death will not be counted as 'tortured to death by the labour camp.'" -
With Both Legs Broken Due to Cruel Torture, Practitioner Mr Zhang Peiqi is Still Detained in a Detention Centre
2004-10-31Ever since his arrest in March, practitioner Zhang Peiqi of Jilin City, has endured severe torture, which resulted in two broken legs. While four men carried Mr. Zhang into a prison cell, it was noticed that he had been so brutally tortured that there was no uninjured spot on his body, and both of his legs were completely swollen and bruised - it was a horrific sight. All twenty-plus inmates in the prison cell can testify to this fact. Lawless personnel still refuse to release him. -
The Mental and Physical Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners by Guards at Beijing's Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp
2004-10-31Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp used a technique called "sitting facing the wall" to physically and mentally torture practitioners. "Sitting facing the wall" requires practitioners to sit absolutely straight with their faces towards the wall, their knees against the wall, and their eyes only a few inches away from the wall. They must not move or close their eyes or glance sideways. "Sitting facing the wall" is a physical punishment and mental torment for practitioners. Inmates monitor the practitioners. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Yukun from Chongqing City Tortured to Death in 2001
2004-10-30It has been learned that Dafa practitioner Ms Li Yukun, a worker of Chongqing City Grinding Machine Factory, was tortured to death at the end of December 2000 when she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa for the second time. Another practitioner went to Beijing together with Li Yukun. As soon as their train arrived in Beijing, they were arrested and taken to different places. Several days after she came back to Chongqing, on January 5. 2001, she heard from Li Yukun's family that Li had died and that they had come back from Beijing with a box containing her ashes. -
Atrocious Behaviour of Police at the Panzhihua City Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province
2004-10-30Zhang Bolin is the team leader of the National Security Team of the Panzhihua City Public Security Bureau. He beat up most of the Falun Gong practitioners who were arrested. He used very ruthless tactics. Many practitioners that he beat up went into shock. He tortured a female practitioner, Luo Junling many times. In November 2002, Zhang Bolin took Luo Junling at night many times to a torture location that they had been secretly set up. -
More Details about the Persecution Death of Henan Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Chen Lijun
2004-10-30Forty-year-old practitioner Ms. Chen Lijun was from Henan Province. She was sent to Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp twice without any legal grounds. The headwomen of the labour camp subjected Ms. Chen to all kinds of tortures, including "Tying the Ropes". They would also strike her violently all over her body including her chest, stomach and private parts. The policewomen also ordered drug addicts to seal her mouth with used menstrual pads or put excrement on her mouth. As result of the persecution, Ms. Chen died at 4:00 p.m. on September 29, 2004. -
Practitioner Zhang Jiuhui of Heilongjiang Province Demonstrates the Torture Methods She Suffered (Photos)
2004-10-29Ms. Zhang Jiuhui, 26, is a resident of Heilongjiang Province. On February 20, 2000, she was practising the Falun Gong exercises outdoors when she was arrested. At that time, she was 21 years old. She related the story about how three young policewomen tortured her. "This kind of persecution caused me to feel both painful and itchy at that time. Later my skin turned black and blue, and for more than two weeks I could not turn over in bed. This was not merely a persecution of my body, it was also an insult to my dignity." -
Husband Tortured to Death, Wife Develops Mental Disorder as Result of Persecution
2004-10-28According to reports, Falun Gong practitioner Mr Li Xianwen, who lived in Sichuan Province, was tortured to death while detained in a brainwashing centre in Chengdu City. Li Xianwen's mother still does not know about her son's death. Li Xianwen's wife Yu Guiying is also a practitioner, who has suffered brutal persecution in a labour camp. As a result, she has developed a mental disorder. The labour camp has released her and sent her home.
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