Torture
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Sichuan Province Practitioner Mr Guan Xuehe Dies of Torture
2004-10-20Mr. Guan Xuehe was a 50 year old ironsmith from Sichuan Province. At the end of March 2003, he was sentenced to three years of forced labour. Before he was taken to the labour camp, he was brutally beaten by police at the detention centre. The beating was so brutal that he could not even stand up. Under the tremendous physical and mental persecution, he developed lung cancer around July 2004. The labour camp sent him home, fearing that he might die in the camp. Yet he died in hospital on October 4, 2004. -
Practitioner Ms. Chen Lijun from Zhengzhou City Is Tortured to Death
2004-10-2040-year-old practitioner Ms. Chen Lijun from Henan Province, was detained twice at Shibalihe Forced Labour Camp in Zhengzhou City. During her detention at the forced labour camp Ms. Chen suffered from all kinds of torture, including "Tying the Ropes". The prison guards and criminals punched her chest, abdomen and private parts. They stuffed human excrement, feminine napkins and dirty rags into her mouth. Ms. Chen died on September 29, 2004. -
Mr. Tan Guoyi from Heilongjiang Province Dies As a Result of the Persecution of His Family
2004-10-20Mr. Tan Guoyi, a practitioner from Heilongjiang Province, suffered constant harassment and persecution by the police. He missed his son, who was also a practitioner and who had been sentenced to nine years in prison. Mr. Tan's fourth daughter was sentenced to 3 years in a forced labour camp. Tan had many worries. Mr. Tan has two young grandsons who needed to be taken care of, and his wife was ill. His health condition got worse and eventually caused his death on July 3, 2004, at the age of 67. -
Twenty-Six Additional Cases of Practitioners Who Died as a Result of Torture in China are Verified in September
2004-10-19According to information reported on Minghui Net [the Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net], another twenty-six cases of innocent Falun Gong practitioners dying as a result of torture in China were verified in September 2004. These death cases were verified through civilian channels and increased the total number of Falun Gong practitioners who have been tortured to death or died as a result of torture in China to 1,060. -
More Information About Ms. Tang Yiwen (Photo)
2004-10-19"In 1998 I met Yiwen in Guangzhou when I went back to China for a visit. We had a wonderful talk. Over a year later, Jiang's regime started the suppression of Falun Gong in China. I could not help worrying about Yiwen then: She had only started to practise a little over a year ago. Could she withstand this ordeal? Later, I learned that the police had detained and brutally tortured her, to the point where her legs were disabled, and the only reason for this abuse was that she upheld her belief in Falun Dafa and would not tell a lie against her conscience." -
The Appeal Office Openly Abuses a Practitioner's Family Who Went Appeal
2004-10-19On September 21, 2004 practitioner Ms. Ma Ling, 47, was arrested and detained by the national security squad of the Wuhua Police Station, who fabricated the charge of "being involved in an evil cult" against her. On September 25, 2004, Ma Ling's daughter and brother went to the appeal office at the Kunming City Police Department to discuss Ma Ling's arrest. they were kept waiting for a long time. Before they were seen to some of the officers began trying to physically move them out of the way, while they were closing the gate of the appeal office. -
Persistant Persecution Leads to Death of Practitioner Ms. Dong Yanping from Hebei Province
2004-10-18Ms. Dong Yangping, 56 years old. After July 20, 1999, when the practice was banned, she refused to give up Falun Gong practice. Consequently, police searched her home several times. In 2001 the police arrested her husband, daughter and her and took them to the police station. She was beaten and locked in a metal cage, doing her immense spiritual and bodily harm. During the daytime she was absentminded, and at night she could not sleep. In April 2004, her work unit stopped paying her salary, so her financial resources were cut off. On September 28, 2004 she died tragically. -
Details About the Death of 55 Year Old Henan Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Liu Gai
2004-10-18Fifty-five year old Ms. Liu Gai was a resident of Henan Province. Since she was a firm believer in Falun Dafa, police arrested her and her daughter-in-law. Ms. Liu's daughter-in-law went to use the toilet, and when she came out, she found Ms. Liu unconscious, and her complexion was very pale. Police rushed her to the hospital but she died soon after. Upon seeing their mother's condition, the two sons were shocked. She had bruises all over her body, her clothes were torn apart, and stab wounds covered her arms. -
Practitioner Ms Liang Qizhen from Liaoning Province Abducted and Taken to Masanjia - Father Passes Away in Anguish
2004-10-18Ms Liang Qizhen, 48, was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp due to explaining the facts about Falun Gong. On the ninth day after she was arrested, Liang Qizhen's father could not endure the blow caused by the news of his daughter's imprisonment, and he passed away in despair. Liang Qizhen's sister is heartbroken. Her elder sister is unlawfully imprisoned, her father is dead, her young nephew still needs nurturing, and her elderly mother needs to be looked after. -
Mother Tortured, Police Send Homeless Child to Orphanage
2004-10-18Yu Yaojin is a 48-year-old mother from Heilongjiang Province. She was arrested by police because she practised Falun Gong and sent to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. As a result, the police sent her four-year-old daughter to an orphanage. During her detention Yu underwent severe torture and ended up with heart problems; yet she pined to see her daughter. Because of her determination, the labour camp allowed her to visit the orphanage. Sadly, the little girl had been so traumatized by her mother's sudden arrest and suffered such separation anxiety that she was no longer able to recognize her mother. -
"I Have Lost My Mummy, I Cannot Lose My Daddy" (Photo)
2004-10-17Little Yuanming's father is a Falun Dafa practitioner named Zhao Yougang. Even so, in June of 2003 Zhao Yougang was arrested by the Nanjing police while he was composing materials to tell people about Falun Gong. In jail he has been constantly subjected to inhumane torture. Little Yuanming went to Wuxi Prison hospital with her maternal grandmother to see her dad, who has become now virtually unrecognizable due to the torture. Even though Yuanming is young, she can still understand, "I have already lost my mummy, I cannot lose my daddy." -
Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Haibo and His Wife Suffer Abuse at Sichuan University
2004-10-17Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Haibo was an associate professor in the Mathematics Department at Sichuan University. His wife, Ms. Fang Hui, was a lecturer in the Foreign Languages Department at Sichuan University. They are both about 40 years old. The couple was sentenced to three and a-half years and three years in prison, respectively, for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to others. Both were fired from their jobs. Sichuan University has not paid Fang Hui any salary and she and her twelve-year-old son did not even receive a minimum living allowance in the last year. -
Qinhuangdao City Court Frames Good People - Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal
2004-10-17Shanhaiguan Court held trials for practitioners on August 24 without legal basis, just because they clarified the truth about Falun Gong to people. These so-called "court trials" were held in secret. At around 8:00 a.m. on August 24, four policemen tried to force practitioner Mr. Wei Danquan, who was in life-threatening danger, to the court for trial, but Wei's family strongly opposed it and argued with reason. They requested that police sign a statement assuming responsibility for the consequences if they insisted on taking Mr. Wei, but the officers were afraid to do so and left empty-handed. -
Persecuted to Death, Dafa Practitioner Li Jingdong's Leaves Two Teenage Children Orphaned
2004-10-17Li Jingdong, 41 years old, began to practise Falun Gong in 1998. In 2001, Mr. Li was arrested after appealing in Beijing. He was sent back to the local police station in Shandong Province and handcuffed to a tree and left there for over 10 days, enduring insults, beatings and being kicked. He was persecuted to death, leaving behind two children, one 16 year old daughter, a 19 year old son and a 79-year-old mother. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Zhang Minqiu Tortured to Death in Beijing
2004-10-16Ms. Zhang Minqiu was a Falun Dafa practitioner in Beijing, around 60 years old. She died in the autumn of 2002 from being subjected to torture in Beijing Labour Camp Distribution Centre (details unknown). On August 22, 2002, I saw Ms. Zhang Minqiu. Her mind had become unstable because of the torture she endured in the labour camp. She was transferred to Tiantanghe Hospital in September, 2002. Drug addicted prisoner Gao Lei (female) tells how Zhang was tortured in the hospital.