Torture

  • Practitioner Cheng Fengxiang Suffers the Torture of "Hammering Bamboo Sticks under the Fingernails"

    Because of his involvement in tapping into a local cable TV station to broadcast a Dafa truth-clarifying video practitioner Cheng Fengxiang was arrested on January 28, 2004. The officials used torture on the practitioner during the interrogation. To find out the location of the specific electronic device, the head of the criminal police squadron tortured Cheng Fengxiang with "Hammering Bamboo Sticks under the Fingernails", which shocked even many police officers who witnessed the process.
  • The Appeal Letter of Ms. Wei Jianyu, a Lecturer at Fujian Institute of Technology

    "I have never broken any laws, but because I have been practising Falun Gong and persisting in my belief in the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," I was detained illegally, my home was ransacked, and I was sentenced to prison and tortured. I have been living in a nightmare without having done anything wrong. Now I am filing a complaint about the persecution to the related departments. I appeal to your conscience and ask for an investigation so that a judgment in justice can be made."
  • Jiang Zemin and His Followers in the Education System Persecute Falun Gong Resulting in Expulsion and Death of China's Best and Brightest (Photos)

    According to the Clearwisdom website, at least 1014 practitioners have been killed as a result of the persecution as of July 23, 2004. Under the educational system led by Chen Zhili, one of Jiang's top political followers, a total of 72 teaching personnel and students have been persecuted to death, the youngest being 17 year old Ms. Chen Ying, who was in 10th grade at Kiamusu City Shuren High School, and the eldest is 68 year old Harbin City Business Administration School professor Zhou Jingsen.
  • How Fifty-Three Year Old Ms. Zhang Xiuxian Was Tortured to Death

    Ms. Zhang Xiuxian, 53, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Hebei Province. Between 1999 when the persecution of Falun Gong began and her death on June 3, 2002, she suffered relentless torture and various forms of persecution. Although her illnesses had been healed through the practice of Falun Gong, the mental and physical torture and anguish she suffered ravaged her body. Her body swelled up and she passed away.
  • Examples of Torture in Jinzhou Prison: Shock with Electronic Batons and "Stool Holding"

    Jinzhou Prison's 4th And 8th Divisions sent several Falun Dafa practitioners to special confinement rooms to be tortured. Prison guards used two electronic batons to shock practitioners' heads and bodies until the batons ran out of electricity. These practitioners were covered with burn marks left by the batons. After the shock torture, the guards forced the same practitioners to "hold stools." Some practitioners were forced to hold the stool for as long as 11 days!
  • Wuhan Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yang Qinghua Was Persecuted to Death

    Wuhan Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Qinghua was aged 40. In 2000 she was sentenced to forced labour reeducation because she practised Falun Gong. She was locked in a single room for six months. When her family was notified to come take her away, she was in hospital. Ms. Yang couldn't move her arms or legs, was unable to speak intelligibly, and had lost the ability to care for herself. She looked like an old woman well over 60. She passed away at home on August 25, 2004.
  • Death of Elderly Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ning Guizhen from Qinhuangdao City

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Ning Guizhen and her daughter Xu Xiujuan went to Shanhaiguan District to distribute truth clarification materials, when the police abducted them. The authorities detained mother and daughter in separate rooms and interrogated them. Ning Guizhen was in her 60s. The police officers handcuffed her to a chair and handcuffed her daughter to a bed. When Ms. Ning refused to answer their questions, the police kicked the chair so violently that Ning Guizhen developed a severe headache and vomited. After she was released she never recovered and passed away on June 27, 2004, after suffering from severe headaches and intermittent loss of consciousness.
  • Death of Dafa Practitioner Mr. Fang Decheng from Liaoning Province

    Mr. Fang Decheng, 37 years old was from Liaoning Province. Around 10:00 p.m. on July 20, 2004, the Falun Dafa truth-clarification material site that he maintained was destroyed. During the process that the police tried to abduct him, he fell from the fifth floor of a building. The police from Anshan City Police Department at first didn't allow treatment. However, later he was sent to a hospital but could not be revived and died on July 20, 2004.
  • Details on the Death Resulting from Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr Cao Ping

    Forty-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Cao Ping lived in Sichuan Province. He was brutally tortured at the Deyang Jail in Sichuan Province. Mr. Cao could hardly be recognized. When his family saw him in May 2003, he was only skin and bones. The jail sent him home on June 28, 2003. His family could not believe the change in him. His original weight was 130lbs and he was 170cm (5'6") tall. Upon his return he only weighed 60lbs, and died shortly after on July 7, 2003.
  • Ms. Bai Wanling from Xinjiang Province Passes Away Due to Constant Persecution

    39-year-old Ms. Bai Wanling was a practitioner from Xinjiang Province. In November 2000, while distributing Dafa truth-clarification materials out of town, she was arrested and sent to the Xinjiang Province Women's Forced Labour Camp to serve a three year term. While in detention, she was brutally tortured and suffered severe damage to her lungs as a result. The labour camp feared that her illness might be epidemic and did not want to take responsibility should she die there, so the camp notified her family to pick her up in June 2002. Although she was released she was still constantly harassed by police. As a result of the enormous pressure, Bai Wanling passed away on May 31, 2004.
  • Beijing Special Collection: Exposing the Evil Nature of Jiang's Regime - the Ordeals I Suffered under the Persecution

    The author of this article, Yu Ming, had been abducted and taken to Beijing's Lugu Police Station in late October of 2003, and was later sentenced to forced labour. Since he is known in the Beijing labour camps as being steadfast in his belief in Falun Dafa, Mr. Yu is currently still being held in the "Dispatch Centre." We hope that the international community will pay attention to his situation.
  • Recently Verified: Three Dafa Practitioners in Tianjin Have Been Tortured to Death

    It has recently been verified that three Falun Dafa practitioners from Tianjin City were tortured to death: Ms. Lu Shuying in 2004, Mr. Lu Dewang in 2000, and Ms. Zhou Xuezhen in 2002. The labour camps in Tianjin City aggressively persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. If a guard successfully forces a practitioner to write the so-called "Repentance Statement" or "Guarantee Statement," the Tianjin government awards him ten to twenty thousand yuan. So the guards are using more and more brutal means of torture on practitioners in order to get bonus money. They even have a "death quota."
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Lixin from Jilin Province Dies as a Result of Torture; at Least Twenty-five Practitioners Have Died from Torture in Jilin City

    Mr Wang Lixin was detained on November 27, 2000 for photocopying Falun Gong truth-clarification materials and died on December 5, 2000, within a short period of only seven to eight days. According to an the autopsy report, Mr. Wang's ribs were broken and his chest was black and blue from clotted blood. His is clearly an abnormal death. In June 2001, Mr. Wang's father filed a lawsuit at the Jilin City Intermediate Court against the Jilin Police Department and asked for compensation of 200,000 yuan. It was rejected. During the period of filing the lawsuits, his family spent over 500,000 yuan, and was almost bankrupt.
  • What Caused the Death of Mr. Wang Dayuan, a 36 year old College Teacher?

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Dayuan, 36, was a college lecturer. In October 2002, police searched his home and arrested him. He refused to give up his belief. As a result, he was kept under indefinite detention. In 2003, Wang Dayuan, a well liked young man, was sentenced to eight years in prison. On April 3 2004, he could not stand the tortures any longer and agreed to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. Suffering such spiritual torment at his renunciation he tore up the statement the next day. On April 5, Wang Dayuan was struggling to stay alive after being brutally tortured and died around lunch time after another round of frenzied beating.
  • Hubei Gongan County Primary School Teacher Tortured in Mental Hospital

    Ms. Zhang Lieju is a teacher at a primary school in Hubei Province. Because she is steadfast in practising Falun Gong, she was often persecuted by "610 Office" personnel, police and some former workplace cadres. Many times she was on the verge of death. She was taken forcibly to mental hospitals and injected with drugs that damage the central nervous system. She became disabled, yet the depraved people claim that they cured her!