Torture

  • His Physical Body Severely Damaged and Intense Psychological Stress Leads to Death of Shulan City Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chen Dexi

    The Labour Camp administration refused to give him medical treatment, and let him rest only seven days, after which he was forced to resume his normal labour. He was not released until after his term had been extended an additional eight months. This long period of forced labour is what ruined his health...His physical body was severely damaged, as well as intense psychological stress, neither of which he could recover from upon returning home, finally leading to his death on October 25, 2003.
  • Shijiazhuang City Police Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

    Since July 1999, the director and officers of the Tangu Police Station have acted without conscience to persecute Falun Gong practitioners for personal gain. Their methods of torture include burning practitioners' faces with cigarette lighters, binding them, and hanging them up. They also enforce "guilt by association." For example, practitioner Li Xixiu from Tangu Village went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. As a result, the police had a family member of Li Xixiu's suspended from his job for more than six months.
  • Exposing the Crimes of Liu Shijie, Leader of Gaoxin District National Security Brigade in Mianyang City

    Liu Shijie, of Gaoxin district police sub-bureau, Mianyang City, is an insidious and cruel person of about 50 years old....As soon as the persecution started, Liu Shijie immediately made arrangements to collect the names of Falun Gong practitioners, and forced them to be fingerprinted and photographed. He...instigated hatred in people who did not know the truth about Falun Gong, fabricated crimes to frame Falun Gong practitioners, and unjustly detained them.
  • US Citizen Charles Lee Forced to Do Slave Labour in Nanjing City Prison

    US citizen and Falun Gong practitioner Charles Lee, who is being detained at Nanjing City Prison was recently forced into slave labour in addition to attending brainwashing sessions. According to Charles Lee's fiancée, Fu Yeong-ching, who is currently living in California, as early as December 2003, Charles was forced to do slave labor making shoes. He had told a US consular official in Shanghai that the glue used in shoe production smelled terrible and made him feel sick.
  • The Sadistic Torture of Female Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Dalian Forced Labour Camp

    Prior to 2001, it was police officers that were directly involved in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. However, every time they harmed the practitioners they would ache all over and some would have the symptoms of a serious flu. Now, the regular criminal inmates are used to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. The criminals experience the same flu-like symptoms as the policemen. One criminal named Gao Peiling was unable to get up after beating some Falun Dafa practitioners. Another criminal, Wang Minfen, cried and told the practitioners, "We don't want to beat you, but we have to do it, otherwise the division leader will extend our prison terms." The police in the Dalian Forced Labour Camp have not only committed crimes themselves, but also have made others commit crimes.
  • Ms Guo Xiaohui Suffers Electric Shocks with Wires Wrapped Around the Fingers, Violent Force-Feeding and Injection of Nerve Damaging Drugs by Tangshan City Police

    After she was released from the metal chair, Ms. Guo lost consciousness and could not stand. She was examined at the Ankang Hospital in Tangshan and her lower-back was found to be dislocated...Guo Xiaohui was illegally detained for over one year in the No. 1 Forced Labour Camp. When the higher authorities came to check for overtime detentions, the labour camp would hide her or transfer her somewhere else, and send her back after the inspectors had left.
  • Qinhuangdao City Police Send the Most Falun Gong Practitioners to Forced Labour Camps out of Five Regions in Northern Hebei Province

    Practitioners Ms. Zhao Huanzhen of Shanhaiguan and Ms. Yang Yuzhu of Qinhuangdao had to have limbs amputated due to this cruel torture. Many Falun Gong practitioners in Qinlong County have also lost their lives as a result. Among those who have died as a result of this senseless persecution are Mr. Hu Hexiang and Mr. Song Youchun. Practitioners in Shanhaiguan that have also lost their lives include Ms. Pi Jinghui of the Shanhaiguan Bulb Company and 45-year-old Ms. Hou Guimin of the Shanhaiguan dockyard.
  • Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Guoqing Dies as a Result of Brutal Beatings in Fuzhou City Labour Camp

    The inmates beat Zhang Guoqing almost everyday, from October 2003 to January 2004. The practitioners told the guards and division head Liu about this, but they were ignored...Zhang Guoqing was severely beaten on January 19, 2004 and suffered internal injuries. The guards sent him to the Jianxin Hospital in Fuzhou City. The callous doctors didn't take his injuries seriously and sent him back the same day.
  • 52-year-old Dafa Practitioner Ms. Song Yulian Tortured to Death by Wuhan City Women's Prison

    This retired lady, who had been commended as a model worker in her workplace, was senselessly and brutally tortured until death. How can being a good person be a crime? How can believing in Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance condemn a person to death? Its is tragic that she, like 900 other practitioners have lost their lives due to peacefully following their beliefs.
  • 50-Year-old Practitioner Ms. Zhao Fengyun Suddenly Dies at Harbin City's Wanjia Labour Camp

    Because she firmly persisted in practising Falun Gong, she was illegally arrested and sent to Wanjia Labour Camp to be tortured. At about 7:00 p.m. on February 27, 2004, she suddenly died in the labour camp. The heartless camp authorities did not inform her family of her situation until she passed away. Her husband has also been unjustly incarcerated and is being held at Changlinzi Labour Camp.
  • More Details about the Cruel Death of Heilongjiang Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liu Yan

    Liu Yan's business could not run normally because he had been unjustly detained for a long period of time and it was forced to close. His death caused severe grief for his mother. She later became very ill and handicapped. Liu Yan is survived by his child and wife, who are faced with great difficulties and sorrow due to his death.
  • Xinjiang Tianshan Wooltex Stock Corporation, Ltd. Joins Labour Camps and Prisons to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners -- Bloody Slave Labour Behind Internationally Renowned Brand (Photo)

    Many detainees at Division One of Changji Labour Camp in Xinjiang Province are routinely denied sleep several weeks out of the month. They work an average of more than 20 hours a day. They can only take a short nap after dawn on the platform where they make the sweaters. When they work on the machines, they often have to work for one day and one night at a time. Most of them have swollen legs from malnutrition and exhausting labour conditions. The workshop is only 200 meters (about 850 feet) from the cafeteria, but most detainees do not have time to eat breakfast.
  • Samples of Products Made by Falun Gong Practitioners Imprisoned in the Wangcun Labour Camp (Photos)

    To make a pair of artificial eyelashes, one needs to use tweezers to pick up more than 300 strands of hair and adhere them on the adhesive tape along the template. One earns 27 cents1 for each pair. Then the product has to go through several procedures including cutting, braising and shape-finalization to finish. A pair of finished false eyelashes costs 35 cents. This work places great strain on the worker's eyes. On average, a person has to make 20 to 30 pairs a day.
  • Two Falun Dafa Practitioners Have Been Tortured to Death; More Information Is Sought to Verify The Details

    I did not know where the elderly lady and her daughter had been sent. I only learned later, from another practitioner, that the elderly lady had been taken away with nothing to eat and drink. On the way she was very hungry, but no one took care of her. She was later tortured to death near Tai'an. Her sons and daughter had been taken to jail.
  • Revealing More Details on the Death of Ms Tang Meijun at the Chongqing City Women's Labour Camp

    Tang's family were shocked and asked the police how she could have died in such a terrible way. The police faltered, "She committed suicide." In order to uphold justice, her family hired an lawyer. However, the police threatened the lawyer, saying, "The Party has been cracking down on Falun Gong these several years. How dare you come to the labour camp and defend Falun Gong!" Under pressure, he did not say anything.