Torture

  • The Atrocities at Nanmusi Women's Labour Camp

    I started practising Falun Gong in 1997, after which all my illnesses miraculously went away. When the persecution started, I clarified the truth to others about Falun Gong, and was arrested and illegally sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. I was imprisoned at Nanmusi Women's Labour Camp in Zhizhong. The following is my personal testimony of the brutalities I witnessed in the labour camp as well as my own personal experiences.
  • Crimes Committed by Liu Guansheng, Deputy Director of the Shanhaiguan Public Security Bureau in Qinhuangdao City

    For more than four years now, Liu Guansheng has served Jiang's regime in persecuting kind and innocent Falun Gong practitioners in Shanhaiguan, and he detained many Qinhangdao City practitioners in his Shanhaiguan Detention Centre. According to incomplete statistics only accounting for the Shanhaiguan District, Qinhangdao City, between 170 and 180 practitioners were illegally detained, brutally tortured and interrogated under torture as a result of his direct and indirect instructions.
  • Gansu Province Dafa Practitioner Sentenced to Eighteen Years in Prison for Truth-Clarifying TV Broadcast

    Because he insists on living according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and because he clarified the truth to the public, Mr. Wang Weiping has been detained on four occasions by the "610 Office." He was most recently detained after mid-August, 2002, when he was involved in broadcasting truth-clarification programming on TV. The broadcast was considered a major case by the police, and most practitioners who had participated were arrested.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhao Huiju on Brink of Death from Torture at Xinxiang Jail (Photos)

    Zhao Huiju is fifty-two years old and is from the Xigaohuang Village, of Pingdingshan City. Due to repeated torture her physical condition has become very weak, and she was twice rejected admission to the Xinxiang Jail. However, on February 5, Lushan court ordered the Jail to admit her despite her poor health. Three days later, her family members were informed that she was on the brink of death. When her daughter carried the two-month-old baby to visit her and saw her tortured beyond recognition, she burst into tears. Zhao's eighty-year-old mother also cried sadly. Currently Zhao Huiju could die at anytime.
  • Experiences of Torture at the Gongzhuling City Police Department and Detention Centre

    "...The two police grinned fiendishly and said, "Why do you practise Falun Gong? It's better to kill, to commit arson and to rape a woman than to practise Falun Gong." They lit a cigarette and put it under my nose until my head was engulfed in smoke. Tears gushed from my eyes and I couldn't breathe." [Note: Falun Gong practitioners do not drink alcohol or smoke. Police often try to force-feed practitioners alcohol or force cigarettes on them as means to degrade them and as a method of torture].
  • The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners by the Chengdu City and Chongzhou City "610 Office"

    In February 2003, the "610 Office" of Chengdu City and Chongzhou City in Sichuan Province arrested Falun Gong practitioners who were caught handing out Dafa truth-clarification materials in Chongzhou City. In the detention centre, arrested practitioner Ms. Huang Ying refused to comply with orders from a guard. The guard put a few electric wires together, and beat Ms. Huang with the wires and with a metal club, and kicked her. Huang Ying's face became swollen and she had many injuries over her whole body.
  • Over 20 Prisoners Encouraged to Gang Up and Beat a Practitioner to Death: Story of Ms. Zhu Yinfang from Chengdu City

    Over 50 year old, Ms. Zhu Yinfang was sent to the 7th Middle Team in Zizhong City Women's Labour Camp on April 25, 2003. The guards then ordered inmates detained for drug abuse to tape her , and bind her hands and feet with handcuffs and shackles. The following day, police guards commanded over 20 prisoners under custody to torture this Falun Dafa practitioner from Chengdu City to death. The jail terms of those who beat the practitioner to death was extended for only half a day, while the jail terms of those who didn't participate was extended more.
  • More Information about the Torture Death of Shanghai Dafa Practitioner Mr. Ma Xinxing

    In late 1999, Falun Dafa practitioner Ma Xinxing from Shanghai was detained in a mental hospital for three months. The police and doctors claimed that practitioners detained in the hospital were suffering from psychosis. They also attempted to have practitioners give up their belief, threatening to turn the practitioners crazy. One of the tactics they used was to force practitioners to take harmful drugs. If practitioners refused to take the drugs, the police and doctors oftentimes resorted to force-feeding.
  • Police Torture Practitioners With Electric Batons in Zhaoyang City Forced Labour Camp

    In October 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xue closed his eyes during a brainwashing session. He was accused of meditating. Another practitioner objected. Both were then taken down to the basement and shocked with electric batons. Everyone on the second floor could hear Zhang Yuqi's shout of "Falun Dafa is good," which was loud and clear. Later, everyone could see the red blotches and blisters all over his neck and his facial expression was one of extreme pain.
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Zhang Guangxian from Guizhou Province Passes Away Under Great Strain Caused by the Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Guangxian's son, Hu Dali, also a Falun Dafa practitioner, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was tortured in Lannigou Detention Centre, leaving both legs disabled. While her son was tortured in prison, she faced ongoing harassment and threats at home. After being subjected to repeated harassment and intimidation to the limits of her endurance, she passed away on the evening of February 22nd, 2004, at the Xiuwen County Chinese Medicine Hospital.
  • The Savage Acts in Hanzhong City Detention Centre: Breasts Squeezed to the Point of Bleeding, Toothbrush Twisted in the Vagina

    The Hanzhong City Detention Centre, operated by the "610 Office", used criminals like drug addicts, drug dealers, prostitutes, and thieves to brutally torture Dafa practitioners....Finally when they saw that she was dying, they then informed the family and forced them pay a 1,000-Yuan fine to bail her out. It was July 19 when they finally released Yu Xiuqin, who had been tortured so severely that her face was distorted, her body was black and blue all over with countless scars and fractured ribs.
  • Thirty Falun Gong Practitioners on Strike at the Jiamusi Labour Camp to Protest their Enslavement

    About six months ago, authorities at the Jiamusi Labour Camp entered into a contract with a private firm to produce mobile phone cases. The raw materials used for the mobile phone cases are substandard and contain toxic substances far exceeding the permissible limits, and are carcinogenic. The police and guards who supervise the work are even afraid to stay in the workshop. However, Falun Gong practitioners are forced to remain in the workshop to make the phone cases.
  • Dabei Prison Threatens Charge of "Harbouring Fugitives" if Families of Practitioners Released on Medical Bail Fail to Return the Practitioners to Prison

    As a matter of fact, "release on bail for medical treatment" is not what it appears. The so-called "release on bail for medical treatment" is in reality extortion from family members of practitioners who have been tortured to near death to pay large sums of money as "medical expenses" in exchange for the practitioners' release. If the family members cannot pay the required sums of money, there is no way for them to see their loved ones.
  • Photo Evidence of How Dalian Police Tortured Mr. Li Zhongmin

    In 2001, Falun Dafa practitioner Li Zhongmin was arrested by the Dalian Development District Public Security Bureau. He was then severely tortured by policemen. When Li Zhongmin escaped, his hands were still handcuffed, and they deeply cut into his wrists. He had cuts and bruises all over his body, and the wound in his forehead vibrated when he breathed. It was too appalling to watch. Li Zhongmin was tortured to death in Dabei Prison on March 4, 2003.
  • Policeman Li Songtao is Responsible for Torturing Two Falun Gong Practitioners to Death in Jinzhou City Labour Camp

    Li Songtao, a 31-year-old male, is the deputy head of the Second Brigade (Special Team set up to persecute Falun Gong practitioners) of Jinzhou City Forced Labour Camp. He threatened, deceived and physically tortured practitioners. Li is the direct murderer of practitioner Xiao Peng. He is also responsible for the death of practitioner Shi Zhongyan.