Torture

• The Four Stages of Persecution Implemented by Henan Province Number Three Forced Labour Camp

  2004-03-03
  The people responsible for directing and committing these crimes are extremely frightened of public exposure and thus used all means to block news from leaking out of the forced labour camp. Falun Gong practitioners were forbidden to have contact with anyone from the outside. They were not allowed to talk to anyone and the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners at the Number Three Forced Labour Camp described here only represents a small portion of the facts that could get past the information blockade.
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• The Sichuan Deyang Prison Makes Illegal Profits from Abusing Prisoners

  2004-03-03
  The Jewellery Association Factory owns 100,000 jewellery machines, which have all been set up in prisons, including the Deyang Prison. Some Chinese-owned enterprises in Thailand have also purchased many machines and have set them up in several prisons in Sichuan to have the jewellery processed. The Hong Kong Lepachu Industrial Co. Ltd and the Guangdong Liren Clothes Co. both use prisoners to make their products, some of which are sold to the United States.
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• Ms. Yang Zhongfang Beaten to Death; Dozens of People Hold Sit-in Protest in front of City Government

  2004-03-02
  Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Zhongfang was 37 years old when officers from the Jiangong Police Station in Yanji City beat her to death overnight. Originally from Chengdu City, she had a deli business at the Xiyuan Market near the Yanxi Street Brick Factory in Yanji City. Because she was a warm and conscientious person, her business did well. The people living nearby loved her food. Ms. Yang Zhongfang also did lots of good things for the market, but she was persecuted for her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance.
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• Ms. Wang Shuxian Dies as a Result of Torture Suffered at Jilin Province Detention Centre

  2004-03-02
  Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Shuxian was in her 40's and had lived in Nongan County, Jilin Province. She went to Beijing to appeal in January 2000, and police from Nongan County arrested her and sent her to a detention centre. They tortured her viciously until she had a heart attack. She strongly urged the detention centre authorities to release her, but the perpetrators ignored her request. Five days later, she fainted and remained unconscious. Ms. Wang Shuxian passed away three days later.
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• Two Female Dafa Practitioners from Provinces of Jilin and Hunan Verified to Have Died of Torture in 2002

  2004-03-02
  In January 2001, Zhang was sent back to Yushu City Detention Centre. The police from the political security section brutally beat her, leaving wounds all over her body. After she returned to her cell, she had difficulty catching her breath. She passed out twice. After she regained consciousness, she said she felt sharp pain in her internal organs, which was a result of the police's brutal beating.
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• Practitioner Wang Wenbo Dies from Abuse Received at Harbin Labour Camp

  2004-03-02
  Mr. Wang Wenbo, was a forty five year old practitioner from Aimin Village, Shuangcheng City. He was arrested and taken to Harbin Changlinzi Labour Camp when he was working away from his hometown. He was released on January 17, 2004 after suffering two years of horrible persecution in the labour camp. He was tortured because he believed in the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. He was unwilling to betray his faith and thus his life was tragically cut short.
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• Mudanjiang City Dafa Practitioner Wang Jiguo Tortured to Death While His Wife is Still Detained

  2004-03-01
  In December 2000, Mudanjiang City University staff member Wang Jiguo was illegally detained at a forced labour camp. He had been tortured so severely that his entire body was swollen. He suffered from blurred vision and severe liver damage. Wang was released in September 2001. In July 2002 was he was sentenced to 7-year prison term at Mudanjiang CityPrison. Between June and July 2003, Wang was tortured until he was again on the verge of death. In September 2003 Wang died at the age of 40.
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• Cherishing the Memory of Ms. Liu Limei, Ph.D. Student at the Northeastern Agricultural University

  2004-03-01
  One day in 2001, Ms. Liu Limei was taken against her will to the Second Detention Centre in Harbin City. She was sentenced to Wanjia Labour Camp without proper legal procedure. In the labour camp, any practitioner who refused to renounce their belief was tortured with various brutal methods. The torture methods included: being beaten and cursed at, being beaten while hung up or handcuffed, sitting on the "Tiger Bench" for an extended period of time, being hung for four or five days without being released, and being locked in a solitary confinement.
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• Benxi City Married Couple Suffer Brutal Persecution

  2004-03-01
  Falun Dafa practitioners in Benxi City put up truth-clarification banners with the words "Tiananmen Square self-immolation is aimed at framing Falun Dafa." The authorities of the city set out to find those involved in making the banners. A former Falun Gong practitioner assisting in the persecution who had renounced Falun Gong due to brainwashing and torture reported Zhao Chenglin and Wang Lijuan. The city authorities then treated the couple as "key members" of Falun Gong.
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• Head of Wanjia Labor Camp Viciously Tortures Dafa Practitioners

  2004-03-01
  Since August 2002, the head of Wanjia Labour Camp, Lu Zhenshan, has been escalating the persecution of Dafa practitioners using more violence. Lu Zhenshan has been very hostile towards Dafa. Some policemen who still respected their conscience could not stand to witness his brutality. Lu would verbally abuse whoever showed sympathy to Dafa practitioners and later transferred such policemen to different units.
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• Female Middle School Teacher Confirmed to Have Died of Torture Two Years Ago

  2004-02-29
  During detention, Liu was tortured both mentally and physically. As a result, she developed oedema all over her body. Seeing that she was near death, the political security section of the Boli County Police Department callously extorted several thousand yuan from her family and sent her home. Not long after she returned home, Liu passed away on August 23, 2001.
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• Many Falun Gong Practitioners Disabled or Tortured to Death by Fushun City Police Department

  2004-02-29
  In March 2003, Li Ying, owner of a food store on Haicheng Street, Wanghua District of Fushun City, was taken away by Division One police. She was tortured to death. In April of the same year, Wang Youcai, a worker at the Toushankeng Factory in Fushun City, was beaten so horrifically that the flesh on his legs was separated from the bones and his legs were very swollen. Police from Division One claimed in front of other practitioners, "We are the ones who beat Wang Youcai to disability!"
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• My Life in a Chengdu Prison With Huang Lisha

  2004-02-29
  Currently the Chengdu City Detention Centre is illegally holding four to five hundred Dafa practitioners. This detention centre was remodeled and is able to hold thousands of people. Before one reaches the third iron door, there are already 12 cellblocks. It is unknown how many cells are behind the third iron door. Each cellblock is a 2-floor building with 24 cells. Every cell is about 40 square meters including a toilet and bathroom. They packed every room with 20-30 people. There was no fan during the summer.
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• Eyewitness Account of the Treatment of Dafa Practitioners at Shayang City's Fanjiatai Prison

  2004-02-29
  The Fanjiatai Prison, built from funds collected from the public, has now become a den for the torture of good people. Many prisoners considered the thugs' role a great opportunity and took the offer of transferring to the 7th division. Regardless of how hard other prisoners worked in other divisions, the maximum prison term reduction in their cells was only about 27%, whereas, in 7th division, almost every prisoner had an opportunity to gain a reduction of prison term by assaulting Falun Gong practitioners.
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• Emaciated from Torture, Shanghai Dafa Practitioner Mr. Ma Xinxing Passes Away (Photo)

  2004-02-28
  When fellow practitioners went to visit him, he was just skin and bones. Moreover, he was bedridden and could not eat or drink anything. His family members told the practitioners that he could no longer recognize people. When practitioners mentioned the experience of clarifying the truth together with him, he only had a blank look. However, when the practitioners mentioned "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," his eyes brightened, and there was a little smile on his face. Then tears welled up in his eyes.
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