Torture
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Revealing The Facts about So-Called "Civilised Reform" at the Guoyang Forced Labour Camp
2003-07-26In order to achieve a high "reform rate," the prison guards brutally and inhumanly torture Falun Gong practitioners. For example, they force fed a Falun Gong practitioner with excrement who had been on a hunger strike for more than twenty days and was very weak. This gave the practitioner a stomach infection, a high fever of 102.2 to 104 o F (39 to 40 o C), blood pressure of 50-70, and caused her to be on the verge of death. -
Exposing the Lies in CCTV's Programme About Woman Practitioner in Renqiu City
2003-07-25About a year later, and after the persecution against Falun Gong had begun, an unscrupulous reporter disregarded journalistic ethics, distorted the facts, fabricated and changed the previous interview clips. CCTV reported "Ms. Yuan Yuge went insane due to practising Falun Gong and jumped into the Baima River together with her child." The local residents all know that the CCTV is broadcasting another fake story yet again. -
Hefei Industry University Undergraduate Student Subjected to Inhuman Treatment in Anhui Province
2003-07-24Sometime after 4:00 p.m. on October 30, 2002, I was arrested at the door of the university by two plainclothes policemen, who did not show any legal documents. I asked them: "Who are you? Why are you treating me like this?" The two policemen said nothing but continued to beat me. I was beaten so badly that my vision was blurred and distorted. I was forcibly taken to the Hongxing Hotel. Later that day I learned that several other practitioners were illegally apprehended as well. -
Heart-Rendering Accounts of Vile Abuse Against Falun Gong Practitioners in Hunan Province
2003-07-24"Several police officers held me down on a bed, tied my four limbs with thick bandages, and gave me intravenous fluid with a neurotoxic drug. For more than 40 days, I was tied to the bed without eating or drinking. My body was soaked in faeces and urine. I was in alternating states of coma and consciousness and finally totally lost consciousness. The police kept giving me the toxins the whole time. -
Fanjiatai Labour Camp Commit Atrocities Against Dafa Practitioner
2003-07-22In the brickyard kiln of Fanjiatai Labour Camp, it is 80 degrees celsius, and the burning bricks are red-hot. One day the police pushed Liao Yuanhua onto a pile of burning bricks. With smoke coming from his burnt body, in agony, Liao Yuanhua fainted instantly. The police watched and laughed at his suffering. -
Teacher and Family Members Persecuted by Yingcheng City Police
2003-07-22TheYingcheng "610 Office"** and Langjun police station searched everywhere for Mr. Wan and created conflicts among his relatives. They claimed that Mr. Wan's mother-in-law helped hide him and that there would be "no big deal" as to their asking Mr. Wan's to come for "study" 20 days at the police station. If the mother-in-law would not cooperate to turn in Mr. Wan, then his wife's uncle would be thrown behind bars. Mr. Wan's mum, aunt, brother, and sister-in-law listened to the police and so forced his mother-in-law to turn him in. -
Dark Den of Evil at Qinhuangdao City Police Department
2003-07-21The police arrested everybody whose names were given, tortured them, and deprived them of sleep until they talked. If no information was given, the Dafa practitioners were detained or sent to a forced labour camp. A total of 70 practitioners were arrested, and quite a few Dafa materials production sites were destroyed, and tens of thousands of Yuan worth of equipment was lost. Almost every arrested practitioner was brutally beaten and tortured, and their bodies were covered with wounds. -
Cruel Torture of Dafa Practitioners at Changchun City Detention Centre
2003-07-21Using a kind of stink "bomb" to assist in the forced feeding: If the practitioners refused to open their mouths, detention centre doctors would make use of a drug called a "bomb"(We don't know the nature of this drug) that emits a very strong odour. The smell is so strong that the hunger strikers had to open their mouths to breathe, allowing the police to force-feed them. Some practitioner's noses were badly injured by this "bomb". -
Female Dafa Practitioner on Verge of Death Due to Torture by Hunan Province Police (Photos)
2003-07-20All kinds of torture in prison caused this healthy young woman to become emaciated and handicapped. In late June, Xiao Yafang was on the verge of death. The police was afraid to be held accountable for her condition and released her. They attempted to force her to give them 10,000 Yuan, and eventually extorted 2000 Yuan from her family. More information is being sought through an investigation. -
Parents Sentenced to Forced Labour, Elderly Father Dies From Worry, Two Young Girls Left Lonely and Helpless in Chengdu City
2003-07-20After witnessing the relentless persecution of his son and daughter-in-law, and after seeing the suffering and loneliness of his two young granddaughters for the past two years, Yang Zhu's eighty-year-old father passed away broken hearted on March 4th, 2003. A happy family was broken apart by Jiang Zemin's regime. -
Outrageous Means of Torture Used Against Falun Gong Practitioner in Fanjiatai Labour Camp
2003-07-20In the brickyard kiln of Fanjiatai Labour Camp, it is 80º C (around 160º F to 170º F) hot all year round, and the burning bricks were bright red. One day the police pushed Liao Yuanhua onto a pile of burning bricks. With smoke coming from his burnt body and with miserable cries, Liao Yuanhua fainted. The police laughed mercilessly at seeing his suffering. -
Forced Brainwashing and Relentless Torture Commonplace at Hebei Province Brainwashing Centre
2003-07-19They are deprived of sleep for long periods of time, ten to twenty days at a stretch. Practitioners are not permitted to have a bath or to shower, and they are forbidden from using the toilets. There are also undercover agents that act as practitioners, and try to brainwash them when their minds are exhausted. Under these hideous conditions the mind and body undergo extreme pain, and the mind suffers tremendously. -
Lanzhou City Second Detention Centre Guilty of Hideous Crimes against Dafa Practitioners
2003-07-18Each of the six Dafa practitioners suffered inhumane treatment. The police tortured the six practitioners by shackling them in this position for over 40 days. When the cuffs were removed, the practitioners could not sleep for many days and nights due to severe pain from their limbs being shackled in such a position for extended lengths of time. -
Atmosphere of Terror Reigns in Guangzhou Tianhe Detention Centre
2003-07-18At that time, Gao Xianmin was force-fed with table salt containing iodine. Only a small amount of water was added to 2 packages of salt (1000grams), and was poured into his mouth all at once. It caused medical "food poisoning." In addition, during the ruthless and unprofessional force-feeding they poured the mixture into his trachea causing him to suffocate and die. The directors of the detention centre, Zhu and Ma, are responsible for his death. -
Chilling Account of Crude and Unbearable Torture of Dafa Practitioners by Lanzhou City Police
2003-07-17Under the leadership of Mr. He Po and Mr. Wei Dong, the police tied Li Wenming to an iron chair and put a special helmet on his head. They knew that the terrible effect of this torture method would make anyone desire death over life; the helmet was to prevent the victim from committing suicide. The police applied custom-made handcuffs to Li Wenming's wrists. The handcuffs were actually two iron rings that could be tightened by twisting the screws.