Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

  • Two Practitioners Arrested by Yudong Public Security Bureau Officials, Ba'nan District, Chongqing City

    Ms. Liu Tianling, over 50 years old, disappeared while travelling to her home town in Yudong on June 4th. On the morning of June 8th, a policewoman from the Yudong Detention Centre called Ms. Liu's family, verified Ms. Liu's phone number, and asked about Ms. Liu's travel plans to her home town. After confirming each question, she asked Ms. Liu's family to send her clothes to the detention centre. She also asked the family if they knew the identity of a disabled lady who accompanied Ms. Liu. On June 10th, Ms. Liu's home was ransacked by police from the State Security Bureau of Yudong.
  • Ms. Zhang Shengrong Missing for a Month and Half, Nobody Is Looking after Her Disabled Son

    Ms. Zhang Shengrong has been missing since early May 2009. A month and a half has passed and there is still no word of her whereabouts. Ms. Zhang, who is over 70 years old, was persecuted severely by the Jinyang Comprehensive Administration Office in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, after she hired a lawyer. Reports say that Ms. Zhang was taken to a brainwashing centre by the Jinyang Comprehensive Administration Office, but there were no specific details. Because she has been missing for so long, her son, Tao Yuan, who was detained in Guangyuan Prison and tortured so badly that his spine was dislocated, has had no one to look after him. It is not known what his situation is.
  • Ms. Sun Min Died in Police Custody, Police Fabricate Post mortem Examination Cover up

    On April 22nd, 2009, Mr. Wu Yang and his wife, Ms. Sun Min were distributing materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Beijing. The couple was taken to the Niujie District Police Station. On April 28th, the Fengtai Police Department sent Ms. Sun Min's family a "Death Notice" which stated that on April 23rd, Sun Min was found dead as a result of falling from a height. However when the family saw her body she had a wound on her forehead that looked like it was caused by teeth of an electric torture device affixed to the head. She also had other evidence of torture marks on her body. The so-called Post mortem Examination Report appears to be falsified.
  • The Persecution in Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Zizhong County, Sichuan Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Nengmin has been isolated and handcuffed to a bed for six months. Some of the drug addicts take turns watching her at all times and she is beaten every day. Ms. Zhang has reportedly suffered an ear injury as a result of their beatings. A prisoner has written abusive and humiliating slogans on Ms. Zhang's belly, breasts, and lower body. Ms. Zhang is developing a mental disorder, and is suffering from incontinence.
  • The Persecution of a Falun Gong Practitioner in Dalian City

    After Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, a Falun Gong practitioner from Dalian City was forced to leave his job which he had held for several decades. After 1999 he was severely tortured at the Dalian Forced Labour Camp. In 2008 officers from Zhanqing Police Station and the Jinzhou District Police Department arrested him at his home and he was sentenced to one year of forced labour. During his lengthy detentions, his family led a difficult life and suffered severe financial hardship.
  • Assistant Battalion Commander from Langfang City Is Persecuted for Practising Falun Gong

    Mr. Li Baowei is a 46-year-old Falun Gong practitioner. He was an assistant Battalion Commander while in the military. In 2000, police ransacked his home. They took away his Falun Gong books, arrested him, and took him to a detention centre. Without any reason or due process, he was sentenced to three years in Hehuakeng Forced Labour Camp in Tangshan City. In the camp, he was persecuted physically and mentally. He was slapped in the face, forced to sit on a bed for a long time, forced to perform difficult work, and brainwashed.
  • The Persecution that My Father Has Suffered

    On July 16th, 2008, before the Beijing Olympic Games, my father Zhang Xingwu was sent to a detention centre, and in the next nearly twelve months, no family member has been allowed to visit him. On March 31st, 2009, my father was put on trial. My mother and family members engaged a lawyer and after much difficulty were given a date for a public trial. On that morning, my mother and other relatives, who were setting off to go to the courthouse, were put under house arrest and were not allowed to attend the court session, and even the lawyer was not allowed to enter the courthouse.
  • Seven Years of Injustice -- Mr. Fan Qingjun Severely Persecuted in Jidong Prison

    Because he believes in Falun Gong, Mr. Fan Qingjun, 40, was arrested and held in the Xushui County Detention Centre in September 2002. In October 2003, he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and sent to the Jidong Jail, where he has been severely persecuted for the past seven years. Policeman He Xiaoqiang has instigated prisoners to physically assault and abuse Mr. Fan many times. In April 2004, Mr. Fan was immersed in a very cold pond for the whole day. They have also deprived him of sleep and purposefully harmed him.
  • Practitioners Persecuted Over a Two-Year Period in Huaiyang County, Henan Province

    Ms. Li Yuzhi went to the Domestic Security Division to see her father, who was in detention. She met Cheng Weifeng, who asked whether she also practised Falun Gong. She said that she did. Then, three police officers, beat her and used a cloth to cover her face. When she asked why she had been beaten, they said, "We are paid two thousand yuan by the government to beat you. If you had died, it would have been treated as suicide." Then they put her into a car, covered her mouth to prevent her from speaking, and went to ransack her home. After returning to the second floor of the Domestic Security Division, she was beaten again. They pushed needles into her toenails and she fainted. She did not wake up until 6 p.m., when she found herself lying on the floor.
  • The Persecution of Liu Yongfen and Her Family in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province

    Practitioner Liu Yongfen, 59, and her family live in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. The relationship between Ms. Liu and her husband used to be very bad. They quarrelled a lot, and were infamous for their acrimonious relationship. After they began practising Falun Gong they both followed Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and became good people. They looked inward when conflicts arose and never fought again. However, they have been arrested and jailed several times because of their belief in Falun Gong. Among the family of four, one has died, one is forced to stay away from home, one was released for medical treatment, and the fourth is still in prison.
  • Mr. Lu Zhen Dies in Custody in Shandong Province Prison

    Mr. Lu Zhen, 33, was arrested in early March 2004 and was subjected to numerous tortures in brainwashing sessions. The forced labour camp rejected him because he did not pass the health check-up. In December 2004, he was sentenced to eleven years in prison and sent to the Shandong Province Prison. Recently, the Linyi and Mengyin 610 Office spread rumours that Mr. Lu Zhen had mental problems, but they never officially notified his family. He had been brutally abused in prison because he firmly persisted in practising Falun Gong. On June 22nd, 2009, his family was notified that Mr. Lu suddenly died in the early morning of June 22nd, from heart disease. There are several obvious bruises on his neck and hip areas.
  • Ms. Shen Shuangsuo, 59, Dies as Result of Brutal Mistreatment in Beijing Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shen Shuangsuo, 59, lived near Beijing. On March 1st, 2007, police ransacked her home, arrested her, and sentenced her to two years of forced labour. At the end of her term, her husband and two sons found her to be emaciated, and her abdomen was severely bloated. She was so weak that she could not catch her breath. She was physical wreck as a result of the two years of forced labour. The doctors found that she was suffering from late-stage uterine and lung cancer. She died on May 30th, 2009.
  • Older Practitioner Ms. Zheng Cuixia Dies after Being Detained Twice

    Ms. Zheng Cuixia, 62, went to Beijing to speak out on behalf of Falun Gong in March 2000. She was arrested and detained in Hantai District Detention Centre. Police beat her, did not allow her to sleep, and forced her to stand for a long time. Ms. Zheng's injuries were so severe that she could not breathe and her life was in danger. In December 2007, she was reported while handing out leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. In the detention centre police forced her do heavy labour and subjected her to intense brainwashing. Ms. Zheng's health deteriorated steadily, and she died on April 28th, 2009.
  • Ms. Li Xiangzhi Passes Away After Daughter Was Severely Persecuted and Caretaker Was Seized

    In May 2005, a group of policemen rushed into the home of Ms. Zhao Hongying and arrested her. She had been caring for her elderly relative, Ms. Li Xiangzhi. Policemen searched the home and confiscated her personal property. Declaring that they found several Falun Gong DVDs, they unlawfully sent Ms. Zhao to the Hebei Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp and persecuted her there for a year and three months. Less than 20 days after this happened, Ms. Li passed away on June 11th. Her daughter, Falun Gong practitioner, Li Xiumin, who was imprisoned in Hebei Prison was not allowed to see her mother's body.
  • Brutal Tortures at Jilin Prison

    The Big Hang-up: This torture is administered inside a solitary confinement cell. The persecutors handcuff the victim to a huge metal ring that is affixed to a chain or rope on a wall. Then the abusers pull the ring up, lifting the victim's body upward, with the tips of his feet barely touching the ground. Soon the victim loses all sensation in his arms, cutting off the blood circulation over time, possibly resulting in permanent disability or even death