Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Practitioners Subjected to Relentless Brainwashing in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, Liaoning Province
2009-06-05Falun Gong practitioners newly sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp see over ten prison guards with electric batons in the hall on the first floor. The bursting sound of the electric batons and the prison guards' abusive shouting create an atmosphere of horror for the newcomers. After they have been assigned their groups, they take their luggage and go to a hall on the fourth floor, where they are undressed and searched. In the process the prison guards interrogate the practitioners. They want to know whether they had written the so called guarantee statement to denounce Falun Gong. They shock the practitioners with the electric batons before they can even put on their trousers. -
Zhuhai City Police Arrest the Family of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Yin Xunzhen
2009-06-05Mr. Yin Xunzhen and his wife, Ms. Xu Shujie went to visit their daughter, Yin Qi, and her family in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. On April 10th, 2009 police ransacked their home and arrested everyone. Mr. Yin is detained in Doumen Third Detention Centre, and Ms. Xu and their daughter are detained in Doumen Second Detention Centre. Their son-in-law, Lin Fengbin, has been released. Grandma and Grandpa take care of their three-year-old granddaughter. The two became sick as a result of the incident. Although their son is back, they are very worried about the others. -
Facts about Crimes Committed by Officials from the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou City
2009-06-05In February 2009, 610 Office branches from Gansu Province and Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs organized a so-called "specialist group." The group moved into the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou City and stayed there for two weeks. They threatened to imprison Falun Gong practitioners and attempted to make them give up their faith. In the end, they failed in their goal. On February 20th, 2009, Qi Ruijun, head of the brainwashing centre, got drunk and struck Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Su Jinxiu in the face. Ms. Su's face turned black and blue. Later, practitioner Niu Wanjiang saw her face and asked her what happened. Upon seeing that, guard Qiao Houquan and collaborator[former practitioner who assists in brainwashing and torturing practitioners] Liao Yongtian started beating Niu Wanjiang. -
Crimes Committed at the Second Women's Labour Camp of Wangcun, in Zibo City, Shandong Province
2009-06-05Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, prison guard Wu Xiouli confined Ms. Yao to a toilet for prison guards and fastened her to a chair with her legs stretched in an awkward position. When she was set free, she was unable to walk normally. Practitioner Jiang Xina refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong so the prison guards shackled her hands and hung her up from the toilet window rails, with only her toes touching the ground. When she was set free she had lost the feeling in her arms. In the worst case a practitioner was hung up for ten consecutive days. When set free, her hands and feet were so badly bruised that they turned very dark. -
Rescued by Practising Falun Gong, then Arrested by the Police
2009-06-04On April 29th, 2009 Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lin Shuling was arrested by officers from the Anqiu City Police Bureau at her home. She is now in the Anqiu City Detention Centre. After Ms. Li started practising Falun Gong in 2005, her cancer was cured. Police officers who took part in the arrest terrified her by claiming, "Practising Falun Gong is a crime. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not want you to practise. If you keep practising, you are violating the CCP directives." -
Ms. He Ping from Jiayu County in Hubei Province Detained Since the Olympics
2009-06-04Ms. He Ping, 52-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, is an English teacher at the Chengbei Middle School in Jiayu County, Hubei Province. Local police detained her before the Olympics and sentenced her to two years of forced labour. Ms. He is now being tortured in Hubei Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp. This is the third time Ms. He has been taken to a forced labour camp, where she is again being pressured to give up her belief in Truth-Benevolence-Forbearance. Ms. He has been imprisoned a total of six years by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Mr. Yang Zhi Imprisoned for Practising Truth-Compassion-Forbearance
2009-06-04Recently I remembered my fellow practitioner Mr. Yang Zhi. Mr. Yang Zhi followed the principles Truth-Compassion-Forbearance day-in and day out, be it at work or anywhere else. However, in 2005, local police ransacked Mr. Yang Zhi's home and confiscated his computer, printer, Falun Gong books and other items. They arrested him and sentenced him to a seven-year prison term. His son was only two years old then. During the past several years, Mr. Yang Zhi's elderly mother has been so worried about her son's safety that her hair turned white. Moreover, Mr. Yang Zhi's wife had to shoulder the burden of making a living for the entire family. -
Supplementary Information about the Arrest of Ten Falun Gong Practitioners in Sanjiazi Township, Lingyuan City
2009-06-04Ten Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by police when they were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in July 2008. During the arrest, one policeman held a gun, while another held an electric baton and forcibly opened the practitioners' car door. After they found literature exposing the persecution, they forced everyone to get out of the car and get into the police cars. After practitioner Yun Guolin got out of the police car, he ran toward the gate. Wang Xiaofeng chased him and shot him. Yun Guolin fell, and one of his arms was injured. The police hung him up with ropes and beat him. Several of the practitioners were sentenced to long prison terms. -
Tortures Endured by Falun Gong Practitioners in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp During the Olympics
2009-06-03Shortly prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, officials from the Beijing Forced Labour Camp transferred over 100 practitioners who refused to renounce Falun Gong to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City. I was one of them. On July 17th, 2008, a guard told me if I admitted that I was wrong in practising Falun Gong, I would be spared, but I refused. The guards sat me on the ground, pushed me forward so my head was against the ground, and handcuffed my hands to separate beds. They moved the two beds in opposite directions. My arms were stretched until they couldn't be stretched any further. It felt like my arms were about to be torn off and my wrists were about to be cut off. Every part of my body was in excruciating pain and I was sweating profusely. -
Ms. Chen Xiumei Tortured in Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2009-06-03On January 8th, 2009, police arrested Ms. Chen Xiumei. She was sent to the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. Since Ms. Chen refused to cooperate with the officials because she had committed no crimes, the guards brutally tortured her. She started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The head guard ordered the inmates to shock Ms. Chen in the chest, private parts and buttocks. She was slapped and kicked. She endured this torture every day. -
Luzhou City Intermediate Court Judge Prevents Mr. Yang Ming and His Lawyers from Properly Defending Him at His Second Trial
2009-06-03Jiangyang District Court officials in Luzhou City, Sichuan Province secretly sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Ming to five years in prison on January 8th, 2009. He refused to accept the verdict and appealed. The Luzhou City Intermediate Court then commenced a second trial on April 27th, for his appeal. The second trial was the first one in a decade where the lawyers defended Falun Gong practitioners in Luzhou City since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong. The judge deprived Mr. Yang of his right to self-defence. When Lawyer Liu Wei made positive statements about Falun Gong, Judge Li Xudong immediately interrupted him and shouted, "You are promoting Falun Gong!" When Lawyer Tang Jitian cited facts and evidence, the judge did not let him continue. -
18-Year-Old Ms. Wang Yu from Wuhan City Arrested and Sentenced to Forced Labour Camp
2009-06-03Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yu is only 18 years old and lives in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Around March 20th, 2009, she was arrested while giving out materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in a market and sentenced to one year at the Hewan Forced Labour Camp. At the brainwashing centre, Wang Yu was jailed in a separate room and closely monitored. She was followed even when she used the toilet. Wang Yu's parents sought her release, but their requests were rejected. The excuse given was that she was not willing to admit her mistake and give up her belief. The parents were told that she wouldn't be released until she writes a guarantee statement promising to give up her belief. -
Ms. Zhang Chunhe, Critically Ill, Still Detained by Zengcheng City 610 Office
2009-06-02On April 8th, 2009, the Zengcheng City Court opened a court session covertly, to try Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Chunhe without informing her family. During that time, the courtroom was surrounded by police officers. None of Ms. Zhang's family members were present. Before the trial, Zhang Chunhe was detained in the Guangzhou City Military Police Hospital. After that, she was taken to the Zengcheng City Detention Centre. Ms. Zhang has suffered brutal persecution in detention, and she is now critically ill. In the past 3 months, tumours in her body have become bigger and bigger, and her abdomen is swollen. -
Ms. Pan Chenhong Mentally Disabled by Torture at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp
2009-06-02In November 2008, the police took away practitioner Ms. Pan Chenhong. She was sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province. In less than four months, she became mentally disabled due to torture she suffered there. In less than four months, the labour camp tortured the originally healthy woman to the point that she became mentally disabled. The labour camp feared being held responsible and told her family to pick her up. Moreover, the labour camp extorted 2,000 yuan from her family to pay for the medical treatment she received at the labour camp. -
Mum Persecuted to Death, Dad Detained - Letter to the Guards of Duyun Prison from Nine-Year-Old Xiao Xixi
2009-06-02I am only nine years old. I am an orphan and no one takes care of me. In 2001, my mum was persecuted to death by policemen from the 610 Office and the National Security Group of Jiahe County, because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. She passed away before I could recognize her. Currently, my dad, Xiao Sixian is jailed in your prison. My dad did nothing wrong. Everybody thought that he was a good person. Please don't torture him any more. My teacher told me that a prison was built to jail criminals. My dad not only did not break any law, but also was a good teacher in his school. Why is he jailed? Does my teacher tell lies? Or, are you guys liars?