Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
-
Supported by Four Beijing Lawyers, Mr. Huang Wei and His Wife Hao Qiuyan from Shijiazhuang City Released, But Detained Again due to Pre-Olympic Mass Arrests
2008-08-17
Practitioners Mr. Huang Wei left his home at 7:00 a.m. on July 4th, 2008 to go to work. A plain-clothes policeman stationed outside the residential building arrested him. Seven officers arrested his wife Hao Qiuyan and ransacked the home. The couple was detained for 15 days at the Shijiazhuang City Detention Centre. There were forbidden to contact their family members, meet with a lawyer and get a change of clothes. They were secretly sentenced to forced labour. Mr. Huang Wei and Ms. Hao Qiuyan went on a hunger strike on July 11th, 2008. With the efforts of fellow practitioners, they hired Beijing lawyers. The lawyers went to Shijiazhuang City three times to meet with the couple, but got nowhere. Detention centre officials and police agents prevented the lawyers from meeting with the practitioners. -
Mr. Zhang Yanrong from Gansu Province Died after Eight Years of Repeated Torture
2008-08-16Mr. Zhang Yanrong was from Gansu Province. He learned Falun Gong in 1997. After he started to practise Falun Gong, his health improved and he became known as a good person by everyone who knew him. After July 20th, 1999 when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong, he appealed for justice for Falun Gong. The Yongchang County Police Department arrested and tortured him many times. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and transferred to the Lanzhou Prison, then Wuwei Third Prison and Jiuquan Prison. He was brutally tortured in prison which greatly endangered his life. He finally passed away on August 15th, 2007 at the age of 48. -
Falun Gong Practitioners From Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province Arrested In Early July
2008-08-16On July 2nd, 2008, officials from the 610 Office of Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province and the local police department ordered the police of all districts to conduct another round of arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. Fourteen practitioners were arrested. Wang Suqing and Shao Haibo were arrested at home around six o'clock in the morning. Sun Jihong, Man Guirong and Tang Xiurong were arrested near a supermarket around nine o'clock in the morning. Witnesses saw the police beat these three weak ladies heavily, kick them severely and slap them violently on the ears. It was also said that Huang Cheng, a Falun Gong practitioner was tortured during interrogation after he was arrested on Feb. 25th. The police from the Taihe District tied him to an "iron chair" and beat and shocked him with electric batons for 17 hours. -
Eleven Falun Gong Practitioners from Tanghai County, Hebei Province Recently Arrested
2008-08-16As the Beijing Olympic Games drew closer, the Chinese police in Tanghai County, Hebei Province, with Zhang Shun, the deputy chief of the county's Public Security Bureau (PSB), in charge, and Li Fuguo, captain of the county's State Security Team, intensified the persecution of local Falun Gong practitioners. Between June 10th and July 31st, 2008, eleven practitioners from Tanghai County were arrested. -
Mr. Zhao Jianshe from Shandong Province Has Suffered Numerous Tortures for Five Years in the Jiangsu Prison
2008-08-16In June of 2003, Mr. Zhao Jianshe, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested by the Communist authorities when he was exposing the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to people. He was sentenced to jail for nine years by the Court of Nanjing City, and was put in the Jiangsu Prison where he has suffered tortures for more than five years. According to reliable sources, Mr. Zhao was detained in a solitary confinement cell, and his weight dropped from 80 kilograms (175 lbs) to 50 kg (110 lbs). -
Ms. Li Shuzhen Dies after Being Interrogated by Police in Jilin Province
2008-08-15
After the persecution started in 1999, Party officials ransacked 58-year-old Ms. Li Shuzhen's home, extorted money from her, sent her to a forced labour camp, and brutally beat her multiple times. On January 30th, 2007, was falsely taken to the police department. Police searched her in a toilet. Ms. Li resisted, but she was not clear exactly what they did to her. After that incident, Ms. Li suffered incontinence, and she was bed-ridden and could not take care of herself. She died on March 7th, 2008. The police went to harass her family four days after she died. -
Suspicious Police Activity Leading up to and After the Death of Ms. Chen Yumei
2008-08-15
Forty-eight-year-old practitioner, Ms. Chen Yumei left home at around 7:30 p.m. on July 3rd, 2008. She was arrested and violently beaten until she was unconscious. This arrest took place near Ms. Chen's own neighbourhood by the police from Changan Police Station, Shenyang City. At about 9:20 p.m., several officers from the Changan Police Station arrived at Ms. Chen's home, claiming that she had fainted and she was in an ambulance right outside. They requested her family's confirmation. Ms. Chen Yumei passed away on July 4th in the No. 463 Air Force Hospital. -
Ms. Meng Gui Physically Abused in Guangxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-08-15Ms. Meng Gui, in her 50's, began to practise Falun Gong in 1997 and soon experienced improved health. After the Chinese Communist Party launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, she was sent to the Guangxi Region Women's Forced Labour Camp twice and was detained there a total of six years. Due to the abuse she endured there, she became extremely emaciated and nearly died. By the time of her release, her hair had turned white, her back was severely curved, and she had difficulty walking. -
Ms. Meng Gui Physically Abused in Guangxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-08-15Ms. Meng Gui, in her 50's, began to practise Falun Gong in 1997 and soon experienced improved health. After the Chinese Communist Party launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, she was sent to the Guangxi Region Women's Forced Labour Camp twice and was detained there a total of six years. Due to the abuse she endured there, she became extremely emaciated and nearly died. By the time of her release, her hair had turned white, her back was severely curved, and she had difficulty walking. -
Practitioner Mr. Geng Jinzhu Dies After Years of Persecution
2008-08-14Mr. Geng Jinzhu, a Falun Gong practitioner from Hebei Province, died on July 5th, 2008 after being tortured into disability and suffering years of harassment and extortion at the hands of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. He was in his 40's. In September, 2001, he was detained and brutally tortured at a brainwashing centre. One time, several policemen from the brainwashing centre used rubber batons to beat him. The beating went on all night long until the policemen were so tired that they were out of breath. As a result of the severe beating, Geng Jinzhu's whole body turned black and blue. His flesh was separated from the bone and his body was so swollen that his clothes didn't fit any more. -
Family of Five Brutally Persecuted During Nine Years of Inhumane Suppression
2008-08-14Peng Min's family lives in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. The whole family practises Falun Gong. During the past nine years of the brutal persecution of Falun Gong, all five of them were arrested. Two of the family members died untimely deaths, victims of persecution, within a month. Father Mr. Peng Weisheng was sentenced to one and a half years in a forced labour camp because he went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong. Mother Ms. Li Yingxiu was arrested because she also went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was detained at a custodial station. Elder brother Peng Liang went to Beijing to appeal in 1999. He was arrested and detained at the Hongxia Brainwashing Centre. Peng Min went to Beijing to appeal in March 2000, and he was also arrested Peng Min went to Beijing to appeal in March 2000, and he was also arrested. -
Practitioner Mr. Da Jun and His Wife Tortured in Dehui City, Jilin Province
2008-08-14Police officers from the National Security Division, the Dehui City Department, and Hongqi Station went to the home of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Da Jun at 9:00 p.m. on February 27th, 2008. They ransacked the home, and took personal property and cash. Mr. Da, his wife Ms. Wang Changying, and their two-year-old son were arrested. Because of her health condition, she was released on bail for medical treatment seven days after she was detained. Ms. Wang has now been forced again to leave home to avoid being tortured. She has no earnings. -
Persecution of Mr. Li Zhonghui, an Older Practitioner from Xichang City, Sichuan Province
2008-08-14Mr. Li Zhonghui is 64 years old. He has been arrested and detained several times. In 2004, Mr. Li Zhonghui went to Xinglong to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and was arrested again. He was sent to a detention centre where he was tortured. When Mr. Li Zhonghui went on a hunger strike, he was force fed. The force feeding severely damaged his body. A month later, the Party members again sent Mr. Li Zhonghui to Tuohuang Detention Centre and sentenced him to two years and all the while torturing him. -
More than 20 Falun Gong Practitioners from Laishui County, Hebei Province Recently Detained
2008-08-13Following orders from higher-level officials, officers from the Laishui County Police Department and Laishui County State Security Division recently arrested Falun Gong practitioners and ransacked their homes. Since June 6th, 2008, more than 20 practitioners have been detained and over 70 practitioners have been harassed, and some of their homes were ransacked. Mr. Liu Chengshun, 19, was reported to the authorities after telling his co-workers the facts about Falun Gong at his workplace. Mr. Liu is being detained in the Zhuozhou City Detention Centre. -
Mr. Fan Youjun Dies as Result of the Persecution in Hubei Province
2008-08-13Mr. Fan Youjun, 56, was harassed and detained multiple times since the the persecution began in 1999. He was last arrested on October 23rd, 2007, when police broke into his home and found Falun Gong materials. Mr. Fan was arrested as a healthy man, but he was mentally and physically tortured in the detention centre. After only several months of mistreatment in detention, he became very weak. Later, his condition worsened, and his life was in danger. Mr. Fan was checked in to Tianmen City First People's Hospital. On July 29th, 2008, only 13 days after he was bailed out, Mr. Fan died.
more ...
World
Falun Dafa Day
Falun Dafa Day
Newsletter
Photo Exhibition
Papers from Europe
Fa conferences
Fa conferences
Special Topics
Press Releases