Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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In Memory of Ms. Gao Rongrong, Who Died Three Years Ago
2008-07-06
On June 16th, 2005, Ms. Gao Rongrong was killed while in detention as a direct result of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policy of "eradicating the practice of Falun Gong." Three years have passed, and the injustice has not been exonerated. Through reading the Clearharmony website, people can see that the CCP is still intensely persecuting practitioners, and continuing to mislead people around the world. -
Student from Qianguo County No. 5 High School Arrested While Using the Internet and Expelled from School
2008-07-06On May 10th, 2008, Yin Fuan, a student at Qianguo County No. 5 High School in Songyuan City, Jilin Province was arrested. When this 19-year-old boy was using the Internet to form a blog, police from Beijing monitored and discovered his belief in Falun Gong. As a result, the officers from the Songyuan National Security Team arrested him. Yin Fuchun was expelled from school. Yin Fuchun has been held at the Qianguo County Detention Centre for over 30 days. -
Officers from Guangming Police Station in Shunyi, Beijing, Arrested My Mother
2008-07-05June 3rd was my mother's 37th birthday. However, my mum was absent, leaving me to spend her birthday without her. Because she believes in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance," she was arrested by the Communist Party police. On the morning of April 18th, 2008, my classmates and I went to one of their homes. I wanted to call my mum to tell her where I was, but I could not locate her. Her mobile phone was not working, and no one picked up the home phone. I kept trying to locate her until 5 p.m. I was very worried and asked my relatives to help. At 7 p.m. I went home and found it a mess. Cigarette butts were everywhere, and the computers and printers were gone. Later I heard that my mother had been arrested while she was at work. I was very scared. -
Ms. Li Guilian, Age 70, Arrested by Daqing Police
2008-07-05On June 2nd, 2008, when 70-year-old Ms. Li Guilian sat down to rest near the Honggang Courthouse, four male police officers and one female police officer from the Honggang Police Sub-bureau surrounded and frisked her. They took four Falun Gong badges from her and then arrested her. In the Honggang Police Sub-bureau, Ms. Li was interrogated and told to confess who sold her the Falun Gong badges, what she was doing there, and if she had any Falun Gong materials in her home. At 7:00 p.m., Ms. Li Guilian's daughter went to the Honggang Police Sub-bureau to ask for her mother's release. She was intimidated into signing some papers by the policeman in charge. -
Seventeen-Year-Old Boy Traumatised by Police Harassment and Becomes Severely Ill
2008-07-05Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Deng Linfeng was arrested with her son by officers from the Jiamusi Railroad Police Department on February 26th, 2008. Her son was threatened by the police many times, and they even occupied his home. After these traumatic incidents, the boy developed a severe illness. On June 18th, the Jiamusi City Railroad Court tried Ms. Deng. -
Mr. Xu Changqing Dies as Result of Persecution in Inner Mongolia
2008-07-05In 2000, practitioners in Dayangshu Town distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong using their very limited incomes. Li Shuliang ordered officers to arrest Mr. Xu Changqing, and cruelly tortured him, and detained him for 18 months. In February 2002, Mr. Xu was sentenced to three years in prison, with a three year probation period. Mr. Xu was forced to live out of town to avoid being arrested due to his beliefs. He had been living in poverty and was homeless, leaving him in poor health. He developed cirrhosis of the liver and died on June 14th, 2008. -
Remembering Mr. Yu Zhou and His Wife, Ms. Xu Na
2008-07-04
I first met Mr. Yu Zhou and his wife, Ms. Xu Na, on a mild winter afternoon. Ms. Xu had just been released from Beijing Women's Prison. She was thin, but her eyes were bright. I knew some of the suffering she had gone through during her five years in prison. Yu Zhou was tortured to death by the Communist regime on the eve of the Chinese New Year. -
Twenty-One-Year-Old Ms. Wang Pinrui from Nongan County, Jilin Province Brutally Beaten at Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-07-04Ms. Wang Pinrui, 21, is a Falun Gong practitioner living in Nongan County, Jilin Province. Because of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, she was forced to leave school six months before the college entrance examinations. In order to elude the most recent round of persecution, Ms. Wang and her mother (who does not practise Falun Gong) left their home and travelled to Baicheng City, Jilin Province. But even there, the local police found her, verbally abused her, and her mother was slapped around while being accused of leading a Falun Gong group. Ms. Wang Pinrui is still detained in the Fifth Division of the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp. She is often brutally beaten and has sustained many injuries to her face. -
The Main Persecutors in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province React After Being Exposed
2008-07-04In March 2008, Sun Tangbin, director of the Economic Security Division at the Taoshan Police Branch in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, was publicly exposed as being a major person responsible for the persecution and arrest of many Falun Gong practitioners. Director of the 610 Office Bi Shuqing threatened, "Do not expose me once I have released you, or I will arrest you again!" One practitioner was threatened as follows, "If your child exposes me, I will arrest you again!" The child had called Bi Shuqing because his mother was arrested, and said that if Bi did not release her, he would expose Bi's crimes on the Internet. -
Persecution of Older Practitioner Ms. Li Chaoying from Suning County, Hebei Province
2008-07-04Ms. Li Chaoying, 65, went to Beijing to appeal in 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong but was taken back by the local government officials and held for two weeks. The officials deprived her of sleep during that time and tried to force her many times to write a guarantee statement to renounce Falun Gong. Ms. Li appealed in Beijing again in 2001. She was taken back and held at the County Detention Centre where she was tortured. She was handcuffed, stretched on the "Death Bed", and frequently beaten. -
A Family in Xiahuai Town, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, Subjected to Ruthless Persecution
2008-07-03Ms. Qi Suqin, 35, went to Beijing to appeal for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in December 2000 and was arrested and sent to a detention centre. Guards locked a dozen people in a small room that had only one large metal board bed. At night, if the guards discovered practitioners doing the Falun Gong exercises, they would order people to bring several basins of cold water to throw on the practitioners. Water ran all over the bed. The guards then turned on a fan to freeze the practitioners. In the winter, the radiator in the room was cold. -
Changchun Police Station Sets up Background Check Office to Screen for Olympics Ticket holders
2008-07-03The Changchun Police Station has established a background check office in order to protect the Beijing Olympics. The office's activities include ID examination, review of relationships and backgrounds of coaches, athletes, volunteers, officers and individuals who plan to attend the Olympic games. One of their focal points is to identify Falun Gong practitioners and their relatives. State Security Brigade officers provide a list of practitioners and their social connections, and then monitor the people they've identified. If any of these people are Falun Gong practitioners or their relatives, they are disqualified from attending the Olympic games. -
Mr. Liu Haibin of Tianjin Arrested Again by 610 Office Personnel
2008-07-03On May 26th, 2008, Mr. Liu Haibin was arrested by police officers and is being held in the Dongli District Detention Centre. According to inside information, ever since his arrest on May 26th, he has been on a hunger strike in protest. He has spoken only three sentences: "Falun Gong is good. 'Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance' is good. I am innocent." Back in October of 2000, Mr. Liu was sentenced to four years in prison for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. While in prison, he suffered various forms of torture for not giving up his belief. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Laishui County, Hebei Province
2008-07-03After the Sichuan earthquake, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) County Council and the local government, 610 Office, Public Security Bureau, National Security Team, and all levels of village and town Party committees created a special squad dedicated to arresting and harassing Falun Gong practitioners under the pretext of "protecting the Olympics." They used a list of practitioners from 1999. Moreover, the local television station was used to manipulate local citizens into monitoring and reporting practitioners, and promised, at least in name, a reward of 5,000 yuan for each report. -
Mr. Yang Weihua Dies in Harbin City as Result of Being Tortured in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp
2008-07-02Mr. Yang Weihua, 35, was arrested and detained three times in the past nine years. On June 27th, 2003, Mr. Yang and ten other practitioners entered Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. Guard Zhao Shuang (male) led a group of assistants to shock all the practitioners with electric batons for three hours. Guards tortured practitioners by almost suffocating them with plastic bags, shocking them with electric batons, brutally beating them, locking them in a "Small Cell". After being released, Mr. Yang's health worsened and he was in critical condition several times. He died on June 5th, 2008.
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