Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Police Arrest Several Practitioners in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province
2008-05-26Police officers in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province arrested five Falun Gong practitioners in February 2008. When police arrested Mr. Zhu Guangquan, his computer, printer and 12,900 "yuan" cash were seized from his home. In March, Ms. Zhang Yaqin was arrested. Her husband refused to cooperate with the police officers, so they threatened to arrest him for "hindering official business". -
Zhou Yongkang Secretly Orders Increased Persecution Before the Olympics
2008-05-25In late April 2008, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkong held more conference calls to discuss "The measures to ensure a stable society during the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai Paralympics." Other provinces and cities also held similar conference calls soon thereafter. The meetings outlined the need to maintain control over "advocates for Tibet's independence," "Falun Gong," "other religions," "extremists," and "people who repeatedly appeal." For those people who try to appeal at the provincial level or in Beijing, they are to be interviewed and their issues analysed individually so that conflicts are resolved and controlled locally. "Members of Falun Gong" are to be extensively controlled. Control over the Internet needs to intensify. -
An Account of the Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Mr. Wu Renliang and His Wife Ms. Zhao Meiluan from Huanggang, Hubei Province
2008-05-25Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wu Renliang, 54, and his wife Ms. Zhao Meiluan, 51, went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. Wu Renliang held up a banner with the words, "Falun Gong is Good." Police immediately nabbed him and threw him into a van. Mr. Wu witnessed the police on Tiananmen Square brutally beating practitioners with electric batons and punching and kicking them. Later, the Wu couple was taken to the Huangmei County First Detention Centre, where Mr. Wu Renliang was cruelly tortured. Ms. Zhao Meiluan was shackled and handcuffed. The police still made her walk back and forth and they brutally hit her about the head when she stopped walking. -
Many Retired Schoolteachers Harassed and Arrested in Chongqing City
2008-05-25Practitioner Ms. Hu Zhanying is almost 70 years old. She retired with honours from No. 18 Middle School in Chongqing City. On the afternoon of March 24th, 2008, as she entered her home with her grandson, a group of police officers led by Liang Shibin rushed in and arrested her. They also ransacked her home, seizing many items including purses, computers, and some materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. It is reported that Ms. Hu is being detained and mistreated in a brainwashing centre in Chongqing City. -
Agents from the Shapingba 610 Office in Chongqing Abuse Mr. Lei Zhengxia and His Wife
2008-05-25Li Hong, Shapingba 610 Office head, the District Domestic Security Division head in Chongqing and other Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel arrested retired teacher Mr. Lei Zhengxia and terrorized his wife Li Weiqun. The arrest took place because the couple told them that Falun Gong is treated unjustly, and that reports on the TV, in newspapers and other media defaming Falun Gong are untrue. The couple suffered a brutal beating. Lei Zhengxia sustained two broken ribs. He haemorrhaged internally and was in critical condition. -
Three Practitioners Died as a Result of Persecution in Liaoning, Sichuan, and Yunnan Provinces
2008-05-24Ms. Fu Ping, 44, was arrested in 2000, while handing out Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. She was locked in a cell for death row inmates for more than three weeks by officers from Gaoxin District. Ms. Fu was then sentenced to 18 months of forced labour. Later, she was reported to the authorities while handing out DVDs exposing the persecution. Her home was ransacked, and she was forced to leave her home for a long period of time to avoid being arrested. After returning home, Fu Ping was under surveillance and could not practise Falun Gong. Her former illnesses reoccurred and she lived a hard life. Ms. Fu died at the end of March 2008, her body entirely swollen. -
The Persecution and Abuse of Ms. Xie Caile from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
2008-05-24Local police arrested practitioner Ms. Xie Caile from Chengdu in August 2002. She was sentenced to five years in prison in June 2003 and later incarcerated at Chengdu Women's Prison, where she suffered much misery. They injected her with unknown drugs and placed her on a "Death Bed" and inserted a tube used for liquefied gas from her nose to stomach. Her nose and oesophagus were injured right away. She was forbidden to leave the cell and was cut off from all connections to the outside world. Rumour once had it that she had already died from abuse. Ms. Xie was released on August 27th, 2007. -
Details of the Persecution of Elderly Mr. Li Wenmou from Tonghua City, Jilin Province
2008-05-24In July 2000, Mr. Li Wenmou, 72, went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong and was arrested by Tiananmen Square police. He was released but once at home, local police arrested him and had him sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour. On September 2-3rd, 2000, he was taken to Tonghua Forced Labour Camp, where all the practitioners, regardless of age, were physically assaulted and shocked with electric batons. Guard Sun Jianfu urged criminal inmate Zhan Wandong to slap the practitioners with the bottoms of his shoes. He also told the criminals that, if they beat practitioners, they would get credits and reductions in their sentences. Li Wenmou was made to do hard labour every day and forced to watch slanderous videos and undergo compulsory brainwashing. -
Three Practitioners Arrested in Shulan City, Jilin Province
2008-05-24On April 14th, 2008, opolice arrested Ms. Niu Yuhui at her home Shulan City. The police searched Ms. Niu's home and confiscated more than 6,000 yuan in cash, along with a computer and other personal property. Ms. Niu was taken to the Beicheng Police Station and transferred to a local detention centre that night. Ms. Niu has been imprisoned for her belief many times since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in 1999. In 2001, after she was released from a forced labour camp, she was forced to flee her home to avoid constant harassment from local CCP members. Yet later police arrested her again. -
Ms. Gong Guozhi from Mengyin County Tortured
2008-05-23Ms. Gong Guozhi, 62, was arrested and locked up in a detention centre. Whilst there the police applied torture to try to force her to give up practising Falun Gong. Guard Zhao Jian (male) slapped her so violently that she fell to the ground. Her face turned black and blue. Zhao Jian forced her to sit on the floor and stretch out her legs. He then stepped on her knees and kicked her lower back. He stomped on her back with his leather shoes. -
An Overseas Chinese Appeal for the Rescue of Ms. Tao Yi and Mr. Bao Jianwei
2008-05-23Several days ago I was surprised to hear that schoolteacher Ms. Tao Yi and her husband, Mr. Bao Jianwei had been arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities in China. I felt grief and indignation, and my conscience wouldn't allow me to remain silent. I was once a colleague of Ms. Tao Yi's, and I remember her being extremely amiable. The students also liked her very much. Several years ago Mr. Bao Jianwei was imprisoned for over three years for practising Falun Gong and speaking out for justice. In order to achieve the goal of "reformation," the prison guards forced Mr. Bao to sit on a small backless stool, and deprived him of sleep. -
Crimes Committed by Police Officer Li Jianguang
2008-05-23Li Jianguang, a police officer from the Zhaoyuan City Domestic Security Division in Shandong Province, has been involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners for the past nine years. Despite the fact that his evil behaviour was exposed many times on the Clearwisdom website, he never stopped committing crimes. Ms. Lan Jucui is a practitioner in her 40s. She was physically assaulted from time to time in the brainwashing centre. One day, Li Jianguang continually slapped her face until he was exhausted. Then he humiliated her by kicking her crotch until she fainted and vomited. -
Practitioners in Lingyuan City Jailed, Family Members Arrested When They Attempted to Visit
2008-05-23In February, 2008, a dozen people, including two lawyers, went to Shenyang City in order to visit Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Feng Guofu in jail. On February 25th, 2008, they were arrested while they slept. After they had money extorted from them, everyone in the group except 50-year-old Ms. Li Shuming was released. She has been beaten, jailed, and endured forced labour many times because she practises Falun Gong. She has been deaf for four years, ever since the township's government ordered 15 people to beat her. -
Accounts of Persecution at the Zhongba Forced Labour Camp, Guizhou Province
2008-05-22In the detention centre, if your family paid out money, then you might be given a used toothbrush. If not, then you had to share a toothbrush with 10-20 prisoners, or you wouldn't even have one. Next, everyone must recite the prison regulations. Those with an education and able to read had to memorize them within a week. Those with no education had to recite them in two weeks. If not, the prison guards would deprive you of sleep and force you to recite them all night long. If you refused to recite, the cell head would beat you brutally and sent you to the guards. The guards would put you into a torture position called "riding a motorcycle" (putting you in shackles and then handcuffing you under the shackles). This bends your back at a right angle, and your are unable to straighten up to walk or to sleep. This would last for three to four days, or sometimes even a week or two. -
Mr. Gao Ke Tortured at Changlinzi Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province
2008-05-22Mr. Gao Ke was handcuffed and tortured severely in an “iron chair”. The chief guard ordered a prisoner to seal Mr. Gao's mouth. The prisoner then put a dirty rag in his mouth and sealed it with a wide piece of tape. Yang ordered another prisoner to tie Mr. Gao to the iron chair and watch him closely. Mr. Gao was not allowed to use the toilet and he had to urinate and defecate in his trousers. Mr. Gao was also not allowed to eat for two days. On the fourth day, Mr. Gao's feet became extremely swollen. The iron hoop on the chair cut into his muscle.