Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

• Mr. Zeng Shugang from Guangdong Province Sentenced to Five Years of Imprisonment

  2008-05-07
  After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime launched a campaign to "eradicate" Falun Gong in July 1999, Mr. Zeng Shugang went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and related his own experiences to the government authorities, asserting that Falun Gong was being defamed by the media's false propaganda. On February 26th, 2008, Zeng Shugang was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. Mr. Zeng has been widely praised for his upstanding character and kind-heartedness. His steadfast belief and his relentless crusade to tell people the truth about Falun Gong was met with brutal persecution by the CCP regime.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Tan Lingfang from Yunnan Province Still Suffering Harassment After Her Unjust Prison Term of Three Years Expired

  2008-05-07
  On April 22nd, 2005, more than 10 plain-clothes personnel stormed into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tan Lingfang's home, forcefully handcuffed her, dragged her from fourth floor down to first floor, pushed her into a vehicle that was waiting and took her to the Kunming Second Detention Centre. Ms. Tan Lingfang was secretly sentenced to three years of imprisonment and was imprisoned at the Yunnan Second Women's Prison. Although Ms. Tan Lingfang has been released, the community and local police station frequently make phone calls, or visit her home to harass her.
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• Dozens of Practitioners Arrested in Harbin City, Three Have Died Since January

  2008-05-06
  Mr. Yin Fuquan, 45, was incarcerated in Tailai Prison. Mr. Yin suffered from all kinds of persecution and torture. Since he refused to accept being brainwashed, the prison guards had prisoners put 35-pound ankle shackles on him and forced him to stand under the burning sun. He was beaten, kicked, and forced to squat for a long period of time. They also tortured him with the "big hang up" and punched his face, causing his nose and mouth to bleed. He became paralysed and bedridden. Not until Mr. Yi was in critical condition did the prison authorities agree to let him be picked up by his family on August 8, 2007. He suffered and was in pain for six more months, and died on February 13, 2008.
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• An Elderly Practitioner Beaten and Tortured by Police in Sanhe City

  2008-05-06
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Rong, a retired teacher over 70 years old, was arrested by police and taken to a detention centre on February 25th, 2008. In order to pressure her to compromise and betray fellow practitioners, the police tortured and beat her. Since July 20th, 1999, Ms. Li has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. She was sent to forced labour camps twice and imprisoned in Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp for over four years. Guards used large fire tongs to burn her mouth. Ms. Li was hung up by her handcuffs, shocked with electric batons, and beaten severely. Her left foot was kicked so brutally by the guards that it became twisted and deformed. Still, she was forced to sit on a small "tiger bench", forbidden to move all day, and shocked with an electric baton.
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• Cousins Ms. Cai Junxia and Ms. Chuai Cuijun Are Given Heavy Sentences, Their Whole Family Persecuted Repeatedly

  2008-05-06
  Ms. Cai Junxia and her mother-in-law were forcibly taken away by police on July 18th, 2007. On January 7th, 2008, the Communist Party-controlled Qianxi County Court sentenced Ms. Cai Junxia, who had been already been detained for almost six months, to up to four years of imprisonment. That sentence was confirmed on March 10th. This is the second member of this family subjected to a heavy sentence. Over a year ago, Ms. Chuai Cuijun was sentenced to five years.
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• Ms. Gao Shulan from Hebei Province Died As a Result of Persecution

  2008-05-06
  In November 2000, Ms. Gao Shulan, 36, went to Beijing to appeal for justice on behalf of all Falun Gong practitioners. She was arrested and detained at the Qinglong County Detention Centre. It was very cold. She and others were confined in a cold room without heat. A long plank was all they had for a bed, without bedding. It was very dirty, and some spots were pretty wet. The space was not big enough for all of them to sit on, and it was much too small for them to lie down. They were handcuffed and placed in leg irons that weighed more than 30 pounds. They could not stand or lie down. During the winter, the guards poured water onto the cement floor and ice as thick as four inches formed. Wang Jin and his guards then forced practitioners to lie flat on the ice. Ms. Gao and her fellow practitioners were forced to lie on the ice on many occasions. Ms. Gao's health deteriorated and she died on February 2nd, 2002.
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• Women's Forced Labour Camp of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, Tortured Practitioners

  2008-05-05
  Practitioner Ms. Xu Xiaomin is now detained at the Women's Forced Labour Camp of Hohhot City in Inner Mongolia. Ms. Xu refused to write the three statements to renounce Falun Gong and has already been detained in the warehouse for a month. Recently the guards began to persecute her by forcing her to stand for a long time, limiting her sleep, forbidding her to use the toilet, as well as using other methods. During the night of March 1st, two prisoners beat her. The next morning the deputy head of the squad also beat her. Methods used to torture Ms. Du Yuqing included piercing her with needles, forcing her to stand for a long time, forbidding her to use the toilet, pouring cold water down her shirt in winter, and beating her.
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• Torture Inflicted on Ms. Gao Guofeng at Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

  2008-05-05
  On September 29th, 2007, during the "October 1st" National Day, Ms. Gao Guofeng, 53, seized a microphone and cried out, "Falun Gong is good." Everyone was shocked. Ms. Gao was locked in a small cell, which is a metal cage, where she suffered inhuman torture. Later Ms. Gao was brutally beaten repeatedly. Director Huo Shuping bound Ms. Gao in handcuffs and deprived her of sleep for 24 hours. On March 7th, Ms. Gao was monitored by criminal inmates. That night she went to bed and was in so much pain that she moaned continuously. On March 8th, she was brutally beaten by Warden Wang Xiaowei and guard, Zhou Yingfan. Her face was beaten until it was black and blue and her mouth was injured. She was not allowed to rest until that night.
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• Mr. Chen Kaiqu's Face Disfigured from Electric Baton Torture at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2008-05-05
  On July 14th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Chen Kaiqu was arrested for distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and sent to a detention centre and then sentenced to a two-year forced labour term. He was sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp on May 21st, 2007. On March 25th, 2008, Mr. Chen refused to do hard labour at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. For refusing to cooperate, guard Li Meng shocked Mr. Chen's face and neck with electric batons for an extended period of time. His face was covered with blisters and burns. He was disfigured to the extent that even those who knew him could not recognize him.
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• Practitioner Mr. Li Zhenning Abducted in Hebei Province

  2008-05-05
  On March 12th, 2008, Mr. Li Zhenning, a 22-year-old practitioner, walked out of Minghua Computer Store on Lianchi South Street in Baoding City. Just when he was about to unlock his bicycle, he was surrounded by a group of people and forcibly taken to Yuhualu Police Station. At Yuhualu Police Station, the head of the station interrogated Mr. Li using various methods to threaten and deceive him into a "confession." When Mr. Li protested their actions, the head of the police station forced him into a room and brutally beat him. As a result, Mr. Li had a black eye and some blood around his right eye. The next day the perpetrators claimed that they had all the paper work ready to send Mr. Li to the Mancheng County Detention Centre. Upon hearing this, Mr. Li's uncle who does not practise Falun Gong, gave the police 2,000 yuan to have Mr. Li finally released.
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• The Brutal Persecution of Practitioners Liu Fengmei and Wang Guiling in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province

  2008-05-04
  Mr. Wang Guiling, 49, was incarcerated in the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. He recounts his experience: "Guards handcuffed me from behind. They forced my legs into a double lotus position, and pulled my feet to the extreme position. Then they tied my legs tightly and threw me to the ground. After half an hour they realized that I was not ready to compromise. Frustrated, they stripped off my shirt and socks, and shocked me with several batons. These batons were brand new and could generate over 10,000 volts of electricity. They chose the most sensitive areas to shock, such as my chest, my back and the bottoms of my feet. The excruciating pain was hard to endure. I struggled with all my strength, even broke a rope twice. The torture was just too painful to describe."
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• Recent Acts of Persecution by the Mei County, Shaanxi Province 610 Office Against Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-05-04
  On March 1st, 2008, 610 Office agents and police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wang Hulin. They confiscated the family's satellite receiver. He was sent to a brainwashing centre. They also ransacked the homes of two female Falun Gong practitioners in neighbouring villages and arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yingxia. On March 3rd, 2008, the same group of police officers went to Nanzhai Village again and arrested Falun Gong practitioners Hou Honglin and his wife. Hou Honglin was working in the field at the time. The captors removed him from the field by force and ransacked his home.
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• Already Ill with Tuberculosis, Ms. Zhao Yingjie Develops Pulmonary Oedema and Pleural Effusion as a Result of the Persecution

  2008-05-04
  Ms. Zhao Yingjie, 34, is a Falun Gong practitioner, who was arrested on February 12th, 2007, and imprisoned. In the middle of March 2008, her family went to the jail twice when they learned that she was severely ill, but the authorities refused to let them see her. On April 9th, 2008, Ms. Zhao's family went to the prison for the third time. Ms. Zhao Yingjie was escorted out with a respirator by a guard and a prisoner. Ms. Zhao said that her pleurisy had progressed so that fluid had accumulated in her chest and abdomen, complicated by tuberculosis. The family visit lasted only 10 minutes. The guard asked, "Are you Falun Gong practitioners, too? If so, you are not allowed to be here." Ms. Zhao Yingjie responded, "Falun Gong practitioners are good people." The authorities refused to release Ms. Zhao on medical grounds.
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• Ms. Guo Baoru from Tanggu District in Tianjin City Imprisoned in Forced Labour Camps for a Total of Nearly Four Years

  2008-05-04
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Baoru lives in Zhongbache Village, Tianjin City. In January 2001, Ms. Guo was sentenced to one-and-a-half years of forced labour because she didn't give up her belief in Falun Gong. She was forced to gather beans in the labour camp and had to stay awake for long periods of time. In order to force her to give up her belief, the guards assigned her a heavier workload than the whole 20-person team. In 2004, Ms. Guo Baoru was sentenced to another year-and-a-half of forced labour. In order to torture her mentally, the guards pressed her onto a bed-board with a picture of Falun Gong's founder, while cursing her with the most foul words. They forbade her from moving, and would beat her and curse her if she moved. Her term was extended by ten months before she was released.
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• Organ Harvesting Confirmed By a Former Detention Centre Prisoner

  2008-05-03
  How do the veteran inmates know for sure if these practitioners are killed for their organs instead of being released? Firstly, these people will not promise to stop practising Falun Gong, so there is no way they will be released. Second, practitioners are taken to an isolated room. Many doctors dressed in white will go to the room and collect them, and they are never seen again. One day a new prisoner was put in our cell. He told us that a practitioner's family was arguing with the guards outside. They questioned why their relative had died so suddenly and why the body was cremated before it was shown to the family. The inmates were puzzled. After all, that practitioner was alive when he was removed from the cell two days ago. How could he die so suddenly? He must have been murdered. Why did they deny his family the right to see the body before cremation? It is because his organs had been removed. Think about it. They harvest organs from executed prisoners, why wouldn't they go one step further?
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