Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

• The Persecution of Ms. He Chengsu of Yi County, Liaoning Province

  2008-02-26
  On October 26th, 1999, Ms. He went to Beijing to use her personal experience to explain the facts of Falun Gong to the government. She told those in charge, "Falun Gong is a very good qigong practice that provides an effective way of curing illnesses and improving peoples' health. The practice of Falun Gong has brought many benefits and absolutely no harm to society." After she said this to the officials, she was detained for 34 days in the county police station and had 2,400 yuan extorted from her. In September 2004, police raided her home and sent her to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, where she was persecuted for 372 days.
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• Zhang Lianying's Statement at the Hearings on China's Human Rights in the European Parliament

  2008-02-25
  Ms. Zhang Lianying has been detained in forced labour camps many times for practising Falun Dafa. She recounts: "I was strangled nine times. Twice the policemen strangled my neck until I fainted and the other seven times they used ropes to strangle me until I fainted. Neither time was I sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Once I was so severely beaten that both sides of my brain bled profusely. Once I was injected with an unknown drug so that I fell into a coma and my eyesight was blurred."
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• Practitioner in Gansu Province Recounts the Persecution She and Her Family Have Suffered for the Past Eight Years

  2008-02-25
  On October 1st, 2001, I went to a rural village to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution. Someone turned me in to the authorities and I was arrested by police. When they had detained me at the rehabilitation centre for over four months, I started a hunger strike in February 2002. On the fifth day of my hunger strike, Cheng Yeshang, the Chair of the centre, came with a drug addict to force feed me. He told that person to put salt in the powdered soy milk. He then pulled my hair with one hand and used his other hand to force open my mouth with two chopsticks. Then he told that person to pour the food into my mouth. My gums were bleeding, yet he didn't stop. Later, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was on an IV. The doctor looked at my eyes and said to Cheng, "She won't die." The next morning I was taken to the Lanzhou Forced Labour Camp.
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• Ms. Lu Xueqin Tortured, Now in Critical Condition in Shandong Province

  2008-02-25
  On January 26th, 2008, police took Ms. Lu Xueqin, a Falun Dafa practitioner, into custody in the Liaoyuan Street Station in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, where she remains to this day. They confined Ms. Lu in an ice cold cell, forced her sit on a hard bench, and did not allow her to sleep for eight days. When she was not very clear-minded due to exhaustion, officers forced her to fingerprint a statement whose content she was not aware of, then threatened her with this fabricated fact. Officers brutally beat her three times, putting her in a critical condition with all sorts of symptoms. Ms. Lu's heart and kidneys are severely damaged and in life threatening condition. Her family requested her release so that she could be hospitalised, but officers at the Liaoyuan Street Station are very vicious and have refused.
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• Persecution Story of Hebei Province Couple Ms. Liu Fengzhi and Mr. Wei Youtong

  2008-02-25
  On August 30th, 2002, half a dozen police officers arrested Mr. Wei and his wife, Ms. Liu, because both practise Falun Dafa. The police took the couple to the police station, handcuffed Mr. Wei to a heating pipe and locked them in a room for interrogation. The couple refused to answer questions. Policeman Li lashed them with a one metre-long seven-wire twist whip. As a result, Mr. Wei's back looked like a web of bloodstains, and Ms. Liu's back was also bleeding. Together the couple had 8100 yuan extorted from them before they were released. They were detained again in 2003 and 2007 and were only released after they were fined.
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• 50-Year-Old Mr. Liu Quanguo Dies from Torture in Heilongjiang Province

  2008-02-24
  Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Quanguo was sentenced to forced labour twice and served his terms in the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. He became very weak due to the abuse he was subjected to in the camp. The Fifth Ward guard Zhao Shuang once said, "You will die as soon as you are released." Mr. Liu was released in the autumn of 2006. He became weaker and weaker, coughing nonstop, and had the symptoms of tuberculosis. Soon he lost consciousness and died on February 16th, 2008 at age 50.
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• Mr. Chen Jinshu from Hong Kong Sentenced to Six Years in Prison by the Bao'an District Court in Guangdong Province

  2008-02-24
  On January 29th, 2008, the Bao'an District Court in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province held a secret trial and sentenced Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen Jinshu from Hong Kong to six years in prison for sending out Falun Dafa books. Mr. Chen's family has filed an appeal. Mr. Chen's older sister in Shenzhen accepted an interview in tears. She said, "My brother is innocent. He is not guilty of any crime just because he practises Falun Gong." The court fabricated evidence to frame her brother and accused him of a case that was closed in 2005.
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• Ms. Liu Shuqin Endures Torture at the Hebei Province Women's Prison

  2008-02-24
  Ms. Liu Shuqin and her daughter Wang Bo were detained for several months and then sentenced to four and five years in prison. On June 15th, 2007, Ms. Liu and her daughter, both Falun Gong practitioners, were both taken to the Hebei Province Women's Prison. After enduring many years of mistreatments and persecution, Ms. Liu Shuqin has become very weak, has high blood pressure, and heart disease. In the six months of brainwashing sessions, guards forced her to stand facing the wall every day, from breakfast time to 2 a.m. They did not allow her to close her eyes. If she did they would kick her. Ms. Liu continually resisted the torture, then the guards ordered other prisoners to drag her on the floor, back and forth. Guard Zhao said, "Prisoners and guards may mistreat Falun Dafa practitioners without any limit."
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• Mr. Leng Fuyun Critically Ill in Police Custody in Jingyu County, Jilin Province; Authorities Deny Family Visits

  2008-02-24
  On January 16th, 2007, several police broke into Mr. Leng Fuyun's home. They seized a computer, a printer, a paper cutting machine and some other materials without a warrant. In addition, they took Mr. Leng Fuyun, his wife Ms. Jiang Zhongmei, and their son Mr. Leng Jingtao into custody. They were detained in the Jingyu County Detention Centre. Mr. Leng has been detained in the detention centre for more than one year. During this period, he has been sent to the hospital many times for treatment due to injuries he received during his persecution. The guards told Mr. Leng's relatives to pay for his treatment. The relatives have asked to see Mr. Leng, but have been rejected without reason.
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• Harbin City: Ms. Fan Shude Near Death as a Result of Torture

  2008-02-23
  Ms. Fan Shude, is in her 50s. Since she practised Falun Gong her heart disease and other health problems vanished. On July 20th, 1999, when Jiang Zemin's group, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] began persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Fan went to Beijing to appeal for justice. She has been arrested four times, and persecuted in forced labour camps twice. In Wanjia Forced Labour Camp she was injected with unknown drugs by the guards and criminals causing her frequent nausea and dizziness. In August 2007 Ms. Fan went to the police station to ask for the release of a fellow practitioner. Police attacked her. The attack was so vicious that Ms. Fan suffered heart and brain damage. She then suffered a relapse of her old diseases. She has endured torture that has brought her near the point of death.
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• Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province: Xu Langzhou and Family Have Endured Nine Years of Hardship

  2008-02-23
  Ever since the birth of Xu Langzhou's son in 1999, Xu and his entire family have been repeatedly persecuted. His nine-year old son does not get to see his father. Every year at the New Year holiday, the boy asks, "Will Daddy come home?" To protect the boy, his family members have not told him about his father's imprisonment. In November 2004 the court sentenced Mr. Xu Langzhou to eight years and six months in prison, based on a forged statement from the 610 Office agents which stated they found Falun Gong leaflets on Mr. Xu.
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• Female College Student from Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Persecuted for Eight Years

  2008-02-23
  Bao Siqin-Gaowa, 30, was a physics student at Heilongjiang University and began Falun Gong practice during her second year there. Her parents then also became Falun Gong practitioners, which brought the three of them much happiness. Her parents' illnesses were cured without any medical treatment and Gaowa no longer suffered from physical ailments, and was an excellent college student, demonstrating great moral character and excelling in academics. When Falun Gong was banned, Gaowa went to Beijing to appeal against the injustice. A police officer asked her, "Do you practise Falun Gong?" Gaowa answered, "Yes." The university expelled her, six months prior to her graduation.
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• A Practitioner Suffering from Torture-Induced Mental Disorder is Sent Back to Prison

  2008-02-23
  Ms. Wang Shuxia is 45 years old. In January, 2000, she went to appeal for Falun Gong and was detained by Diaobingshan City Police. She suffered inhuman torture in a detention centre. Jail policeman Jin Pengfei tortured her many times with electric batons and shackles. Ms. Wang could not bear the mental persecution and physical torture and soon developed a mental disorder. She was then released.
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• Liu Guifu Recounts Her Suffering at Daxing Women's Forced Labour Camp in Beijing

  2008-02-22
  The photo is of me, Liu Guifu, taken after my release from my second stay in a forced labour camp. My family and friends could no longer recognise me. My weight had dropped from about 10.7 stone to less than 7.9 stone due to the abuse I suffered at the labour camp. My hair turned grey, and much of it fell out. My face is full of wrinkles. I look 20 years older than I am.
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• Ms. Wang Qi Beaten and Abused after Being Arrested in Gansu Province

  2008-02-22
  On November 25th, 2007, police arrested Ms. Wang Qi, a computer instructor because she was carrying a Falun Gong book in her bag. At the police station the police chief interrogated her as to the origin of the Falun Gong book. Police handcuffed her, and punched and kicked her. The chief said, "Even if Falun Gong members are beaten to death, they die for nothing, and their family might never know about it."
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