Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Ms. Yao Shilan from Tianjin City Tortured to Disability in Tianjin Women's Prison
2008-01-26
Ms. Yao Shilan is a 58-year-old practitioner, who has endured persecution at the hands of agents from the Wuqing District 610 Office, Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp in Dagang City, and Tianjin City Women's Prison. On April 4th, 2007, police arrested her again. She was placed in a detention centre and in Tianjin Women's Prison, where she was injected with unidentified drugs. Ms. Yao went home on November 23rd, 2007. Currently, she is still extremely weak and unable to take care of herself. -
Li Xiunan Sent to Forced Labour Camp; His Disabled Wife Suffers Stress Induced Heart Attack
2008-01-26Mr. Li Xiunan, 54, began practising Falun Gong in 1998 and his ulcer and eye problems disappeared. On December 9th, 2007, while Liu Xiunan was posting leaflets exposing the persecution, he was grabbed and taken to a detention centre by security guards. In the detention centre they tried to make him disclose the source of the materials using brutal force. His wife went to see him at the detention centre, but the guard did not allow her to see him, and she was kicked out. Li Xiunan was given one year of detention in a forced labour camp and forced to slave labour 12-hours a day. His wife had a heart attack due to the overwhelming stress. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Shan County, Shandong Province
2008-01-26Recently, claiming that they were "eliminating activities that spread negative propaganda," Shandong Province 610 Office personnel tried to stop Falun Gong practitioners from distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. At the same time, Shan County of Hezhe City was classified as one of the important counties to be singled out for persecution by the Shandong Province Police Department and Hezhe City Police Department. The police sent special groups from the provincial and city police departments to Shan County for reinforcements and to focus on destroying sites producing leaflets exposing the persecution. -
Mr. Han Changgui Arrested by Baoqing County State Security Division Officials, Who Also Beat His Teenage Daughter
2008-01-26On the morning of September 27th, 2007, police forced their way into the home of Mr. Han Changgui and confiscated his family's property. They beat Mr. Han Changgui's teenage daughter, Han Hui. After the brutal attack, they apprehended Mr. Han Changgui and took him to the Detention Centre of Baoqing County. Mr. Han was locked in a small cell in the detention centre. The cell was so small that he could not stand up or sit down--he could only squat. After enduring this torture for over 40 days, Mr. Han was finally released. -
Ms. Han Xuelian Suffers Miscarriage After Mistreatment by Dingxing County Police in Hebei Province
2008-01-25On the night of July 23rd, 2007, 16 police officers ransacked pregnant practitioner Ms. Han Xuelian's home, arresting her, her husband Mr. Lu Zhensheng (non-practitioner), her sister-in-law Ms. Lu Wenjie (non-practitioner), and her mother-in-law Ms. Ren Jinfeng. At that time, Ms. Han was in her second month of pregnancy. She explicitly told the officers about her pregnancy. Even so, they paid no attention to that. Zhu Xiaotao and Jia Qingchuan forced her to stand motionless with her arms outstretched for a long time. Two days later Ms. Han miscarried at the Domestic Security Division. The officers from the Domestic Security Division took Ms. Han to the county hospital after her miscarriage. But they fabricated a story saying that her bleeding resulted from an "infection". -
62-Year-Old Associate Professor Ms. Fu Huajing of Hebei Province Dies as a Result of Persecution
2008-01-25Sixty-two-year-old Ms. Fu Huajing was an associate professor at the Chemistry College of Hebei Normal University. She began practising Falun Dafa in 1996. During the eight years of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, she informed people about the persecution of Falun Gong and under huge pressure dispelled the state propaganda attacking the practice. The intense pressure and brutal persecution destroyed her health. She passed away at 4:00 a.m. on January 4th, 2008. -
Older Practitioners Mr. Zhang Xuanshou and Shi Jinhua Arrested and Persecuted
2008-01-25On December 23rd, 2007, Mr. Zhang Xuanshou, a 69-year-old retired man from Dayuan Village of Guanjiazui in Qidong along with Mr. Luo Guangzhong, also a 69-year-old practitioner from the same area, were taking a bus to go home. To buy the bus tickets, they used money on which was written facts regarding the persecution of Dafa. The ticket seller then reported them to authorities. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Luo were later arrested by Shaoyang police officers. The police confiscated electronic equipment and 1,800 yuan. -
How I Was Rescued from Multiple Illnesses by Practising Falun Dafa, and Then Tortured in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Forced Labour Camp
2008-01-25One evening in August 2001, police officers came to my home again. They ransacked my home and arrested me. Two policemen guarded me in the police station that night, even though they knew it was illegal. They brought handcuffs and foot shackles. I asked them, "Are you going to put those on a defenceless lady?" The next day they took me to a detention centre for criminal detention. I held a hunger strike to protest their actions. On the fifth day, they thought that I was about to die, so I was taken to the town hospital for treatment. They read the "decision" to me the following morning: A sentence for two years of forced labour for "disrupting the social order." How could I have disrupted the social order by staying at home? -
Mr. Bai Heguo Tortured to Death in Nanguanling Prison in Liaoning Province
2008-01-24On the afternoon of January 5th, 2008, 45-year-old Mr. Bai Heguo died in the Nanguanling Prison located in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. He had been sentenced to a 11-year prison term in 2002. His family reports that his body was covered with bruises, and there was a bump on his head. He had clearly endured horrendous torture. Authorities hurriedly cremated the body, taking with it all evidence of torture. -
Practitioner Zhao Yu Sent to Brainwashing Centre Following Incarceration at Nanjing City Women's Prison
2008-01-24Ms. Zhao Yu is a Falun Gong practitioner and a former bank employee. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials sentenced her to four years of incarceration in Nanjing City Women's Prison for her steadfastness in Falun Gong practice and for telling people the facts about Falun Gong. Ms. Zhao continued her practice of the Falun Gong exercises. Prison officials sent her to Pukou Mental Hospital in Nanjing City, where she was tied to a bed and her tormentors used electric needles to shock her head. -
Tragic Ends for Practitioners' Family Members Unable To Cope with Years of Relentless Persecution
2008-01-24In May 2006, practitioner Ms. Wang Shuge was arrested while distributing Falun Dafa literature exposing the persecution. Later she was sentenced to forced labour for two and a half years at the Women's Forced Labour Camp in Beijing. According to eyewitness descriptions, Ms. Wang Shuge was regularly tortured and beaten. Her non-practitioner son who recently graduated from the university, committed suicide because he could not tolerate the stress of his mother's unjust imprisonment. Her husband, also unable to endure the pressure of the Chinese Communist Party's long term persecution, sold the house and moved away. -
Two Practitioners from Tianjin City and Liaoning Province Die After Enduring Years of Persecution
2008-01-24After the persecution of Falun Gong started, Ms. Wang went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Dafa. She was arrested both times and was detained in the Huanren County Detention Centre, where guard Cheng Xianliang (male) shocked her head with two electric batons, and forced her to wear ankle shackles for nine days. After being released, her employer and the County Communist Party Political and Judiciary Committee members threatened her several dozen times and arranged for her colleagues to watch her closely. After Ms. Wang was detained for the third time, she was sentenced to three years of forced labour. In the long eight years of persecution, Ms Wang and her family have been constantly harassed and threatened. Ms. Wang Yan died on October 20th, 2007. -
Guards in Xindian Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan City Order Drug Addict Inmates to Persecute Mr. Wei Jianzhou
2008-01-23For carrying a Falun Gong book with him, practitioner Mr.Wei Jianzhou was arrested and imprisoned in Xindian Forced Labour Camp, where he started a hunger strike to protest. Guards then ordered drug addict inmates to persecute him. Guard Zhang Junde once beat practitioner Chen Wenliang because Chen still had some conscience and did not want to persecute practitioners. Li Zhiwei and Chen Wenliang were even punished by Zhao Qing for not actively participating in the persecution. Zhao Qing was released about one month ahead of time for "outstanding" performance [in persecuting practitioners]. Drug addict Wang Laicun often persecuted practitioners. During the time he closely watched practitioner Mr. Yan Xipeng, he often beat, swore at, and verbally abused Mr. Yan. -
Mr. Xie Tianyou from Dezhou City, Shandong Province, Sent to Guanzhuang No. 2 Forced Labour Camp
2008-01-23Mr. Xie Tianyou, a Falun Dafa practitioner, was arrested in Hebei Province by police officers in 2007. He was then sent to a forced labour camp. In detention, the guards incited the inmates to beat Mr. Xie brutally. He was forced to do hard labour every day. For example, he was forced to make mourning wreaths using toxic materials. He was given one or two small steamed buns and some noodle soup each meal, which was only enough to ensure that he would not die from hunger. He has left behind his 70-year-old mother, his 86-year-old grandmother, his wife, and his two children to do the farm work. His family is suffering severe hardship. -
Court of Zhongshan City in Guangdong Province Sentences Ms. Huang Xingyao to Three Years in Prison
2008-01-23On May 1st, 2007, when Ms. Huang Xingyao, 44, was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution about the persecution of Falun Gong, four policemen followed, arrested, and detained her at the local detention centre for over seven months. Although her father hired a defence lawyer for her, the court still sentenced her to three years in prison.
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