Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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50-Year-Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liang Yaomin Brutally Beaten in Yantai City Detention Centre, Shandong Province
2008-01-15Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liang Yaomin, about 50 years old from Haiyang City, Shandong Province was secretly arrested in August 2007. She has been imprisoned in Yantai City Detention Centre for about six months. Ms. Liang has suffered torture, including brutal beatings, being hung up in the air, and more. One day, they wrapped her head in a prisoner's clothing and brutally beat her until she lost consciousness. After she fainted, she was sent to the hospital for first aid. She was very weak upon awakening. According to inside sources, Ms. Liang was secretly and put on trial twice. The result of the latest trial are unknown. -
Falun Gong Practitioners from Shandong and Hunan Provinces Still Missing Since Appealing in Beijing Years Ago
2008-01-15Mr. Sun Houqin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Danhou Village in Xicheng Town of Weishan County, Shandong Province, and seventeen other local Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing in the autumn of 1999 to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. Mr. Sun has been missing since then, and there has been no information about him during the past eight years. Mr. Xu LiXin, 39, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Changsha City, Hunan Province. Mr. Xu left home to appeal in Beijing several years ago. He has been missing since then. -
Saertu District Public Security Bureau Officers of Daqing City Refuse to Release Ms. Li Hui and Attempt to Sentence Her
2008-01-1438-year-old Ms. Li Hui, a Falun Dafa practitioner, was arrested but then escaped on April 25th, 2007. Afterwards, she was arrested once again and taken to Daqing Detention Centre on September 20th. It has been over three months since her arrest. Police took turns torturing her cruelly for several days and as a result she suffered third degree burns. They forced her to sit in an Iron Chair and did not allow her to sleep for several days. According to inside sources, the Saertu Public Security Bureau authorities refuse to release her and they have attempted to bring accusations to sentence her. Her husband divorced her due to the long term economic and mental pressure from the CCP. -
Persecution of Ms. Guo Fengyu in Guangdong Province for the Last Eight Years
2008-01-14Since 2000, Ms. Guo Fengyu has been subjected to arrest, detainment, forced labour camps and brainwashing sessions. The 61-year-old woman has been given injections with unknown drugs by officers led by Pan Zhipeng, Police Chief at the Chendong Police Station. Each year, the police have gone to her home 3-5 times to ransack it and intimidate her and her family. -
Practitioner Mr. Li Shangshi Sends Article from Prison Describing His Persecution Experience
2008-01-14I have been subjected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution, and I had to leave home to avoid further persecution. On April 20th, 2004, I left the home of my relative and rode a bicycle to the home of another relative in Weijia Village. All of sudden, four young men jumped out from the levee and pushed me down. At first, I thought this was a robbery, but when I tried to escape, I saw an older man standing there giving directions to them. I realised that they were policemen, so I shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" Some of the policemen tried to cover my mouth, and some pulled my arms behind my back and forcibly handcuffed me. After that, they pushed me into a jeep with ease since there were almost no passersby around at that time. They took me to the police station dragged me up to the second floor, and slammed me down on the floor. -
Student Ms. Cao Rui Arbitrarily Expelled From Mudanjiang Agricultural Senior Middle School in Mishan City
2008-01-14In late November 2007, political science teacher Huang Yuebin (male) at Mudanjiang Agriculture High School in Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province, publicly slandered Falun Gong in class. Freshman student Ms. Cao Rui stood up during the class and pointed out that Huang Yuebin was not correct, in that Falun Gong was not really as he had depicted it. In response, school officials reprimanded Ms. Cao for "disturbing the class." On December 17th, 2007, the school required its student body of more than 5,000 to sign a pledge distancing themselves from Falun Gong, in order to "advocate science and oppose evil cults." Cao Rui refused to sign the pledge and was expelled by the school on December 19th, 2007. -
Latest Update on the Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners in Dingzhou City, Hebei Province
2008-01-13Just before October 1st (China's National Day holiday), Liqingu Town police barged into Ms. Xu Tongyan's home, confiscated her family property, arrested her, and took her to the police station. That night she was hung up and beaten by police officers while she was handcuffed. Later, she escaped. Liqingu Town head deceived her family and said, "Have her come home. We guarantee it will be all right." Her family members believed him, so Ms. Xu was found, and she returned home. The Liqingu Town police promptly arrested her and still have her in detention. -
Ms. Song Xiaotang Tortured to Unconsciousness at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp
2008-01-13On June 27th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Song Xiaotang from Tianheng Town in Jimo City, Shandong Province, was arrested and taken to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province. Several days later, she was tortured to the point of unconsciousness. Guards took her to the hospital and restrained her with handcuffs and leg shackles. Ms. Song held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Guards force-fed her and tortured her by leaving the feeding tube in her stomach for an extended period of time. The torture left Ms. Song's entire body swollen and in great pain, and her hands trembled violently. -
Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province Residents Ms. Ma Ruizhen and Ms. Zhu Cuiying Arrested
2008-01-13On November 29th, 2007, two groups of police from the Shuozhou City Police Department, Shanxi Province, were sent to arrest Falun Dafa practitioners. One group arrested Ms. Ma Ruizhen, who lives in the family compound of the city's party commission. The other group arrested Ms. Zhu Cuiying, who lives in the family compound of the Shuocheng District Bureau of Industry and Commerce. The police ransacked their homes, took away their computers, printers, and other personal items. Ms. Ma Ruizhen and Ms. Zhu Cuiying are now imprisoned at the Shuocheng District Detention Centre in Shuozhou City. -
Persecution at Xishanping Forced Labour Camp In Chongqing City
2008-01-13Chief Lei Kejin of Second Team, Seventh Ward of Xishanping Labour Camp in Chongqing City, blatantly instigated drug addicts to force three Falun Gong practitioners to write so-called three statements denying their beliefs. Food deprivation, violence, threats, and sleep deprivation are among the methods used to coerce the practitioners to recant their beliefs. Wen Huaguo struck Deng Liping's with an iron bar. The drug addict, Chen Kang stepped on the chests of Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Pan Yuanjun and Mr. Deng Baishou. He struck their backs with his elbow, forced them to squat for two hours, forced them to clean the toilet and wash clothes, and extorted money from them. -
Insidious Nature of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Exposed--Practitioner Wu Jiuping Beaten and Thrown from the Fourth Floor by Police Officers in Tianchang City
2008-01-12Falun Gong practitioner Wu Jiuping previously worked for the People's Hospital in Tianchang City, Anhui Province. On November 22nd, four policemen and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel went to Wu Jiuping's apartment and beat him until he was seriously injured and lost consciousness. In order to cover up their crime, the police officers threw him from the fourth floor of his building and then left. Mr. Wu passed away about 8:00 p.m. that night after he was taken to People's Hospital. -
Ms. Li Rong Died As a Result of Mental and Physical Torture in Prison
2008-01-12Ms. Li Rong went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and police ransacked her home and arrested her. They made a mess and took her two sons' military retirement IDs. They forced both of her sons' employers to fire them, cancelling all their housing funds, retirement pensions, and medical insurance. Ms. Li Rong was sentenced to four years in prison in 2002. Guard Li Xiaohong (female) once dragged Ms. Li so far that her shoes fell off and her clothes were torn from her body. Li Xiaohong stuffed her mouth with rags and had about five prisoners lock her in a small cell for one year. There was water and faeces on the floor. Guard Li Xiaohong collaborated with doctors to put unknown drugs in her meals, causing her to suffer a mental collapse. Later, her whole body became swollen, and she had difficulty breathing and was in great pain. She died in November 2007. -
Mr. Che Hongfei in Critical Condition in Dalian Prison
2008-01-12Mr. Che Hongfei is a 37-year-old English teacher and has been arrested many times for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling his students the facts about Falun Gong. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Guards instigated inmates to beat him numerous times. His trousers were torn to pieces during the beatings. He has been on a hunger strike for over seven months, and the prison guards have force-fed him from the beginning. On December 27th, 2007, Mr. Che Hongfei was in critical condition. Mr. Che Hongfei's family has requested his release due to his medical condition. The warden has refused, stating that it is up to higher-level authorities to make the decision. -
Police in Anqiu, Shandong Province Mass-Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners
2008-01-12On the evening of November 2nd, 2007, mass arrests of Falun Gong practitioners took place in Anqui City. The police forced open the doors or windows of practitioners' homes, arrested people and seized private belongings. Arrested female practitioners are currently being held at the Anqiu City Detention Centre. A 15-square-metre cell holds 31 people, 21 of whom are practitioners. In the morning they are made to drink dirty dish water, at lunchtime they are given old vegetable leaves boiled in salt water and rancid pickles, and in the evening they have to crowd themselves together on the damp, cold floor. The space is so tight that they can barely turn over. -
Facts about the Persecution of Mr. Wu Yueqing from Shuanyashan City, Heilongjiang Province
2008-01-11Mr. Wu Yueqing, a Falun Gong practitioner from Heilongjiang Province, has been holding himself to the standards of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" but has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) many times. He has been arrested, sentenced, cruelly tortured many times, and seriously injured. Currently, Mr. Wu's muscles have atrophied, he has multiple diseases, he can't take care of himself, and he is dying.