Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Hong'an County Police in Hubei Province Break Into Homes and Arrest Practitioners
2007-07-20On July 22nd, 2007, more than 100 Hong'an County police officers made a midnight assault on Falun Dafa practitioners under the direction of the Huanggang City Police Department and the 610 Office in Hubei Province. Police broke into Mr. Liu Hongsu's home, and brutally beat both him and his wife and ransacked their home, stealing a computer and other personal possessions. They left a broken lock and a mess in their home. -
Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Shenqiu County of Henan Province
2007-07-20Ms. Ma Min was detained for 11 months. In the detention centre, practitioners were not allowed to talk to each other. If they practised the exercises, they would be beaten. One time, a practitioner had to wear 40-pound shackles for violating that rule. On another occasion, a female practitioner had to wear the shackles for more than 40 days. There are sharp prongs sticking out against the flesh, which caused terrible pain. It was very difficult to hold the chains and moved inch by inch to go to the toilet. -
Thirteen Falun Dafa Practitioners' Deaths from Torture in China Confirmed on May 2007 (Photos)
2007-07-19In May 2007, it was confirmed that 13 Falun Dafa practitioners in China died as a direct result of torture. Among these practitioners, nine died between January and May 2007, and three died in May. Among the victims, eight were women, representing 61.5 per cent of the total and ten were over 50 years of age, representing 76.9 per cent of the total. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Huiqi from Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, was paralysed in 2002 from torture at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp. She died on April 27th, 2007, at the age of 40, after enduring five years of excruciating pain. -
Ms. Cui Lixin from Hebei Province in Critical Condition - Her Family Seeks Her Release from Detention
2007-07-19The family of Ms. Cui Lixin, who has been detained in Zanhuang County (Shijiazhuang City) Detention Centre and has been in critical condition since June 22nd, 2007, has requested Ms. Cui's release. She has not been eating or drinking, has been vomiting blood and also has blood in her urine. Her mind has become unclear, and her life is in danger. Police officer Tan Jun, is in charge of her case at Yucai Street Station said, "We will not release her even if she is dead, because she practises Falun Gong." -
Mr. Gai Wufan Persecuted by the 610 Office after Hiring Lawyers to Defend Wang Bo's Family
2007-07-19On June 21st, 2007, police from the Yudong Police Station accused 87-year-old Gai Wufan, Wang Bo's uncle, of distributing Falun Gong flyers. They claimed that someone had reported him to the authorities. The police failed to find any evidence after ransacking the entire house, but they dragged Wang Bo's uncle to the Yudong Police Station for interrogation. Using the excuse that someone had reported him to the authorities, they tried to extract other information from him during the interrogation, asking, "Who had hired a lawyer for Wang Bo? Why were there so many Falun Gong practitioners present during her trial? Who is contacting her on a regular basis?" Mr. Gai replied to them, "Is it against the law to hire a lawyer?" -
A Highly Respected Teacher Is Now Paralysed and Partially Blind Due to Persecution by Police in Hubei Province
2007-07-19Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhou Qing is a high school physics teacher from the Jingshan County No. 1 High School in Hubei Province. Because of his belief in Falun Gong, the police have repeatedly detained him. In July 2004, Mr. Zhou was arrested and detained at the Xiaogan Detention Centre. After enduring brutal torture, his legs became paralysed, his muscles atrophied, and he could not speak. Even in such a horrible condition, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents still forced him into a brainwashing centre. He was injected with unknown drugs that almost killed him. Eventually, he was handed over to his family. Before he completely recovered, the police arrested him again on June 22nd, 2005. The Xiaogan City Court sentenced Zhou Qing to four years in jail and he is still serving his sentence today. -
Children Freed From Brick Kiln in Shanxi Province, But Falun Gong Practitioners Still Forced into Slave Labour at Hedong Brickyard in Ninxia Province
2007-07-18The recent exposure of the illegal brick kiln in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, in which over a thousand school-aged children were forced to work as slaves, has shocked the media, China and the whole world. Traders in human beings provided the slave labourers to the illegal brick kiln, while the Falun Gong practitioners at the Hedong Brickyard were arrested by the CCP regime. The slave labourers at the Hongtong brick kiln were forced to work for more than ten hours per day. After the Falun Gong practitioners at the Hedong Brickyard finished work they were tortured with electric batons, forced to stand with their heads against the wall, tied up with ropes, and beaten. They were pressured to write a guarantee statement and give up their beliefs. -
Ms. Zhu Shuyun's Life in Danger from Abuse Suffered at the Heizuizi Labour Camp in Jilin Province
2007-07-18On June 9th, 2007, practitioner Ms. Zhu Shuyun was sent to the second unit of the Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province. She has been abused by the police many times since she was imprisoned there. Ms. Zhu protested the persecution with hunger strikes and was force-fed, which resulted in a lung infection, making her unable to eat. She is in critical condition. The force-feeding of the Falun Dafa practitioners at the labor camp is extremely barbaric, and has directly caused many practitioners' deaths. -
Shi Ning and Five Other Practitioners from Shengli Oilfield Suffer Persecution in Prison
2007-07-18In early 1999, nearly 10,000 people at the Shengli Oilfield practised Falun Gong. Practising the exercises and studying the Falun Dafa books enabled the practitioners to understand the real meaning of life, to be good people, to conscientiously carry out their jobs, and help others whenever they could. Starting from July 20th, 1999, Jiang Zemin and other top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, fabricated rumours and lies to falsely charge and discriminate against Falun Gong and practitioners. Shengli Oilfield authorities have severely persecuted practitioners there. As a result, thousands of homes were ransacked and personal belongings confiscated. Thousands were detained, and nearly a hundred were sentenced to three years of forced labour. Several dozens were fired from their jobs. So far, six practitioners are still being persecuted in prison. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Cruelly Tortured at the Shandong Province Prison
2007-07-18The Shandong Province Prison authorities are still carrying out the policy of Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime to "physically extinguish" Falun Gong practitioners. It has become an evil den where practitioners are brutally tortured. The authorities confined practitioner Yin Xiangyang to a solitary confinement cell (with extremely bad conditions) for over 40 days, due to his refusal to be brainwashed and because he persisted in his belief. They also stabbed his entire body with needles, forced his legs apart, and forced him to kneel. The Shandong Province prison system has been infamous for adding drugs to practitioners' food, which led to Yang Shuming and others developing critical medical problems, from which they still have not recovered. -
Police Arrest and Kill Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Wang Minli from Jilin City, Jilin Province
2007-07-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Minli was arrested on March 15th, 2007 by the Changyi District Police Department and National Security agents savagely beat and tortured her. They poured a bottle of spicy mustard oil into her eyes, causing blindness in one eye. They also broke one of her legs by beating her with wooden sticks and she became disabled. Later they sent her to Jilin City Detention Centre. Wang Minli passed away on the way to the hospital on June 19th, 2007. She was 43 years old. -
Ms. Tang Xingyun, 65, Tortured to Death by 10 Policemen in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province
2007-07-17At eight o'clock in the evening, March 10th, 2007, policemen from Shashan Police Station abducted Tang Xingyun, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Someone had tipped the police that Tang had been seen distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in the area. She had only handed out two copies. Ten thuggish policemen shocked her with eight electric batons, and the 65-year-old lady died in the police station before she could utter a word. -
Police Arrest and Torture Practitioner Mr. Wang Quanlian From Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province
2007-07-17At 2:00 a.m. on April 12th, 2007, Shifeng District Police Department National Security Team agents arrested Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wang Quanlian. To avoid persecution, Mr. Wang tried to climb down along the anti-theft net from the seventh floor of his building, but fell. He was not hurt, but the loud noise he made when he fell aroused many neighbours and the police arrested him. Wang Quanlian was locked up in Shifeng Police Department interrogation room for three days and was subjected to inhuman torture . A police officer pushed Mr. Wang's chest firmly with his foot and forced him against the wall. The other two officers stepped on his feet and then moved his feet towards the wall on both sides. Each move hurt Wang Quanlian so much that he couldn't help but shout in agony. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wei Quan from Tianjin City Was Secretly Sentenced and Imprisoned
2007-07-17Mr. Wei Quan was sentenced to three and a half years and has been imprisoned in Liyuantou First Prison in Tianjin City, for over six months. His wife,Qin Guifang, went to every place she could think of, looking for him, but the authorities just ignored her. On May 16th, 2007, the First Prison sent a letter to her, verifying her identity as a family member. After replying,she waited for further information about her husband, but to no avail. On June 18th, Mr. Wei's wife went to the First Prison to ask to see him, but her request was denied. In the prison, four prisoners monitored him and were directed to "reform" him by force. Liu, the No. 8 Division head, said, "We're now 'reforming' Wei Quan." He also told Ms. Qin, "Next time you come, you will have to participate in 'reforming' him; otherwise we will cancel your visit." -
Jiamusi City Police in Heilongjiang Province Torture Ms. Cui Shengyun to the Brink of Death
2007-07-16Instigated by Jiamusi City Political and Legal Committee (Heilongjiang Province), Jiamusi City National Security officers arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Cui Shengyun on May 19th, 2007 and brutally tortured her. Her head was severely beaten. No visible cuts or bruises were apparent on her body because she was forced to wear a thick black plastic helmet each time she was beaten. Ms. Cui could hear the voices of both men and women while she was being beaten. The women were particularly cruel.