Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Xinzhong's Condition Deteriorates; Family Calls for Medical Parole
2007-04-23
Mr. Wang Xinzhong has been arrested numerous times since 1999 for persisting in his belief in Falun Dafa. He sustained lower back injuries from the beatings and brutal tortures while in custody. He is currently held at a detention centre. His wife, and daughter Wang Bo were sentenced to four years and five years in prison, respectively. A happy family was torn apart because of the persecution. Recently, Wang Xinzhong experienced increased health problems, including a relapse of heart disease and high blood pressure. -
Older Ms. Xue Guiqing Has Died As a Result of Torture in Tianjin Female Prison
2007-04-23
Since July 20th 1999, Ms. Xue Guiqing, 54, had been detained at police stations, detention centres, forced labour camps and prisons. Her husband had been under pressure from the police for years and could no longer bear it. One night he tried to strangle Ms. Xue when she was asleep, but did not succeed. Her husband tied her up and beat her legs hard until they were all bloody and smashed. In February 2006 she was taken back to Tianjin Female Prison. On March 14th, 2007, the prison informed Ms. Xue's family to take her home. By this time she was nearly dead and weighed less than 30kg. Two days later Ms. Xue passed away. -
The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners by Perpetrators in Gucheng County, Shandong Province (Part 1)
2007-04-23In October 2002, police officers took practitioners Li Kongfa and Li Hongjie to the city police bureau. They cuffed the practitioners' hands behind their backs and made them lie face down on the ground. Then the officers shocked them using two electric batons, from 9:00 a.m. until the evening. The practitioners were shocked numerous times; every shock burned their flesh, and the intense pain caused them to perspire heavily. When one person grew tired from shocking the practitioners, another one took over. As a result of this torture, the practitioners had their skin broken and bruised all over. Finally, the villains forced family members of the two practitioners to pay 3,000 yuan each. -
Additional Information about How Zhao Wenpeng Was Savagely Persecuted to Death by the Guiyang Public Security Hospital
2007-04-23On August 10th, Mr. Zhao Wenpeng was arrested for exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and taken to the Guiyang Yunyan District Detention Centre. Zhao Wenpeng was subjected to various forms of physical torture by the guards in the detention centre. By December 3rd, after three months and twenty-four days of being detained and tortured at the detention centre, Zhao Wenpeng's whole body was swollen. On the outside of his left thigh there was a large festering hole that continuously dripped pus. At this time he was transferred to the Guiyang Public Security Hospital to be further persecuted. Zhao Wenpeng died on March 7th, 2007. He was 41 years old. -
Ms. Wang Bo and Mother Liu Shuqin Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Persecution; Father is Critically Ill in a Detention Centre
2007-04-22Six lawyers representing Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wang Bo and her parents Mr. Wang Xinzhong and Mrs. Liu Shuqin are openly defending them. The lawyers entered "not guilty" pleas when the "trial" began. Later they submitted open letters three times to higher judicial authorities requesting a public retrial for Ms. Wang Bo's family. Now the international community is paying closer attention to Ms. Wang's case. It's recently been reported that the Beijing Judicial Bureau and police officers from the Beijing National Security Division are threatening these six lawyers in an attempt to make them quit Ms. Wang's case. Currently Ms. Wang and her parents are detained at two different detention centres in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Mr. Wang was diagnosed with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, and his current condition is precarious. -
Cruel Abuse at Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province - Beatings and Electric Shock Torture
2007-04-22At the end of 2002, when I was detained at Kaiping Labour Camp, I met a female practitioner who had been transferred from Gaoyang Labour Camp. Her hair was cut extremely short by camp authorities, even shorter than a man's short hairstyle. She was timid and anxious, watching everyone cautiously and distrustfully. She didn't address anyone speaking to her directly. It could be clearly seen that she has been beaten and tortured. When she took a shower, I saw she had large areas of bruises on her body. They clamped electrodes from a field-radio generator to her toes and shocked her internal organs so fiercely that her vital organs felt unbearable pain. -
Medical Doctor Mr. Zhao Chenglin Brutally Persecuted in Wafangdian Prison in Liaoning Province
2007-04-22Dr. Zhao Chenglin was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for persisting in his belief in Falun Gong. On April 1st, his family went to visit him. Dr. Zhao was skin and bones, his lips were blue and he looked extremely lifeless. His head was dangling, and he had a scar of 6 to 7 cm long on the top of his head. He was supported to sit on a stool. His hands were disabled. When his family members asked him what had happened to him, he said in a low and weak voice, "They tortured me. A criminal prisoner often beat me under someone's instigation. They don't allow me to wear thick clothes in the winter or sleep with a quilt. They don't allow me to drink hot water and buy daily necessities. They have deprived me of my right to live. I can only start a hunger strike in protest." -
More Details about Sun Youlin, Husband of a Dafa Practitioner, Beaten to Death in Anshan, Liaoning Province in 2004
2007-04-22
On November 3rd, 2004, police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wu Yuqin. On November 7th, Ms. Wu's husband Sun Youlin (a non-practitioner) went to the police office to look for his wife. Several policemen beat Sun Youlin violently. They dented the back of his head and shocked his whole body with electric batons. Mr. Sun died as a result. -
Ghastly and Terrifying Shijiazhuang City Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province
2007-04-22I was sentenced to three years of forced labour in November 2000 for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. Once, late at night, I was awakened and taken to an office. They pulled off my trousers and started to beat my buttocks with rubber sticks. When they finished, they called for another practitioner. One by one we all suffered brutal beatings. When we were sent back, we couldn't lay on our backs to sleep at all. All practitioners in our cell suffered beatings. Then they beat the practitioners in other cells. A few days later, when we took showers, every practitioners' buttocks were covered with dark purple bruises, which frightened the other inmates and made them feel sympathy for us. -
Mr. Qu Yanlai Sent to Tilanqiao Prison Hospital in Shanghai; His Life Is in Imminent Danger
2007-04-21Mr. Qu Yanlai was taken from No. 6 Ward to the No. 2 Ward of Tilanqiao Prison on the fourth floor. The guards kept leather handcuffs on him the entire time. Despite the fact that Mr. Qu has been on a hunger strike for over four and a half years, and has become emaciated, the prison guards continue to abuse him both mentally and physically and in March the authorities had to send him to the prison hospital because of his precarious health. -
The Crimes Committed in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province
2007-04-21Captain Zheng Wanxin once tortured practitioners by whipping them, abusing them, lying to them and humiliating them. He told steadfast practitioners, “I won't let you eat and instead you will be force-fed.” He threatened practitioners who were tortured badly and in serious condition by spreading the words, “Take them to the bottom of a mountain, dig a hole and bury them!” Administrator Luo Guangrong and Deputy Captain Sun Fengjun hung practitioner Mr. Xu Qiuyun in the air, brutally beat him and shocked him with electric batons for several hours, until they got too tired and were hardly able to catch their breath. Guard Zhang Yuhua had beaten practitioner Mr. Wang Weigao so badly that Mr. Wang could not talk, walk, or take care of himself, and felt chest pain and as if cold air were coming out of his body. -
Three Practitioners from Shanxi, Jilin and Hebei Provinces Passed Away During the Persecution
2007-04-21Ms. Xu Wanhua, 52, went to the Beijing Appeals Bureau in 2000 to petition for Dafa. Beijing Qianmen Police Station agents arrested her and later sent her to the Sanhe Detention Centre. Because she insisted on practising exercises and reciting verses from Dafa books in the detention centre, the police beat her with leather belts and rubber sticks, and shocked her with electric batons. Xu Wanhua started a protest hunger strike and suffered from brutal force-feeding. She endured severe physical and mental pressure from the persecution, and passed away in August 2006. -
The Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province Hides Continuing Persecution of Dafa Practitioners
2007-04-21Guard Zhang Bo brings to Qianjin the persecution methods used in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. Guards force Dafa practitioners to swear at Teacher [Teacher Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa] and Dafa every morning. They incite criminal prisoners to persecute practitioners. They also force Dafa practitioners to slander Teacher and Dafa under oath. If a practitioner does not swear an oath or her voice is too low, the guards will try to force her to do so loudly. Otherwise, the prisoners will not be dismissed or not be allowed to sleep. Often all members of the group will be physically punished, including the criminals. The guards aim to create hatred in the criminals towards practitioners. -
Ms. Zhao Limei Taken to Brainwashing Centre in Hebei Province
2007-04-21Li County 610 Office agents abducted Ms. Zhao Limei from her workplace on April 6th, 2007. They put Ms. Zhao in handcuffs and then took her to the Xiaobailou Brainwashing Centre in Baoding City. Cui Wukui, Assistant Principal of TV University and two teachers attempted to brainwash Ms. Zhao. Ms. Zhao demanded to be released. She didn’t eat anything all day. A physical examination revealed that Ms. Zhao had high blood pressure and a rapid heart rate. In the evening the people from the university took her back home. At her doorway the villains tried to take Ms. Zhao’s keys, and she was injured in the struggle. Ms. Zhao Limei was forced into a divorce, and her mother, who’s in her seventies, suffered a lot due to the persecution. -
Mr. Bian Changxue from Hebei Province Has Been on a Hunger Strike for Eight Months
2007-04-20Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Bian Changxue was arrested and his home ransacked many times by agents from the 610 Office. This has happened since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, due to Mr. Bian's firm belief in the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" and for informing people about the true nature of Falun Gong. He was sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2006. To protest the persecution, he has been on hunger strike since August 7th, 2006.
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