Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

  • Older Practitioner Ms. Hu Zhenru Arrested in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province - Her Daughter from Hong Kong Asks for Help in Rescuing Her Mother

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Hu Zhenru, 59, began practising Falun Dafa in 1999. She was arrested on January 14th, 2007 and taken to Nanjing City Detention Centre. As she was being arrested, her home was ransacked by seven or eight police officers. Her husband and younger daughter resisted the ransacking of their home, and condemned the police for violating the law. The police injured her husband with brutal force.
  • Middle School Teacher Seriously Injured from Beating at Deyang Prison in Sichuan Province

    On July 12th, 2006, Mr. Wu Shihai, a middle school teacher and Falun Dafa practitioner from Liangshan, who had already become mentally disoriented due to long-term persecution at a detention centre and at Deyang Prison, was beaten again. A death row criminal violently smashed Mr. Wu's head with a wooden chair. Consequently, Mr. Wu lost two teeth. Many areas of his face, including his jaw, were fractured. The hospital had to take 20 stitches and classified his wounds as serious.
  • Recent Developments in the Persecution of Ms. Wang Bo's Family in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province

    On November 10th, 2006, the Court of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hebei Province tried the family of Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Wang Bo. According to Chinese Communist Party law, from the date the court accepts a case, it takes one month to six weeks at most for the verdict to be given. It has been two months since the court opened the case. Relatives of the family have taken turns enquiring at the court in the Changan District. The CCP never abides by even its own laws when they deal with Falun Dafa practitioners.
  • The Crimes of the Police Officers at Beijing Women's Prison

    Xi Xuehui, in her twenties, was previously the deputy head of Division 3. She brutally tortured several practitioners. She supervised the abuse of Ms. Zhao Zhisheng and said to her, "Don't you dare tell anyone about this incident [of abuse], ever." She led five inmates to drag Ms. Dong Cuifang to a warehouse and beat her while she waited outside. Ms. Dong died from torture several hours later. Xi Xuehui is personally responsible for Ms. Dong Cuifang's death. She was transferred soon afterwards and is now working in the correctional field in the community. She has not been prosecuted for her crimes.
  • Details of Five Missing Falun Dafa Practitioners from Hunan and Hebei Provinces

    Practitioner Mr. Gao Haiku from Gaoying Village, Wanzhuang Town, Langfang City, Hebei Province, was taken to a brainwashing centre twice because he went to Beijing to appeal. In 2001, because he was speaking out for justice and explained the facts about Falun Dafa to people, he was subjected to eighteen months of forced labour at the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. After one year in the forced labour camp, Mr. Gao showed nephritis symptoms and was therefore sent home to receive medical attention. After he was released, the township government and township police station repeatedly went to his home to harass him. Later he was forced to leave home. He has since been missing.
  • Mr. Zhao Jiyuan from Liaoning Province Persecuted at Shenyang Second Prison for Nearly Six Years

    Mr Zhao Jiyuan was arrested on February 27th, 2001 because of his persistent practice of Falun Gong. Later, he was sentenced to seven years in prison by the local court and sent to the Shenyang Second Prison. At the prison, Zhao Jiyuan has suffered beatings, been forced to wear torture instruments, locked in a small cell, and has been shocked with electric batons. Mr. Zhao has been continuously imprisoned and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for nearly six years.
  • Ms. Jiang Xiuxiang from Shandong Province Suffered Torture and Psychiatric Abuse Before Her Disappearance

    After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Jiang Xiuxiang went to Beijing to speak out for justice and was arrested. Police hung Ms. Jiang from the ceiling beam by her wrists for over 10 hours at a time. Moreover, they shocked Ms. Jiang with an electric stun baton on her neck, breasts, and vprivate parts, causing a horrid smell of burning flesh. Police later put her into a mental hospital where she was subjected to psychiatric abuses, such as being injected and force-fed with unknown, mood-altering drugs. In 2002, Ms. Jiang decided that she had no other choice but to flee her home to avoid further persecution.
  • Persecution of Practitioners in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province - (Part 4)

    On February 3rd, 2006, the Chaoyang District Court held a 30-minute trial and sentenced Mr. Zhang Guibiao to nine years in prison for appealing for Falun Dafa. They transferred him to Shiling Prison. Mr. Zhang used to be very healthy and strong, but by the time he entered Shiling Prison, he had been tortured severely and looked like an old man in his 60s. Finally, Mr. Zhang came home, but he was only skin and bones. He was bedridden and could not sleep, eat or drink normally. He could not take care of himself and suffered excruciating pain constantly. He passed away on September 12th, 2006.
  • Ph.D Student Wang Weiyu Severely Tortured at Qianjin Prison in Beijing

    On August 12th, 2002, Mr Wang Weiyu was arrested by the National Security Team. In 2004, the Chaoyang District Court in Beijing gave him a severe sentence of eight years. When he appealed to the court did not open a session, but directly gave a written statement to affirm the original decision. In October 2006, Wang Weiyu was hurt in the tendon of his right leg. It is said that a criminal kicked him and injured his right leg in a compulsory "recreational activity" in the prison. After the injury, Wang Weiyu's right leg immediately became swollen and congested, which persisted for a long time. However, the prison did not inform his relatives and also did not arrange any checkup or treatments until his family went to visit him.
  • Female Practitioner Shackled and Handcuffed to a Large Sack in Handan City Second Detention Centre

    A female Falun Dafa practitioner was shackled and handcuffed to a large sack for the entire night in Handan City Second Detention Centre, Henan Province because she didn't give up practising Falun Gong. This is but one of the torture methods used in Handan City Second Detention Centre.
  • Evidence Suggests Ms. Wu Hong Died as a Result of Torture

    On January 7th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wu Hong's body was cremated. The police claim that Ms. Wu Hong was severely injured when she "jumped from a moving vehicle" on the way from a brainwashing class to a detention centre. During the time she was being treated in the hospital, many Falun Dafa practitioners visited her, and discovered that her skull had been fractured, but her surface skin had no scratches or cuts, disproving the claim that she jumped from a moving vehicle. Normally when a person jumps from a moving vehicle, the skin would be badly scratched or cut. Ms. Wu Hong had no breaks in the skin at all, but all her injuries were internal. These were very possibly caused by brutal beatings that were done in such a way so as not to cause visible injuries.
  • Persecution of Practitioners in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province - (Part 3)

    Practitioner Mr. Yang Zhanjiu was tortured brutally and is now permanently disabled. In April 2005, his over 70-year-old mother, over 60-year-old mother-in-law, and another relative came to the prison to ask for his release. The prison head told the guards not to let them enter the prison grounds. Mr. Yang's relatives talked to the gate guard for a long time and eventually were allowed to go to fifth floor for a talk with the director of the Department of Political Affairs. The director saw Mr. Yang's mother-in-law and immediately went into a fury, "How dare you come here! I'm not letting you see him no matter what!"
  • Wang Bo and Her Family Still Detained and Denied Family Visits

    Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Bo and her family were tried by the Communist regime on November 10th, 2006. According to Wang Bo's relative, the arrest of Wang Bo and her family is the result of Wang Bo and her father Wang Xinzhong having recently published accounts of their persecution for practising Falun Gong on overseas websites, including the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. The relative said, "Wang Bo had previously said something against her will on CCTV [Central China Television], but those were not her real thoughts. She recently expressed her true feelings through an article published on an overseas website."
  • Authorities at Jinzhou "Correctional Centre" (Liaoning Province) Brutally Tortured Practitioner Mr. Weng Hongjun

    On December 1st, 2004, police arrested practitioner Weng Hongjun, imprisoned him at Liaoyang Prison for two years of forced labour camp. Because he continued to practise the Falun Gong exercises when he was imprisoned, the prison authorities tortured him many times. They locked him up in a small cell and made him "Carry a Sword in the Back." They shocked his head, his neck, and his back with an electric baton for a dozen minutes. On another occasion, a guard handcuffed him behind his back against a tall heating pipe and forced him to stand on tiptoe in a handcuffed position. The handcuff marks stayed on his wrists for a long time.
  • More Information on Jilin Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wei Xiushan Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wei Xiushan was persecuted to death around 2003 or 2004, in the 7th Section of Jilin Prison. The ringleader of the convicted criminals in the 7th Section at the time was Lan Shaohai from Yanbian. Another vicious person, Zhao Fuyu (people call him "African"), was from Shulan. He was ruthless. Originally, he was sentenced to one year in jail, but his sentence was extended because he beat a person to death at the detention centre. Then he was transferred to Jilin Prison, and the police made use of him to persecute Dafa practitioners.