Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

  • A First-hand Account of the Brutal Torture Suffered by Dafa Practitioners in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province

    "They first began to brainwash me. During the day, I was attacked, threatened and insulted by a group of "transformed" former practitioners. During other times, guards threatened me with corporal punishment, beat me and limited visits to the toilet to wash and use the toilet. During the night, I was forced to watch videos slandering Teacher Li and Dafa. I was monitored continuously by two prisoners. They tortured me when I closed my eyes. One prisoner hit me and mocked me by saying, "Who hit you? Who witnessed it?" At times, I was forced to stand for the entire night and sometimes I had to walk without taking a rest. After ten days, I became absent minded due to sleep deprivation."
  • Exposing a Dark Den of Persecution, the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province

    "There was not a day that I would be free from torture. The inmates assaulted all parts of my body. I remember the day when the wardens told inmates to fiercely beat and kick me. My legs became very swollen, and both of my feet were fractured. As I couldn't walk any more, the designated personnel had to carry me to the place to have my daily feeding."
  • Police from the 610 Office in Yanqing County, Beijing Arrested Twenty Dafa Practitioners in 2006

    On June 28th, 2008, Shi Yingjie was arrested. He was thirty-one years old and an employee at the railway station. During his detention, he was tortured and developed the symptoms of heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke. Once he was on the brink of death and was sent to the Yanqing County Hospital. On September 19th, the Beijing Public Security Bureau arrested him again. He is now detained at the Second Custodial Station under the Seventh Department of the Public Security Bureau.
  • Ms. Zhao Wenlan, 68, from Hebei Province Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

    Due to her beliefs in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" and because she explained the facts about Falun Gong to people, Ms. Zhao Wenlan, a 68 year-old practitioner, has been arrested and detained on multiple occasions over the past seven years. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2004 and is currently detained at Shijiazhuang Women's Prison. Zhao Wenlan was tortured with the handcuffed-behind-the back method for nine days: the victim's shoulders are pulled down heavily by handcuffs at the back. After a while, the handcuffs cut into the flesh and the hands turn purple. It is very painful, and the victim cannot perform daily functions, nor are they able to sleep.
  • Guard in the No. 2 Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province Threatens Practitioner "We Will Send You to the Hospital to Have Your Organs Harvested!"

    The guards tortured practitioner Liu Quanyi by shocking him with electric batons. They kept him handcuffed for five days and nights. The guards ordered him to sit on a hard stool or stand for seventeen to eighteen hours each day. When Mr. Liu refused to give up Dafa, they transferred him to the No. 8 Division. Zheng Wanxin, head guard of the division, handcuffed him for eleven straight days and nights and then put him in solitary confinement. The guards also forced him to sit on a stool the entire time he was in isolation. One of the guards told him, "If you refuse to be 'transformed,' we will send you to the Qilu Hospital to have your organs harvested."
  • Persecution at the Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shanxi Province

    Practitioner Zhou Yating refused to be "transformed." Guards Li Zhen and Bai Xiao called her into the office and pinched her face, shoulders and back with 2.5 inch needles, which were used to sew mats. After the wounds healed, there were many round spots. Drug addict Zhang Fan, from Yulin, took a leather belt and tightened it around Zhou Yating's neck while she was sound sleeping. Zhou awakened and shouted for help, which saved her life. It is very common to be beaten or cursed daily. When Ms. Zhou Yating held a hunger strike to protest, she was violently force-fed multiple times.
  • Persecution Facts about Mr. Zhang Jingqi of Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province

    Mr. Zhang Jingqi was tortured at the Babaishang Police Department by being burned with cigarettes, suffocated with cigarette smoke, being stripped of clothes then having cold water poured on his body and left outside in the snow to freeze, being deprived of sleep for four days, choking/burning from having chili oil or mustard oil poured on a mask that he was forced to breath through, being suffocated with a plastic bag repeatedly, having his back scalded with boiling water.
  • Questions Concerning the Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Luo Shuchun, Who Fell from a Building in Changchun

    Ms. Luo Shuchun, 55 years old, was a former national second level police supervisor. She was dismissed because she practised Falun Gong. On December 13th, 2006 after 11:00 a.m., Luo Shuchun suddenly made a phone call to nearby practitioners saying, "The police are knocking on my door." Afterwards, when practitioners called her back, her telephone had been turned off. That afternoon around 2:00 p.m., fellow practitioners obtained the news that Luo Shuchun had fallen from the fifth floor window when the police rushed into her room. Prior to her fall, Ms. Luo made a phone call to her fellow practitioners asking for help, and she obviously did not have the thought off jumping from her building.
  • Ms. Xing Qiuhua Dies of Depression at 58 After Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Media Fabrication

    The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tries to force every practitioner to "reform." Ms. Xing Qiuhua was pressured to speak about her understandings of Falun Gong according to the CCP's requirement at an employee meeting, but she refused. In an exhibit slandering Falun Dafa sponsored by the Shijiazhuang City government, the media videotaped her secretly, tricked her into talking, and cut and edited her original words to fabricate an "interview" in which she appeared to be slandering Falun Dafa. This fallacious videotape deceived people and severely damaged Ms. Xing both mentally and physically, causing her to be depressed for a long period of time. She died on November 29th, 2006.
  • Father Appeals for Son, Mr. Li Feng from Anguo City, Hebei Province, Who Is Ill in Prison

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Feng's family members went to visit him on December 28th, 2006, at No. 4 Prison in Shijiazhuang City. They noticed his sallow complexion and profound weakness, to the point that he was unable to keep his eyes open. His eyelids drooped and he was short of breath. It appeared to indicate that his heart disease and hypertension had not improved. Even so, the officials in charge still refused to release him.
  • Details of Torture Methods Used On Falun Gong Practitioners in Shanghai Women's Forced Labour Camp

    A very common torture includes sitting on a hard bench over a long period of time. As long as practitioners are blamed for violating the so-called division rules, they have to suffer this type of torture. One practitioner, about 35 years old, had been forced to sit on the bench on the fourth floor for a very long time. She had to maintain a 90-degree angle between her body and legs, and was forced to sit this way from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Although deprived of all her basic rights, the guards failed to force her give up her belief in Dafa. Hence, she was able to leave the forced labour camp in the end without compromising with the authorities.
  • Persecution Details of Practitioner Ms. Sun Yanchun from Yantai City, Shandong Province

    In July 1999, when the party began persecuting Dafa in China, 52-year-old Ms. Sun Yanchun and fellow practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Dafa. They were mercilessly beaten by the police from the local police station. The residential district office imprisoned them and forced them to write a guarantee statement promising to cease their practice, and extorted their family members of large amounts of money. The residential district office threatened the village committee secretary into deducting an entire year's salary, and instigated the village committee to imprison several of these Falun Gong practitioners for persecution. They threatened to fine the employers and coerce them into dismissing Falun Gong employees.
  • 610 Office Sentences Xiangtan City Practitioner Mr. Huang Deming to Forced Labour

    On the evening of November 7th, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Huang Deming and Ms. Luo Jinxiu, from were both arrested by local police while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. The Xiangtan City 610 Office had Mr. Huang Deming sentenced to one year of forced labour on December 10th, 2006, and he was taken to the Xinkaipu Labour Camp in Changsha City. Another female Falun Dafa practitioner, name unknown, was sent to the Changsha City Women's Prison.
  • Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Qiu Subi from Leshan City, Sichuan Province Dies of Persecution

    66-year-old Falun Gong Practitioner Ms Qiu Subi suffered long term persecution because of her persistence in cultivating Falun Dafa. In November 1999, Ms. Qiu and her son went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. They were detained for one month. After being sent home, they were forced to report to the local police station in the morning and were not released until the evening. They had to do this for over six months. In 2005, police arrested her and held her at a brainwashing class for over a week. From 1999 to 2006, the local police station have searched Ms. Qiu's home at least twelve times. She was also followed wherever she went. Ms. Qiu Subi died on November 9th, 2006.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Yunyi from Guangxi Autonomous Region Dies at 31 as a Result of Torture

    In March 2000, Mr. Li Yunyi was arrested and threatened because he wrote an appeal letter to expose the persecution. After that he was arrested, detained, sent to brainwashing and had money extorted from him several times for appealing for justice for Falun Dafa. In September 2005, Mr. Li was arrested and detained for producing leaflets exposing the persecution and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Mr. Li was severely tortured during his detention. In February 2006, he was released for medical treatment. He passed away at his home in November 28th, 2006 due to the long-term persecution.