Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

  • Practitioners Tortured in Hebei Province Fourth Prison

    The atmosphere is terrifying in Hebei Province Fourth Prison, especially in the third ward, where practitioners are being tied with ropes, strung up and beaten, having their fingers burnt by cigarette lighters, and being deprived of the right to sleep. Practitioner Mr. Xia Xinmin was hung up backwards with his hands tied together, and both feet off the ground. In this position, Mr. Xia was punched in the chest by prisoners. He suffered from sleep deprivation for two months. Guards burnt his fingers to charcoal with a cigarette lighter while he was unconscious. After he was set down from suspending there, he could not walk for a long time.
  • Many Falun Dafa Practitioners on Hunger Strike in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp

    Many Falun Dafa practitioners are detained in the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province. In order to protest the persecution, practitioners began a group hunger strike on August 1st, 2006. Guards have brutally force-fed the practitioners. One guard has been calling Falun Dafa practitioners' families, asking them to visit these practitioners recently, and threatened that if these practitioners still refuse to eat, they would be force-fed. All the family members were asked to sign their names on a piece of paper stating that if these practitioners' lives are in danger, the labour camp administration is absolutely not responsible!
  • Falun Gong Gave New Life to a Retired College Professor - the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Persecution Drove Her to Mental Collapse

    I remember that on TV, the government propaganda said, "Falun Gong destabilises society and is harmful to practitioners' mental and physical health, we must eradicate Falun Gong in three months." In China in the past several years, tragedies like this one have happened over and over to many families and individuals. But everyone should ask himself a hard question, "Who is destabilising society? What is harmful to people's health? A healthy Falun Gong practitioner was reduced to a bedridden mental patient who needs constant care for daily living. How could they blame Falun Gong for harming people's health?
  • Elderly Ms Quan Huiping of Hunan Province Suffers Persecution for Seven Years - Husband Dies Unjustly

    My name is Ms. Quan Huiping, and I am retired. During the seven years since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, I have been arrested, detained, locked up and kept in a forced labour camp over a dozen times, only because of my belief in Falun Dafa. In February 2002 the police locked me up. Unable to deal with the blow of my being detained once again, my husband passed away in the afternoon of February 9th.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners Brutally Beaten and Enslaved by the Changsha Women's Prison

    According to prison regulations, the older people above the age of sixty are forbidden from participating in labour work, but the older Falun Gong practitioners are still forced to work. Besides peeling nuts and packing tofu, Falun Dafa practitioners under the "Transformation and Re-education Team" also had to make mats and weave clothes. They worked, ate, drank, excreted and slept together in the prison cells, which held more than ten people. This was both unhygienic and inhuman. Due to the humidity being very high in the room, all the bed sheets were damp. The practitioners were unable to get any rest because of the extreme temperatures during the winter.
  • After Severe Torture, Elderly Practitioner Zhang Peiyun from Sichuan Province Given Nine and a Half Year Sentence

    On February 24th, 2006, the People’s Court of East District in Panzhihua City sentenced 60-year-old Ms. Zhang Peiyun to nine years and six months’ imprisonment. At the police station, when she was arrested, she was hung up for nine days and nine nights. In those nine days, she was not allowed to sleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, policewoman Tian Ping poured cold water onto her chest. Her clothing was always wet. A heavy policeman, about 5.9 feet tall, fiercely beat Ms. Zhang Peiyun’s head, which gave her a very painful headache. Policeman Tian Ping said, "We treat Falun Gong even fiercer than those who commit homicide and arson." Tian Ping pinched Ms. Zhang’s wrists and shoulders, causing her even more pain.
  • The Tortures I Suffered Because I Appealed for Falun Gong in 2000

    on March 13th 2000, police detained me in my local detention centre. Policeman Li Wei used his soles to slap me on my face. When he got tired from beating me up, he left to take a rest. Yan Wu then continued to slap me on my face. My teeth became loose and blood came out of my mouth. My whole face swelled and deformed. Yan Wu forced me to take off my trousers and used a shovel to hit my buttocks. Later the head of the shovel went loose and fell off when he beat me. He then used the handle of the shovel to hit my lower legs and my knees. He also kicked and beat me. My buttocks got all bruised and I had cuts all over my body. It was so painful that I rolled over on the ground.
  • Vicious Torture Methods Used by Police from Shaanxi Province

    Several Falun Gong practitioners living in the countryside, who were the major breadwinners for their families, were sentenced to seven years in prison without any legal procedures. Before sending these Falun Gong practitioners to the Zhaozihe Forced Labour Camp, the police said that they would release them if they paid 40,000 yuan. How could these farmers have this kind of money when they even had difficulty making ends meet? They are still being detained and tortured in the forced labour camp.
  • 610 Office in Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province Abducts Nine Falun Dafa Practitioners

    The 610 Offices in Shandong Province have recently abducted over nine Falun Dafa practitioners. These practitioners are believed to be detained in the Linglong Brainwashing Centre and the Zhaoyuan City Detention Centre. Bo Fucheng suffered severe torture in Zhaoyuan City Detention Centre. Witnesses say police repeatedly beat him unconscious and then woke him up with ice cold water. He was also hung up and handcuffed for a long time. Relatives were not allowed to visit him.
  • Non-Practitioner Couple Sentenced to Prison Because Wife's Older Sister Practises Falun Gong

    Presently in the women’s prison, there are 169 older people whose ages are from 60 to 74. They were sentenced to prison terms of 4 to 12 years. The women’s prison falsely tells outsiders that it implements humanity in its management, but actually the torture of the minds of Falun Gong practitioners is very serious. A Falun Gong practitioner who is 64 years old persisted in her practice, so the police tortured her by way of sleep deprivation. This eventually caused the blood vessels in the elderly lady’s brain to leak, causing hemiplegia and paralysis on one side of the body. According to the medical examiner’s appraisal, as well as the law, she qualifies for release in order to seek medical treatment, but the police didn’t release her until recently, giving all kinds of excuses.
  • Four Falun Dafa Practitioners Died as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Tian Shuqin, 64 years old, was imprisoned and persecuted in Dalian Detention Centre and Dalian Forced Labour Camp four times since July 20th, 1999. Once when she was sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, the labour camp administration refused to take her in because she was extremely weak. Members from the community centre and the local police often tried to force her to write the so-called "four statements." During the six years of persecution, Tian Shuqin suffered because of her persistence in practising Falun Gong. Ms. Tian Shuqin died on November 5th, 2005.
  • My Experience of Being Arrested and Persecuted by the Dehui City Police Department

    In early March, a practitioner and I were arrested in our home by police and taken to a hotel used to persecute practitioners. Several policemen tortured me. They pulled me up from the ground, pushed me into a big chair and handcuffed my hands behind the back of the chair. I refused to cooperate with them and they started to pour water into my mouth. Two of them used a hard object to forcibly pry open my mouth. One person made an effort to pull my handcuffs downward and pulled my hair. Due to extreme pain, I started to stamp my feet, and then they tied my feet to a chair and continued persecuting me. During this period, they would pause for a while when they felt tired. Meanwhile, a policeman wrote down a list of false charges against me.
  • Blood and Tears in Yanji: Crimes Committed by the Yanji City State Security Group and Police Station Branches

    Since 2001, many practitioners have been arrested by the Yanji City State Security Group and were sentenced without evidence of committing a crime. For hanging Falun Gong banners and/or distributing Falun Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution, Jin Dejun, Hao Yunqiang (since persecuted to death), Xing Yuanjun, Guo Peijun, and other practitioners were sentenced from seven to nine years of imprisonment at Jilin Prison. They were tortured at the State Security Group with brutal methods after being arrested, and their painful screaming was heard all over the detention centre.
  • The Persecution I Experienced During the Last Few Years at the Hands of the Jiamusi Police

    On December 13th, 2002, police and officials, searched my house and confiscated even the money given to the children as a New Year gift! They took me to Youyi Road Police Station. I was sent to the detention centre that night. I was held in the detention centre for twenty days and was sentenced to a year and a half in a labour camp. I suffered inhuman abuse and torture in the labour camp. I refused to cooperate with the persecutors, refused to do the "homework," "weekly reports," and to shout propaganda. I was forced to sit from morning until 10:00 p.m., and received all types of corporal punishments. I was released on May 6th, 2004.
  • Persecution Facts Regarding Practitioner Ms. Qiu Li from Liaoning Province

    On the day of the Dragon Festival in 2004, while she walked on the street, Ms. Qiu was arrested for no reason and taken to the Dasha Detention Centre. Ms. Qiu was then sentenced and sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for a three-year term. During her detention in the "Strict Control Team" of the Second Women's Camp at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, Ms. Qiu experienced inhuman torture through the programme of "general re-education." She never gave in. She is now paralysed and extremely thin due to the tortures she suffered. However, the prison administration still has no intention of releasing her so she can go home for medical treatment. Ms. Qiu's current situation is unknown.