Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

• The Cruel Nature of the Chinese Communist Party in Dealing with Falun Gong Practitioners

  2005-11-07
  In October 1999, Ms. Sun, 21, went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. She wanted to explain how she benefited from the practice. When Ms. Sun arrived in Beijing, the police officers arrested her. After learning of her intention, they insulted and brutally beat her. Then several police officers ripped off Ms. Sun's top and said, "We will report your opinion to the higher authorities, but you must tell us you name and address." At the same time, they started taking off her trousers. They slapped Mr. Sun's face so hard that it became swollen.
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• Five Female Dafa Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution

  2005-11-07
  Mrs. Zhou Yafan, 45, lived in Jilin Province. She worked as a kindergarten assistant. She began practising Falun Gong in 1996. On August 25th, 1999, police broke into her home and confiscated her Dafa materials. Mrs. Zhou was sent to a brainwashing session in September. Later that month, she went to appeal in Beijing and was sentenced to one year of forced labour. When she was released a year later, police kept her under constant surveillance. Police would question her whenever she left home. Unable to bear any longer such long-term mental pressure, Mrs. Zhou died of a heart attack on May 24th, 2005.
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• Ms. Jia Guilan Dies of Grief Because Her Daughter and Son-in-Law Were Persecuted to Death

  2005-11-06
  Mr. Sun Jihong was the former chief of the local police station of the Huanan Forestry Bureau Public Security. Because he persisted in his belief of "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance," he was abducted and detained many times. On September 25th, 2002, Mr. Sun was kidnapped once again and imprisoned in the Yuquanying Crossing-Bridge Place in the Fengtai District of Beijing. On September 29th, 2002, after four days, he was tortured to death by police. His body was gruesome. There was a hole between his eyebrows and two holes in his cheeks. His whole body was covered with cuts and bruises.
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• Couple from Hebei Province Are Sill Being Persecuted

  2005-11-06
  In November 2004, a Dafa practitioner couple, Ren Haiquan and Zhang Jinying, was arrested from home without cause, and detained. They were sent to a brainwashing centre and have not been released as of today. The Village Party Secretary asked his two relatives to go and monitor them, and paid them 20 Yuan per person per day. This expense was shouldered by the village residents. Because of the extended period of time and the large sums of money involved, it resulted in a sizable burden for the local residents. In this way, hatred was stirred up among local residents towards Dafa and Dafa practitioners.
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• Liaoning Provincial Women's Prison Treats Falun Gong Practitioners as Slave Labourers

  2005-11-06
  Prison guards treat Falun Gong practitioners and prisoners like working machines. They start working from 6 a.m. until 9-10 p.m. When the workload is heavy, they are to work overtime until midnight or even into the early hours of the morning. Every day they are required to sign the work sheet. If they don't finish their quotas, their living expenses are deduced or frozen (money from family members is deposited with brigade captains). They'll be beaten if they don't have any money.
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• Persecution at the Changchun Forced Labour Camp

  2005-11-06
  If a practitioner refuses to write the "guarantee statements" or writes something that the prison guards do not like, the practitioner is tortured. If the practitioner is "lucky," she is not allowed to sleep before midnight or for a whole night and must stand all day and night, causing her legs to swelling. She is also cursed at daily. If the practitioner is "unlucky," however, she is beaten and shocked with electric batons. Even detainees younger than 20 years old or elderly people in their 60s or 70s are not spared.
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• Additional Information on the Death of Mr. Xu Zhicheng from Hegang City

  2005-11-05
  It has now been confirmed that Mr. Xu Zhicheng, a practitioner in his 40s from Heilongjiang Province, was arrested on September 26th, 2005. He was unconstitutionally detained for three days and sent to Hegang City Second Detention Centre, where he was persecuted to death on October 2nd. Mr. Xu Zhicheng's body is being kept in the Dissection Room in the Second Detention Centre. His face and body have many areas of apparent injury. His nose and lips were stained with blood, and there were blood-spattered wounds on his body. The police destroyed the cameras belonging to Mr. Xu's family members when they tried to take photos for evidence. Mr. Xu's family refused to cremate him and is appealing.
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• Police Officers Arrest Disabled Practitioner Mr. Wang Yonghua in Sichuan Province

  2005-11-05
  The police arrested Mr. Wang Yonghua, a disabled farmer from Suining City, at the end of August. They have detained him ever since. On August 30th, Suining City Beimen Police Department officials sent the police to his home again to ransack it. They knocked over his parents' furniture and took away a mobile phone and a family portrait of Mr. Wang with his wife and daughter. They also beat Mr. Wang in front of his parents and took him away to Suining City for interrogation. His wife was forced to leave home with their 10-month-old son to avoid the persecution.
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• Eight Practitioners from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Henan and Hebei Provinces Died Due to the Persecution

  2005-11-05
  Mr. Nie Xinyi was an employee of the Kaiyuan Industry and Commerce Bank in Xingtai City, Hebei Province. Once the persecution began, he was repeatedly reported. The bank president intimidated him and forced him to go to a brainwashing centre. In September 2000, the bank president convinced him to go to a hospital for treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in October, his condition deteriorating rapidly; his life could have ended at anytime. In February 2001, with the support of fellow practitioners, Mr. Nie started to practise Falun Dafa again. In April 2005, bank leaders persecuted him again simply because he refused to pay the CCP membership dues. On May 28th, he started to cough and developed generalised oedema. His past illness recurred and he passed away.
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• Four More Falun Gong Practitioners Who Have Died From Persecution

  2005-11-05
  Mr. Wang Lixiang, in his 40s, died in February 2004. Shortly after he started to practise Falun Gong, his spleen cancer completely disappeared. On July 15th, 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong but was taken back by the police and held in a detention centre for further persecution. His fingers were beaten until they were deformed. He was forced to sleep on the cement floor until he was released in 2001. After that, he was frequently harassed by the local police as well as his employer. Because of this constant harassment and the lack of a peaceful cultivation environment, his illnesses returned and caused his death.
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• Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yuan Shengjun From Henan Province Beaten to Death by Police

  2005-11-04
  42-year-old Mr. Yuan Shengjun was sentenced to six years in prison on October 7th, 2005. After about two weeks, he was beaten to death by the police at the 610 Office. His body was full of wounds and bruises. There was not a single patch of skin intact on his body, and congealed blood can be seen underneath the skin. The body was in a wretched condition. Yuan Shengjun's family demanded an autopsy but the police refused. The next day the police secretly cremated the body before his family could look at it. He left behind his mother in her 80s, his wife and his 13-year-old son.
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• Older Practitioner, Ms. Du Jinglan, Tortured to Death at Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

  2005-11-04
  Ms. Du Jinglan was 55 years old and lived in Heilongjiang Province. She was arrested at her home in 2002, sentenced to seven years of prison time, and incarcerated at the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. She was tortured until she was paralysed and totally incontinent. She often passed out, and her blood pressure was once as high as 250 mm. On October 24th, 2005, Ms Du Jinglan was sent to the hospital in an unconscious state. She died at 4:00 a.m. on October 27th.
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• Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Kaide Killed in Late July 1999

  2005-11-04
  In July 1999, Mr. Li Kaide went to Beijing to tell the facts of Falun Dafa together with fellow practitioners. Police found them through a mobile phone locator, and he was arrested by police. The next day whilst being taken back to his hometown by police in a car, the car was involved in an accident. Mr. Li Kaide was killed because his hands were cuffed.
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• Elderly Ms. Yu Li Died in September After Being Tortured at Dabei Prison

  2005-11-04
  Ms. Yu Li, a Falun Gong practitioner in her 60s went to see her sick mother in Dalian City, where the police authorities had already prepared to "illegally arrest" her. Dabei Prison is a living hell. The staff there used every conceivable cruel, crafty and covert means to try to force Ms. Yu to renounce Falun Dafa. They even beat her with steel rods covered with rubber, a torture that does not leave obvious wounds but can result in serious internal injuries. The police hung Ms. Yu by her handcuffs and brutally beat her into a coma with a steel rod. In October 2003, she was released on medical parole. At the end of September 2005, she spit up large amounts of blood and died three days later.
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• Three Older Practitioners Persecuted to Death in Shandong, Hubei, and Liaoning Provinces

  2005-11-04
  Mr. Zhang Faming was 64 years old. He began to cultivate in Falun Dafa in 1996. The arthritis that had bothered him for over ten years was healed after he began to cultivate, and his physical health became excellent. In July 18th, 2001, he was taken away and his house was ransacked. A few policemen took turns beating and kicking him. They hung him by his handcuffs and interrogated him while they beat him. He was released in March 2002. Yet due to the severity of the torture he was badly traumatised. He passed away on April 10th.
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