Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Older Beijing Practitioner, Ms. Wang Xiuhua, Dies from Torture Sustained at the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp
2005-11-0351-year-old Ms. Wang Xiuhua died as a result of torture at the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp on July 15th, 2005. The authorities tortured Wang Xiuhua until she was at the brink of death. They then demanded that her family take her home on June 22nd, 2005. By then Wang Xiuhua exhibited symptoms of severe damage to the nervous system: blank stare, inability to speak or to urinate, immobility and loss of feeling in the lower body. Her family rushed her to a hospital but she could not be revived. Ms. Wang died in the hospital three weeks after being released from the labour camp. -
50-Year-Old Ms. Wang Yuling Sentenced to Long Prison Term; Son Died From Shock and Grief, Disabled Husband is Barely Scraping By
2005-11-0350-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Yuling was unlawfully sentenced to 13 years in prison for persisting in her belief in Truth, Compassion, Forbearance. For the past three years the police have never notified her family about her incarceration and have never allowed them to visit her. Her family enquired in all sorts of places for over a year and finally found out that she is being held at a "labour reeducation" hospital. The police tied her hands with plastic bands, burned her, beat and kicked her, poured cold water on her, and shocked her with 30,000-volt electric baton(s), which made her lose consciousness. Her son fell ill and later died from shock and grief at his mother's brutal persecution. -
Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Gansu, Jilin, Anhui Provinces Were Persecuted to Death
2005-11-03Ms. Bin Jie was 71 years old. In mid-December of 2000, she went to Beijing for the second time to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. She was arrested and put in the trunk of a car. After her release, her whole body twitched and her pulse was very irregular. Because the police were afraid that she was dying in the car, they sent her to the police station to let her rest for two hours, then she was sent to a bus station. After she was persecuted twice in Beijing, Bin Jie's mental condition seriously deteriorated. She had a stroke soon after coming back home and passed away on June 20th, 2005. -
Three Practitioners from Sichuan, Liaoning and Beijing Die from Continual Harassment and Persecution
2005-11-03In 2001, 61-year-old Mr. Li Zhengjin went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. Because of this action, he was imprisoned and tortured by criminals for ten months. Even after being released, the police continued to harass him at home and even broke into and ransacked his home. The long-term psychological pressure and inability to peacefully practise his beliefs caused Mr. Li's body to deteriorate and severe diseases again re-emerged. He was imprisoned in a brainwashing centre and a few days after this latest series of harassment, torture and persecution, Mr. Li Zhengjin died. -
Witness to the Persecution at Judong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Jiangsu Province
2005-11-02In May 2002, I was sent to Judong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Jiangsu Province. I witnessed many vicious and brutal persecution methods inflicted on Falun Gong practitioners. At that time, almost all Falun Gong practitioners who were sent to the labour camp had been beaten by electronic batons. Some of them instantly lost the control of their bladders. A guard once inserted a baton into a female practitioner's private parts, which caused great damage. -
Chengdu City Dafa Practitioner Jiang Yunhong in Critical Condition from Persecution
2005-11-02Dafa practitioner Jiang Yunhong had been subjected to cruel torture, interrogations, and torment ever since the local police abducted him in July 2005. The persecutors tried hard to find the most painful way to handcuff his hands from behind the chair, then pulled his head back while striding on his cuffed hands, causing severe pain to his hands and wrists. He is now in critical condition and is unable to take care of himself. He is currently detained in a hospital that has participated in torture and been responsible for the resulting deaths of many Dafa practitioners. -
Three Practitioners from Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Shandong Provinces Died as a Result of the Persecution
2005-11-02Ms. Liu Yugui, aged 59, was fined over 6,000 yuan because she practised Falun Dafa and told the facts of Falun Dafa to people. Her daughters were also sentenced to prison. Ms. Liu Yugui was arrested when she went to the city police department to look for her daughter. She was held in a detention centre for over three months. She was so brutally treated that she could not even walk. In October 2003 she was arrested again and confined to a metal chair for six days. Both her mental and physical health were severely compromised. She died on October 29th, 2003. -
Ms. Dong Jingya on Hunger Strike for Over Six Months
2005-11-02Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dong Jingya from Shenyang City has been on hunger strike in the 1st division of Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for more than 6 months. She once had such symptoms as a "reverse-flow" stomach, vomiting, blurry vision, kidney failure, shortage of blood in her cardiac muscle, and so on. The Police Chief from the 1st division, said on the telephone on October 13th, "Nobody is allowed to see her. They also claimed that Ms. Dong had been regularly force-fed. -
Older Practitioner Mr. Li Wenxiang of Hunan Province Died as a Result of Persecution
2005-11-0155-year-old Mr. Li Wenxiang was brutally persecuted several times. In June, 2003 he was "illegally arrested" and taken to a detention centre after spending two years in a forced labour camp. He was close to death while he was there. On August 20th, 2003 his family members finally saw him. Mr. Li was emaciated. His body was swollen, and he could barely walk. Later blood clots were found in his brain and he was released for medical treatment. He was fired by his employer, and his wife was forced to divorce him. He died at 6:00 p.m. on October 17th, 2005. -
Police Torture Renders Daqing City Practitioner Ms. Tang Zengye Critically Ill
2005-11-01Daqing City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tang Zengye was arrested on September 23rd, 2005, and is currently being held in police custody at Daqing Detention Centre. She has vomited blood due to the torture she suffered. Since Tang Zengye's arrest, policemen have tortured her, confined her to a metal chair, and cuffed her hands and feet to hoops so that she could not move. The police also cruelly beat her and incited prisoners to beat her. They barbarically force-feed her daily, while prisoners slap her face and smash her head against a metal basin. -
Five Falun Gong Practitioners from Shandong, Liaoning and Hubei Provinces Were Persecuted to Death
2005-11-01Mr. Chen Sanqiang was a 39-year-old practitioner from Hubei Province. After July 20th, 1999, he continued performing the five exercises outdoors, since he truly believed Falun Dafa is good. He was detained three times and severely tortured each time. Once he was beaten until he lost consciousness and then drenched in cold water to be revived. The continual torture caused him to suffer a physical and mental breakdown, and his liver was damaged. After he returned home, he continued living under ongoing fear. Later he showed signs of liver ascites and died in May 2005. -
Ms. Jia Xiulan, 68, Killed in a Brainwashing Class Held at Tangshan City Textile University
2005-10-31Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Jia Xiulan was 68 years old. On August 31st, 2005, she was arrested by the authorities and locked in a brainwashing class held in Tangshan City Textile University. On September 4th, people heard that Ms. Jia died due to an unclear cause. Many of her family members went to ask for an explanation, and the lawless authorities then paid forty thousand yuan as compensation to her family. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Yang Xingzhe from Hebei Province Died Recently Due to Persecution
2005-10-3138-year-old Ms. Yang Xingzhe was a Falun Dafa practitioner in Hebei Province. After the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, the police often ransacked her home, extorted money from her and intimidated her. In 2001 Ms. Yang was unjustly sentenced to two years of forced labour for distributing Falun Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution and for hanging banners . She was forced to do slave labour at the Balizhuang Forced Labour Camp in Baoding City and was also subjected to beatings and brainwashing. Ms. Yang had a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away on October 14th, 2005. -
Seven Falun Dafa Practitioners from Liaoning, Jilin and Hebei Provinces Pass Away Due to Persecution
2005-10-3182-year-old Ms. Ou Mizhi previously had emphysema, tuberculosis and stomach disease. All of them were cured some time after she started practising Dafa in 1998. On July 20th, 1999, Ms. Ou set off for Beijing with the goal of appealing for Dafa. She was intercepted midway and sent back to home. Her daughter, also a Dafa practitioner, was abducted and detained many times by the authorities. The police ransacked her home numerous times. The perpetrators smashed the metal gate of her home, traumatising Ms. Ou Mizhi. She never fully recovered from the shock. Her daughter was later sentenced to four years in prison. Ms. Ou passed away on September 10th, 2005. -
High School Student Pressured to "Repent" for Exposing the Persecution about Falun Gong on an Examination Paper
2005-10-31Zhao Qiang, a 15-year-old high school student from Anhui Province, wrote the facts about the staged "self-immolation" incident on Tiananmen Square on his mid-term examination paper. As a result, the local 610 Office, police officers, and his school all persecuted him. They ransacked his home and pressurised him to repent. To escape being arrested, his mother, a Falun Gong practitioner, was forced to leave home and move from place to place.