Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

  • Practitioner Kang Yunling from Jilin Province Dies as a Result of Persecution (Photos)

    Falun Dafa practitioner Kang Yunling was arrested when he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. He began a hunger strike and the police force-fed him. His health was severely harmed and he became extremely weak. After Kang Yunling came out of prison, he became destitute and homeless. His weight dropped to 70 or 80 pounds. He passed away in August 2005 after suffering from continuous harassment for a year. He was only 36 years old.
  • Eight Dafa Practitioners Persecuted to Death in Sichuan, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning Provinces

    Ms. He Zhengshu, age 52, started to practise Falun Gong in 2003. In March 2004 Ms. He was persecuted by the head of the local Qifeng township police station. In the evening he went to her house and demanded that she hand over her Falun Gong materials, and even threatened her with a police baton. He shouted that if she did not hand them over the next day, then he would beat her to death. Under immense mental pressure after being excessively threatened, she died suddenly on the second day.
  • Torture Method Used at Hehuakeng Labour Camp -- The Sitting Board

    The Hehuakeng Forced Labour Camp employs a torture method called the Sitting Board. The board they use is about 10 cm wide by about 10 cm thick. Practitioners are forced to sit in one position, from 5 a.m. in the morning to 8 p.m. at night. Other than two toilet breaks of (5 to 10 minutes each), they have to stay stationary in the one position. After a few days of sitting like this, pressure sores or ulcers begin to form on the victim's' buttocks. After an extended period of such torture, blood flow to the lower extremities is impeded. Practitioners will lose control over their bladder and/or bowels.
  • Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yunlan from Hunan Province Persecuted to Mental Collapse at the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Yunlan was sentenced to two years of re-education through forced labour for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in February 2004. She was detained and tortured at the notorious Baimalong Forced Labour Camp, where she suffered a mental collapse before the end of the year. Ms. Zhang was later bailed out and hospitalised, but the authorities from the 610 Office continued to threaten Ms. Zhang's son, saying that they would monitor and abuse her.
  • Practitioner Mr. Jiang Guilin Brutally Beaten by Police from Jilin City - Family's Release Request Denied

    On August 9th 2005, when Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Jiang Guilin was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, someone reported him to the police. The police brutally beat Mr. Jiang and tried to find out the source of the materials. He did not answer any of their questions. As a result of the beating, Jiang's teeth loosened and blood covered his trousers and hat.
  • Five Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution in Shandong, Hebei, and Henan Provinces

    Ms. Sun Yuqiu was a 58-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner living in Shandong Province. On December 22nd 1999, her daughter, sister, and brother-in-law, plus several other Dafa practitioners, went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Dafa. On the way there, they were arrested and detained. They suffered brutal beatings and were paraded through the streets like criminals. On top of this, each of them had to pay ten thousand yuan for being kept in captivity. Sun Yuqiu and her husband, plus about 100 other practitioners, were also detained by the village commission for three days and three nights. They all encountered cruel beatings and torture. Sun Yuqiu was forced to watch her daughter being tortured in public. At the same time, Ms. Sun and her husband were also threatened by the officials and forced to pay over 2,000 yuan. After suffering all kinds of serious physical and mental torture, Ms. Sun was released, but by that time she was already in a coma. She died 9 days after she went home.
  • Six Practitioners from Hunan, Guangdong, Hebei and Other Provinces Persecuted to Death

    72-year-old Ms. Long Xiangyun was a practitioner from Hunan Province. In June 2000, she went to Beijing to explain the truth of Falun Dafa with her own experience and was unlawfully arrested then transferred to her home city and fined 2,000 yuan. Afterwards, officials from the local "610 Office" and the police often harassed her at home. Her husband stopped her from practising the exercises and studying the Falun Dafa books because he was afraid of being fined repeatedly. Ms. Long Xiangyun's previous heart disease recurred and she passed away in August of 2001.
  • The Situation of Three Incarcerated Practitioners from Shuangcheng City (Photos)

    In January 2001 Ms. Wang Shuzhi was detained at a detention centre in Shuangcheng City and fined 1000 yuan. In May of the same year, Wang Shuzhi was arrested at a Falun Dafa Experience-Sharing Conference. She was then detained at the same Detention Centre and was severely tortured. After being released from the detention centre, her husband divorced her under psychological and financial pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). A warm family was thus broken.
  • Supplemental Facts Regarding Ms Li Baojie's Death

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Baojie suffered severe persecution and died as a result. Her family members cried until their tears ran dry. Her death caused her mother, who is in her 70s, to grieve terribly, leaving her in an emaciated condition after less than three months. After being tortured to the verge of death, she was sent to hospital. The labour camp officials refused to give permission for Li Baojie to undergo a life-saving operation so her husband rented an ambulance to take her to another hospital, but she died on the way at the age of 33.
  • Horrifying Conditions in Jilin Prison's "Naked District"

    Mr. Yang Guang, 50, is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Changchun. Because of his steadfast belief, he was severely persecuted, and became paralysed from the waist down from a cruel torture used to extort evidence from him. He is currently being held in Jilin Prison's "naked district," where inmates are forbidden to wear trousers all year long. He suffers humiliation and misery in the company of psychotic, disabled inmates.
  • My Name Appears in a Document Newly Provided by Defector Hao Fengjun

    My wife, Wu Yanxia, was a loyal Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member. However, when the CCP tried to force her to give up her beliefs, her conscience overcame her loyalty to the Party and she said "No" to the CCP. As a result she was immediately relegated to a different class of people in the eyes of the authorities. She lost her freedom to visit her relatives and friends. The police and neighbours constantly harassed her family. Our house was broken into and her computer searched. She was followed wherever she went and her telephone line was tapped. She was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre many times, and she lost all of her freedom.
  • Ms. Liu Ying Injected with Unknown Drugs at the People's Hospital in Chengdu City

    Ms. Liu Ying is a Dafa practitioner who was subjected to cruel persecution at the Qingyang People's Hospital, where she was repeatedly injected with unidentified drugs until her health was in danger. She experienced weakness, dizziness, nausea and some other adverse effects. Many practitioners sent to this hospital were force-fed and injected with drugs, which damaged their central nervous systems. The hospital then released her on July 19th because they were afraid of being held responsible for their crimes.
  • Mudanjiang Practitioner Mr Ning Jun Dies after Suffering Repeated Torture

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ning Jun steadfastly practised Falun Dafa and exposed the truth of the persecution. He was unjustly held in a detention centre, a brainwashing centre and a forced labour camp and was brutally tortured. Later, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment and persecuted in Mudanjiang Prison. Although he was released on bail for medical treatment and died on August 12th 2005.
  • Practitioner Xing Jiaqiu Tortured by Guards and Inmates in Shenyang Prison

    Under the instigation of team leaders, inmates repeatably assaulted him. Li Suan found a shovel, then the inmates pressed him down and took off his trousers. They stepped on him and held down his head, arms and legs, while Li Suan brutally beat Mr. Xing's lower back and buttocks with the handle of the shovel. The beating broke his finger.
  • Atrocities at Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province

    In mid-November 2004, Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp policewomen bound Ms. Yang Zhengru onto a metal rotary clothes line in the spread-eagle position with handcuffs and shackles. The policewomen beat Ms. Yang severely with high voltage electric batons, causing her to fall unconscious. A criminal inmate was then ordered to press the acupuncture point above Yang Zhengru's lips to wake her up. When Ms. Yang came to, they demanded that she say she had fallen unconscious for no reason. If she refused, Chen had to continue beating her. Ms. Yang is now very weak and emaciated due to frequent beatings.