Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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Belated Report: Three Falun Gong Practitioners Die As a Result of Persecution
2004-12-28Mr. Liu Zhaohui, in his 30s, was a resident of Gao'an, Jiangxi Province. In early February 2002, Mr. Liu was again sent to Jiangxi Province's No. 2 Forced Labour Camp (also known as the Gaoan Forced Labour Camp). He launched a hunger strike to protest his illegal detention and died days later, right after the Chinese Lunar New Year. -
Practitioner Yang Guang in Changchun Is Cruelly Tortured and Imprisoned in the "Naked Area" of Jilin Prison
2004-12-28Yang Guang is a Falun Dafa practitioner in his fifties from Changchun City, Jilin Province. Because he upheld his belief in Falun Dafa, authorities illegally sentenced him to a long prison term. The seventh office of the Changchun Police Department attempted to extort a confession from him by cruelly torturing him. Police beat and tortured him, and eventually broke his right leg. Mr. Yang's thigh bone became numb and he was paralysed. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Ma Dexuan from the Wuqing District of Tianjin in China Died in 2003 at the Ji County Forced Labour Camp as a Result of Torture
2004-12-27As Mr. Ma considered himself innocent he went on a hunger strike as a form of peaceful appeal against the unlawful persecution he was being subjected to. Despite his extremely weak physical condition, the labour camp authorities handcuffed and shackled him, and then carried him to a vehicle to be driven to the Ji County Labour Camp for continued abuse. Mr. Ma died within days of arriving at the forced labour camp. -
Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhu Xiuqing and Ms. Zhang Shuhua from Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province Die as a Result of Excessive Persecution in 2000
2004-12-27Blood and pus were excreted from her breast continuously. When it was hot, the odour was strong and she could not take care of herself. However, the police refused to release her despite repeated requests from her family and refused her any medical treatment. Finally she was released when she was near death. She died as a direct consequence of the persecution at the end of November, shortly after her release. -
Female Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yang Lifan Harassed and Persecuted to Death in 2002
2004-12-27The police took Master Li's picture (the founder of Falun Gong) and the phone book and, when nobody would open the door, they took the mirror off of the door and the fuse from the electric box, which cut off the electricity. The factory director, deputy director and staff from her workplace harassed her non-stop. They also harassed her son if she refused to open the door. After two years of relentless persecution and being unable to practise the exercises or study the Falun Gong teachings, her health deteriorated until she was not even able to lie down. She passed away on the 23rd of July in 2002. -
Belated Report: Four Falun Gong Practitioners in Hubei, Hebei and Henan Provinces Have Died as a Result of Persecution
2004-12-27Ms. Luo Jiazhi, 62, was a resident of Wuhan City. In July of 2001, she was arrested by police chief Peng Xianguang along with Liu Sanhei, Yu Guoqiang, and others, from the Erqiao Police Station of Hanyang in Wuhan City. She was detained in the Taojialing brainwashing centre, where she suffered brutal torture. On the 9th of February in 2002, she was released. After returning home, the police kept Ms. Luo under close surveillance, taking away her personal freedom. Every time she went outside, they forced her to undergo a body search. In June of 2002, she passed away. -
Ms. Liu Guohua Passed Away in February 2004 Due to Stress from Long-Term Persecution
2004-12-26Ms. Liu Guohua, 61, the wife of retired Beijing Machine Tool Institute employee, Ge Peijun, passed away on February 28, 2004. Both Liu Guohua and her husband were arrested and jailed for more than a month before being released.Her death was the result of being frequently harassed by the authorities, and by her husband's persecution in a labour camp. These caused her long-term mental stress, which led to the recurrence of an old illness. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Liu Ziwei Dies from Torture at Changchun City's Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp
2004-12-26Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Ziwei from Jilin Province was sent to the Changchun City Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp on October12, 2004. He had been on a hunger strike the whole time so as to protest his unjust incarceration, and suffered inhuman tortures including being confined in a solitary compartment, force-feeding and a method called the "Big Hang Up", because he remained firm in his belief. Liu Ziwei died as a result of torture on December 13, 2004. -
55 Year Old Outstanding Teacher Ms. Zhang Chunlan Died as a Result of Torture at Dalian City's Forced Labour Camp - Belated News
2004-12-26Ms. Zhang Chunlan was 55 year old outstanding teacher from Liaoning Province. As she was persistent in practising Falun Dafa, Zhang Chunlan was sentenced to forced labour for two years and was sent to Dalian City Forced Labour Camp. She was forced to do heavy labour, and the living conditions there were extremely terrible. Under these conditions, and being isolated from the outside world, her health was seriously damaged. Ms. Zhang's weight dropped to about 34 kilos (75 pounds) from about 70 kilos (154 pounds). She died tragically on August 29, 2003. -
Practitioner Ms. Liu Lianfeng from the Chaoyang District of Beijing Was Tortured to Death in 2001
2004-12-25Ms. Liu Lianfeng, 43 years old, was a practitioner from Chaoyang District of Beijing. In July 2000, Sunhe Town Police sent her to the Chaoyang Detention Centre where she was tortured into unconsciousness and taken to hospital. In the hospital, she was injected with unknown drugs and became paralyzed and bedridden. The torturers released her, after recognizing the severity of her condition, on home-detention. On October 20 2001, she passed away due to the persecution. -
67 Year Old Ms. Zhang Yunan from Jilin Province Died as a Result of Police Harassment in 2001
2004-12-25Ms. Zhang Yunan, who was from Changchun City, Jilin Province, became healthy from practising Falun Dafa, but, since the persecution began in 1999, she became fearful because of harassment from the police. Because of the long term mental torment and continued threats, she did not dare to practise Falun Gong. She died as a result of the persecution at the beginning of 2001. -
A Young Woman in Gansu Province Describes the Persecution She Suffered and Demands an Investigation
2004-12-25Ms. Zhang Ping is a 35-year-old professional from the former Gansu Provincial Trust Investment Company, Stock Exchange Department. She is suffering from persecution merely because she persists in adhering to the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" and clarifying the truth of Falun Gong to the government. Ms. Zhang says of her experience in detention, "Only because I shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," police brutally bashed my forehead. My mouth and nose bled profusely and my ears buzzed loudly. Policeman Wei Dong even tied my mouth and my neck with a piece of cloth that was one meter wide for four to five hours, which nearly suffocated me to death." -
Shanghai Apartment Buildings Turned into Virtual Prisons in Order to Block the Distribution of Falun Dafa Informational Materials
2004-12-25As part of their effort to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners, officials in Shanghai are turning residential apartment buildings into "prisons" in order to block the distribution of materials that clarify truth about Falun Dafa. Following the policy of suppressing Dafa practitioners even more deviously while trying to hide the facts of the persecution to the outside world, these officials make accomplices out of innocent people such as gatekeepers, retired communist party members, lift operators, janitors and maintenance staff. -
A Call for Support: Associate Professor Zhang Mengye, a Former Classmate of Hu Jintao, Is Pursued by the Police
2004-12-24Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Mengye is 66 years old. He was an associate professor at Guangdong Province Institute of Electric Industry. He was also a classmate of Chinese president Hu Jintao at the Water Conservancy Engineering Department in Tsinghua University in 1959. Zhang Mengye has retired from the Institute and is now working for a private company. Lawless government officials have abducted and persecuted him on many occasions because he practises Falun Gong. On December 13, 2004, the police again tried to abduct Zhang Mengye and his wife, Luo Muluan. They have been in a stalemate with the police for four days. -
Practitioner Mr. Mu Xingbo from Changchun Dies After Facing Years of Persecution
2004-12-24Mr. Mu Xingbo, 28 years old, was a practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province. He was pursued by the police for telling people the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. He had been living away from home for a long time to avoid being arrested and as a result, his health was damaged. He died on October 12, 2004.