Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp Guilty of Relentless Human Rights Abuses

2003-05-05

Li Chunyuan said that when he was in the West Building he was often deprived of sleep, forced to kneel on one leg, and to endure other abuses. The persecution he suffered was so severe that he almost collapsed. The prison police in the West Building once told him, "In the Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp, if you are not willing to be transformed you either die or end up crazy."

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More Information On The Unlawful Killing of Ms Zheng Lanfeng

2003-05-04

In the beginning of 2003, she was reported while she was distributing this material in the countryside. She had committed no crime; her only wish was to tell people the true situation of Falun Gong. On February 11, 2003, she was once again arrested. On February 28, Zheng Lanfeng died of torture. Only after her body had been sent to Chifeng City No. 3 Hospital on March 5, 2003 did the police inform her family.

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Revealing Additional Information of Torture Death of Falun Gong Practitioner

2003-05-04

It is ironic that Mr. Zhao Dexiu worked hard, was a model worker and well respected, having developed his character according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Yet he was killed for his belief and steadfastness to these very same principles. How can goodness be a crime?

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Further Details on Death of Dafa Practitioner Xu Xijun

2003-05-04

While in detention, because he firmly cultivated Dafa, he was subjected to both mental and physical torture. As a result, he could not eat, and an x-ray examination showed there was a shadow in his lungs. Not wanting to take responsibility should he die in the labour camp, the camp released him on medical parole in October 2001. However, the camp kept harassing him while he was home recovering. Not being able to recover, Mr. Xu passed away in May 2002.

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After Enduring Nearly Three Years of Persecution Falun Dafa Practitioner Dies

2003-05-03

On the morning of April 25, 2003, police in the Jinzhou City Labour Camp contacted his family and lied, saying that Shi suddenly got sick with difficulty breathing and lost consciousness, and had been sent to the 205 Hospital Respiratory Department for a rescue effort. Witnesses said, "Shi Zhongyan had been tortured until only skin and bones were left, his toes were purple and blue, and he lost consciousness. He wore a set of cotton jacket and pants without any underwear. He looked like he had been dragged on the ground during the forced feeding."

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In Memory of Practitioner Yao Sanzhong

2003-05-03

Practitioners were beaten at these prisoners' whim. Such were the conditions in the camp that Yao Sanzhong lived in. He endured constant physical and mental abuse. He eventually passed away under the torture. Yao was someone who believed in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance." He was a young teacher who dared to speak the truth and was then taken away from his parents, his wife, his young son, his students and his beloved music career.

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Gansu Province Father Dies from Persecution, Mother in Labour Camp, Young Boys Alone

2003-05-02

Their two young boys have been left unattended and are staying in Ms. Wang Gendi's mother's home for the moment. Such an unjust situation that the children's father is dead due to persecution and their mother is suffering unlawfully in a labour camp, only for appealing for the right to practise Truthfulnes-Compassion-Tolerance.

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Handicapped Lawyer Tortured to Death by Cold-Blooded Police

2003-05-02

After lunch, the head of each team threatened practitioners saying, "Li Jian is dead. You are prohibited to do anything using his death as an excuse, or you are responsible for the consequence." In the afternoon, Deputy Director Qu from the labour camp announced at a meeting that Li Jian died from a disease. He further threatened, "Whoever makes a fuss because of his death will have his term extended."

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Shandong Province Female Dafa Practitioner is Tortured and Unjustly Sentenced to 12 Years Imprisonment

2003-05-02

At the moment, Liu Qingmei is unable to stand up nor is she able to eat, and she is in critical condition. Liu Qingmei told the practitioners who were to be released, "If I die, my death would be caused by police torture. Do not let people be deceived with the lies of 'suicide.'"

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Liaoning Falun Dafa Practitioner Shot in the Leg

2003-05-02

Since September 19, the police chief Liu Wangquan and deputy chief Li Shuoguo mobilised all the officers from the police station to search for him. They arrested all the local Falun Gong practitioners, and everyone who was related to Huang was under surveillance. Some practitioners were used as hostages and were detained at the police station for seven days. Only one practitioner escaped.

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Female Falun Dafa Practitioner Persecuted to Death at Hohhot Forced Labour Camp

2003-05-01

In January 2003, her family visited her and requested that she be released for medical care. Hohhot Forced Labour Camp denied the request stating, "She will not be released for medical treatment until she signs the guarantee statement. Otherwise the labour camp will not be responsible even if she dies here."

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Events Leading up to Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Junchen's Death

2003-05-01

The food there was poorly sanitised and wasn't even thoroughly cooked. He had to sleep on the floor [usually concrete which is both hard and cold] and was kept in the dark without any natural light all day. After over 20 days of being illegally detained, he started to suffer from diarrhoea. More than a month later, he gradually became thinner and thinner and his health was steadily deteriorating. However, the public security guards and the chief of detention centre turned a blind eye to Li's suffering.

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Masanjia Forced Labour Camp Murder Female Dafa Practitioner Yet Deny Responsibility

2003-04-30

When Zhang Guizhi's family asked to learn the cause of her death, the camp director did not respond. The team leader forbade them to take pictures of her body. Her family noticed wounds on her body and bloodstains in her nose and mouth. There were purple speckles on her body. When asked why her body looked black and blue, the police claimed that a fall while taking a shower triggered her heart problem, which led to her death.

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Barbaric Torture in Handan Forced Labour Camp

2003-04-30

In June 2001, Dafa practitioner Miao Xinshan was tied with ropes and beaten with batons more than 70 times. He was hung up and his legs were pinched with pliers, as a result his legs turned black and blue, and months later he still had not recovered.

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Police Hide Violence Behind Closed Doors at the Tuanhe Transfer Office and Xin'an Labor Camp in Beijing

2003-04-30

Police proclaim to the outside world that Falun Gong practitioners are living a good life in labour camps and that "everyone has a potted flower and a pet gold fish." In fact, those fish were brought by Falun Gong practitioners' families because police ordered them to do so when they came to visit practitioners. Police wanted to use such things to cover their brutal treatment of Falun Gong practitioners.

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