Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Hunan Province Authorities Demolish Dafa Practitioners' Homes and Subject them to Public Humiliation

  2004-02-08
  In the next few days, the village organized a gathering in which they criticized Falun Gong. Students were forced to leave their classes and come to watch. Police officer Su Chaowen ordered a few other police officers to bind us and push us onto a truck. When the truck got to Sandun village's playground, there were more than 10,000 people already there, and the propaganda banners were everywhere. Before the meeting, the village government officials Li Guoqiang, Su Mingfeng, and Su Chaowen had already beaten Dafa practitioners viciously.
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• Dafa Practitioners from Tsinghua University Face Hasty Trial Without Proper Legal Representation

  2004-02-06
  In October 1999, he was sent home for six weeks for being steadfast in his belief of Falun Gong. He was instructed that he "could not return to university if he were not willing to abandon his way of thinking."...At least one person was tortured to death, at least eighteen were sent to forced labour camps, many students and teaching staff were suspended, forced to leave school, detained and brainwashed, and many others were forced to leave home to avoid illegal arrest and further persecution.
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• Ireland: Fears are Rising for the Life of Dun Laoghaire Student Liu Feng

  2004-01-29
  Dun Laoghaire student Liu Feng was illegally arrested following his return to China during the 1999 Christmas break because he peacefully appealed against the persecution of Falun Gong. It is said that Liu Feng has been released but is currently in hospital. This only occurs when a labour camp detainee has been tortured or is close to death, and prison authorities intend to shift the blame away from themselves. Because of this, practitioners believe that Liu Feng is in serious danger.
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• A Middle School Student is Detained in Beijing for Clarifying the Truth About Falun Gong

  2004-01-29
  During the detention period, authorities extorted 500 yuan from Li Dan's family. The authorities demanded 1,000 yuan; however, because her family is impoverished, her relatives only gave them 500 yuan. The policemen also threatened Li Dan's baby sister and asked her who had taught Li Dan to practise Falun Gong. Because Li Dan's sister is so young, she told the officers that Dafa practitioner Huang Wenshu had taught Li Dan. The policemen asked the sister to lead them to arrest Huang Wenshu, and Huang Wenshu subsequently was sentenced to two years of forced labour.
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• Dr. Li Zhigang is Illegally Sentenced for Five Years and Tortured in the Military Prison in Chenzhou City

  2004-01-27
  The prison refused to allow his family to visit him, because he refused to give up his belief. Recently someone informed his family that Dr. Li could be dead if his family couldn't find a way to save him. Dr. Li's mother and two sisters live in Changsha city, which is 300 kilometers (186 miles) away from where he was captured. It is very difficult for his elderly mother to go back and forth, and his family has already spent all its saving. With grief Dr. Li's mother said, "My son was practising Falun Gong to be a good person. How could this become a crime?"
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• Liaoning Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Gao Manli Sentenced to Eight Years Imprisonment

  2004-01-27
  In July 2000 she was sent to Liaoyang City Forced Labour Camp (namely, Shizuizi), where she was forced to do hard labour for 18 to 20 hours every day. In order to visit her, her husband often rode a bicycle to the Camp and waited by its entrance, with the hope that he could see her, however, no matter how hard Zhou begged, jail guards including Sun Aiqin did not allow them to see each other, the reason is because Gao is steadfast in her belief in Falun Gong.
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• Imprisoned Twice in Four Years for Her Beliefs

  2004-01-27
  Around February 2000, during a public criminal trial at the Zhongfang County Police Department, Ms. Xiao was put on display with a large cardboard sign hung from her neck. The local television station broadcast the trial, in which Ms. Xiao was subjected to humiliation and personal insults. On May 18, 2003 the People's Court of Zhongfang County sentenced Ms. Xiao to three years of imprisonment.
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• Ten Practitioners Sentenced to Prison in Xinye County

  2004-01-26
  In October 2003, the Xinye County Court in Henan Province sentenced 10 Dafa practitioners to between one and nine years in prison. The court did not even notify their families of the date and time of their loved ones' illegal trials. The ten practitioners protested to the court for putting them on trial for exercising their constitutional freedom of personal belief by exclaiming, "Falun Dafa is good!" Their righteous spirits caused the judge to close the trial in a panic. The ten practitioners are still detained in Xinye County Detention Centre.
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• Prison Insider: I Have Witnessed Extreme Injustices

  2004-01-25
  These practitioners had suffered from inhuman tortures for persisting in their beliefs in Falun Gong. Their basic human rights had been deprived. Whenever they said that they would practice Falun Gong, then they would be beaten up. However, they never gave up. From their words and actions I came to better understand what compassion was. They selflessly helped others and never discriminated against us criminals, but only explained to us how to conduct ourselves in society.
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• Personal Account: A Practitioner from Singapore Tells Her Story of Being Persecuted by Tianjin Police

  2004-01-24
  In May 2000, I went back to China to visit my family. I heard that a fellow practitioner was sentenced to forced labour. I had used to mail some daily expense money to her, because her salary had been suspended. Later I came to know that she used the money I gave her to buy a printer to produce truth clarification materials. As a result, the authorities accused her of conspiring with international sources. When I heard this, I went to the police and tried to clarify the facts to them, but they detained me and then searched my parents' home.
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• Police Torture and Murder Dafa Practitioners in Hengshui City, Hebei Province

  2004-01-23
  After the second half of 1999, the Hengshui City government detention center became a place for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, especially during 1999 and 2000. Everyone detained there was a Falun Gong practitioner. The Director of the detention center, Gen Zhanwu, received an "Award" from higher officials in 1999, because of his persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.He used all kinds of ways to get money and property from them.
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• Fearing Public Exposure, the Secret Trial of Qinghua University Students Is Moved to a New Location

  2004-01-20
  In order to avoid further persecution, Chu Tong and Yu Chao were forced to give up their highly paid jobs and leave home, taking their son with them. In August 2002, Yu Chao and Chu Tong were arrested in Beijing by agents from the National Security Bureau and "610 Office." According to an October 2002 report on Minghui Net, Chu Tong's father could not return home because he didn't want to be sent to a brainwashing class.
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• Facts about Dafa Practitioners Being Persecuted at Universities in Hebei Province (Part 1)

  2004-01-20
  Since July 20, 1999, one practitioner enrolled at the university has been sent to a labour camp, at least five practitioners have been illegally detained while their homes were ransacked, three practitioners have lost their jobs, at least two students have been expelled from school, and two practitioners have been sent to a brainwashing centre. The school officials at the university deceived all the students by telling them lies about the situation of students who were Falun Gong practitioners, forced everyone to publicly state their attitude towards Falun Gong, and coerced students to produce 10,000 signatures against Falun Gong or face repercussions.
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• Latest News Regarding the Eighteen Changchun City Practitioners Who Broadcast Documentaries of the Persecution of Falun Gong on March 5 2002

  2004-01-16
  Ms. Chen Yanmei and Mr. Liu Chengjun, besides already having incapacitating gunshot wounds to his legs, were subject to more savage and extended beatings by the police than other practitioners. Our sources indicated that, after the judge announced the sentences, the bailiffs took the fifteen practitioners to a room where several bailiffs grabbed each practitioner's hand, handcuffed them behind the back, and forced his/her fingerprints on the legal documents as a legal form of acceptance to the verdict while telling each practitioner, "It is you who put your fingerprints on the legal documents."
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• Since Changchun TV Broadcasts Exposing Human Rights Violations against Falun Gong Practitioners, Jiang's Regime Escalates Brutal Persecution to Unprecedented Heights

  2004-01-13
  On March 5, 2002, Falun Gong practitioners in China's northeastern city of Changchun broadcast programmes over China's state-run airwaves, exposing the systematic atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners and Jiang Zemin's attempts to cover them up. This exposure of the truth produced fear in the highest levels of the regime. Enraged, Jiang Zemin ordered to "kill without pardon" those responsible for the broadcast. Over the next few days, more than 5,000 people believed to be practitioners of Falun Gong were detained during an all-out and unprecedented police sweep in Changchun, and the city was under near-martial law. Dozens were killed as a result of police brutality during the round up. A total media blackout severely hampered many attempts to contact locals and confirm individual reports.
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