Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Falun Dafa Practitioners Persecuted by the Changcheng Police Station in Jiangyou City
2002-11-22Having found out that an older practitioner (in her fifties) was clarifying the truth, they beat this old lady with electric batons, raising four dozen blisters on her body. Having guilty consciences for their criminal acts, when releasing this lady they asked her not to tell anybody what they had done. Afterwards they again brutally beat this lady, causing her to go deaf in one ear. Finally, they illegally sent her to a labour camp. -
Changchun Detention Centre Collaborates with Township Health Clinic to Torture Dafa Practitioners with Brutal Force-Feeding
2002-11-19While performing force-feeding, he repeatedly and brutally inserted the tube into practitioners' mouths. Such force-feeding causes internal bleeding... -
The Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in Jail No. 4 of Beijiao, Shijiazhuang
2002-11-18Those practitioners were then thrown into the solitary confinement cells, and were brutally beaten...They were put into the confinement cell, where they were under tight surveillance. The guards lashed them with a leather belt. The guards claimed, "As long as there is a chance that you will give up your belief in Falun Gong, it is worthwhile for us to beat your arms and legs until they are broken." -
Gansu Province Courts Give Heavy Sentences to Nine Practitioners Who Arranged to Broadcast the True Situation of Falun Dafa on Cable TV
2002-11-16Practitioners were given sentences ranging from 10 to 19 years by the Chenguan District Court,Lanzhou City. They were sentenced for making Falun Dafa truth-clarifying VCDs and then broadcasting them via cable TV. The court did not notify any of the defendants' relatives about the trial. -
Over 200 Dafa Practitioners Suffer Brutal Torture in a Brainwashing Centre in Jiaozhou City
2002-11-15The Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee, shocked practitioners with an electric baton, trying to force them to give up Falun Gong. He also covered practitioners' mouths and inserted lit cigarettes into their nostrils. -
Dafa Practitioners Put Through Sham Trial in Hebei Province
2002-11-14Another Dafa practitioner, Xia Zhongjie, who was once a strong young man but tortured to a state of deformity by police, said to the judge, "I am a Dafa practitioner. I have not done anything wrong. I refuse to answer any questions."... Xia answered, "You tied me down to an iron bed, tortured me everyday and force-fed me with cold water. My body is covered with untreated wounds beneath this shirt you made me wear. There is not a spot of unmarked skin on my body." The judge again stopped him from talking further. -
What Kind of People Persecute Dafa?
2002-11-10The evil thugs punched her to the ground and stepped on her, but Chen Guilian remained faithful and unyielding. When the escort vehicle passed by towns or villages, she shouted, "Falun Dafa is good." The thugs even used tape to seal her mouth to prevent her from shouting out the truth at the sentencing...It is a gang of criminals in police uniform who knowingly break the law by detaining and persecuting Dafa practitioners who cultivate their minds toward benevolence. -
Shenyang Dabei Prison Staff Members Viciously Abuse Falun Gong Practitioners Who Steadfastly Refuse to Give Up Their Belief
2002-11-07If he could not keep in place during the sitting, two criminal inmates would force him to by pricking him with steel nails. He was tortured for almost 10 months. Song suffered the extreme agony of back pain and poor health due to the tortures, and could hardly walk without help...After two weeks of torture, Jiang Hulin's health severely deteriorated. His legs were swollen and he was thin, nervous, confused and so physically weak that he was unable to walk. -
Help Rescue Our Family Members Who Are Enduring Persecution in China
2002-11-06The following people are family members of United States residents. They are prisoners of conscience in the PRC and are being detained and tortured for their belief in Falun Gong. This is the start of a global campaign to rescue all of these family members who are being persecuted by Jiang's regime. -
Savage Persecution in Chaoyang District Detention Centre, Beijing
2002-11-05The warden also directed prisoners to seal Pan's mouth with tape. Pan was tortured so terribly that she fell unconscious...The cruel interrogator then took out a lighter and burned Pan Dongmei and the male practitioner's faces until they were black and covered with blisters. In spite of their pain, the interrogator used a piece of filthy cardboard to wipe the soot from their faces. -
Policemen Ruthlessly Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners at Deyang Prison, Sichuan Province
2002-11-01A 73 year old practitioner was brutally beaten for over a dozen times. He was beaten to the point that his entire body was swollen. One vicious policeman made the following public threat: "We need to carry out the policy and we need to kill 300 more. We will kill one after another. No one will be able to survive." -
Facts of the Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Tuanhe Dispatch Division in Beijing
2002-10-31A veteran practitioner who was over 60 years old was shocked with several electric batons--each more than ten-thousand-volts--at the same time by policemen. Though his body was covered with blisters, he did not give up. Afterwards, he was tied to a bed for several days. -
Police Continually Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Junhua
2002-10-29Liu Junhua was stopped near his home and searched by local police of the Dongfeng and Nanwei Branch. They found some Falun Dafa materials and the key to his house, which they used to break into Liu's home. Items that were confiscated included Falun Dafa books, CDs, cassette tapes, a VCD player, a Walkman, a cell phone, a pager and cash. -
Urgent: After Being on Hunger Strike For Over 100 Days, Dafa Practitioner Li Zhenwen Is In Critical Condition
2002-10-21after 76 days of force-feeding, they sent Li to the Weibei Prison for labour education despite the fact that he was extremely weak and malnourished and couldn't walk by himself. -
Various Crimes Committed by the "Law Education School" in Maoming City
2002-10-20The police used electric batons, broom handles, and pipes to fiercely beat the practitioners. After the beating, the police then used their leather shoes to kick and stomp the practitioners.