Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Mr. Sun Jiefeng and Three Other Falun Gong Practitioners Put on Trial in Shenzhen

  2011-06-22
  Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Sun Jiefeng, Ms. Liu Ziyun (Mr. Sun's wife), Ms. Huang Wanxian, and Xiao Deng were put on trial the morning of May 27th. Mr. Sun and Ms. Liu have a one-year old child. On April 22nd, Mr. Sun and Xiao Deng were arrested at work. The practitioners' homes were ransacked the day they were arrested, and many of their personal belongings were taken away. The company where Mr. Sun and Xiao Deng worked was forced to close, and the owner of the company was arrested as well. The owner was detained for several days and was only released when it was confirmed that he was not a Falun Gong practitioner.
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• Jinan Centre District Court Violates Rules for Public Trial

  2011-06-22
  On November 16th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yujin was taken from her home by Centre District Police Department officers. On May 6th, 2011, she was sentenced at the Centre District Court. At that time, the court staff, appointed lawyer, and local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) officials prevented Ms. Liu’s husband and daughter from entering the courtroom. Her family alleged that the police and court acted, however, the Procuratorate office refused to accept their case, claiming that they were following an “internal document” guideline.
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• Practitioners Ms. Chen Gongqiu and Ms. Geng Yuzhi Forced into Brainwashing Centre in Heilongjiang Province

  2011-06-22
  Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Chen Gongqiu, Ms. Geng Yuzhi and other practitioners in Hailin City, Heilongjiang province were arrested on May 26th and taken to the Tilinghe brainwashing centre of Mudanjiang City for persecution by police. All the arrested Falun Gong practitioners in the brainwashing centre were forced into detention, without any legal proceedings. Those police dressed in civilian clothes that were involved in the arrest did not show their identity when arresting practitioners, and used cruel means to trick them.
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• Dozens of Falun Gong Practitioners from Tangshan City Arrested

  2011-06-21
  In May of 2011, dozens of Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by police in Tangshan City. Many other practitioners were harassed, followed, and monitored. On May 25th police ransacked the home of practitioners Ms. Li Wene and her husband Mr. Wang Weidong. Police broke open a locked cabinet, and confiscated approximately two hundred thousand yuan. In addition, they took away valuable goods, including computers, jewellery, a camera and their car. Ms. Li has since been released, but does not have any money on which she can live. Mr. Wang is currently being imprisoned in Tangshan Detention Centre.
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• Yin Sirong Transferred to Xinjin Brainwashing Centre Immediately After Forced Labour Term

  2011-06-20
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yin Sirong was scheduled to be released on May 1st, 2011, after spending one year and nine months in detention in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing. However, instead of being released, he was transferred to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre under orders from the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, the local Chongqing 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and Fuqing Road Police Station. On May 1st, Mr. Yin's family travelled to Chongqing, planning to take him home after his release from the labour camp. However, they were told by labour camp authorities that Mr. Yin's term had been extended because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Gong.
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• Daqing High School Teacher Appeals after Being Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

  2011-06-20
  Mr. Wang Hongxing is a teacher at the Daqing Seventeenth High School. He was arrested by police on December 17th, 2010 because he talked about Falun Gong in his blog. He has been detained in the Dulitun Detention Centre in Daqing. The Honggang District Court sentenced Mr. Wang to three years in prison. Mr. Wang filed an appeal immediately. The case has been submitted to the Daqing Intermediate Court.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Ms. Chen Yingmei and Ms. Zhou Yihong Sentenced to Three Years in Fuzhou City Women's Prison

  2011-06-20
  Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Chen Yingmei and Ms. Zhou Yihong were distributing materials explaining the persecution of Falun Gong on a street in Fuzhou City on June 15th, 2010, but were reported and arrested by the local police. The police station reported their arrests to the 610 Offices (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of both Fuzhou City and Fujian Province on the same day. The homes of both practitioners were ransacked that night and their personal computers, printers, and other materials were taken away. Their families are now in pieces; they both have very young children. Ms. Chen and Ms. Zhou were sentenced to three years in prison by the Taijiang Court.
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• Ms. Zhang Yanju Recovers from Breast Cancer by Practising Falun Gong; Later Arrested for Telling People the Facts about the Persecution

  2011-06-19
  Police arrested Ms. Zhang Yanju on February 22nd, 2011 while she was distributing Falun Gong materials. The officers interrogated her and broke into both her and her son's houses, where they performed searches. Ms. Zhang is now locked in the Pei County Detention Centre and will soon face a so-called “trial”. Ms. Zhang at one time suffered from breast cancer. She visited major hospitals but none of the doctors were able to cure her. Ms. Zhang began to practise Falun Gong in 2004. She faithfully observed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance in her daily life. Her health gradually improved.
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• Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City Sentenced to Five Years In Prison

  2011-06-19
  After practitioner Ms. Gao Mingxia was detained for nearly one year, 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) officials sentenced her to five years in prison on May 26th. Ms. Gao stated in court that she had not violated any laws by practising Falun Gong and becoming a better person. She said it was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) judicial officials and 610 Office who had committed crimes since they fabricated stories to defame innocent people. After the CCP began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Gao was sent to a labour camp twice, where she was severely tortured.
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• Ms. Wan Hognxia Arrested Again after Being Persecuted Many Times

  2011-06-18
  Since Jiang Zemin's [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, practitioner Ms. Wan Hongxia from Langfang City, Hebei Province, has been arrested and detained many times, including four times in detention centres, two times in brainwashing centres, and three years in prison. On May 12th, while Ms. Wan and another practitioner were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong close to the intersection of Xinkai Road and Jianguo Road, four policemen arrived. The two told the police that they were good people and were not breaking any law. They asked the police not to persecute good people. The officers did not listen to them and arrested them.
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• Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province

  2011-06-18
  In September 2009, Ms. Teng Hongbin, in her 40s, was arrested, as she distributed Falun Gong informational materials at the Mianyang Railway Station. She was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. Forty-year-old Ms. Liu Ping from Jiuyuan was sentenced to four years in prison, and Ms. Jiang Wenping from Yongxing Town, in her 40s, was sentenced to three years in prison. The trial was held covertly without informing the practitioners' families.
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• Mr. Ma Zhenyu Detained for the Fifth Time

  2011-06-17
  Mr. Ma Zhenyu was arrested on May 29th, and is being held at the Xiaguan Detention Centre. This is the fifth time he has been arrested. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. On July 20th, 1999, Mr. Ma and four other practitioners were among the first to be arrested by the CCP in Nanjing. Mr. Ma was arrested again in November 2000 and was sentenced to seven years in prison after being tortured and interrogated. His wife had to divorce him in order to protect their daughter from the CCP's persecution.
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• Ms. Zhao Mei and Ms. Huang Wanping from Songzi City, Hubei Province Facing Unjust Sentencing

  2011-06-16
  Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhao Mei and Ms. Huang Wanping were arrested on May 18th, 2011 by officers from the Yanglin Township Police Station while they were distributing Falun Gong CDs. Later, they were transferred to Songzi City Detention Centre. Currently, these two practitioners are facing court sentencing.
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• Xiao Ningjian, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Official from Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, Actively Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

  2011-06-15
  Xiao Ningjian is in his 40s. He is one of the key figures with the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, as well as the chief of the Domestic Security Group of the Najing City Police Department. All of his work focuses on persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Once arrested, to pressure them to give up practising Falun Gong, Xiao would torture practitioners with sleep deprivation to break their mental and physical resolve. When the victims refused to cooperate with him, he would fly into a rage, threatening, “I will certainly sentence you to forced labour.”
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• Ms. Xue Jingjing from Liaoning Province Speaks Out on the Arrests of Three Family Members within Three Hours

  2011-06-15
  On March 29th, 2011, my family was having dinner when three strangers suddenly broke into our home. They claimed that my mother was a "fugitive", and without presenting any legal documents, they attempted to arrest her. My father and I resisted them, and finally drove them out of our house. Later, the police broke down our door and forcibly took my mother away. My father and uncle argued with them, but they were also arrested. Within three hours, three members of my family were taken.
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