Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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All Three Members of Zhang Xiufang’s Family Secretly Tried and Sent to Prison in Shanghai
2011-04-29
Residential Committee officials worked with national security officials to arrest Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiufang on March 4th. Ms. Zhang's husband Ying Zhiming and son Ying Yeqi had previously been arrested and detained in Tilanqiao Prison. Zhang Xiufang’s family has suffered frequent persecution by the Chinese Communist Party for being steadfast in practising Falun Gong. Now the whole family is in jail again. -
81-Year-Old Woman Placed under House Arrest after Planning to Attend a Shen Yun Performance in Taiwan
2011-04-28eijing resident, 81-year-old Ms. Nie Zhen wanted to go to Taiwan to see a Shen Yun performance (a world-class traditional Chinese cultural show) and be reunited with her younger sister, whom she hasn't seen for many years. Her younger sister had arranged everything for her in Taiwan and bought her a ticket for the Shen Yun show to be presented on April 10th, 2011, in Kaohsiung. However, Ms. Nie Zhen was suddenly notified that she was forbidden to leave home. -
Mr. Xu Xiwang Arrested and Injected with Unknown Drugs
2011-04-26Mr. Xu Xiwang, a disabled practitioner, was suddenly awakened at around 5 a.m. on March 18th. The windows of his home were being pried open by officers from the local police station, 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Over a dozen men dragged him out of bed and took him outside. He was thrown into a police car and taken to Liuji Brainwashing Centre while they ransacked his home. Mr Xu was injected with unknown drugs. He became muddleheaded and began to lose his memory. He could not walk properly, his hands began to shake uncontrollably, and he kept swaying from side to side. -
Liu Xiaohua and Zheng Lijun of Tumen Arrested and Their Whereabouts Unknown
2011-04-26Police secretly monitored Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xiaohua’s home. They broke into her home on March 4th and arrested Ms. Liu Xiaohua, Mr. Zheng Lijun and Ms. Zhou Jujing. They took them to the Tumen Police Station. They then ransacked Ms. Liu's home. Zhou Jujing is now being detained at the Anshan Detention Centre. Liu Xiaohua and Zheng Lijun were put in handcuffs and were interrogated for 24 hours non-stop. They were not allowed to sleep, and their whereabouts are currently unknown. When Zheng Lijun was arrested, his personal savings certificate valued at around 30,000 yuan was taken by police. -
After Being Tortured in Prison for Eight Years, Mr. Ma Zhiwu Secretly Sentenced to Another Three and a Half Years
2011-04-25The Yanchi County Court in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region secretly put Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu on trial on March 31st. Mr. Ma was sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment. He appealed the sentence. Mr. Ma was sentenced to six years of imprisonment at Guanmahu Prison in Wuzhong City, from 2002 to 2008. During his eight years of incarceration, Mr. Ma was beaten severely, and tortured by means of sleep deprivation for over a dozen days, “riding an airplane." Mr. Ma was also tortured on a death bed for more than 40 days, resulting in unbearable pain in his muscles and entire body. Moreover, the perpetrators force-fed him with a kind of paste mixed with unknown drugs, dirty water, flies, and flour. -
The Manager of a Farm Machinery Company Picked Up by the Authorities on a Train
2011-04-25On March 25th, Mr. Peng Yunchang and his wife, Wu Jilan, who is not a practitioner of Falun Gong, took the 5018 train, which runs from Yantai City to Fei City, to visit his ill mother. Mr. Peng explained the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to people as the train was passing Zhu City. The police on the train searched and beat Mr. Peng and his wife and took him to Jinan Railroad Public Security Office detention centre. Later police also ransacked his home. -
Wuhan City Authorities Attempt to Indict Four Falun Gong Practitioners
2011-04-24Hongshan District prosecutors in Wuhan City recently attempted to indict four practitioners, Mr. Peng Liang, Ms. Zhang Jingzhou, Mr. Liu Shehong and Mr. Ouyang Haiwen. Mr. Peng Liang and Mr. Zhang Jingzhou were arrested on December 13th, 2010, as they posted the message “Falun Gong is good” on the outer wall of the Wantong Driving School in the Dongxihu District. Plainclothes police agents who were staked out nearby made the arrest. Under the instruction of the Wuhan City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), the two practitioners were taken to the Wuhan City Police Department's Domestic Security Division, where they were subjected to sleep deprivation and beatings. They were later held in the Hongshan District Detention Centre. -
Harbin Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Lihua Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
2011-04-23Mrs. Zhang Lihua is a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. On March 24th, she was sentenced to a six-year prison term. Zhang Lihua is currently appealing to the upper-level court, indicating that citizens' freedoms of religion and belief are protected by the Constitution. She maintains her innocence and believes she was charged only because she believes in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She is requesting an unconditional release. She is also requesting compensation according to the State Compensation Law so that her legitimate rights and interests will be reinstated. -
Outstanding Technician, Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianping Arrested; Hangzhou City 610 Office Agents Prevent Lawyers' Involvement
2011-04-20Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianping is the deputy general manager of the Production Technology Department in the Southern Cement Company, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. He was arrested along with his colleague, Mr. Wei Xiang, on November 28th, 2010, by police The two practitioners have been held in custody for four months. During this time, 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have forbidden their family members from visiting them, have created difficulties for and threatened relatives, and have not allowed lawyers to meet with the two men, claiming that the case is "secret-related." -
Ms. Lu Ran Arrested for the Seventh Time – Her Family in a Difficult Situation
2011-04-19Police arrested two Falun Gong practitioners on March 25th. Mr. Gai Wufan, was released, while Ms. Lu Ran is being held in Hebei Women's Forced Labour Camp. During the past 11 years of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Lu has been detained in a forced labour camp twice. Her mother was arrested several times and was subjected to beatings, extortion, and brainwashing. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Zhanjin, a Senior Engineer from Beijing Imprisoned
2011-04-17Ms. Li Zhanjin from Beijing is a former senior engineer at the Qingniao Company affiliated with Beijing University. She was forced to quit her job. She was transferred from the Haidian Detention Centre to Beijing Women's Prison on March 24th, 2011, where she is currently undergoing forced brainwashing. Ms. Li was arrested by police for practising Falun Gong on December 29th, 2009. Haidian Court officials tried her in July 2010. Ms. Li's lawyer entered a non-guilty plea for her but the court still sentenced her to three years in prison. -
Ms. Wu Bilin, 62, Arrested Again and Sent to Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre in Wuhan City
2011-04-16On March 10th, 2011, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Bilin was once again arrested at her home by Wuhan City police officers. She has been sent to Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre. Over the 11 years of persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Ms. Wu has been arrested 13 times. Previously Ms. Wu was detained in the brainwashing centre for seven months. During this time, the Jiangan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) head Hu Shaobin personally directed the mental and physical torture of Ms. Wu. He was unable to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Ms. Wu, so he used many cruel ways to torture her. -
Song Sisters Fengjiao and Caijiao from Tianmen City, Hubei Province Arrested
2011-04-16Sisters Ms. Song Fengjiao and Ms. Song Cuijiao were recently arrested by the police because they practise Falun Gong. The Song sisters gave Falun Gong materials to a household in Xiongjiadawan, Songda Village on March 23rd, 2011. The owner of the home was a village official. He had been out drinking. When he returned home, he saw a Falun Gong brochure and called the police, who arrested the sisters. That night the sisters were sent to the Tianmen Second Detention Centre where they are still detained. -
Ms. Mao Xiulan from Gangu County, Gansu Province Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
2011-04-15On January 28th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Mao Xiulan was arrested from her home by National Security police officers from the Gangu County Public Security Bureau. She was detained at the Gangu County Detention Centre and later was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Ms. Mao is currently detained at the Jiuzhou Woman's Prison in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Mao Xiulan has suffered two heart attacks during the imprisonment. The guards do not allow her family members to bring her anything during visitation and do not allow them to see Ms. Mao in person. -
Jilin Domestic Security Police Carry Out Break-ins and Arrests, Woman Left in Coma
2011-04-15Around 3 p.m. on November 15th, 2011, police officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Yushu City Police Department, Jilin Province broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Changqing's home. They confiscated over 30,000 yuan arrested him, and took him to the local detention centre. The stress of the sudden intrusion caused his wife Ms. Mu Chunbo to have a stroke. She has been in a coma for over four months. Medical expenses for her care total over 50,000 yuan.
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