Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• The Qiannanzhou Intermediate Court Sentenced Mr. Liang Rongqi to Six Years in Prison

  2011-04-01
  On May 27th, 2010, police broke into the home of Mr. Liang Rongqi, ransacked his home, and arrested him. Mr. Liang was sent to the Qiananzhou Detention Centre in Guizhou Province. On October 28th, the Duyun Court sentenced Mr. Liang to six years in prison. Judge Yuan Hui responded that Mr. Liang's attorney would be informed about the trial. However, on March 16th, 2011, without informing the attorney, the court did not go through the normal appeal trial procedure but rather directly dispatched personnel to the detention centre, saying the court's decision on Mr. Liang's case was upheld.
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• 66-Year-Old Mr. Peng Xibin Detained for Many Years

  2011-03-31
  Mr. Peng Xibin has been detained for many years, from his fifties to his sixties. He is still being held in Lanzhou Prison. He is imprisoned because he wants to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. A Falun Gong practitioner who knew Mr. Peng said: "The labour at the Pingantai Forced Labour Camp was mainly field work. Detainees used spades to turn the soil and hoes to work the fields. This is very intensive physical labour. It was said that Mr. Peng fainted several times while working in the field. The guards tried to make him write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, but he always wrote how wonderful Falun Gong is and how people benefit from practising Falun Gong."
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• Ma Lili of Tangshan City Given a Three-year Sentence, Her Family Plans to Appeal

  2011-03-30
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Lili was sentenced to three years in prison by the Tangshan City Lubei Court in Hebei Province. The term began on February 27th, 2011. The one who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong, former leader of China, Jiang Zemin, went to Tangshan City on August 11th, 2010. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Tangshan City, Hebei Province then launched a large-scale round of persecution of local Falun Gong practitioners. Nearly twenty practitioners were arrested and detained. On August 16th, Ma Lili was arrested by police.
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• After Being Tortured in Prison for Eight Years, Mr. Ma Zhiwu Is Facing Another Trial

  2011-03-28
  Yanchi County Court in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region tried Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu secretly on March 1st, 2011. Mr. Ma is facing a second trial shortly in Wuzhong City Court. Mr. Ma was sent to a forced labour camp for three years for appealing for the right to practise Falun Gong in Beijing in 1999. Before his term ended, he was sentenced to six years imprisonment and taken to Guanmahu Prison in Wuzhong City from 2002 to 2008. During his eight years of incarceration, Mr. Ma was tortured and beaten severely.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Liu Shuisheng, Scheduled to Be Released after Eight-Year Detention, Taken to Brainwashing Centre One Day Before Release Date

  2011-03-27
  On March 10th, 2011, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Shuisheng was to have been released after eight years of detention in the Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang, Hubei Province. However, on March 9th, Qu Shen and other personnel from the Jianghan District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) secretly transferred Mr. Liu to the Erdaopeng Brainwashing Centre.
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• Mr. Li Yueping, Mr. Hao Zhendong and Mr. Hao's Wife Arrested

  2011-03-27
  Police officers from Harbin and Shuangcheng Domestic Security Divisions ransacked Mr. Li Yueping's and Ms. Yin Yumei’s homes on March 7th, 2011. They arrested Mr. Li, in his 60s, and Mr. Hao Zhendong and his wife, who had fled to Mr. Yin Yumei’s home in hopes of avoiding further persecution. Ms. Yin Yumei escaped.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Lin Chunzi Arrested Again in Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province

  2011-03-21
  Ms. Lin Chunzi, of Korean ethnicity, lives in Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province. Soon after she began practising Falun Gong, her diseases disappeared. Since the persecution started in 1999, however, she has been arrested and held in detention centres several times. In 2004, she was arrested and held in Harbin Women's Prison until September 2007. On February 28th, 2011, she and Liu Xueqin were arrested by the Mudanjiang Railway Police Department when the two were handing out materials explaining the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution.
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• The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Uses its Annual “Two Congress” Get-Together as an Excuse to Intensify Persecuting Falun Gong

  2011-03-19
  The biggest annual Chinese Communist Party meetings come on the day when the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are held. This year, they were held on March 3rd. In the days running up to the meetings, mass arrests of people labelled as “dissidents” were carried out throughout China. In order to distract public focus on major social problems, the police and 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) issued orders to intensify the monitoring and persecution of Falun Gong. According to information from the Minghui/Clearwisdom website, from the beginning of January to March 7th, 2011, at least 470 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested. Many more were followed, surveilled, and harassed by the authorities.
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• Qu Fengxiang Arrested and Brutally Tortured

  2011-03-19
  Mr. Qu Fengxiang was arrested by police officer Yu Yang on October 14th, 2010. Yu pretended that he was a student's father and chatted with Mr. Qu. Mr. Qu gave him a Falun Gong DVD. Yu and two other police officers, who waited outside, then arrested him. Yu brutally beat Mr. Qu in the head, chest and lower body, and then threw him to the ground and handcuffed him. Police took Mr. Qu to Haidian District Detention Centre. Guards injected Mr. Qu with some unknown drug, then threw him on a bed and shocked him with electric batons. Mr. Qu was brutally tortured for a total of 43 days. He was then sent to the Xin'an Forced Labour Camp, but because he was so weak from the torture, the labour camp refused to accept him.
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• Facts about the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners from Meizhou, Guangdong Province

  2011-03-19
  During the persecution of Falun Gong, practitioners from Meizhou City, Guangdong Province have often been taken to brainwashing centres, forced labour camps or prisons. Mr. Liu Tong is a physics teacher. On November 25th, 2010, after he received a call from a fellow practitioner requesting Falun Gong materials, he went to deliver the materials to a place near Mei County High School at Gangzishan in Meizhou City. He was taken away by policemen who were waiting for him. A dozen policemen from Meijiang District ransacked his home and took away his computer and other personal belongings. He was detained in the Dapu County Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Luo Changyun, 57, Sentenced to Prison After Being Held in a Forced Labour Camp Three Times

  2011-03-18
  Ms. Luo Cahngyun has been sentenced to a forced labour camp three times, and was put on probation once. She was severely tortured in the Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. Ms. Luo was put on a wanted list prior to the 2008 Olympics, and was arrested in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, and sentenced to five years in prison. Ms. Luo Changyun is currently being detained in the Ninth Ward of the Shaanxi Women's Prison, where she is being tortured. The long-term abuse has severely damaged Ms. Luo's mental and physical health.
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• Mr. Ji Ruiling and Ms. Ji Junyun from Handan City, Hebei Province Sentenced and their Family Cheated out of a Lot of Money

  2011-03-14
  Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Ji Ruiling and Ms. Ji Junyun are siblings from Handan City, Hebei Province. The local police fabricated their “crimes”, so they were sentenced in 2010. Mr. Ji Ruiling, 60, was sentenced to three years in prison while Ms. Ji Junyun, 50, was sentenced to 3 years and 2 months. The police also extorted more than 100,000 yuan from their family. Both brother and sister are honest people. When doing business, they were honest, fair and generous to their customers, no matter their age. They never cheated anyone. Therefore, they were well liked and had many loyal customers.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners from Heyuan City, Guangdong Province Detained

  2011-03-14
  Because they practised Falun Gong Mr. Huang Jin, Mr. Ye Zhijian and Ms. Deng Shi'e were arrested on August 12th, 2007. They were sentenced to six years, five years and four years in prison, respectively. They still have not been released. Ms. Huang Yuying was released after having been imprisoned for six years. Shortly after her release, she was once again arrested on July 18th, 2010 in Boluo County, Huizhou City, and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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• Twelve Falun Gong Practitioners from Cao County, Shandong Province Arrested, Abused and Sent to Forced Labour Camps

  2011-03-13
  A dozen practitioners from Cao County, Shandong Province were recently sentenced to forced labour. Zhao Wenxing, Sun Hongru, and Jiang Xuejun were each sentenced to one year and six months. Ge Xiurong, Tao Ping, and Liang Ping were sentenced to two years of forced labour. These practitioners are currently detained in Jinan Forced Labour Camp. While he was making a phone call on his mobile phone, practitioner Sun Guodong's whereabouts were tracked down and he was taken into custody.
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• Mr. Yin Huajie Secretly Sentenced to Eight Years in Deyang Prison

  2011-03-13
  Mr. Yin Huajie was secretly sentenced to eight years in 2006 and is forced to do hard labour in Deyang Prison clothing factory. Mr. Yin Huajie and five other Falun Gong practitioners were stopped in their car by police in April 2005. The practitioners were arrested and detained at Beichuan Detention Centre. Mr. Yin was later transferred to An County Detention Centre. The police interrogated him and physically abused him, causing harm to his physical and mental health.
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