Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Practitioner Lin Jian Sentenced Again

  2011-03-12
  On May 20th, 2010, a robbery happened in Guiyang City. When the security group was conducting an investigation, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lin Jian happened to be in the area. A security worker Chen Qinghua searched Mr. Lin because he was not an resident, and found some DVDs of Falun Gong materials on him. Chen Qinghua then reported Mr. Lin to the local police, and he was detained at the Nanming Police Station. On December 17th, 2010, the Nanming District Court sentenced Mr. Lin to three years of imprisonment despite the lack of convincing evidence of any wrongdoing. Mr. Lin's family was not informed about the trial.
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• Two Sons Detained; Mother Loses Support

  2011-03-11
  Before the Chinese New Year, in front of the Huadian Detention Centre in Jilin Province, an elderly woman in her 70s called out, “Huzi, come back, Huzi...” The elderly woman is the mother of Mr. Wang Xiaohu and Mr. Wang Xiaodong. Just because her two sons practise Falun Gong, a court run by the Chinese Communist Party sentenced Mr. Wang Xiaohu to seven years in prison in 2002 and Mr. Wang Xiaodong to seven years in prison in 2006. After being detained in prison for seven years, Mr. Wang Xiaohu was arrested and detained again by the police in 2010.
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• Court in Guangdong Province Sentences Mr. Chen Hongsong to Eight Years in Prison

  2011-03-11
  Mr. Chen Hongsong began to practise Falun Gong at the end of 1998. At the beginning of 2000, he was imprisoned for four and a half years. He was again detained by police on orders from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in May 2010 and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Mr. Chen's wife went to the 610 Office and other departments to request the release of her husband. However, they tried to shift responsibility back and forth.
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• Australian Resident, Biologist Ms. Nie Xiaomei Arrested Before Chinese New Year

  2011-03-08
  Beijing DoRun Trading Co., Ltd Chief Scientist Ms. Nie Xiaomei was arrested on February 1st, before the Chinese New Year. She is currently held in the Dongcheng District Detention Centre in Beijing. We also learned that someone placed some Falun Gong-related informational material on Ms. Nie's car. Ms. Nie picked it up and placed it on a car parked next to hers before she drove away. A security guard saw this and reported her to the police. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Nie Xiaomei, 48 years old, studied in Australia after she graduated from university in China, and is now a permanent Australian resident. Ms. Nie's family has contacted the Australian Embassy for help.
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• Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced in Houma City, Shanxi Province, in 2010

  2011-03-05
  There were five police arrests related to Falun Gong, involving six people in Houma City, Shanxi Province, in 2010. Four were sentenced. Mr. Zhang Guangjun was sentenced to a five-year prison term, Mr. Wang Baoshan to four and a half years, Mr. Li Huaiyu to three years, and Mr. Lu Haixing to five years. Mr. Zuo Xiaodong is still detained. Mr. Chen Kui, a non-practitioner, was sent to a forced labour camp.
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• Ms. Li Guomin from Tangshan City Arrested and Subjected to Two Years of Forced Labour

  2011-03-03
  Practitioner Ms. Li Guomin was arrested at home on January 28th. Approximately seven police officers made the arrest, and took her to the Tangshan Detention Centre. Ms. Li was later sentenced to two years of forced labour. She is now being held in the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp in Tangshan. Previously, police unsuccessfully attempted to arrest Ms. Li on August 11th, 2010, so they took her husband, who does not practise Falun Gong, to the police station.
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• Ms. Jiao Xuemei in Prison after 10 Years of Persecution

  2011-03-02
  Ms. Jiao Xuemei learned Falun Gong so that she could improve her health. Soon after she began the practice, her sinus infection and vitiligo were healed. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted her for the past 10 years for her belief in Falun Gong and the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Ms. Jiao was arrested for her belief four times between 1999 and 2009. She was sentenced to three years and has been detained at the Hebei Provincial Women's Prison since April 1st, 2009. The sentence was based entirely on the prosecutor’s statement and no physical evidence was provided.
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• Ms. Wang Dongjiao Arrested Eight Times and Sent to a Mental Hospital

  2011-03-01
  Practitioner Ms. Wang Dongjiao has suffered persecution repeatedly because of her belief in Falun Gong. Between March 18th, 2000 and June 2005, she was arrested eight times and was detained in detention centres or forced labour camps and sent to a mental hospital. In Majialong Forced Labour Camp in November 2001, she often felt dizzy and threw up after eating. Once, another practitioner, Ms. Chen, ate Ms. Wang's food by mistake and she had similar symptoms of severe stomach pains while Ms. Wang had didn't have these symptoms after the meal. Ms. Wang was convinced that there was some kind of unknown drugs being put into her food in order to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] her by causing her state of mind to be unclear.
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• Ms. Li Hongzhen from Shanghai Arrested Again

  2011-03-01
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Hongzhen, in her 50s, from Shanghai was arrested on February 18th, 2011. Ms. Li was previously sentenced to five years in prison in 2001, and held in Shanghai Women's Prison. In prison, guards and inmates continually harassed her and forced her to do heavy labour. When Ms. Li heard that a deputy to the National People's Congress would come to inspect the prison in 2002, she wrote a letter exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and asked a practitioner to help pass it to the deputy. She was reported and placed into solitary confinement.
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• Ms. Yang Conzhi Covertly Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment, Her Husband Disabled as a Result of Persecution

  2011-02-28
  Ms.Yan Congzhi was arrested in September by the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). For the past three months, her family has tried in vain to visit her. The local 610 Office, public security bureau, and detention centre have shirked responsibility and has denied her family visitation rights. It was only in January 2011 that her son found out that she had been sentenced to four years of imprisonment. Her husband was also previously sentenced to a forced labour camp, and the torture he suffered there caused him to become paralysed from the waist down.
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• 63-Year-Old Mr. Luo Chaoming, Still Recovering from Prior Abuse, Again Detained in Deyang Prison

  2011-02-27
  Deyang Prison officials recently deceived Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Chaoming who had been released on medical parole into going to the prison by claiming to be “making up for health checkup data,” and then held him in custody. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents had previously arrested Mr. Luo for spreading information about Falun Gong and sentenced him to imprisonment. Severe physical abuse and mistreatment in prison resulted in Mr. Luo being in a life-threatening condition. He was released on medical parole and he began to recover through practising Falun Gong.
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• Mudanjiang Railway Employee Mr. Zhang Liansheng Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

  2011-02-27
  The Mudanjiang Railway Transportation Court recently sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Liansheng to five years in prison, without any legal grounds. The court deliberately did not notify Mr. Zhang's family. Mr. Zhang was arrested at work on December 7th, 2010 by the police. He was detained at the Aihe Forced Labour Camp in Mudanjiang.
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• Older Sister Arrested the Day After Her Brainwashed Younger Sister Is Released

  2011-02-26
  On January 17th, Ms. Wang Dongying was arrested by Baoshan District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Shanghai. The 610 Office claimed Dongying’s younger sister, Ms. Wang Wenju, reported her to the authorities. The police found 1,000 yuan with Falun Gong information written on them at Ms. Wenju's home. The authorities told her as long as she admitted to the money coming from her older sister, she would be released and they would not bother her sister. Ms. Wenju had been brainwashed by the 610 Office for three months, became mentally disorientated and so cooperated with the authorities. She was released the same day Ms. Dongying was arrested.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Liu Xixiang Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

  2011-02-26
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xixiang was repeatedly persecuted for her belief. She was in a forced labour camp from 2002 to 2004. On November 17th, 2008 she was again arrested, tortured, and severely injured. She was given a four-year prison sentence in April 2009 and sent to the Jinan Women’s Prison, where she remains. The persecution caused her family great harm. Her mother-in-law and husband died recently, after the long-term mental pressure brought to them by the persecution.
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• Six Falun Gong Practitioners in Tangshan Taken to Forced Labour Camps

  2011-02-24
  Between mid-November 2010 and early this year, members of the Tangshan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and officers from the police departments, domestic security divisions, and police stations arrested over 50 Falun Gong practitioners in a wide area. Six practitioners have been taken to forced labour camps. Ms. Fu Wenhuai and Ms. Wu Suxiang were arrested by police. The police confiscated computers, printers, Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution, and personal items. On December 9th, Ms. Fu was taken to the Hehuakeng Forced Labour Camp to serve a one-year term. Ms. Wu was also sentenced to one year of forced labour.
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