Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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On the Orders of the Dandong City "610 Office," Local Police Arrest 23 Falun Gong Practitioners in One Month
2010-11-08
The 610 Offices (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have been blatantly disregarding the law, and arresting Falun Gong practitioners--23 in the month of September. On August 31st, Donggang Traffic Police assisted four officers by use of a fire engine ladder to break into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Wei through the window. They accused her of "escaping from prison." Back in April 2002, the Donggang City Police Department had arrested Ms. Zhang and she was later sentenced to seven years imprisonment. While detained at a Women's Prison in Shenyang, Ms. Zhang was brutally tortured. She was released on medical parole after she was tortured to the brink of death, and had been living at home since 2003. -
Du Yanrong, 58, Persecuted at Gansu Women's Forced Labour Camp
2010-11-08Falun Gong practitioner Du Yanrong, 58, has been detained for almost six months. She was tortured and as a result became mentally disturbed at Gansu Women's Forced Labour Camp. Ms Du's family eventually were allowed to see her in mid-October 2010, after going through many hurdles. She was severely emaciated and her hair had turned grey. She kept shaking, was not able to stand still, and appeared traumatised. During the twenty-minute visit, she just murmured and babbled. Police arrested Ms. Du when she was telling people the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong in a park on May 28th. She was then held at Tiaoshuping Detention Centre for 15 days before being sent to Gansu Women's Forced Labour Camp. -
Former Deputy Head of Finance Suffers Nine Years of Imprisonment
2010-11-06Ms. Wu Jingjun began to practise Falun Gong at the beginning of 1999. From March to October 2000, she went to Beijing many times to appeal for Falun Gong and, as a result, suffered brutal torture. In January 2001, she was reported to the police for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Fengxin City. She was first held at Fengxin Detention Centre, then moved to Nanchang No. 3 Detention Centre, and finally sentenced to three years of forced labour in June 2001. She was released in June 2004. On September 10th, 2010, she was explaining the facts about Falun Gong on a bus when she was arrested by officer Li of Chaonong Police Station. The police took her to Nanchang No. 3 Detention Centre. Liu, the director of the police station, physically abused Ms. Wu on the way to to the detention centre. -
Ms. Wang Gaizhen Sent to Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province for Two Years
2010-11-05Practitioner Ms. Wang Gaizhen is a nurse. She was arrested at work for her beliefs on July 26th by police. After being detained for more than a month at the Datong Detention Centre, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour on September 17th. She is imprisoned at the Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. This is the third time that Ms. Wang has been arrested for her beliefs. She was arrested for telling others the facts about Falun Gong on November 2nd, 2001, and was subjected to three years of forced labour at the Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp. -
Mr. Qin Yongjie Taken to Weifang Detention Centre
2010-11-04On September 25th, Mr. Qin Yongjie, a teacher in the Physics Department of Weifang University in Shandong Province, was arrested on his way to work. He was taken to the Weifang Detention Centre. The police took keys from his pockets and conducted a search of his home, confiscating a picture of the founder of Falun Gong and a set of Falun Gong books. Since the suppression of Falun Gong began in 1999, the Chinese Communist regime has not allowed this kindhearted university teacher to live in peace and has repeatedly arrested and detained him, ransacked his home, and taken him to forced labour camps. -
Mr. Wu Shengli Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2010-11-04Mr. Wu Shengli is a teacher. He has followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since he started practising Falun Gong. Police arrested Mr. Wu when he was seen talking to people about Falun Gong on August 31st. He was sentenced to one year and three months of forced labour, and sent to the Anhui Province Juvenile Labour Camp on October 9th. When Mr. Wu's family went to visit him on October 13th, a guard told them," We have plenty of methods to get him to change his belief." -
Teacher at Minzu University of China Sentenced
2010-11-03The Haidian District Court in Beijing sentenced Ms. Liang Bo to three-and-a-half years of imprisonment on October 22nd. Ms. Liang was recently arrested on May 20th, by police. Officer Dong Yongping viciously beat her, cursed at her, deprived her of sleep, forced her to wear the inmate uniform, and forcibly cut her hair. Dong, who weighs around 170 pounds, also sat on her chest and pressed his left leg hard against her chest, fracturing her costal cartilage and inducing internal bleeding. -
Ms. Wang Guoxin and Ms. Xing Liqiu Persecuted for Talking to People About Falun Gong
2010-11-03Ms. Wang Guoxin and Ms. Xing Liqiu from Dezhou City, Shandong Province, were arrested by police on October 12th, when they were seen speaking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong at a local market. They were detained at Dongdi Police Station and then taken to Dezhou Detention Centre the same day. Zhang Xikun, from the Public Security branch in Decheng District, led other officers to ransack Ms. Xing's home. They confiscated a computer, Falun Gong books, and a mobile phone. -
The Persecution of Ms. Lu Na and Ms. Wang Huanhua
2010-11-02Ms. Lu Na and Ms. Wang Huanhua are both Falun Gong practitioners. While visiting Ms. Wang in April this year, Ms. Lu went out with her on the 29th of the month to distribute Falun Gong DVDs to passersby in Nanjing City. Unfortunately they were reported to the local police. The local police informed their Hefei City counterparts, and the women were arrested that same day. Even though the police released them in June, they have never stopped harassing them at home. During interrogation police slapped their faces. They also drew blood samples. At the detention centre they were kept in different cells where the space for each person to sleep at was only 20 centimetres wide, so they had to sleep on their sides. At night, the guards made them stand still for two hours without giving them water or allowing them any toilet breaks. -
Ms. Lin Huijin, Who Regained Her Vision after Practising Falun Gong, Arrested in Guangdong Province
2010-11-02They took thousands of yuan from Ms. Lin's business and also arrested Ms. Wu, who was at the shop. Since July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persecuting those that practise Falun Gong. Ms. Lin was harassed many times by the CCP authorities. They threatened her and she was arrested, and her home was raided. Because Ms. Lin treated people kindly and fairly, her business became very successful. Customers liked to chat and purchase her products. Shockingly, that became the excuse for the CCP to arrest and persecute her. The police director told Ms. Lin's husband, "There were too many people who went to her shop, so it must be a contact point for Falun Gong." -
Retired Teacher Ms. Li Xiuying Sentenced in Chongqing City
2010-11-01Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiuying, 57, was reported and arrested for distributing Falun Gong materials in September. She has been sentenced to a three-year forced labour term. Previously, in 2002, just after Ms. Li was released from months in a forced labour camp where she was badly beaten, held in small cells, and handcuffed for long periods of time, she was again sentenced, to a four-year term. She was held in Yongchuan Women's Jail. She was tortured so badly in jail that she was in critical condition. In August 2004, the jail agreed to release her on medical parole and serve the rest of her sentence outside the jail. -
Falun Gong Practitioner and Attorney Mr. Zhu Yubiao Arrested
2010-10-31Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Yubiao, a lawyer, was arrested by agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) again on August 18th, 2010. He has been detained at Haizhu District Detention Centre now for over 50 days. Mr. Zhu was the first lawyer in Guangdong province to openly defend the rights of Falun Gong practitioners; and the officials were aware that his defence was based on the law. With no way to refute the facts, the court officials did not know how to respond. When Mr. Zhu was defending Falun Gong practitioners in court, he said, "Our country bans and punishes cult organizations and activities severely; however, none of these provisions mention Falun Gong. In another words, the law does not say Falun Gong is a cult." -
Mr. Zhang Guangcai Sentenced to Forced Labour for the Third Time
2010-10-31Mr. Zhang Guangcai, 49, was arrested and tortured multiple times, and sentenced to forced labour three times. The most recent sentence came shortly after his arrest on September 20th, 2010, when he was on his way to the hospital to visit his ill father. He is currently awaiting transfer to a forced labour camp. Mr. Zhang was arrested in October 2000 while on his way to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and sentenced to two years of forced labour. He was sent to the Handan Forced Labour Camp. Because he refused to give up his belief, guards subjected him to brutal torture. Two of his ribs were broken after guard Wang Xusheng kicked him for taking care of other sick practitioners. -
Jiang Botao Secretly Transferred to Lianjiangkou Prison after Family Appeals
2010-10-30Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Botao from Qitaihe City in Heilongjiang Province has been jailed in Qitaihe Prison for more than three months. His family members are not allowed to visit him. A family member of Jiang Botao went to Qitaihe Prison to visit him on October 8th. He was told that Falun Gong practitioners are not allowed any visitors. He then found the warden of the prison who told him that special permission was needed to visit a Falun Gong practitioner. The family member said to the warden, "By law, they are allowed a visitor once a month. Why does the organization which executes the law not follow the laws of the Chinese constitution?" They could not answer. Recently we heard that Jiang Botao was secretly transferred to Lianjiangkou Prison in Jiamusi City. -
Yangpu 610 Office Agents in Shanghai Beat Elderly Woman
2010-10-30On June 25th, 2010, police officer Zhou Guangrong deceived 64-year-old Ms. Xu Xuecun into opening the door of her home. The police then went into her bedroom and twelve more people from the local 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] arrived. A large policeman grabbed the small elderly woman, lifted her up and threw her to the ground. When Ms. Xu hit the ground, the policeman used his hands to push and roll her body. Immediately, Ms. Xu's legs and arms started swelling. The right side of her face was swollen and her eyes were black from bruising. One of her teeth also fell out. She sustained severe internal injuries. Currently, Ms. Xu's whereabouts are unknown.
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