Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Ms. Gao Shuhua from Boli County, Heilongjiang Province, Arrested Again

  2010-09-10
  Ms. Gao Shuhua, 47 years old, was arrested by the Boli County Domestic Security Division again on July 21st. She is now in Qitaihe City Detention Centre. Previously, she was held in Boli County Detention Centre and she was denied visitation rights. On August 10th, police told Ms. Gao Shuhua's husband to sign the documents sentencing his wife to forced labour.
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• Parents Arrested, Three-Year-Old Son Left Behind Unattended

  2010-09-09
  Ms. Lin Xiumei and Mr. Pan Shunyu were arrested on August 3rd, 2010, by police, who broke into their home. The couple's three-year-old son was left behind unattended. Officers ransacked the family's home at the time of arrest, confiscating personal belongings worth over 60,000 yuan and the house keys. The authorities have refused to return the confiscated keys. Ms. Lin and Mr. Pan are currently detained at the Suihua City Detention Centre.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Given Long Prison Sentences in Loudi City, Hunan Province

  2010-09-06
  On August 3rd, 2010, nine Falun Gong practitioners were secretly sentenced by the Louxing District Court in Loudi City, Hunan Province. Five were given long-term jail sentences: Cao Gongxun was sentenced to 10 years; Liu Xinping 9 years; Zhou Qingfeng 5 and a half years; Ouyang Zhong 3 and a half years; and He Jinlin 2 years. Four other practitioners were sentenced to 3 years but their sentences were suspended and they put under surveillance for 4 years. These practitioners found the sentences unacceptable and sent an appeal to a higher court. The ruling of the Louxing District Court on August 3rd came after the date required by statute, which is six weeks after the trial. Pronouncing the sentences more than four months after the trial was illegal.
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• Accountant and Doctor Arrested, Their Lawyers Prevented from Getting Involved

  2010-09-05
  Zeng Yuxian, a former accountant, and Cui Weikai, a former emergency centre doctor, were arrested by police on March 26th, 2010. Their families have hired lawyers, but the communist regime has harassed and subjected them to intimidation, trying to force them to drop the case. Mr. Zeng was fired from his job for practising Falun Gong. He was also detained in a forced labour camp many times and subjected to brutal abuse. Prison guards poured hot water on him, resulting in his head being scalded. Wire clamps were used to clamp his teeth. He was deprived of sleep for several nights and not allowed to go to the toilet, so he had to relieve himself in his trousers. They also put shackles on his legs and used handcuffs to restrict his movement. Mr. Cui was arrested for handing out brochures that explain the facts about Falun Gong. He was severely beaten by the police and subsequently sent to a hospital for treatment.
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• 610 Office in Baoding City Arrests Over Sixty Falun Gong Practitioners, Harasses Over One Hundred More

  2010-09-04
  The 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] in Baoding City, Hebei Province have recently escalated the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.Police have arrested and harassed Falun Gong practitioners on a large scale. The police officers broke into practitioners' homes. They kicked in the doors, pried opened the locks, and took away cash and private property. Over 60 practitioners were confirmed arrested. Most were imprisoned in a forced labour camp. Over 100 practitioners were harassed. Wang Heli is now demanding that each county hold its own brainwashing session.
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• After 10 Years of Repeated Imprisonment and Crippling Torture, Mr. Bai Sanyuan Is Imprisoned Again

  2010-09-03
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bai Sanyuan has now been sentenced to six years in prison and was taken to Lanzhou Prison on July 12th, 2010. He has been on a protest hunger strike since the end of May. He was force-fed once a week with 500 ml of a mixture of corn porridge and powdered milk. More recently, he has been force-fed and given intravenous fluids daily. He passed out because of his extremely feeble condition on July 28th and it has been reported that he had leg convulsions while unconscious. His face is pale and he is as thin as a skeleton. He looks like a completely different person now than he did just a few months ago. Mr. Bai also suffers from muscular atrophy in the legs and lumbar disc herniation from his last imprisonment.
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• The Jilin City 610 Office Sends Falun Gong Practitioners to a Forced Brainwashing Centre

  2010-09-02
  Falun Gong practitioners were recently arrested and detained in a brainwashing centre in Jilin City. The guards attempted to brainwash the practitioners with the goal of forcing them to renounce their belief in Falun Gong. The guards threatened practitioners that they would be sent to a labour camp or a mental hospital unless they gave up their belief in Falun Gong. Two inmates were assigned in the room to monitor each practitioner. The prison inmates worked two shifts a day, with two in each shift.
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• Tangshan Police Arrest Three Falun Gong Practitioners in the Middle of the Night

  2010-09-01
  On August 11th, 2010, police pried open the metal window covers of 57-year-old Liu Baoqin house to gain entry, and then ransacked her home. They took Ms. Liu Baoqin, her husband and her daughter to Changningdao Detention Centre in Tangshan City. Liu Baoqin's family have been persecuted many times since the persecution began in 1999, for practising Falun Gong. In order to avoid being arrested, Ms. Liu left her home and became destitute. She was detained for more than a year at the Second Detention Centre in Tangshan. While being detained, Ms. Liu exposed the violent acts committed by the guards, so she was shackled with a chain weighing more than 60 pounds for ninety days. She still suffers from numbness and pain in her legs.
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• Eleven Falun Gong Practitioners Sent to Brainwashing Centre in Jianyang City, Sichuan Province

  2010-09-01
  Eleven Falun Gong practitioners from Jianyang City, Sichuan Province have been arrested since June 29th, 2010. Wu Bangrong was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong, while others were arrested directly from home. Some are being detained at the Erehu Brainwashing Centre, while others are missing. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials said that this time Falun Gong practitioners must be "transformed" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]. If they won't give up their practice, or won't sign the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, their sentences will be quite severe.
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• Mr. Wang Youzhong Is Arrested After Four Years of Being Unable to Return Home

  2010-08-30
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Youzhong has been unable to return home for the past four years. This is because the police knew he practised Falun Gong and were looking for him. He was arrested in June 2010. A letter was then sent to the Qingshui Village Committee, stating that Mr. Wang had been sent to a forced labour camp for two years. There was no sender's address on the letter, no details of which labour camp he was sent to, and no authorised signature. Mr. Wang's family had to go to the various police stations to try to find out where he was, but the people handling his case refused to meet with them. They were given a phone number to call, but nobody answered the phone. When Mr. Wang's family went to the detention centre to find him, they were told that he was no longer there and had been taken away. Mr. Wang's current whereabouts are unknown.
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• Mr. Li Baofeng from Beijing Given a Four-Year Prison Term

  2010-08-30
  On April 22nd, 2008, a group of police and officials broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Baofeng's home, ransacked it and seized his money and personal property. They took Mr. Li as well as his wife and daughter to the Chaoyangmen Police Station and interrogated them. Mr. Li's wife and daughter were released at midnight that same day. After being detained for one year, he was covertly sentenced to four years of imprisonment. He is currently in a prison in Tianjin.
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• Jiangxi Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Ao Yiwen Arrested

  2010-08-29
  On August 10th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ao Yiwen was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Pingxiang City. She was arrested by police and has been detained at the Shangli District Detention Centre. The day after her arrest, on August 11th, a dozen or so policemen and other officials, ransacked her home, confiscating DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and some personal belongings. They told Ms. Ao's family, "She will be sentenced to twenty years in prison." Ms. Ao has been on a hunger strike at the detention centre, and her life is in danger. Prison guards sent her to the hospital for intravenous fluids.
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• Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced by Shouguang City Court in Shandong Province

  2010-08-28
  During the period from late December 2009, to the end of January 2010, police officers from Sunji Township, Shouguang City, Shandong Province arrested several local Falun Gong practitioners. They were physically tortured and had money extorted from them. Four of the practitioners, including were recently sentenced to prison or forced labour camp. Ms. Zhang Faxiang was arrested on the charge that she had been producing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong several years ago. Shouguang Court sentenced her to four years in prison.
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• Prosecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Circumvents Established Laws

  2010-08-27
  On July 22nd, 2010, the Liaoning Province Donggang Court, local police and staff from the Procuratorate put Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zou Jiling on trial. Li Changming and Zhang Chuanli, attorneys from Beijing, defended the accused practitioner. They addressed the indictments one by one, based on legal principles. They remonstrated that practising Falun Gong and possessing Falun Gong materials is legitimate under Chinese law, the Chinese Constitution and established regulations. The hearing showed clearly how the Communist Party circumvents Chinese laws.
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• Subjected to Forced Labour Twice, Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City Arrested Again

  2010-08-27
  Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City was arrested on July 11th, 2010 by police. She is now in the Qingdao City No. 3 Detention Centre, and her family is forbidden to visit her. Ms. Gao has been detained three times for not giving up Falun Gong. She has twice been subjected to forced labour terms. Over the past more than five years, Ms. Gao has endured all kinds of physical torture and mental torment and has suffered greatly.
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