Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

Ms. Xu Cuiyun from Hebei Province Sentenced to Three Years of Imprisonment

2010-07-30

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xu Cuiyun, 44, was arrested and tortured in January 2010. At the station, the police tried to get a "confession" from Ms. Xu by torturing her all day long. She was locked up in an iron cage and sprayed with a strong corrosive powder on her face and nose by police officers Liang Chao and Chen Jindong, who also used a towel sprayed with the same powder to cover her face, as they dragged her around until she lost consciousness. Policeman Haitao viciously hit her face, and it started bleeding. She was put on trial in a Yutian County Court and sentenced to three years of imprisonment on May 28th. She is appealing her case.

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Six Falun Gong Practitioners Defend Themselves in Court against Unjust Prosecution

2010-07-30

Six Falun Gong practitioners have been detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for over six months. They were brought to court and tried on June 25th and July 8th, 2010, at the Tinghu District Court in Yancheng City. The six practitioners with their lawyers pleaded not guilty. The CCP has never obeyed the law when prosecuting Falun Gong practitioners. The courts are controlled by the CCP, and the courtroom hearings of Falun Gong practitioners are only a formality to deceive the public and the international press. Even though Chinese courtrooms occasionally allow lawyers to speak on behalf the defendants, the sentences have already been decided, influenced by the Political Affairs Committee and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong).

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Sisters-in-law Tried after Exposing How They Were Tortured

2010-07-28

On June 23rd, 2010, Ms. Shang Shiying and Ms. Shan Huanrong were tried at the North Tangshan Road Hebei Province Court. The court allowed only two family members to attend the trial. During the proceedings, Ms. Shang Shiying said that she was only guilty of believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and told how, when she was interrogated by the Fengnan Public Security Bureau and Fengnan Detention Centre guards, they forced to sit on an iron chair in handcuffs and shackles for extended periods. Zhang Baocai, the detention centre director, also participated in torturing her.

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Older Practitioner Mr. Shang Dexing Arrested While Shopping with His Grandson

2010-07-28

Falun Gong practitioner Shang Dexing, 65, was window shopping on May 3rd, 2010, with his seven-year-old grandson. His grandson gave someone a Falun Gong CD, the only CD he had at the time. Because of this, Mr. Shang was arrested by police. He was sent to Qingdao No. 2 Detention Centre on May 4th, and on June 9th, the Laoshan Division of the Qingdao Police Station officially approved the arrest. During that time, his family requested that the relevant authorities release him, but without success.

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Harbin City High Court: There Is No Precedent for Falun Gong to Appeal

2010-07-28

In early April 2010, the Daowai District Court in Harbin City tried three Falun Gong practitioners. In the court, Mr. Guan wanted to defend himself, but the judge would not allow it. The police pointed at Mr. Guan's head and threatened him. At the end, Ms. Liu was sentenced to five years, Mr. Guan four years, and Mr. Zhang three years. Mr. Guan filed for an appeal, but the high court informed him, "There is no precedent for Falun Gong practitioners to appeal."

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After Nine Years of Torture in Prison, Father and Son Did Not Recognise Each Other

2010-07-26

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Zou Guoyan went to Beijing three times to appeal on behalf of the practice. He was arrested and detained six times. In June 2001, he was sentenced to a nine-year prison term. Mr. Zou suffered unspeakable brutalities in detention. He returned home on June 15th, 2010. However, his wife had passed away and his 19-year-old son was living with his uncle. Nine years earlier, when Mr. Zou was sentenced to prison, his son was still a child. Now grown up, father and son did not recognise each other when they met.

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Ms. Liu Huili from Liaoning Province Arrested

2010-07-26

Seven police officers broke into Ms. Liu Huili's home on July 13th, 2010. They lied, saying they needed to discuss something with her, and ordered Ms. Liu to accompany them. Ms. Liu refused to comply. The police searched her home and seized her tape recorder, mobile phone, Falun Gong books, and other personal property. They took Ms. Liu to the county domestic security division and then to Jinzhou Detention Centre.

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Mr. Ban Sanyuan Sentenced, Appeal Ignored by the Court

2010-07-26

Police applied tear gas on Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bai Sanyua in his own barn on May 16th, 2010. After Mr. Bai was overcome by the gas, police arrested him and detained him at the Jingyuan County Detention Centre. Because of his hunger strike to appeal, police handcuffed and chained Mr. Bai to a "tiger bench" for nine days until he was in critical condition. He became very skinny and his body became numb. Even though Mr. Bai was not present, the court held a hearing on June 23rd and sentenced him. Mr. Bai appealed against the sentence but the court told him that he had missed his chance to appeal.

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Ms. Zhang Ping Suffers Heart Attack from Police Brutality

2010-07-25

On March 1st, 2010, police went to the home of Zhang Ping's mother and said that they were collecting the rubbish fee. They arrested Ms. Zhang at her home. They subsequently ransacked Ms. Zhang's home, taking two computers and a printer, along with 4000 yuan in cash. Zhang Ping was then taken to the Mudanjiang No. 2 Detention Centre. Later she was sent to Harbin Detox Centre for forced labour for two years. In 2005, Ms. Zhang was also arrested by police for practising Falun Gong. She was restrained in the space behind the back seats, which caused her to have a heart attack due to lack of oxygen, and she had to be taken to the hospital.

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Ms. Wang Hui Sentenced to Forced Labour

2010-07-23

Ms. Wang Hui, 40, a teacher from the Juren Comprehensive School, was recently sentenced to two and a half years of forced labour, and is now in Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp. When Ms. Wang was out distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution on July 6th, 2009, she was arrested again. Ms. Wang was previously sentenced to one and a half years in October 2001, and was held in the same labour camp.

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University Lecturer Guo Xiaojun from Shanghai Persecuted

2010-07-22

Mr. Guo Xiaojun, a former lecturer at the Computer Science Department in Shanghai Jiaotong University, was arrested on January 8th, 2010 by police. The officers also ransacked his home and car and repeatedly threatened Mr. Guo's wife. Mr. Guo's wife initially hired an attorney from Beijing for legal assistance. However, officials from the Beijing Judicial Bureau pressured him to drop the case under orders from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Shanghai. Mr. Guo's wife then hired another attorney from Beijing, but he also left after being threatened by the Beijing Judicial Bureau.

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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Forces Lawyers Defending Shanghai Jiaotong University Professor to Withdraw from the Case

2010-07-21

A lawyer for Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Xiaojun was notified on June 25th, 2010 by Shanghai Baoshan Court that Mr. Guo would be tried on July 6th. Mr. Guo was a professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University in the computer science department before he was arrested and tortured for practising Falun Gong. His family asked three lawyers to appeal for him, but all three lawyers withdrew due to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mr. Guo is now on his fourth lawyer.

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Judges and Police in Wuhan City Retaliate Against Four Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners for Filing an Appeal

2010-07-21

Ms. Song Wenxiu and her daughter Li Shihong are both Falun Gong practitioners. Earlier this year, police arrested Ms. Song and confiscated the keys to her home. Without any search or arrest warrants, the police ransacked her home and arrested her daughter. police took 1,200 yuan during the raid. Her family went to the police station numerous times to report the missing cash, but the police refused to record and investigate their case. Jiangan District Court tried Ms. Li Shihong on April 7th, 2010. The case against her was composed of fabricated evidence.

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Dentist Ms. Wang Xiaoming Arrested for a Third Time

2010-07-20

Eyewitnesses saw Dr. Wang Xiaoming being arrested outside of her dental clinic at around 10 a.m. on July 6th, 2010, by agents from Wuhan City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Dr. Wang is now detained in Hubei Province Legal Education School (a brainwashing centre). Dr. Wang's husband was employed at the Wuhan City TV Station but could not be promoted because his wife practised Falun Gong. He was later demoted to another job. Their marriage ended because of the huge pressure levied against it under the persecution.

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Persecuted Three Times Already, Education Bureau Accountant Arrested Again

2010-07-20

On June 21st, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Guofang was arrested by police. Ms. Wang was taken to the Changchun City Brainwashing Centre. The officers said, "Falun Gong materials were found in your cabinet. You come with us." Ms. Wang asked, "Why did you search my things? Why should I go with you?" The police officers did not give an explanation and forced her into the vehicle. In October 2004, Ms. Wang was arrested on her way to Beijing, imprisoned for the second time, and subsequently tortured in Changchun Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp.

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