Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Wu Keli and Yuan Wenxin, Husband and Wife from Jilin Province, Are Imprisoned

  2009-11-17
  Wu Keli, 61, and Yuan Wenxin, 57, husband and wife and both Falun Gong practitioners, have been imprisoned and tortured. Ms. Yuan has been imprisoned twice in a forced labour camp, and Mr. Wu was given a jail term in 2003 after being tortured. Ms. Yuan says: "My mother has three daughters. She has seen all of us endure forced labour. Her son-in-law and youngest grandson were given 5 and 4-year jail terms. Her eldest grandson was held in the Fushun City Brainwashing Centre in Liaoning Province, and her granddaughter was forced to leave home and become destitute. The cruel persecution and heavy mental blows caused her death even though she had always been strong and healthy. She was unable to see her son-in-law before she died on December 31st, 2006."
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• Mr. Yin Sirong in Critical Condition--Xishanping Forced Labour Camp Authorities Skirt Responsibility

  2009-11-15
  Since he started practising Falun Gong in 1996, Mr. Yin Siron has followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and has benefited enormously. Since the persecution began on July 1999, he has been persecuted numerous times. He was forced to leave his home and became homeless in March 2000. He was arrested on a bus in December 2000, and sentenced to three years in a labour camp. He has suffered all kinds of torture and abuse while in Xinhua Forced Labour Camp. He was arrested again on July 31st 2009 and police sent him to Xishanping Forced Labour Camp. In order to protest the persecution, 50-year-old Yin Sirong started a hunger strike.
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• Ms. Fan Weihuang from Zhengzhou Arrested

  2009-11-15
  On October 28th, 2009, a man whose last name is Huang, along with two men and a woman from the Henan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), broke into Ms. Fan Weihuang's house and arrested her. During 2004 and 2007, Ms. Fan Weihuang was tortured by the Guan City Public Security Bureau, and was later persecuted in Xinxiang Women's Prison. She was forced to perform labour in prison, and as a result her fingers became gnarled and her nails deteriorated.
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• Ms. Zhang Lirong Sentenced to Four-Year Prison Term by Shenyang City Tiexi District Court

  2009-11-15
  Zhang Lirong has practised Falun Gong for 13 years. Since then, her stomach ailments, headaches, and postpartum diseases were all cured without medication. She also became tolerant and friendly. She often gave help to friends in difficult situations without asking for anything in return. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong, she firmly upheld her beliefs, and was sentenced to "re-education through labour" twice. She was persecuted in the Longshan and Masanjia Labour Camps in Shenyang for a total of five years. On July 13th, 2009, Zhang Lirong was arrested in her home by police under the charge of "promoting Falun Gong."
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• Wuwen City Practitioner Li Juhua Sentenced to Forced Labour for a Third Time

  2009-11-14
  On August 19th, 2009, the 610 Office chief led a dozen men to Ms. Li Juhua's home, took her away, and detained her for almost fifty days. For her faith in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, Li Juhua has suffered countless incidents of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In the past ten years, she has been detained twice, sentenced to imprisonment in a labour camp three times, and lost her freedom for a total of four years. Her home was broken into twice by the CCP and her family has endured harassment and numerous threats.
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• Return Justice to My Father

  2009-11-13
  My father, Yi Sirong, is a Falun Gong practitioner. Mother and I missed father during his month-long detention. Many relatives and friends also cared about father's well-being. Mother rushed about exhausted between Chendu City and Wanzhou District to rescue father, and many fellow practitioners also made great efforts to help. In December 2000, the police arrested father again and subjected him to three years of forced labour. We barely recognised him when he returned. Our strong father had become a walking corpse. He looked so weak, as if a gust of wind would blow him over. On July 31st, 2009, Wanzhou District Baiyan Police Station agents arrested father and held him in the Wanzhou Detention Centre. Mother wasn't informed until a week later that my father was imprisoned, but we still didn't know why and how father was arrested.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Couple Sent to Court

  2009-11-13
  On October 27th, 2009, Liao Xiaohong, 37, and Shi Jiaoyu, 38, a Falun Gong practitioner couple were sent to the Beihu District Court in Chenzhou City. They have an eight-year-old daughter. In the ten years of persecution of Falun Gong in China, the couple has spent very little time together or with their daughter because they have been arrested, detained, or imprisoned at forced labour camps many times. Their daughter has been raised mainly by relatives.
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• "Model Worker" Arrested Many Times for Practising Falun Gong

  2009-11-12
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gu Xuemin is almost 70 years old. Because she was a responsible, hard worker; she was honoured as a model worker every year for several decades. She has a big pile of award certificates. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, she remained steadfast in her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and she has been constantly harassed by the Chinese Communist regime. There have been many times that she was followed, arrested, held in a detention centre, and sentenced to jail. Her husband was frightened many times and became very ill as the result. He is now comatose.
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• Ms. Cao Junfeng of Weifang City in Shandong Province Has Been Sentenced to a Nine-Year Term

  2009-11-12
  On October 18th, 2009, the court of Hanting District in Weifang City, Shandong Province, tried 54-year- old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Cao Junfeng. She was sentenced to a nine-year term just for following Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. As there is a 10-day appeal period, Ms. Cao Junfeng was detained in the Weifang City Detention Centre until October 28th, 2009. Ms. Cao has been imprisoned for one year and three months, since July 9th, 2008. The guards at the detention centre cruelly tortured her and her health deteriorated within one month after her arrest. She vomited often and there was blood in her stool. Ms. Cao's family members were prevented from visiting her.
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• Mr. Wei Guanghua Is on the Verge of Death after Six Years of Imprisonment

  2009-11-11
  Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wei Guanghua and sentenced him to nine years imprisonment. Mr. Wei has been persecuted for over six years in prison and his life is in danger. He is nearly 6 foot tall, and weighs less than 90 lbs. He started a hunger strike to protest his persecution and it has lasted for fifteen months up to now. He suffers brutal force feeding five to six time each day during the hunger strike.
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• Practitioner Mr. Luo Guolong, 60, from Shenyang City Arrested and Persecuted for the Fourth Time

  2009-11-11
  Mr. Luo Guolong, a practitioner around 60 years old, was arrested by police on October 20th. Currently he is jailed at Shenbei Xinqu Detention Centre and is being persecuted there. This is the fourth time that Mr. Luo Guolong has been arrested and persecuted. In 2007, Mr. Luo Guolong went to a village and spoke to people about the persecution. He was arrested and the police violently beat him repeatedly using electric batons. When they saw that the electric batons could not "transform" Mr. Luo, they instead used a pair of handcuffs, that weighed over 33 pounds, to handcuff him. Eventually, Mr. Luo was sentenced to one and a half years in Shenxin Forced Labour Camp, where he was forced to do hard labour every day.
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• A Just Defence Moved the Court, But a Practitioner Is Still Sentenced

  2009-11-09
  Longquanyi District Court tried Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Changli on October 13th, 2009. Mr. Li's defence attorney, Mr. Du Peng, from Luotai Attorneys' Office in Luoyang City, Henan Province, provided a sound defence for his client's innocence. However, without any legal basis, the court still sentenced Mr. Li Changli to eight years of forced labour, following an internally pre-set term. President Yang Dejun of the Longquanyi District Court was the main judge.
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• District Court Judge Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province

  2009-11-09
  On July 7th, 2009, presiding judge, Zhao Yubin, participated in persecuting practitioners, including Mr. Yu Yungang, Mr. Fu Yu, Ms. Liu Xiufang, and Mr. Wu Zhigang. The Xiangyang District Court lied to the public that the trial would be open to the public, while they instead set up the temporary court at the Jiamusi City Detention Centre, in a rural area outside the city. On the morning before trial, Mr. Fu Yu's mother, relatives and friends went to the court and asked for the time of the trial but their request for this information was denied by Zhao Yubin, who said, "The trial time is not determined yet. Family members do not have the right to ask." Later, the families tried various channels and learned that the court had sentenced Mr. Fu Yu to five years in prison.
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• Chengdou Southwest Jiaotong University Security Officers Violently Arrest an Older Practitioner

  2009-11-08
  On September, 22nd, 2009, officers of the Security Department of Chengdou Southwest Jiaotong University violently arrested an over 60-year-old Falun Gong practitioner when he was explaining the facts about Falun Gong to a young man. Following is his report: "One of the policemen yelled, Beat him! We have nothing to be afraid of! Thus, they beat me badly with punches and kicks. I was beaten black and blue, and my face was bleeding. I couldn't move or breathe, and was lying on the ground. They tied up my hands with string, causing my hands to swell from the blood restriction."
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Liu Ronghua, a Teacher from Dalian City, Detained at Yaojia Detention Centre, Dalian City

  2009-11-07
  Ms. Liu Ronghua was arrested on September, 23rd, 2009. She is being detained in Yaojia Detention Centre. Those in charge didn't allow her family to visit her. Police found her ex-husband and acquired some useful information and "evidence" on Ms. Liu from him, planning to further persecute her. Ms. Liu is a lecturer and well-respected in the field of education in Dalian City. Because she lost her job due to the persecution and was forced to divorce her husband, she has relied on the rent of the house that her ex-husband left her, and has never borrowed money to survive.
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