Inside the Labour Camps

  • I Witnessed Ms. Gao Rongrong Being Tortured in Longshan Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Gao didn't come out because of her bad health, so several team leaders forced her out. Female guard Liang Zhen shouted, "Handcuff her!" Tang Yubao took an electric baton and rushed at Ms. Gao. He grabbed her hair, pulled her out of bed and pushed her into the aisle. Before Ms. Gao was able to get her balance, Tang Yubao started to hit her face from both sides. He then grabbed her by her hair and hit her head against the table and the wall."
  • Practitioner Ms. Li Shue Was Beaten by Prison Guards in the Jilin Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Li Shue who is over 50 years old was kicked in the back, chest, arms and legs and was punched in the head until she could no longer move. She said, "The labour camp forces practitioners to work over 10 hours a day, pushing us to the limit." Due to the beating, persecution, and prolonged labour, Li is skinny and depressed. She is pale and cannot walk properly but is still forced to glue toy birds for over 10 hours everyday.
  • I Got Out of the Jiamusi City Forced Labour Camp Alive after Suffering Extreme Torture

    "I was imprisoned in the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp by the local police because I practise Falun Dafa. I suffered nearly two years of persecution in the labour camp. The guards there treated practitioners in a manner too cruel to describe. Guards handcuffed me in the "big back-cuffing" position [this is a very painful form of torture in which one arm is pulled down the back behind the head and the other hand is raised up from the lower back. The two hands are handcuffed together, causing unbearable pain]. I was handcuffed for two hours in this extremely painful position. I got out alive from the labour camp, but suffered extreme torture."
  • Many Falun Dafa Practitioners' Joints Are Dislocated by Multiple Torture Sessions in the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp

    Chaoyanggou Labour Camp used the following torture methods to force Falun Dafa practitioners to renounce the practice: pouring cold water on practitioners; pressing down on their legs with force; forcing the double lotus position and then throwing down practitioners to the ground after raising them up in the air; immobilising the legs and elbow joints with sticks and then using an electric baton to shock the arms, anus, and the whole body; using an electric baton to shock practitioners after pouring cold water onto their bodies; tying up the practitioners with rope and a stick, and then turning the sticks with force, making the rope cut into the flesh; handcuffing and then hanging up practitioners by the cuffs; and beating them with tool handles or other hard objects.
  • 63-Year-Old Ms. Qin Qingfang Dies from Persecution at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    In December 2000, Ms. Qin Qingfang, 63, was arrested for being persistent in her practice of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Her husband witnessed her arrest and was so frightened that he suffered a stroke, losing the ability to speak and also becoming paralysed. With no one else to look after Ms. Qi's ageing father and her eight-year-old grandson, the authorities still sentenced Ms. Qi to three years of forced labour and was thus sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in September 2004 for three years of forced labour. On July 9th 2005, she died as a result of persecution
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Mu Xiangjie Shares Her Firsthand Experiences of Persecution

    "My name is Mu Xiangjie and I live in Tianjin City. In September 2000, I appealed for justice for Falun Dafa in Tiananmen Square and was arrested. The police sent me to the Tiananmen Police Department and beat me fiendishly because I refused to get into their car. They beat me until I couldn't move my upper body, except for my arms. I escaped from the police department. Later I was again arrested and sent to the Hongqiao Detention Centre in Tianjin. I held a hunger strike and was forced-fed. I was then unjustly sentenced to two years of forced labour."
  • Practitioner Mr Hu Shaowei in Poor Health, Has Scabies and Is Almost Blind, But the Huludao Forced Labour Camp Still Detains Him

    After being persecuted in the Huludao Forced Labour Camp for more than a year, Mr. Hu Shaowei, a 35-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Huludao City, Liaoning Province, has scabies all over his body and is almost blind. His family members asked the forced labour camp to release him on medical grounds; but the camp authorities responded that Mr. Hu cannot be released until he renounces his belief.
  • Inhuman Torture At the Guizhou Province Women's Labour Camp; Ms. Zhang Yan Died After Brutal Force-Feeding in 2003

    Prison staff at the Guizhou Province Women's Labour Camp have committed countless crimes against humanity. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Guihong was severely tortured and suffered a mental breakdown. Ms. Zhang Yan was tortured over an extended period, and her body was completely emaciated. She was unable to walk and had to be carried to the treatment room to be force-fed. One day near the end of August 2003, she was again taken to the treatment room, restrained, and died immediately after being force-fed. Another practitioner Ms. Zhou was tortured almost to death and then died soon after being taken home.
  • Zunyi Medical College Graduate Mr. Wu Zhongran Is Suffering Persecution at the Zhongba Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wu Zhongran graduated from Zunyi Medical College in Guizhou Province. He was sent from a brainwashing class to the Guizhou Zhongba Labour Camp where he is suffering from brutal persecution. His tormentors repeatedly spat into his mouth and forced him to swallow. He is also constantly violently punched, kicked and beaten. Mr. Wu's whole body is full of bruises and even now his legs have not recovered enough for him to walk normally.
  • An Senbiao from Daqing City Suffers from Severe Loss of Weight and is Tortured to the Verge of Death

    38-year-old Mr. An Senbiao was locked up and was forced to put on shackles weighting about 33 lbs. Normally, these shackles were reserved for people facing the death penalty. In the Suihua Forced Labour Camp, Mr. An was burned, pricked with needles, force-fed washing powder, shocked with electric batons, sexually assaulted, and is now on the verge of death.
  • The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp

    Each Falun Dafa practitioner detained in Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp was targeted by two or three "personal cangues" - the criminals designated by the police to forcefully control the practitioner's behaviour. The practitioners who do not give in are usually attacked verbally or beaten. They have to stand facing the wall for long periods of time and are deprived of sleep or not allowed to wash their faces or take a shower. Even relieving their bowels is forbidden. Some are persecuted by electric baton shocking or being hung up with their hands cuffed behind their backs.
  • More Facts about the Persecution Suffered by Mrs. Du Guihua in Jiamusixigemu Forced Labour Camp

    44-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mrs. Du Guihua was unjustly arrested in October 2002 and sentenced to three years in the Jiamusixigemu Forced Labour Camp, where she suffered all sorts of torture and brutal persecution, and developed numerous tumours in her body. She was released in 2005 after her family's persistent requests.
  • Atrocities at Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp: Burning Fingernails, Using People as Punching Bags, Violent Beatings

    The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Xiangfu four times because he persisted in practising Falun Gong. At Tiananmen Square, a police officer pushed him to the ground, stepped on his head and beat him until his face became deformed. At the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp the guards burned his hands until they turned black and his fingernails fell off. The back of his hands were scorched and he was also forced to sit in a metal chair for 15 days straight. The perpetrators also invented a torture. They put handles on needles and shot them at the practitioners like darts. The needles stuck deep in the flesh and caused excruciating pain.
  • Exposing the Crimes of the Female Guards at the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp

    The female guards from the women's group of the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, have cruelly persecuted practitioners both mentally and physically. They intensely threatened, pressured, and deceived practitioners and sent them to be brainwashed. Chen Zhaoguang is 47 years old. She was a glib talker and good at making other people suffer. When a prisoner talked with a practitioner, Chen Zhaoguang specifically held a meeting of the prisoners and beat the prisoner who talked.
  • The Persecution Experienced by Practitioner Ms. Chen Liguang Inside the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Liguang, 42 years old, is from Liaoning Province. Because she practises Falun Gong, she has been arrested and tortured under orders of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on numerous occasions. Her home was also ransacked, eventually forcing her to leave the area and wander homeless around the country for nearly two years. In September 2003, Ms. Chen was arrested once again by police officers. During the next more than twenty months of detention, Ms. Chen suffered agonising struggles inside the infamous Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province.