Inside the Labour Camps
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Record of Brutal Persecution of Practitioners at Pingantai Labour Camp
2002-09-26They tied and hung up practitioner Song Yanzhao in a vegetable shed for two days and 16 hours. They beat him up at night and broke his ribs. He asked to go to hospital for examination, but was refused. -
Intense Persecution in Masanjia Labour Camp Causes Practitioners to Suffer Mental Collapse
2002-09-25The guards handcuffed her, shackled her onto a metal bed frame and brutally force-fed her by inserting a tube through her nose. After the forced-feeding, they cruelly did not bother to remove the tube. Qi Zhenrong could barely breathe. -
Eye-Witness Account of the Persecution of Dafa Practitioners
2002-09-23After the wire cords were broken, the torture continued with bamboo rods. The torture did not stop even after all bamboo rods were in pieces from the beating, and bamboo thorns had pierced Ma's body all over. They covered Ma's wounds with detergent and poured icy water on his body... -
Exposing the Evil Crimes of Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp in Jilin Province
2002-09-22[Police] beat them with electric batons, wooden bats, plastic tubes, and cables, which they called "white dragons" and "black dragons." [...] Some were beaten to the point of losing control of their bodily functions. According to one victim, he felt that his ribs were broken from the heavy blows. On one occasion, when the evil hoodlums used a wooden pickaxe for the beatings, the handle of the pickaxe was broken. -
Atrocities in the Third Labour Camp in Xuchang City
2002-09-19Then they tortured the practitioners using ropes, handcuffs and batons. Practitioner Yao Sanzhong, a teacher from Luohe City, was subjected to rope-torture eight times within forty-eight hours, leaving his arms numb for many days. -
Cruel, Long-term Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners at Jiuwuchang Labour Camp
2002-09-17He was forced to wear thin clothes and stand in the snow in winter, and was forced to run under the hot noon sun in summer. Guards shocked him repeatedly with electric batons until he fell unconscious... -
Masanjia Labour Camp Holds More Than 1,300 Women Practitioners and Tortures Them Brutally
2002-09-12The torture in Masanjia Labour Camp has caused some practitioners to suffer mental collapse. The police would beat anyone who asked to do the exercises and tightly bound practitioners' legs with ropes for hours, until they fell unconscious due to the extreme pain. To prevent their crimes from being revealed, when visitors come to the camp, the guards keep the more outspoken practitioners quiet by putting them into solitary confinement. -
Practitioners Frequently Lose Consciousness As Police Try Extract "Confessions" Through Torture
2002-09-11In a short time, the victim would be covered with so much sweat that his clothes became drenched, suffering acute pain and even vomiting. If the victim fainted during the torture, cold water would be splashed on him to revive him before the next round of torture. -
Falun Dafa Practitioners Brutally Tortured in the Xinhua Labour Camp
2002-09-10Determined practitioners have been tied up and shocked by electric batons and beaten with stiff rubber clubs. Practitioner Xu Langzhou was tied up with ropes until his faced turned black just for shouting, "Stop beating the people!" -
Practitioners at Panjin Municipal Labour Camp Brutally Beaten and Denied Sleep
2002-09-07Some practitioners were forced to stay awake continuously for more than 3 days and nights. Some became mentally confused due to the long-term physical abuses, lack of sleep, and other forms of torture. -
Cases of Abuse of Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp
2002-09-06Since you like to practise, now just do it, but you are not allowed to stop, do not uncross your legs from the double crossed [Lotus] position." While Lin was sitting with legs crossed in the Lotus position, police directed the "criminal-monitors" to walk on her legs and feet, and to sit on her double crossed legs with force. Her pain-filled cries could be heard even upstairs. -
Practitioner Sodomized and Shocked with Electric Batons Continuously For One Hour at Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp
2002-09-04Screams and cries from the torture made us feel that we were living in hell. The labour camp used extreme means to brutally torture practitioners, such as whipping us with iron whips. Oftentimes, they even used four batons to shock one practitioner at the same time. -
Dafa Practitioners Hung from Trees by Labour Camp Officials
2002-09-02In order to reach the goal of "reforming" the practitioners, the labour camp thugs tied the practitioners onto chairs for days and nights during which time the practitioners were not allowed to sleep. The thugs surrounded and brutally beat the practitioners. This is the reality of the truth behind the "gentle reformation like spring rain." -
Ding Xiangying and Other Female Practitioners Abused in Shibalihe Forced Labour Camp
2002-09-02She suffered severe torture and other kinds of inhuman treatments at the forced labour camp. Despite the extremely brutal environment, she remains optimistic with a smiling face. -
Practitioners Mercilessly Tortured With Electric Batons in Labour Camp
2002-08-26They used electric batons to shock these practitioners on their sensitive areas such as their faces, arches of their feet, necks, and armpits. The practitioners' conditions after this abuse were too ghastly to look at.