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Falun Gong Practitioners' Righteous Demeanour in Court Touches People's Hearts

2010-06-05

Ms. Zhang Meilan, Ms. Peng Sufen, and Ms. Liu Rong put up three banners on the bridge of an intersection reading, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good!" "Falun Gong is Great!" and "The World Needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance!" Their righteous action put fear in the hearts of the Communist Party officials. In the face of Communist Party members who brutally persecute and defame Falun Gong, these three ladies stood up bravely in court on May 24th, 2010, in defence of their faith. They calmly answered questions and cross examined their accusers with their own questions that flowed like water.

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610 Office Document Exposed as Police Arrest Ms. Chen Hongli for the Sixth Time

2010-06-05

On May 3rd, 2010 about a dozen police officers suddenly barged into Ms. Chen Hongli's home. They arrested her and confiscated her belongings, including her computer. This was the sixth time that Ms. Chen has been arrested since the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999. In late April, after Clearwisdom.net uncovered a 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong] document instigating an attack on Falun Gong practitioners citing the Shanghai World Expo as an excuse, the documents disseminated in some districts were urgently recalled overnight.

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A Prosecutor's Shameful Conduct and a Falun Gong Practitioner's Compassion

2010-06-03

On April 27th, 2010, Hebei District Court in Tianjin held a trial for Ms. Jia Wenguang. During the trial, the prosecutor, Meng Xiangmei, presented two witnesses who accused Ms. Jia of forcing them to accept Falun Gong fliers. Ms. Jia explained that she has never forced materials on anyone. On the day she was arrested, she was only talking to the undercover agent when she was forced into a police car. During the trial, prosecutor Meng became belligerent and resorted to making personal attacks on the defence lawyer. Ms. Jia said to everyone in the court, "You are not my enemies. I hope you remember that Falun Gong is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good."

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Middle School Teacher Mr. Liu Xia Again Faces Unjust Sentencing

2010-06-03

The Shihe District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Xinyang City directed police to arrest Ms. Liu Xia while teaching at her school on November 10th, 2009. Five police officers dragged Ms. Liu into a car without giving a reason for the arrest. When Ms. Liu called out that the police were abducting her, she was charged with "viciously attacking the Party and government." She was tried in court in January 2010. Ms. Liu is being held in the First Detention Centre of Xinyang City, awaiting sentencing.

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Teenager's Cancer Disappears after Practising Falun Gong; Family Threatened by 610 Office

2010-06-02

Qu Jianguo, 16, was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, but received a new lease on life after starting to practise Falun Gong. He was grateful from the bottom of his heart, and wrote an article "High School Student Survives Bone Cancer after Practising Falun Gong" on the Minghui website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net] to tell his story. Then the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Baoding City initiated an investigation into Jianguo's whole family. Since then, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have attempted several times to force him to sign a guarantee statement to renounce his belief and to declare that Falun Gong had nothing to do with his recovery.

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Four Women Practitioners Arrested in Court for Appealing

2010-06-02

On April 30th, 2010, four female Falun Gong practitioners, including Song Wenxiu, went to court to appeal for the release of Song's daughter, Li Shihong, and explain the facts about Falun Gong to judges Wu Shanrong and Ye Li, who were involved in her arrest and trial. Police then arrested the four practitioners and sent them to the Jiangan District Brainwashing Centre.

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Ms. Liang Meihua, 62, Defends Herself at Trial Held in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province

2010-06-02

On April 30th, 2009, while Ms. Liang Meihua, 62, and seven other practitioners were studying the Falun Gong teachings they were reported. Over ten police officers came and arrested them and held then in custody. On April 20th, 2010, Ms. Liang was tried in Xihu Court, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province and defended herself. She stated that the police showed no ID when they arrested her and and stole many of her personal items. She also said she had been held in detention for nearly a year and that it is illegal to hold anyone over such a long period of time without trial and they had no evidence of her committing a crime. No records were signed at the time of the arrest, making them invalid. The presiding judge was angry and adjourned the proceeding.

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Human Rights Attorney Defends Falun Gong Practitioners on Trial in Xichang City

2010-06-01

The court in Xichang City, Sichuan Province held a trial of Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Lu Yuancui and Ms. Xia Huiqiong on April 28th, 2010. During the evidence stage of the trial, Jiang Hua and Jin Kebin from the City Procuratorate showed six CDs as "evidence" in order to frame Lu Yuancui and Xia Huiqiong. A policeman even took away the case files that the attorney was reading. The attorney pointed out that there was no witness and no signature on the confession, and according to the law, the witness testimony is void. The trial ended in a hurry after a strong defence from a human rights attorney.

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Ms. Zhang Zhenmin Sent to Brainwashing Centre after Serving an Eight-year Sentence

2010-06-01

Ms. Zhang Zhenmin is a 47-year-old Falun Gong practitioner. She was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment and should have been released on May 2nd, 2010. Instead, she was sent to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou. In prison she was subjected to beatings, electric shocks, hanging up by the handcuffs, and other forms of torture. In July 2004, Ms. Zhang was beaten by police because she took down a board that defamed Falun Gong. The police hung her by her handcuffed wrists, and subjected her to electric shocks and other tortures in the toilet for seven to eight days.

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The Torture I Experienced in Liaoning Province Women's Prison

2010-05-31

On April 12th, 2003, I was reported to the police as a Falun Gong practitioner and was arrested. I was detained in the Fuxing Detention Centre, Liaoning Province. In March 2004 I was sentenced to four years imprisonment and transferred in Liaoning Province Women's Prison. I experienced and witnessed many types of torture used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners: sleep deprivation, physical punishment, in winter pouring freezing cold water over the naked body, constant beatings, sleeping on a hard board, not being allowed to use the toilet, no toilet paper, confiscating food and everyday goods, confiscating money, being hung up, gagged, stuffed into a box, and the list goes on. Force-feedings with unknown drugs made several practitioners develop mental disorders. The torture caused numerous disabilities.

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Medical Doctor and Her Mother Arrested, Their Homes Ransacked

2010-05-31

On May 5th, Ms. Li, Junying, a medical doctor from Handan City, Hebei Province, was reported to the police while she was explaining the facts about Falun Gong. She was arrested and her home was ransacked. On the same night at around midnight, Ms. Li's mother, Ms. Wang Xiumei, was also arrested and her home ransacked without cause. Both mother and daughter are now detained at the Wei County Police Bureau.

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Ms. Wang Huilin from Tangshan City Persecuted and Put on Trial

2010-05-30

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Huili persisted in her belief and explained the facts about Falun Gong and exposed the persecution to people. After sending her to one term of forced labour, the police arrested Ms. Wang once again in December 2009. She lost consciousness in the Fengnan Court during a trial on April 16th, 2010. Prior to this trial, Fengnan District Domestic Security Division agents tortured Ms. Wang. She was made to sit on a bench for extended periods, was placed in shackles, and brutally assaulted.

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Mr. Yu Lianhe Persecuted in a Forced Labour Camp for the Third Time

2010-05-30

Before the persecution, our family of three practised Falun Gong. It brought enormous improvement in our health and mind. This was especially so for my wife, who completely regained her health after practising Falun Gong. However, everything collapsed after the Communist Party launched the persecution. My wife and I were both arrested. I was sent to a forced labour camp for a year. Following that, I was again apprehended and sent to a labour camp for two more years. Unable to bear the stress from the persecution and from supporting the family by herself, my wife gave up practising and filed for a divorce. Some locals who did not know the truth thought that it was my practice that destroyed my family.

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Brutal Torture in the Judong Forced Labour Camp

2010-05-29

Ms. Lu Yaqin was 56 years old in 2001. She was beaten and shocked by five or six male wardens with electric batons simultaneously for over two hours. The wardens kept asking her if she was a Falun Gong practitioner. She always answered "yes," and the wardens continued torturing her. At the end of the torture session, her left foot was paralysed and she was unable to stand under her own power. The beating caused a large blister full of blood on her forehead. When the blister broke, her face was covered with blood.

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Ms. Xiao Peiying from Gaobeidian City Survives Repeated Persecution

2010-05-29

Ms. Xiao Peiying from Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province, has been persecuted repeatedly because she will not give up her right to practise Falun Gong. On June 26th, 2008, four or five policemen broke into Ms. Xiao's home. They broke two doors and searched the house. They confiscated mobile phones and Falun Gong items. She was taken to the police station. Police forced her to sign a declaration that she was not a Falun Gong practitioner and took her fingerprints for the police records. When they were torturing Ms. Xiao, they smashed her face, grabbed her hair, and broke her arms by hitting them against tables. They pressed her hands into the ink for her fingerprints. She was held in the detention centre for nine days and then was sent to the Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp. On the way she had ten kilo shackles on her.

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