Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office

Ms. Chen Yanxiu Taken to Forced Labour Camp Again

2010-12-16

Ms. Chen Yanxiu has been tortured repeatedly at forced labour camps because she practises Falun Gong. She and her husband were arrested on October 8th for the third time and sentenced to forced labour and prison again, because they spoke of Falun Gong to their cab driver and his wife, tried to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, and gave them Falun Gong materials. Their family members were not notified of their whereabouts.

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After Being Detained in Forced Labour Camps Three Times, Ms. Chen Xiumei Sues Her Persecutors

2010-12-15

My name is Chen Xiumei. I am from Baoding, Hebei Province. Between January 15th, 2009 and January 23rd, 2010, I was detained in the First Division of Hebei Women's Forced Labour Camp. During this period, Liu Ziwei, Chief of the First Division, tortured me. He ordered guards to pull my hair, and beat and verbally abuse me, which left permanent scars on my body. My right arm was partially disabled. They also spread rumours, saying that I had psychosis. I request the procuratorial departments to open a case, conduct an investigation, and pursue any criminal conduct of the accused persons according to the law.

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Ms. Xiang Huaixiang, in Her 60's, from Hunan Province Secretly Put On Trial

2010-12-14

On November 19th, 2010, Ms. Xiang, in her 60s, was arrested on July 19th, 2010 at her home while conducting a Falun Gong group study with 11 elderly female practitioners. Police also ransacked Ms. Xiang's home and confiscated many of her personal belongings, her car, and over 15,000 yuan. She was secretly put on trial at Beihu District Court in Chenzhou City. While in court, Ms. Xiang kept telling people that Falun Gong and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are good, and refused to sign the court paperwork.

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Dalian Practitioner Wang Yukun, 56, Arrested

2010-12-14

Mr. Wang Yukun, 56, is a Falun Gong practitioner in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. On November 23rd, as Mr. Wang spoke to people about Falun Gong at a construction site he was reported to the authorities. He was arrested by police, and is currently being detained at the Dalian Drug Rehabilitation Centre.

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Ms. Gui Qionghua: "Practising Falun Gong Eliminated My Cancer, But I Was Persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for Speaking the Truth"

2010-12-13

Ms. Gui Qionghua, 40, is a farmer in Yunnan Province. For six years she had uterine cancer. After a practitioner told her about Falun Gong in 2004, she began to practise and her health recovered within six days. She then started to distribute informational materials explaining what Falun Gong is and how practitioners are being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but the police arrested her and subjected her to various forms of abuse.

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Two Sisters, Ms. Wang Yinghua and Ms. Wang Yingxia from Jiamusi Detained, Family Traumatised

2010-12-13

Two sisters from Jiamusi City, Ms. Wang Yinghua and Ms. Wang Yingxia, were detained numerous times since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. Their family was also severely affected. Their parents are unable to take care of themselves and the home was left unattended. Ms. Wang Yingxia distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on December 14th, 2007 and was arrested. When Ms. Wang's sister, Ms. Wang Yinghua, went to Fuyuan County Detention Centre to see her she could barely recognise her. Her face was so severely swollen that she could not see. A guard in the detention centre said that she had been sentenced to three years of imprisonment without going through legal procedures.

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Fifteen Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Harassed in Tangshan Area

2010-12-12

Fifteen Falun Gong practitioners were reportedly abducted by authorities in Tangshan City on November 24th. Eight were detained in the Tangshan City Detention Centre by midnight. Others were taken to the Tangshan City First Detention Centre. 65-year old Ms. Li Lihua was arrested by police. They were hiding on the staircase. Wang Bin (who has repeatedly persecuted Falun Gong practitioners) shouted that someone had reported Li to the authorities and they need to ransack the place. They tried to take her away, but she resisted. Police carried her to the police car.

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Ms. Deng Hui's Personal Account of Persecution

2010-12-12

In May 2002. I was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and was first taken to the Xili Brainwashing Centre. After seven months of brainwashing sessions, I was transferred to the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp. They used many methods to torture me in the labour camp, such as denying me use of the toilet, depriving me of sleep, and forcing me to remain in strenuous positions for long periods of time.

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Practitioner Yang Xitian from She County, Hebei Province Sentenced to Forced Labour

2010-12-11

On September 25th, eight police officers broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Yang Xitianand his wife Wang Qiaolian. They ransacked and confiscated their property. Police took Yang Xitian and his wife to a detention centre. Wang Qiaolian was forced to do slave labour, packaging small decoration gifts made by male prisoners. Every day she had to work 14 to 15 hours. Yang Xitian was sentenced to forced labour for eight months and was sent to the Handan Forced Labour Camp.

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Officials Try to Prevent Lawyers from Defending Practitioners in Zhaoyuan City

2010-12-11

Seven Falun Gong practitioners from Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province, were recently arrested. Officials from the judiciary and Zhaoyuan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) tried to prevent their lawyers from defending them. When the lawyers met the judge, they were told the situation had changed, and that they could neither meet with their clients nor defend them in court. The judge showed them a hand-written note, claiming it was from one of the practitioners. It read, "I do not want a lawyer, and I do not want my family to hire a lawyer for me, either." The family members firmly denied that these were the real wishes of any of the practitioners and questioned the authenticity of the handwriting.

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Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced in Songyuan, Jilin Province

2010-12-11

Four Falun Gong practitioners were recently tried secretly at the Ningjiang District Court in Songyuan, Jilin Province. The trial was held without informing the practitioners' families, and the practitioners were sentenced several days after the trial. Doctor Yang was sentenced to eight years. According to sources inside China, he has been brutally tortured. The three other practitioners were sentenced to seven and a half years. They are still being held at the Shanyou Detention Centre in Songyuan.

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Practitioners Persecuted in Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp

2010-12-10

Twelve practitioners were detained in Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province from July 1st to July 3rd, 2010. They were brutally tortured in an attempt to force them to give up their belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Liu Shuling refused to sign a guarantee statement to stop practising Falun Gong, and so the guards kept her tied to the iron chair and extended her term at the camp by three more months. While the practitioners were handcuffed to the iron chairs, the guards covered all the windows and doors with newspaper, so nobody from outside could see them. It was very hot inside the room. The handcuffs deeply cut into the flesh. After a few days of no sleep, they were mentally and physically exhausted. Ms. Liu was tortured to death on July 3rd.

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Ms. Zhou Shuhong Detained at Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp

2010-12-10

On June 13th, 2010, Ms. Zhou Shuhong was arrested by a dozen police officers from the Zhuozhou 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong]. The police officers ransacked her house. They sentenced Ms. Zhou to one year of forced labour using the information on her computer, leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and Falun Gong books that they took from her house. It has been more than six months since Ms. Zhou was transferred to Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp. When Ms. Zhou's family members went to see her at the forced labour camp, the guards harassed, intimidated, and deceived them.

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In China, Millions Targeted for Brainwashing

2010-12-10

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is rolling out a new campaign that seeks to forcibly “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] the minds of Falun Gong believers in China. It will go for three years, involve millions of people, and cost billions of dollars, according to Party documents available online and a recent analysis by a Falun Gong human rights group.

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Released after Seven Years of Imprisonment, Mr. Xu Ming Arrested Again

2010-12-09

In June 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Ming was arrested at his home by 13 police officers. After he started practising Falun Gong, many people witnessed the changes in him and thought very highly of him. Mr. Xu was subjected to seven years of imprisonment because he practised Falun Gong. Not long after he was released, he was arrested again. Now he is being held in the Changzhou City Detention Centre. The police officers ransacked his house and took away his computer and many other personal belongings. Mr. Xu was sentenced for the first time ten years ago. He was brutally tortured during interrogation. When he was in prison, he was forced to do slave labour during the daytime. At night he was deprived of sleep for 12 days in a row.

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