Death Cases

  • Shandong Province Dafa Practitioner Ms. Duan Qingfang Dies as a Result of Torture

    During detention there, the police handcuffed them and paraded them in the streets in the rain to humiliate them. The police forced these practitioners to kneel on the ground at each place they went. If the practitioners refused to kneel, the police would kick them to the ground. In the evening, the police handcuffed Ms. Duan Qingfang outdoors in the rain. The torture lasted about a week before they were released.
  • Letter to Officials from Wife of Song Youchun, a Practitioner from Hebei Province, Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    Meanwhile, they said that they were unable to resuscitate Song Youchun after a sudden heart attack and stuck to their story that it was a natural death. They strictly blocked the news to the public. When we asked, "Why did you inform family members of the death at 8:30 a.m. on the 16th when Song Youchun died at 6:40 p.m. on the 15th? What did all the people in charge do during these 13 hours? Why didn't the detention centre notify the family members and the local government in time to arrange medical treatment with family attendance in there, and medical treatment outside the detention centre when Song Youchun was critically ill?
  • Hubei Province Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Guo Maoquan Dies From Torture

    Guo Maoquan, 54, became very healthy after he learned the practice of Falun Gong. His fellow villagers all knew that he was a kindhearted person. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, Guo Maoquan was arrested many times for persisting in practising Falun Gong. In December 2000, Guo was planning on going to Beijing to appeal, when he was reported to the police. Kanjiang Police Station police deceived him into coming out of his home, then stuffed his mouth with towels and beat him savagely.
  • Shandong Province Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Xiao Pifeng Suffered Extreme Abuse at the Qiugu Labour Camp Leading to His Death (Photos)

    Mr. Xiao Pifeng and his wife Li Guangying were both Falun Gong practitioners. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, the couple went to Beijing many times to appeal for Falun Gong. Both of them were brutally persecuted by the local government. The authorities beat Xiao, hung him up, forced him to stand on the ice barefoot in the freezing winter, and stabbed him with a sharpened awl. Despite the torture, Xiao never gave in.
  • Belated News - Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Shubin is Tortured to Death While Detained in the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp

    While Sanshui policemen persecuted Wang Shubin without a shred of conscience, they extorted money from his family, by threatening to kill their son....But his body was abused so badly and had lost its regular shape. His weight decreased by more than 35 kilograms [77 lbs]. After the perpetrators had used up all means to torture Wang Shubin, they finally released him home when he was on the verge of death. The authorities assigned local "610 Office" personnel to continue to monitor him.
  • His Physical Body Severely Damaged and Intense Psychological Stress Leads to Death of Shulan City Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chen Dexi

    The Labour Camp administration refused to give him medical treatment, and let him rest only seven days, after which he was forced to resume his normal labour. He was not released until after his term had been extended an additional eight months. This long period of forced labour is what ruined his health...His physical body was severely damaged, as well as intense psychological stress, neither of which he could recover from upon returning home, finally leading to his death on October 25, 2003.
  • Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Guoqing Dies as a Result of Brutal Beatings in Fuzhou City Labour Camp

    The inmates beat Zhang Guoqing almost everyday, from October 2003 to January 2004. The practitioners told the guards and division head Liu about this, but they were ignored...Zhang Guoqing was severely beaten on January 19, 2004 and suffered internal injuries. The guards sent him to the Jianxin Hospital in Fuzhou City. The callous doctors didn't take his injuries seriously and sent him back the same day.
  • 52-year-old Dafa Practitioner Ms. Song Yulian Tortured to Death by Wuhan City Women's Prison

    This retired lady, who had been commended as a model worker in her workplace, was senselessly and brutally tortured until death. How can being a good person be a crime? How can believing in Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance condemn a person to death? Its is tragic that she, like 900 other practitioners have lost their lives due to peacefully following their beliefs.
  • 50-Year-old Practitioner Ms. Zhao Fengyun Suddenly Dies at Harbin City's Wanjia Labour Camp

    Because she firmly persisted in practising Falun Gong, she was illegally arrested and sent to Wanjia Labour Camp to be tortured. At about 7:00 p.m. on February 27, 2004, she suddenly died in the labour camp. The heartless camp authorities did not inform her family of her situation until she passed away. Her husband has also been unjustly incarcerated and is being held at Changlinzi Labour Camp.
  • More Details about the Cruel Death of Heilongjiang Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liu Yan

    Liu Yan's business could not run normally because he had been unjustly detained for a long period of time and it was forced to close. His death caused severe grief for his mother. She later became very ill and handicapped. Liu Yan is survived by his child and wife, who are faced with great difficulties and sorrow due to his death.
  • Two Falun Dafa Practitioners Have Been Tortured to Death; More Information Is Sought to Verify The Details

    I did not know where the elderly lady and her daughter had been sent. I only learned later, from another practitioner, that the elderly lady had been taken away with nothing to eat and drink. On the way she was very hungry, but no one took care of her. She was later tortured to death near Tai'an. Her sons and daughter had been taken to jail.
  • Revealing More Details on the Death of Ms Tang Meijun at the Chongqing City Women's Labour Camp

    Tang's family were shocked and asked the police how she could have died in such a terrible way. The police faltered, "She committed suicide." In order to uphold justice, her family hired an lawyer. However, the police threatened the lawyer, saying, "The Party has been cracking down on Falun Gong these several years. How dare you come to the labour camp and defend Falun Gong!" Under pressure, he did not say anything.
  • Additional Details Regarding the Death of Yuzhou City Dafa practitioner Mr. Shang Shuichi

    Two days after he began eating the buns, Mr. Shang started to feel dizzy, so he stopped eating on day three. But it was too late; he had already been poisoned. His cheeks turned a greenish color. Other practitioners who were more severely poisoned had dark finger nails. To check the practitioners' condition, police drew their blood to do a lab test. In order to dodge responsibility, when they saw anyone in serious condition, the police would drive that person to a deserted Beijing suburb. They would force the near unconscious practitioner to jump out of the car.
  • Mr. Tang Jianping Dies Alone At Home After Torture by Sichuan Province Police

    Mr. Tang Jianping was detained in the Weiyuan Detention Centre several times, where police caused him to become unconscious from beating and torture and deprived him of sleep for ten days and nights. After being transferred to a labour camp, his internal injuries became worse. He experienced swelling of the chest and abdomen, difficulty ingesting food and water, vomiting blood, and blood in his urine. Released in early 2002, his health became worse and worse. He died after vomiting a large amount of blood on August 28th, 2002.
  • Running the Campaign of Terror: "610 Office" Head Luo Gan's Role and Crimes in the Persecution of Falun Gong

    In April 2002, Luo Gan issued orders to the political and judiciary departments of Heilongjiang, ordering the arrest of 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners to be carried out within a period of three months. The police were told, "Don't bother with those that committed crimes, such as murder, arson or any other criminal offence." Practitioners released on medical parole, practitioners released after going on hunger strike, practitioners who refused to write pledges or who once went to Beijing to appeal again became the targets of arrest.