Death Cases

Paralysed from Torture in Prison, Older Jiamusi Woman Dies

2014-11-01

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qiu Yuxia, 59. was paralysed by the time she was released from Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison in July 2011. In prison, she was once tied to bed for more than two weeks, after which she developed high blood pressure, her body felt numb, and she had difficulty walking. She was forced to watch videos slandering Falun Gong. For the next two and a half years, she was bedridden and experienced agonising pain. She passed away on December 9th, 2013.

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Arrests Increase by 42% in First Nine Months of 2014 Compared to 2013

2014-10-31

As the persecution of Falun Gong in China continues unabated in its 15th year, confirmed arrests during the first nine months of 2014 increased by 42% compared to the same period in 2013. Between January and September 2014, 61 Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death, 643 were tried, 19 were sentenced to more than 8 years in prison, 663 were taken to brainwashing centres, and 4,925 were arrested.

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Family of Executed Prisoner Exposes Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Organ Harvesting Crime

2014-10-27

“The Chinese Communist Party is carrying out savage deeds. Our son is an executed prisoner, and all of his internal organs were removed. Yet we were asked to pay an exorbitant price for his body,” said the family of the executed prisoner. The man's family told how their executed family member had his organs harvested in 2001, at the Wafangdian Detention Centre in Liaoning Province.

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Older Ms. Liu Yuxian Died Just Months after Release from a Detention Centre

2014-10-27

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yuxian from Jilin City, Jilin Province recently passed away in September 2014, after long term persecution. She was 56 years old. Ms. Liu was arrested again in April 2014 after she was reported for talking to people about Falun Gong and the persecution and taken to Jilin City Detention Centre. After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, Ms. Liu was repeatedly arrested and detained.

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Tortured to Death: Our Younger Sister Gao Rongrong (Part 4)

2014-10-26

On June 16th, 2005, our sister Gao Rongrong was persecuted to death. Rongrong was brave. We don't know what happened to her in her last three months, except that she had been kept alone. We never got to see Rongrong's body; the authorities had disposed of it almost immediately. She had used her own life to show the world the brutal, ugly truth behind the Communist regime in China.

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Tortured to Death: Our Younger Sister Gao Rongrong (Part 3)

2014-10-26

Ten years ago, guards shocked Ms. Gao Rongrong on the face with electric batons for over 7 hours. When they finally stopped, blood and hair stuck to her burned skin, and blisters erupted on her face and neck. This series revisits the horrors of Ms. Gao's case from the perspective of her family members. In this four-part series, the Gao sisters detail the events that transpired between May 14th, 2004, the day they discovered their younger sister's torture, and June 16th, 2005, the day their sister passed away.

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Tortured to Death: Our Younger Sister Gao Rongrong (Part 2 of 4)

2014-10-23

Ten years ago, guards shocked Ms. Gao Rongrong on the face with electric batons for over 7 hours, causing blood and hair to stick to her burned skin, and blisters to erupt on her face and neck. Ms. Gao died of torture on June 16th, 2005. She was 37. Her two older sisters now living outside of China share their family's pain with the public in hopes that more people can see through the Chinese Communist Party's brutality and stand up against the senseless persecution.

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Tortured to Death: Our Younger Sister Gao Rongrong (Part 1 of 4)

2014-10-22

Ten years ago, guards shocked Ms. Gao Rongrong on the face with several electric batons simultaneously for over 7 hours. When they finally stopped, her face had become severely deformed. Blood and hair stuck to her burned skin. Blisters erupted on her face and neck due to repeated shocks to the same spots. She died of subsequent torture on June 16th, 2005. She was 37. This series revisits the horrors of Ms. Gao's case from the perspective of her family members.

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Bakery Owner Dies at Home Soon After Suffering 90 Days of Abuse in Detention

2014-10-20

When bakery owner Wang Haijin was released on July 22nd of this year, he didn't think he'd come home alive. He had suffered unimaginable abuse, including force-feeding, beatings, sexual assault and forced labour, during a 90-day incarceration for his belief in Falun Gong, a self-cultivation practice being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Wang finally succumbed to heart problems. He passed away in the early morning of October 9th, leaving behind his wife and two school-age daughters.

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Officer Identified as Culprit in Gruesome August Torture Death

2014-10-15

Wu Jilong, head of the Domestic Security Division at Tumen City Police Department, has been identified as the main culprit in the death of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Shuxian. She died the day after her arrest. Local authorities claimed that she had a heart attack, but marks of torture on her body proved otherwise. There were cuts in the flesh on her thighs and burns around her private area. Marks of blood and shoeprints were visible on her back.

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Jiang Zemin Ordered Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners, New Evidence Says

2014-10-15

New evidence reveals that Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),ordered organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. A former Minister of Health for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Logistics Department discussed an order from Jiang to start organ harvesting in a September 2014 undercover investigative call.

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Witness: Mr. Wang Xiaozhong Beaten to Death and His Organs Harvested

2014-10-15

A witness recently revealed that Mr. Wang Xiaozhong was beaten to death and his organs were harvested. Mr. Wang was arrested by officers from the Dongjiao Police Station, now called the Huadian Police Department, on the evening of August 17th, 2001. He was beaten to death 13 days later. The witness saw Mr. Wang's dead body. The person said he saw that Mr. Wang's organs had been removed, that his abdomen was hollow, and that there was a long, stitched-up incision the entire length of his torso.

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Torture Methods: Scalded by Boiling Water, Hot Oil and Other Liquids

2014-10-15

“The guards stripped Ms. Han Shuhua of all her clothes, hung her from the ceiling, and then poured boiling-hot water all over her body. Her heart-wrenching screams could make anyone cry, but they still weren't done – after that, four inmates threw her on the floor and dragged her back and forth until all her blisters tore open.” – An eyewitness

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15 Years of Callous Brutality: A Look Back at 445 Confirmed Beating Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners

2014-10-08

Mr. Xuan Chengxi, a 61-year-old farmer from Shandong, was beaten to death a few hours after he was arrested on October 12th, 2000. Falun Gong practitioners have been killed every month since the Communist regime started the persecution on July 20th 1999.

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Information on Mr. Wang Xiaodong's Death Points to Organ Harvesting

2014-10-07

Mr. Wang Xiaozhong, 36, a Falun Gong practitioner from Mudanjiang City, was arrested at home on August 17th, 2001. The police notified his family of his death 12 days later. An employee of the Xinglong Detention Centre where Mr. Wang was detained said that Mr. Wang was transferred to Beifang Hospital around midnight. His family were told that Mr. Wang died from a brain haemorrhage. According to inside information, Mr. Wang's organs, such as his heart, liver and lungs were removed in the hospital and frozen. There was a long cut from his jaw to his pubis. His arms and legs were purple.

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