Death Cases

Mr. Du Zhiying Dies Within Months of Release from County Detention Cente

2014-02-25

Mr. Du Zhiying died on January 16th, 2014, eight months after he was released from the county detention centre in July 2013. Within Mr. Du's first month in the detention cente, he had been tortured to the point where he was unable to speak and could no longer take care of himself. His over 80-year-old mother had to take care of him after his release. Mr. Du was subjected to multiple arrests, detentions, and forced slave labour over the past several years. He was shocked with multiple electric batons at 800,000 volts in the notorious Masanjia Forced Labour Camp.

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Belated News: Mr. Yu Huinan Passed Away in 2006 as a Result of Torture

2014-02-21

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Huinan died as a result of being tortured at the hands of the communist regime on January 4th, 2006. This news has been delayed for eight years due to the information blockade in China. Mr. Yu was arrested in 2000, for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and held in Suzhou No. 3 Prison. He was tortured because he refused to renounce Falun Gong.

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Mr. Wang Haitian Dies Soon after Release from Brainwashing Centre

2014-02-21

Since Mr. Wang Haitian was released from the Shahezi Brainwashing Centre on December 5th, 2013, his health deteriorated rapidly. He suffered breathing difficulty, a severely swollen abdomen, and constipation. He died within two months of his release, on February 2nd, 2014, at the age of 45. Three days after his death, his mouth turned black and purple and his face green. Small black particles about the size of grains of rice were found in his ashes. Family members suspect that he had been injected with harmful drugs.

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Ms. Huo Meilian Dies After Years of Persecution

2014-02-19

Practitioner Ms. Huo Meillian was at home on January 24th, 2014, when Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials broke into her home. She had just recovered from a major illness. The officers confiscated her personal belongings and Falun Gong materials without a search warrant. She felt great mental pressure, resulting in a worsening health condition. She died two days later on January 26th. Ms. Huo and her husband Mr. Chen have been persecuted since the start of the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. However they persisted in their beliefs.

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Ms. Zhao Zhiyun Dies from Years of Torture and Harassment

2014-02-19

Ms. Zhao Zhiyun from Baoding City, Hebei Province died on December 26th, 2013, as a result of repeated arrests, torture, forced labour, surveillance and harassment in the persecution of Falun Gong. When Ms. Zhao was detained in Mancheng County Detention Centre in 2001, she was subjected to force-feeding twice a day for 30 days. Guards inserted a two-foot long rubber pipe into her stomach through her nostril. They force-fed Ms. Zhao with cornmeal, vegetable soup and a lot of salt. They left the pipe in her even after force-feeding. The rubber pipe stayed in her nose and stomach to keep Ms. Zhao in pain. After force-feeding, Ms. Zhao was usually left on the ground or handcuffed to an iron cage.

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Torture at the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp Causes the Death of 63-Year-Old Mr. Zhou Xueliang

2014-02-11

Mr. Zhou Xueliang from Chongqing City was extremely emaciated when he was released from the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in April 2013. He rarely spoke after returning home and whenever he tried, it prompted a coughing fit. He experienced frequent episodes of hot and cold flashes, shivering, and he was in a lot of pain. Mr. Zhou passed away on January 14th, 2014, at the age of 63.

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Psychiatric Abuse: Shoe Factory Worker Suffers Mental Breakdown and Dies After Injections of Toxic Drugs

2014-02-08

Over the past 14 years, psychiatric abuse has become one of the most common tortures used against Falun Gong practitioners. Completely healthy practitioners are often sent to psychiatric wards for the purpose of discrediting Falun Gong and bringing great pressure to bear on those who resolutely adhere to their faith. The most recent case is Mr. Luo Jiangping, who passed away on December 28th, 2013 at the age of 51 after telling his family that he had been injected with poisonous drugs during his final days.

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Mr. Luo Jiangping Dies from Torture and Injections of Poisonous Drugs

2014-02-08

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Jiangping was arrested in January 2012 by police. He was sentenced to prison and subjected to cruel torture methods such as injection of poisonous drugs, handcuffed, feet shackled, forced intense labour, and solitary confinement at the Yunnan Province No. 1 Prison. Mr. Luo was in critical condition when he was released on medical parole on December 23rd, 2013. He passed away five days later at the age of 51.

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Mr. Cui Shuyong Dies after Years of Persecution

2014-02-08

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cui Shuyong was arrested on the eve of the Chinese New Year in 2012 while distributing materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in a nearby village. He was taken to the Hebi Detention Centre and later sentenced to six years in prison. Mr. Cui developed tuberculosis at the detention centre. The prison refused to accept him because of his fragile health and he was released on bail. However, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) personnel continued to harass and threaten him after he returned home and his condition kept deteriorating. He passed away on November 20th, 2013.

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Ms. Li Guojun Tortured to Death in 2002

2014-02-04

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Guojun was arrested in Weifang City on April 16th, 2002, and held in the Weifang Detention Centre for over a month while being subjected to a variety of tortures. She began a hunger strike, which lasted 12 days, to protest the inhuman persecution. She was later transferred to 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) Brainwashing Centre (at the Shouguang Party School), where she was persecuted to death. She was 37 years old. Ms. Li's body was covered with bruises and wounds from head to toe. Blood was dripping from the corner of her mouth, and she was covered with small red spots from electric baton shocks.

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Mother and Daughters of Torture Death Victim Continue to Appeal for Justice

2014-01-29

The mother and two daughters of Mr. Qin Yueming, who was tortured to death in the Jiamusi Prison on February 26th, 2011, have resumed their efforts to seek justice for Mr. Qin. The family's efforts were disrupted in winter 2011, when the mother Ms. Wang Xiuqing and younger daughter Ms. Qin Hailong were thrown into the Qianjin Labour Camp for a one and a half year term. They were arrested because the authorities tried to force the family to withdraw its appeal that had been accepted by the Compensation Committee of the Higher People's Court in Heilongjiang on September 8th, 2011.

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Crimes at Chinese Labour Camps Must Be Fully Exposed and Accounted For (Part 1)

2014-01-21

Ms. Gao Rongrong was disfigured due to electric shocks at the Longshan Labour Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Ms. Gao was arrested and taken to the Camp in July 2003 because of her belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Gao was captured again in March 2005 and sent to the Masanjia Labour Camp in Liaoning Province. She died on June 16th, 2005. Zhang Sukun, Ms. Gao's mum, over 75 years old, petitioned for justice for Ms. Gao's death and encountered a lot of difficulties and threats. She died five years later.

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Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Luo Jiangping Released from Prison in Critical Condition, Dies in Five Days

2014-01-14

Mr. Luo Jiangping from Sichuan Province was arrested in January 2012. He was sentenced to a prison term and held in the Yunnan Province First Prison. In the prison, he had been subjected to many kinds of torture methods, such as injections with unknown drugs, being handcuffed and shackled, forced to do slave labour, confined in a solitary cell, and so on. Mr. Luo had told his family that he had been injected with poison. When he was on the verge of death, he was released on medical parole on December 23rd, 2013. Five days later, he passed away at the age of 51.

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Summary Report: At Least 76 Practitioners Died in 2013 as a Direct Result of Persecution

2014-01-14

Many Falun Gong practitioners lose their lives each year under brutal persecution at the hands of the Chinese communist regime. According to Minghui website reports, at least 76 practitioners died in 2013. Twelve people died in 2012 but their deaths were not exposed until later. Nine deaths from previous years were verified in 2013. Among the deaths in 2013, eight practitioners were tortured to death by detention centre guards, 10 were tortured to death because they refused to be “transformed” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] in brainwashing centres and forced labour camps, 29 practitioners died in prisons, and 29 practitioners were arrested several times and died of prolonged persecution.

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Mr. Zhao Gangxian Arrested and His Bedridden Wife Died from Lack of Care

2014-01-02

Mr. Zhao Gangxian, 65, was arrested by police in Bazhong City on the afternoon of October 8th, 2013 after a false accusation was lodged against him. Mr. Zhao is detained in the Bazhou District Detention Centre. His wife had been bitten by a poisonous snake and was confined to bed. She passed away at the age of 61 two weeks later because her husband was not there to care for her.

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