Police Officers in Changji Forced Labour Camp Brutally Beat Hunger Striking Practitioners

The police authorities in Changji's Forced Labour Camp in Xinjiang AR (Autonomous Region) forced practitioners to work overtime, overloaded them and wantonly beat and abused them. In November 2001, 20 practitioners who were illegally imprisoned there went on a hunger strike and water strike, a walkout, and refused to wear a labour camp uniform. They required of the authorities to restore the reputation of Falun Dafa, unconditionally release all unlawfully detained practitioners and removed all propaganda materials defaming Falun Dafa.

As a result of these demands, the camp authorities used most of its policemen to segregate and persecute all of the practitioners on hunger strike. Some of them were beaten with electric batons to such an extent that they could not walk; some practitioners' lips were swollen too much to eat, and some had injuries and showed signs of trauma on their faces, noses and ears.

We appeal to kind and righteous people to pay attention to these practitioners and help them.