Other News, Exposing the Persecution

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  • Five Practitioners from Jiutai City, Jilin Province Sentenced to Prison

    The Jiutai City Court tried and sentenced five Falun Gong practitioners to prison on December 13th. Before the trial, the court called in many police officers in the Jiutai area, and they were dispatched around the courthouse. During the trial, the judge only asked a couple of simple questions, and then read the verdict in court and hastily ended the trial. Ms. Tan Guohua and Ms. Li Jie were sentenced to three years in prison, Ms. Yong Xian and Ms. Lu Guixia were sentenced to four years, and Ms. Wei Caiyan was sentenced to three and a half years.
  • Mr. Kou Chuangjin from Qingyang City, Gansu Province, Put on Trial

    On November 10th, 2011, Xifeng District Court in Qingyang City, Gansu Province, put Mr. Kou Chuangjin on trial. The trail lasted from 9:00 till 11:00 a.m. Mr. Kou’s daughter cried the entire time. Ever since Mr. Kou has been incarcerated, his family members have been denied the right to visit him. To make matters worse, his wife, Li Ruihua, has had to leave home and become destitute to avoid being arrested by the Xifeng police.
  • Mrs. Zhao Guichun from Chifeng Detained and on Hunger Strike for Several Days

    Falun Gong practitioner Mrs. Zhao Guichun has been forced to become homeless and destitute as a result of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. On the night of December 7th, she was arrested in her hometown in Laoguandi Town by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police. On January 9th, from an insider, Mrs. Zhao's family verified that Mrs. Zhao had been on a protest hunger strike for a long time and her current condition was worrying. The guards have all along created a lot of difficulty for her family and have not allow them to visit her.
  • Engineer Mr. Lu Haixing Killed in Jinzhong Prison

    On January 10th, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lu Haixing died in Jinzhong Prison at the age of 45. According to the practitioners who have been incarcerated in Jinzhong Prison, the prison authorities deliberately designated inmates who are wicked and merciless to monitor and torture Falun Gong practitioners. The main methods of torture included: 1. brutal brainwashing, monitoring around the clock, verbal abuse, forced labour; 2. solitary confinement, being locked in a strictly managed ward indefinitely, long-term standing or sitting, beatings, deprivation of sleep, shackling and handcuffing.
  • Ms. Wang Huimin Tortured in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison

    Ms. Wang Huimin is a practitioner in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province. After she began practising Falun Gong, her illnesses disappeared and she became very kind and considerate of other people. However, she was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to six years of imprisonment. Guards of Liaoning Province Women’s Prison ordered criminal inmates to torture her. Inmates tie Ms. Wang up with her arms restrained behind her back. She was not given any food and was denied access to a toilet. Two inmates were assigned to watch her 24 hours a day. Guards forced her to sit on a small stool (30 cm x 20 cm) and recite the prison rules. She was abused this way for one month.
  • The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Disregards the Law and Holds Secret Court Session to Sentence a Falun Gong Practitioner

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Fenglan was recently arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel on unwarranted charges. Her family went to the Dongzhou District Procuratorate of Fushun to inquire about her situation on December 27th. Wang Zhi from the Public Prosecution Section told her family by phone: “She was sentenced earlier.” The family asked when the sentence was handed down, on what charges and for how many years, and they were told, “Go ask the court.”
  • After Becoming Healthy Practising Falun Gong, Ms. Yu Kaihong Was Detained in Forced Labour Camps Twice and Is Now in a Detention Centre

    In May 2011, Ms. Yu Kaihong went to Yueyang County to talk to people about Falun Gong. She was arrested by agents from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). She has been detained for more than eight months. Ms. Yu has been arrested and detained in a forced labour camp twice before.
  • Ms. Jiang Lei Tortured with the “Death Bed” in Liaoning Province Women's Prison

    On April 24th, 2008, police arrested 40 Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Jiang Lei. The police also ransacked Ms. Jiang's home and took away a desktop computer, laptop, printer, mobile phone, and other property. Ms. Jiang was taken to the Huanren Detention Centre. Later on, she was sentenced to five years in prison and sent to Shenyang Women's Prison. The guards handcuffed Ms. Jiang's hands and feet to a metal bed, separately. This is called the “death bed” torture. As a result, she developed tuberculosis and heart problems.
  • Ms. Song Caihong Dies after Severe Beatings in Detention

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Song Caihong was reported while handing out calendars that contained information exposing the persecution and was arrested by police and severely beaten. She died on January 15th at the age of 41. Prior to this latest experience of persecution, Ms. Song was subjected to brutal torture in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for three years. She was later sentenced to five years in prison at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison.
  • Shuangcheng Police Arrest Ten Falun Gong Practitioners for “Disturbing the Peace,” Despite the Fact That the Practitioners Were at Home

    Police officers from Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province, arrested more than ten Falun Gong practitioners and ransacked their homes between December 7th and 12th. In one day alone, in what seems to have been a stepped up attack on the peaceful Falun Gong, officers from the Heilongjiang Police Department, the Harbin Police Department, and the Shuangcheng Domestic Security Division arrested 56 practitioners on November 13th.
  • Retired Nurse Loses Her Sight After Forced Application of Eye Medicine While Imprisoned

    Ms. Huang Xiuying, 76, was arrested on January 10th, 2010 for speaking with people about Falun Gong. She was later taken to the Chengdu Women's Prison and subjected to brainwashing. She could not see clearly after one year. On March 3rd, 2011, guards took Ms. Huang to the Jintang Prison Hospital to get medical treatment in both eyes. The guards and the doctors pinned down Ms. Hang and administered eye drops into her eyes, using four different kinds of eye drops that were alternately used every two hours. It resulted in blindness in both eyes after 14 days.
  • Mr. Qin Yueming Tortured to Death, His Wife and Daughter Sent to Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Yueming was tortured to death in Jiamusi Prison on February 26th, 2011. After his family's persistent efforts, the Heilongjiang High Procuratorate finally accepted their appeal. Three months have passed, and the case still hasn't reached the court. In the meantime, Mr. Qin's wife Ms. Wang Xiuqing, and daughter, Ms. Qin Hailong, were arrested on November 13th and imprisoned at the Qianjing Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province.
  • Practitioners Song Zhiyu and Wang Yaheng Sent to Prison, Their Attorneys Beaten and Arrested

    Mr. Song Zhiyu and Mr. Wang Yaheng were recently each sentenced to three and a half years in prison and sent to the Baoanzhao Prison in Xingan Meng, Inner Mongolia. In order to prevent their attorneys from defending them, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police beat the attorneys and arrested them before the hearings.
  • Practitioners in Shuangcheng City Facing Forced Labour

    On November 13th, 2011, several dozen Falun Gong practitioners in Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, were arrested by police. They were detained at the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre and the Harbin City Second Detention Centre. All of the detained practitioners were sentenced to two years of forced labour. They have refused to accept the sentences. When the families were bringing clothes and daily necessities to the practitioners they were informed that the practitioners were holding a hunger strike to protest the detention and mistreatment, and that the guards at the detention centre had already started force-feeding them.
  • Employee of Liaohe Oil Field in Critical Condition After Being Tortured in Liaoning Women's Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Hu Zhehui is in critical condition after being tortured in Liaoning Women's Prison. She is 5'5” tall and now weighs only 88 lbs. To avoid persecution from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Ms. Hu had to leave her home. On August 3rd, 2005, she returned home to visit her daughter, but she was followed and arrested. The officers severely beat and tortured her using many torture devices. When she went on a hunger strike to protest her arrest, she was brutally force-fed. She was stretched and bound all day for 39 days, and was unable to move her arms or legs. She was on the verge of death after the long-term torture.