Other News, Exposing the Persecution

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  • The Persecution of Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Dong Guiying Before Her Death

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dong Guiying was arrested at least nine times by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between February 2000 and June 2006. The police severely persecuted her and she ended up in critical condition, eventually passing away on November 17th, 2009. Just before Ms. Dong died, the police even asked about her health, intending to arrest her again.
  • Mr. Yang Zhanjiu Continues to Suffer Persecution After Torture Rendered Him Disabled; His Wife Died in Custody

    Police arrested practitioner Mr. Yang Zhanjiu again on March 5th, 2010. Previously, Mr. Yang Zhanjiu was arrested in August 2002 and detained at Yushu City Detention Centre. There, he suffered brutal tortures. He was then sentenced to a seven-year prison term in March 2004. At Shiling Prison the tortures continued. As a result, both of his legs were fractured, he had a broken ankle, and his heel bone was completely gone. He became handicapped and was released towards the end of August 2009. Mr. Yang’s wife, Li Shuhua, was arrested on September 24th, 2003. Fourteen days later, she died as a result of torture. She was only 32 years old.
  • Yang Zhiwen’s Ribs Broken in a Forced Labour Camp in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Zhiwen was arrested by police on December 17th, 2010. On the night of December 21st, the police took him to the Qinhuangdao City Forced Labour Camp. In the forced labour camp, Mr. Yang's left eye was bruised and his ribs were broken as a result of torture in an attempt to force him to give up his belief.
  • Older Mr. Hu Xinzheng Henan Province Sentenced to a 5-Year Prison Term in 2007

    Falun Gong practitioner Hu Xinzheng was arrested in March 2007 because of his belief in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. The officers took away books and other materials worth more than 10,000 yuan. They then framed Mr. Hu and sentenced him to five years in prison. In the detention centre and the Xinmi Prison, the police instigated criminals in the prison to verbally insult and curse him, and give him beatings. They also tortured him and forced him to undergo brainwashing.
  • Ms. Song Guiyun Sentenced to Prison Again; Her Son Is Calling for Help

    Song Guiyun was arrested on December 11th, 2010 as she spoke with people in Fuxingdi Town about Falun Gong and exposed the persecution. She was later sentenced to three years and seven months in prison. Ms. Song has been arrested many times since the Chinese Communist Party started the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. She has been subjected to detention and sentencing many times, and has been held in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison, Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province, and the Fuxin County Detention Centre. She was detained in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison for three years.
  • Mr. Xu Xiwang Arrested and Injected with Unknown Drugs

    Mr. Xu Xiwang, a disabled practitioner, was suddenly awakened at around 5 a.m. on March 18th. The windows of his home were being pried open by officers from the local police station, 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Over a dozen men dragged him out of bed and took him outside. He was thrown into a police car and taken to Liuji Brainwashing Centre while they ransacked his home. Mr Xu was injected with unknown drugs. He became muddleheaded and began to lose his memory. He could not walk properly, his hands began to shake uncontrollably, and he kept swaying from side to side.
  • Intense Persecution in Heilongjiang Women's Prison During the Month of March

    Just before the 2011 Chinese New Year, Wang Yali and deputy team leader Chen Dongyue severely persecuted practitioners. These two team leaders are known for being very cruel, and they terrorized practitioners both mentally and physically everyday. Ms. Dong Lingui, approximately 70 years old, has been detained in Harbin for nine years. Due to the intensified persecution in Heilongjiang Women's Prison she is in critical condition. She has a heart condition and her blood pressure is very high. Her eyes are dull and lifeless, her face is badly swollen, and she has become emaciated.
  • Liu Xiaohua and Zheng Lijun of Tumen Arrested and Their Whereabouts Unknown

    Police secretly monitored Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xiaohua’s home. They broke into her home on March 4th and arrested Ms. Liu Xiaohua, Mr. Zheng Lijun and Ms. Zhou Jujing. They took them to the Tumen Police Station. They then ransacked Ms. Liu's home. Zhou Jujing is now being detained at the Anshan Detention Centre. Liu Xiaohua and Zheng Lijun were put in handcuffs and were interrogated for 24 hours non-stop. They were not allowed to sleep, and their whereabouts are currently unknown. When Zheng Lijun was arrested, his personal savings certificate valued at around 30,000 yuan was taken by police.
  • After Being Tortured in Prison for Eight Years, Mr. Ma Zhiwu Secretly Sentenced to Another Three and a Half Years

    The Yanchi County Court in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region secretly put Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu on trial on March 31st. Mr. Ma was sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment. He appealed the sentence. Mr. Ma was sentenced to six years of imprisonment at Guanmahu Prison in Wuzhong City, from 2002 to 2008. During his eight years of incarceration, Mr. Ma was beaten severely, and tortured by means of sleep deprivation for over a dozen days, “riding an airplane." Mr. Ma was also tortured on a death bed for more than 40 days, resulting in unbearable pain in his muscles and entire body. Moreover, the perpetrators force-fed him with a kind of paste mixed with unknown drugs, dirty water, flies, and flour.
  • The Manager of a Farm Machinery Company Picked Up by the Authorities on a Train

    On March 25th, Mr. Peng Yunchang and his wife, Wu Jilan, who is not a practitioner of Falun Gong, took the 5018 train, which runs from Yantai City to Fei City, to visit his ill mother. Mr. Peng explained the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to people as the train was passing Zhu City. The police on the train searched and beat Mr. Peng and his wife and took him to Jinan Railroad Public Security Office detention centre. Later police also ransacked his home.
  • Doctor Taken Away from His Work for Eleven Years

    Bao Guixiang, M.D., deputy director of Health and Epidemic Prevention in Dagang District, Tianjin, was dismissed from work in July 2000, per orders from Zhang Runhua, director of the Health Department in Dagang District, because of her belief in Falun Gong. She did not receive any written paperwork documenting her dismissal. Dr. Bao, a state employee with over 30 years of experience, was thus deprived of her job without being given a formal reason. She has not had a stable income for the past eleven years, and has had to live in poverty.
  • Sixteen-Year-Old Practitioner Mr. Wang Yu Persecuted by Beijing's Changping District 610 Office and His School

    On December 24th, 2010, Mr. Wang Yu, a 16-year-old practitioner, was taken to a brainwashing centre in Beijing and held for thirteen days. He was released on January 5th. At present, he is still being investigated and interrogated by the school staff under orders from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Mr. Wang started practising Falun Gong as a youngster. In his school, he showed his classmates and teachers the greatness of Falun Gong by his actions. At the same time, he told them the facts about Falun Gong and the unprecedented persecution of this spiritual practice. This good 16-year-old student was harassed, detained and forced to undergo brainwashing by the 610 Office.
  • Mr. Liu Yong from Hebei Province Held in Baoding Mental Hospital for Almost Ten Years

    Practitioner Mr. Liu Yong has been held in the Baoding Mental Hospital for nearly a decade. Mr. Liu Yong was brutally abused while in a labour camp and was forced to undergo brainwashing. Shortly after he was released on June 2nd, 2001, his mother cooperated with his workplace to take him to the Baoding Mental Hospital. His mother knew that her son was healthy, but because of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) pressure and propaganda, she cooperated to persecute her own flesh and blood. What a tragedy! When Mr. Liu first arrived at the hospital, he was injected with unknown drugs against his will. He almost lost his life and was in extreme agony.
  • Three Falun Gong Practitioners Died As a Result of Persecution and Torture in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

    Three Falun Gong practitioners died as a result of brutal persecution and torture in labour camps and prisons in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province within the past few years. The practitioners are Mr. Chen Pangen, Mr. You Xinggen, and Ms. Xu Jianping. Ms. Xu Jianping, 58, started practising Falun Gong in 1998. Because of her steadfast belief in Falun Gong, she was arrested in 2005 and was sentenced to one year of forced labour. She suffered severe torture in the labour camp. After she was released, she did not recover from her injuries. She had a hard time breathing and her body was swollen. Ms. Xu passed away in September 2009.
  • Authorities Attempt to Detain Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Huang Yonggui, 57, Despite Her Being in Critical Condition

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Yonggui was persecuted so severely that she suffered memory loss and was in critical condition. However, police officers still tried to arrest her for further persecution on March 28th. On January 8th, Ms. Huang was beaten unconscious during her arrest. Her relatives and friends worried that the police would torture her to death, so they took her out of the hospital and took care of her at home. Twenty days later, Ms. Huang regained consciousness, but not her memory.