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Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners by 610 Office Agents in Cangxi County, Sichuan Province
2010-06-24
Ms. Wang Yao was arrested and taken to the Jiuquxi Hotel Detention Centre. The police extorted confessions by torturing her, brainwashing her and depriving her of sleep for more than 10 days. One day, detention centre doctor Zheng Ze ordered Ms. Wang to kneel. Ms. Wang tried to persuade him not to commit bad deeds against Falun Gong practitioners because this would do him no good. Zheng Ze completely ignored her advice and trampled on her legs. He also beat her chest and stomach, and slapped her face. After he was tired of beating her, he paraded her on the street and put her at the Cangxi County Court front entrance in a public show of humiliation. Back at the detention centre, the abusers placed Ms. Wang in handcuffs and shackles. -
Dujun Prison Officials Isolate Mr. Dai Qiyuan in a Dark, Damp Basement
2010-06-24Mr. Dai Qiyuan is a Falun Gong practitioner from Chishui City, Guizhou Province. Ever since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, his whole family has been subjected to detention and/or forced labour numerous times. His wife is currently under house arrest, and his son and daughter's whereabouts are not known. Mr. Dai himself is still being held in the dark and damp basement of Dujun Prison. -
Practitioners from Liaoning and Hunan Provinces Die after Enduring Torture
2010-06-23Ms. Wei Shuwen was taken to a forced labour camp twice and tortured. She died on May 15th, 2010, at the age of 64 as a result of torture. In, 2001, Ms. Wei went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong and was arrested and taken to the Beijing Women's Forced Labour Camp, where she was tortured. In 2003 she was sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, where she was imprisoned for a year and a half. Ms. Wei was tortured, beaten, forced to stand for a long time, deprived of sleep and forbidden to use the toilet. She was forced to produce products for which the material emitted poisonous fumes. -
Ms. Shen Xueya Falls and Dies after Being Mentally Traumatised from Forcibly-Administered Drugs at Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp
2010-06-23Unknown drugs were forcibly administered to Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shen Xueya at the Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp for a year and a half. Chongqing Women's Forced Labour Camp is a place where guards with no human nature torture good people. They use all kinds of methods to create stress. The goal is to break the practitioners' wills and cause mental anguish. As a result, Ms. Shen developed a mental disorder. On March 1st, 2009, from a semiconscious state, she fell to the floor and died. -
Mr. Nie Feiyue Suffers Mental Collapse Due to Torture at Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp
2010-06-23Mr. Nie Feiyue was taken to the Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp in Changsha City, Hunan Province on two occasions simply because he went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. After his last detention ended in 2004, Mr. Nei showed symptoms of a mental breakdown, and has not recovered in the years since. In the labour camp, guards forced Mr. Nie to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong all day to try to torture him mentally and spiritually. At night, he was deprived of sleep, forced to stand for a long period of time, and beaten. They later tied his feet together and both of his arms up behind his back. -
Ms. Liu Yurong Given Six Year Prison Sentence, Her Mother Dies of Grief
2010-06-23On May 29th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yurong was arrested along with her older sister. Linghai City Chinese Communist Party (CCP) staff influenced the court to hold a trial of Liu Yurong on July 28th, 2008, and she was sentenced to six years of imprisonment. Ms. Liu had been taking care of her eighty year old mother. Because the aged lady could not bear the anguish of her daughter being persecuted, she suddenly felt dizzy in mid April 2010, and never recovered. She passed away in mid April 2010. -
Former Court Official Mr. Wang Zhansuo Held for Practising Falun Gong; His Attorney Forbidden to See Him
2010-06-22Mr. Wang Zhansuo is a lawyer. More than ten agents from Huangdao District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and police arrested him and his family members for practising Falun Gong on March 4th, 2010. Mr. Wang's defence attorney requested a meeting with him, but 610 Office agents denied his request. In May, Mr. Wang asked to be released on parole so he could attend a family member's funeral, only to have his request categorically denied. When his defence attorney visited the Huangdao District Procuratorate on June 7th, asking to review his case, officials said he could not see them, but agreed to a meeting with Mr. Wang in the detention centre. -
Ms. Dong Wencai Persecuted for Her Belief in Falun Gong
2010-06-22On May 13th, 2010, practitioner Ms. Dong Wencai was arrested by police along with other practitioners because they had been seen talking to people about Falun Gong in Yuanjiayuan Village a month earlier. At around 7:00 p.m that evening, they were all detained in Xiong County Detention Centre, and then were taken to Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp the same evening. On May 14th, Ms. Dong Wencai was sentenced to one year of forced labour. Ms. Dong Wencai Persecuted for Her Belief in Falun GongOn the afternoon of May 13th, 2010, practitioner Ms. Dong Wencai was arrested by Guo Junxue, Zhang Baozhong and other police officers from the Xiong County Domestic Security Division, while she was out in Xihouliu Village, Xiong County, Hebei Province. Practitioners Ms. Zhang Guizhen and Ms. Zhang Lanfen were also arrested on the same day. The reason for their arrest was because they had been seen talking to people about Falun Gong in Yuanjiayuan Village a month earlier. At around 7:00 p.m that evening, they were all detained in Xiong County Detention Centre, and then were taken to Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp the same evening. Ms. Zhang Lanfen, however, was returned home because she was seriously ill and the police feared taking responsibility if she died while in custody. On the afternoon of May 14th, Ms. Dong Wencai and Ms. Zhang Guizhen were sentenced to one year of forced labour. Since the persecution began in 1999, Ms. Dong has been sentenced to forced labour three times. -
Farm Wife Taken to Forced Labour Camp, Family Member Dies from Stress and Sorrow
2010-06-22On April 21st, 2010, police arrested Ms. Zhao Lihua while she was distributing Falun Gong materials, then jailed her in the Laixi Detention Centre. Ms. Zhao's husband had health problems and depended completely on Ms. Zhao's care. Police told Ms. Zhao's husband that they needed proof of his condition from the hospital, so that they could release Ms. Zhao to take care of him. Her husband dragged himself to the hospital and gave proof to the police. Officials told him that his evidence was not valid and also accused him of exposing Ms. Zhao's arrest case on the Clearwisdom website (a Falun Gong website). Ms. Zhao was taken to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. Three days after the family got the news of Ms. Zhao's whereabouts, her father-in-law died of extreme stress and grief. -
Family Members Barred from Trial of Ms. Cao Guoxian in Duchang County, Jiangxi Province
2010-06-22Ms. Cao Guoxian, an over 50-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was tried by the Court of Duchang County, Jiangxi Province, on May 27th, 2010. Ms. Cao was arrested on March 21st and has been held in the Duchang County Detention Centre. Her family asked several times to visit her but they were never allowed to. In court Ms. Cao's family members, relatives, and fellow villagers came. It was reported that Liu Jianhong, the presiding judge of the court, was very angry because he received many phone calls from the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other parts of the world. The callers tried to tell him the facts about Falun Gong and asked him to stop persecuting practitioners. He lost his temper at Ms. Cao's family and blamed them for having leaked information about the trial and barred some of them. -
Exposing Gross Mistreatment and Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Shandong First Women's Labour Camp
2010-06-21All practitioners at the labour camp were forced to make toys from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day, and were only allowed 30 minutes for meal times. The Shandong First Women's Labour Camp was actually an illegal toy factory. When completed the toys would be exported to other countries. Every detainee had a quota and had to work non-stop to complete it. Cosmetically, the toys looked very nice, but they were filled with contaminated cotton. Many people that had handled the cotton had unbearably itchy skin and developed skin problems and festering of both hands and feet. -
Account of Persecution Suffered by Older Practitioner Ms. Liu Yunfang from Luzhou City, Sichuan Province
2010-06-21Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yunfang, 63, was arrested on March 31st, 2010, while walking along Hexi Street. Police dragged her into a black vehicle, took her to the Anfu Police Station and then sent her to Naxi Court. In court, the police forced Liu Yunfang to sign a prepared document without letting her see its content. Ms. Liu later learned that it was the indictment statement. Ms. Liu was secretly tried in a criminal court on April 13th. The proceedings included no kept record and lasted for 20 minutes. She was not given a chance to contact a lawyer for representation. -
Ms. Ding Junhua, 51, Recounts Being Arrested and Persecuted
2010-06-21I was at home on April 13th, 2010, when officials and police broke into my home and arrested me and took me to the police station. I protested the persecution by going on a hunger strike. Police took me to the Peide Hospital. A director told me that I had to stay in the hospital whether I wished to or not. They wanted to give me injections, test my blood and put me on an intravenous drip, but I was determined not to co-operate. They tied me to a bed using long, heavy chains from 8:00 p.m. until dawn every day, even though I was weak. The weight of the chains caused me severe pain. -
Mudanjiang City Prison Officials Subject Mr. Zhao Bo to Torture
2010-06-21Mr. Zhao Bo was arrested in the evening of March 20th, 2003 and locked up in Mudanjiang City Prison. Everyone in his ward was forced to make car cushions for more than eight hours a day. Guard Li Hongming beat Mr. Zhao in July 2004 because he refused to do hard labour. He went on a protest hunger strike. Four people handcuffed him on a metal bed and beat him. In 2005, Mr. Zhao refused to do forced labour again. A guard shocked him with an electric baton on his head, face, hands, ears, spine, and other sensitive places. -
Mr. Yue Naiming Tortured in Custody, Harassed After Release
2010-06-20On April 27th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yue Naiming, 45 was arrested and taken to the Haidian District Detention Centre. Mr. Yue went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Guards force-fed him, injuring his mouth in the process. After the force-feeding, the guards poured cold water on him and forced him to stand against a wall. His clothes were covered with blood and vomit at that point. In September 2008, Mr. Yue was transferred to Weiningying Forced Labour Camp. Four people beat him until his face was disfigured and he could no longer chew properly. Mr. Yue was released on April 26th, 2010. Local police continued to harass him.
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