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  • Mr. Chen Zhongxuan and His Family Persecuted

    Mr. Chen Zhongxuan, 50 years old, is a former police officer from Gansu Province. He and more than a dozen of his family members practise Falun Gong. During the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ten year persecution of Falun Gong, Mr. Chen and his family have been persecuted, and he is constantly being monitored. His two younger sisters, Ms. Chen Shuxian and Ms. Chen Jie, were put into a forced labour camp and prison and physically tortured. His elder sister Ms. Chen Shumei and her husband Mr. Liu Haixue were forced to leave home to go into hiding. His two brothers passed away in 2008, as a result of being tortured. Previously CCP agents threatened them, ransacked their homes, and put all sorts of other pressure and hardships on them.
  • Real Estate Managers in Shenyang City Sentenced

    Ms. Tu Xiujuan was sentenced to three years in prison. Ms. Wang Zhaohui, who was arrested at the same time as Ms. Tu, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Shenhe District Court of Shenyang City, and is imprisoned in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison. The Shenhe District Court held a secret trial for Ms. Wang. Her family was not notified. When the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in 1999, Ms. Wang persisted in her belief and told many people the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution. She explained that she was persecuted numerous times and cruelly tortured in the forced labour camps. She was tortured on a death bed, and also handcuffed and suspended.
  • Ms. Lin Shaomei from Haifeng County, Guangdong Province Arrested

    On March 30th, 2010, Ms. Lin Shaomei was arrested by police officers. She is currently being detained in the Haifeng Detention Centre. Ms. Lin Shaomei, 38, once suffered from many illnesses, which left her in a lot of pain. After Ms. Lin started practising Falun Gong in 2007, her illnesses disappeared. Following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance made her more broad-minded and she was very glad to help others. Because Ms. Lin Shaomei benefited greatly from practising Falun Gong she often told others her story. However, she was reported to the police for doing so.
  • I Witnessed Guards Breaking a Practitioner's Jaw at Tangxunhu Brainwashing Centre

    Mr. Lu Yougen was taken to the Tangxunhu Brainwashing Centre in Hubei Province in the middle of September 2009. He witnessed the guards brutally torturing Falun Gong practitioners. He recounts, "I saw three guards trying to force feed a practitioner. The practitioner was not co-operating with them, so they broke his jaw. When the guards force fed him, he had no response at all, like a dead man."
  • 65-Year-Old Ms. Wu Fengying Brutally Beaten in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp - Belated Information

    Sixty-five-year-old Ms. Wu Fengying was sent to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City in 2002. While there she was forced to do labour, was savagely beaten, and had six of her teeth knocked out. In 2001 she was also detained in a detention centre. She recalls the persecution: "We were given food with grass, coal dust, and rat droppings in it, as well as sparse vegetable soup with flies, ladybugs, and caterpillars the size of my little finger. Furthermore, we were forced to work the field, dig up dirt, feed hogs, sweep the floor, wipe the windows, wash cars, and do laundry for the guards."
  • Mr. Ji Liewu Is Imprisoned For Twelve Years, His Mother Dies From a Broken Heart

    On April 26th, 2010, Mr. Ji Liewu's 85 year old mother died from a broken heart. In his hometown Mr. Ji Liewu is well known for his talents, and had been an active participant of the Falun Gong Research Association in Beijing since its early years. His parents loved him very much. However, on December 26th, 1999, he was sentenced to twelve years in prison. His parents tried so many times to visit him, but were never allowed. His father died three years ago, with the regret over never having been able to visit his youngest son. His mother, missed her son even more. Mr. Ji's relatives could not bear to see her like that, and told the village officials, "What is wrong with practising Falun Gong? Who else are good people in this society? It is inhuman not to let her see her son!" The village officials had no reply.
  • In Violation of the Law, the Heping District State Security Department Refuses to Release Ms. Shu Dongan

    The Heping District State Security Department's charges against Falun Gong practitioner Shu Dongan were rejected twice by the local Procuratorate. But the State Security Department still refused to release this 56-year-old woman after she was detained for nearly five months. According to the law, if the same case is rejected twice by the Procuratorate, the person should be released unconditionally.
  • Ms. Fu Hongxia, 45, Dies as a Result of Years of Persecution

    After the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, practitioner Ms. Fu Hongxia was repeatedly harassed and subjected to brainwashing. She was arrested four times and imprisoned in a forced labour camp for two years. The guards used every possible means to try to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] practitioners, including brainwashing, overtime forced labour, sleep deprivation, brutal beatings, and torture. Ms. Fu went on hunger strikes on many occasions to protest her imprisonment. She was subjected to verbal and physical abuse, as well as brutal forced-feedings. Ms. Fu's health deteriorated. Ms. Fu died on March 3rd, 2010.
  • Mother Left Us in Miserable Pain

    After the persecution against Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, my mother decided to go to Beijing to appeal in October 1999. Beijing police arrested her. She was detained in Jiamusi City Detention Centre and fired from her job. With cold wooden boards to sleep on, thirty practitioners were locked in a room. Some had to sit on the floor over night. Practitioners went on hunger strikes many times, and they were tortured with brutal force-feeding of highly concentrated salt water plus corn meal. After 11 months of such inhuman mistreatment, my mother, who went in with a healthy body, came back home emaciated. Mother was injected with unknown drugs that permanently damaged her nerves. During another detention, she was tortured with "Back cuff," which was extremely painful, and disabled her arm. Later she fell sick and died on April 25th, 2010.
  • Account of Persecution Suffered by Female Practitioner from Shandong Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lu Hua was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment at the Shandong Province Women's Prison in October 2001. Ms. Lu refused to give up her beliefs. She was brutally beaten by nine inmates for over ten hours, resulting in the inch-long gash on her forehead. She bled profusely from it and her vest was soaked. She received six stitches from the hospital and then was sent to solitary confinement for 15 days. Due to the large amount of blood loss, she felt dizzy and suffered headaches. One night, four inmates beat Ms. Lu using hard plastic rods. They kicked and beat her for over an hour, causing her body to be covered in bruises. The next day, she was not able to walk.
  • Mr. Tong Jinfu, 60, Dies After Seven Years on the Run to Avoid Persecution

    After Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, officials in Mr. Tong's village had people monitor practitioners. Police arrested and detained Mr. Tong Jinfu at the police station several times. They also took him to the Xinbin County Detention Centre twice. In 2003 he was released from detention in a very weak state. Despite his weakness Mr. Tong lived in other cities for the next nearly seven years to avoid persecution. In April he fell into a coma and went to hospital. Mr. Tong Jinfu passed away on April 24th, 2010.
  • Wife Dies Due to Persecution--Husband in Serious Condition

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Kaiming lost consciousness and was in danger of losing his life on April 14th, 2010, after being persecuted by prison guards at Panjin Prison in Liaoning Province. Mr. Wang was granted medical parole by the prison authorities but local police head Zhao Yanhua refused to authorise it. Mr. Wang Kaiming's wife Yao Guilan died due to persecution last August because she exposed the persecution.
  • Ms. Tian Shaoyan Mentally Impaired from Persecution at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tian Shaoyan has been severely persecuted by the staff at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. She is in critical condition and semi-conscious. In September 2000, Masanjia Forced Labour Camp guard Huang Haiyan beat Ms. Tian's mouth until it was bleeding, used two electric batons to shock her hands, feet, neck, and chest, tore out much of her hair, and forced her to squat and stand for extended periods, in attempts to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] her. In February 2004, because Ms. Tian was forced to do so much manual labour in the rubber department at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, she became poisoned from the toxic substances.
  • Mr. Qi Guangfa Sentenced to Prison, Grief-stricken Parents Pass Away

    At the beginning of December 2009, Mr. Qi Guangfa was arrested by agents of the Public Security Bureau and Domestic Security Brigade of Linghai City, where guards subsequently forced a confession from him. In early April 2010, Mr. Qi Guangfa was secretly and sentenced to three years and six months of imprisonment by the Linhai City Court. On April 13th, Mr. Qi was taken to Nanshan Prison of Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. Upon hearing that her son was put into prison (the court did not inform Mr. Qi's family about his sentence), Mr. Qi's elderly mother passed away, unable to say goodbye to her beloved son.
  • After Persistent Efforts, Family Finally Allowed to See Brutally Mistreated Loved One at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Mr. Sun Yi was arrested by officials prior to the Beijing Olympics. Later, they transferred him to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. His family discovered that Sun Yi has been brutally tortured for the last two years in the notorious Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. Through difficult negotiations, Sun Yi's sister was able to see him on March 26th, 2010, through a thick piece of soundproof glass, but could not talk to him. The meeting room was monitored by almost ten guards, creating an atmosphere of terror. Sun Qing saw her elder brother, who was being helped by others as he could barely walk. He no longer looked like a young and strong person, he looked pale, and seemingly had no energy to talk.