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  • Man Dies 16 Months after Arrest for Wearing a Falun Gong Badge

    Mr. Li Piyun from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province passed away on October 31st, 2014, at the age of 65, just 16 months after being arrested for expressing his belief in the peaceful meditation practice of Falun Gong. He was severely abused at the notorious Masanjia Prison until he became critically ill and had to be hospitalized.
  • Another Practitioner from “Shenyang Morning Exercise Case” Has Stroke Symptoms

    Agents from Shenyang City Domestic Security Division in Liaoning Province arrested a total of 13 practitioners in a matter of three days in March of last year. Their “offence” was getting together to do the Falun Gong exercises in public. Ms. Wu Qiuyan received two years and is now serving time at Pinluo Prison. Before her transfer to prison in June, she already had symptoms of a stroke and continues to suffer from the complications without medical care. She exhibits slurred speech and is emaciated.
  • Wuhan City Brainwashing Centre: Our Job Is to Make You Lose Your Mind

    Twenty-four year old Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yujie was injected in her right arm by agents at the brainwashing centre. Upon returning home, she started foaming at the mouth and vomiting. She could not keep any food or water down. Her whole body hurt so much that she could not stop crying. She became blind and gradually deaf, as well. Her hands became curled up and after four months of agony, she passed away in September 2011.
  • 60-Year-Old Hebei Province Woman Subjected to Extortion and Electric Shock Torture for Upholding Her Belief

    Once on the brink of death, Ms. Wu Shengjiang's heart and liver diseases were miraculously gone shortly after she started to practise Falun Gong. Because of her persistence in practising Falun Gong and telling people about the health benefits, the 60-year-old Hebei resident was arrested four times, extorted huge fines, and shocked with electric batons during detention.
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Torture Methods: Whipping

    Several thugs yanked Liang Zhenxing off the bed and stripped him naked before lashing him on the back with a whip. “Whipping people is such a tiring job!” exclaimed Gao Minglong after he became exhausted. Zhang Liwei took over, and he didn't stop until Liang passed out. They laughed, looking at Liang's bleeding back. Gao claimed, “I hadn't beaten anyone for years. I had so much fun today! Whoever refuses to listen to me, come here and I'll teach you a lesson!” This is an eyewitness account of what happened to Mr. Liang Zhenxing at Siping Prison in Jilin Province on June 29th, 2008.
  • Handicapped Practitioner Sentenced to Seven Years

    When Mr. Gong Ziliang, who is handicapped, went to Beijing to appeal for his right to earn a living as a pedicab driver and to have his pedicab returned, he was arrested for practising Falun Gong. He was secretly sentenced to seven years in Qi County Prison.
  • Man Snatched Off Harbin Street and Secretly Sentenced Four Months Later

    A 37-year-old man, Mr. Jiang Bo, was walking down the street this April when he was snatched by several police officers in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Despite his 70-year-old father's frantic efforts to locate him, the authorities kept his detention location and subsequent trial secret. The court tried Mr. Jiang on August 22nd and sentenced him to four years for possessing lawful items, including more than 50 paper money notes with messages exposing the persecution of Falun Gong printed on them, a laptop, a portable hard disk and a USB drive.
  • 74-Year-Old Arrested for Posting Messages about Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance

    Liang Xiuying, a 74-year-old woman in Hebei Province, was arrested on the night of August 27th, 2014, while posting stickers that informed the public that Falun Gong is good, and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. She was deprived of sleep and toilet use throughout the night. Due to the nationwide persecution policy, and the fact that media is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Falun Gong practitioners have had to resort to such grassroots efforts to expose the persecution, and appeal directly to the conscience of their fellow countrymen, without relying on any CCP mechanisms.
  • Elderly Practitioner Arrested, Police Attempt to Collect Blood Sample

    While 78-year-old Ms. Zhang Zhonghui was walking down the street, a police car drove by. Two officers jumped out and arrested her. She was taken to the Huaguoyuan Police Station. The reason for the arrest? Ms. Zhang practises Falun Gong. At the police station, an officer kicked Ms. Zhang in the chest and knocked her to the floor. Another officer grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the floor. Others stomped on her back. While they were brutally beating Ms. Zhang, an officer grabbed her fingers and attempted to take a blood sample.
  • 65-Year-Old Woman Twice Assaulted by Police for Seeking a Falun Gong Practitioner's Release

    Sixty five-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wei Yuexiu was assaulted by a police officer on November 18th for requesting the release of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fang Sifeng, who had been arrested and detained for distributing materials exposing the Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Wei was previously assaulted by Officer Li Chenggang on October 13th, 2014, when she went to Li's office to request the release of the same detained practitioner. Ms. Wei tried to persuade Li not to participate in the persecution of Falun Gong. However, Li slapped her hard on the back, knocking her some distance forward.
  • Practitioner Diagnosed with Cancer Recurrence Dies Within a Short Time

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ren Shuwen was told that her lung cancer had recurred shortly after local police pricked her finger and used the bloody fingers for fingerprinting in August. She passed away at 5 a.m. on October 1st, 2014, at the age of 67. Ms. Ren was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 1996 and went into remission after practising Falun Gong. She became a target of the local authorities from the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong for not renouncing the practice. Her cancer recurred twice.
  • Survivor of Yinchuan Prison Violence: “They Want to Turn Good People into Bad and Make Bad People Even Worse”

    Ma Zhiwu, a 42-year-old man was imprisoned in Yinchuan Prison for three and half years for practising Falun Gong. To weaken Mr. Ma's willpower, guards at Yinchuan Prison tried everything they could think of to make him suffer. Prior to his latest arrest in September 2010 that landed him in Yinchuan Prison, Mr. Ma already spent eight years being tortured in prison for his belief in Falun Gong from late 1999 to mid-2008, during which time his daughter was born and had to be raised along by his wife.
  • Qingdao Practitioner Ms. Liu Xiuzhen Seriously Ill in Jinan Women's Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xiuzhen from Qingdao fell seriously ill two weeks after being transferred to Jinan Women's Prison in October 2014. She was sentenced to three years in prison in early October, after an 18-month detention. Ms. Liu was arrested at her home on May 2nd, 2013. Also arrested that day were more than ten other local practitioners, including Ms. Liu's son Mr. Yang Naijiang, for re-enacting and photographing methods of torture used by the Communist regime on imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Mr. Zheng Guolin, 74, Passes Away after Being Imprisoned for 3 1/2 Years

    After three and a half years of incarceration, 74-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zheng Guolin was released on January 6th, 2014. He was extremely weak and thin as a result of being tortured in prison. His health deteriorated sharply at the end of October. His family took him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with heart and lung failure. He passed away on November 2nd, 2014.
  • Harassed after Four Years in Prison, Mr. Li Hailong Dies at Home

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Hailong, 42, passed away in September 2014. He had been imprisoned for four years, and was arrested again on October 18th, 2013. The police took him to the local police station and threatened him. Mr. Li was released after the police extorted 2,000 yuan from him. His health deteriorated and he became emaciated.