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  • Ms Zhang Shufen From Heilongjiang Province Recalls Her Detention and Torture Experiences

    Ms Zhang Shufen was imprisoned many times and suffered relentless torture and persecution. She recounts experiences in Harbin's Women's prison, " six people holding handcuffs in their hands jumped on me and began torturing me. They handcuffed my hands behind my back, with one hand over my shoulder and the other hand against my lower back. Jailed criminals held an electrical baton to torture me. They pushed me down onto the floor, sometimes with my face up, sometimes with my face down. They kicked and ruthlessly beat me. While beating me a criminal said, "This is precisely hell on earth.""
  • Ms. Xiao Guifang from Sichuan Province, Was Arrested for Distributing the Nine Commentaries and Suffered an Untimely Death Due to Persecution

    55 year old Ms. Xiao Guifang was arrested and persecuted for distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. She suffered brutal physical and spiritual persecution at the hands of police Public Security and the 610 Office, was harassed to the point that she could endure it no longer and suffered an untimely death as a result of persecution on May 11, 2005.
  • Falun Dafa Gave My Husband a New Life, but then the Persecution Took it Away

    I am the wife of Falun Dafa practitioner Li Jingsheng. Li Jingsheng began practising Falun Dafa at a time when his health was very poor and his life was in serious danger. Upon practising Falun Dafa his health was great, until, after suffering from relentless physical and mental torture during the persecution of Falun Gong in China, he passed away.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Hongde Tortured to Death in Daqing City

    Hongweixing Prison in Daqing City, China, released Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Hongde a few weeks ago. On his release, Mr. Wang was on the verge of death as a result of being tortured in prison. On April 30th, 2005, fifteen days after his release, Mr. Wang passed away.
  • After Harbin Falun Gong Practitioner Guo Shijun Was Tortured to Death, the Police Secretly Cremated His Body to Destroy the Evidence

    Local Falun Gong practitioners obtained approval of his family and did some examination of his body when they changed his clothes. There were numerous wounds all over his body, without a good patch of skin anywhere. He had been shocked and beaten with high voltage electric batons and kicked with boots. Even his anus and genitals were deformed and had turned black, he had also suffered a rectal prolapse.
  • Five Practitioners, Cured of Incurable Illnesses after Practising Falun Dafa, Died Under Enormous Emotional Stress of the Persecution

    Ms. Wang Xiulan, 42, was a bank employee in Xizang Autonomous Region. She had hyperthyroidism and lung cancer. She was so ill that she went to her hometown of Linyi City, Shandong Province to make funeral arrangements. On February 20, 1999, Ms. Wang started practising Falun Dafa. Three days later, she was able to get out of bed and move around. Half a year later, she went to the hospital for an exam and found that all her illnesses had disappeared. However, she died on May 4, 2002 under the threats and harassment of the persecutors.
  • The Enslavement of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp (Photos)

    He Weicheng, a Falun Gong practitioner, was illegally sentenced to a forced labour camp in 2002 and detained in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. In July 2002, he was forced to do slave labour, producing various glass products for Zibo Jiaye Company. It was said that these products would be exported to the U.S., South Korea, and other countries.
  • Two Falun Dafa Practitioners from Shenyang and Dalian Are Missing

    Ms. Zhao Lixuan is 34 years old from Shenyang City. The police sent her to the "Legal Training Class" in Longshan Forced Labour Camp, Shenyang City, even though she was still breast-feeding her son. Due to the torture, Zhao Lixuan became extremely frail. With the promise of her family members to watch her closely, she was released in mid-September 2000. On the afternoon of October 19, her mother was talking with neighbours. When her mother turned around, she could not find Zhao Lixuan. Ms. Zhao's whereabouts are still unknown.
  • Zhangjiakou Practitioner Mrs Bai Junjie Suffers Inhuman Persecution in Prison

    Since March 1, 2005, Mrs. Bai Junjie has been unjustly held in the Taihang Women's Prison. Under orders from the warden there are six to seven "transformed" former practitioners that surround Mrs. Bai Junjie daily to brainwash her. Director Yan Xiuqing stated that they would not stop until they had "transformed" her. Under the brutal persecution, Mrs. Bai has suffered greatly, both physically and mentally. Her blood pressure went up to 240-250, and her heart showed abnormalities. She has no freedom whatsoever and her family is not allowed to visit her.
  • Initial Investigation Report on the Death of Ms. Wang Lixuan and Her Son

    Ms. Wang Lixuan was 27 years old. Her son Meng Hao was only eight months old. In October 2000, Ms. Wang Lixuan went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. She took her son with her, holding him in her arms. On the morning of November 7, 2000, they were arrested by police on Tiananmen Square. Police took her to the Yantai Development Region's Beijing Liaison Office located on the 18th floor. Around 4 p.m., Ms. Wang Lixuan and her son plunged to their deaths from the 18th floor of that building. The circumstances of Ms. Wang Lixuan's and her baby son's death have still not been properly investigated.
  • Eight Dafa Practitioners Died as a Result of Persecution in Heibei, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Sichuan Provinces

    Mr. Li Maoxun, 70 years old and a retired worker of the Dalian City Procuratorate in Liaoning Province, firmly cultivated Falun Gong, which resulted in a forced labour sentence and illegal incarceration at the Dalian Detention Centre for a year and a half. His son and daughter were sentenced to three years of forced labour since they had appealed on behalf of Falun Dafa in Beijing. The prolonged persecution and frequent attacks made Mr. Li ill. He passed away on March 31, 2005.
  • Twenty-Three Falun Dafa Practitioners in Guangdong Province, Shanghai, Hebei Province, Shandong Province Passed Away Under Persecution

    Practitioner Ms. Li Cuiyan, 48 years old, worked at the Qinhuangdao City Oil Piping Bureau in Hebei Province. She went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and was brutally tortured. In August 2000 she was locked up in a detention centre. The guards beat her for practising the Falun Gong exercises. She held a hunger strike and was savagely beaten and force-fed by several guards. She was later sent to the notorious Changli County Brainwashing Class in Qinhuangdao City. After her release, the perpetrators continued to monitor and follow her, and she lived under tremendous mental pressure. She fell from the top of a five-story building and was paralysed. After four years of suffering, she passed away in March 2005.
  • Four Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Missing in Changchun, Hunan Province, and Other Places

    Ms. Xu Yaoxian aged 48, of Jiamusi, retired from the Huimin Food Plant in 1992. After she divorced in 1993, she became a single-parent of a boy. Ms. Xu started practising Falun Dafa in 1996 and went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested twice, and detained for 15 days. She spent more than two months in jail the first time and was sent to a forced labour camp the second time where she remained until June 2001. Ms. Xu disappeared on October 7, 2002. No one has seen or heard from her since then.
  • Photographic Evidence of Torture: Mr. Guo Shijun Dies from Injuries Received at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp

    52 year old Mr. Guo Shijun suffered tortures such as being electrically shocked, and forced to sit bound to a metal chair in a forced labour camp. After one year of inhumane torture, and on the verge of death, he was sent back home. On February 9, 2005 he passed away, eight days after his release.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Jiang Yiyun from Sichuan Province Tortured to Death by Police

    Several police officers from the State Security Bureau in Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province tortured Mr. Jiang Yiyun to death and discarded his body on May 17, 2005. The police then spread rumours that he had committed suicide. There were severe injuries on the head and face, and Mr Jiang's body was also covered with wounds from torture, making it clear that he was tortured to death. The police would not allow the family members to take the body. Instead, they shipped the body to a crematory for cremation that same morning.