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  • In Memory of Fellow Practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianxun

    While jailed at the Shijiazhuang City Labour Camp, Mr. Zhang was first put in the "Strictly Disciplined Class," where he was forced to keep his head down when walking; otherwise he would receive brutal beatings. Every day he had to get up at 6:00 o'clock in the morning and then was forced to squat facing the wall. He was also forced to work nearly 20 hours a day. Several days later, he could no longer endure the hard labour. He often stumbled and he could not easily get up. Seeing he could no longer work, the police then transferred him to a different unit
  • Jilin Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Shouqi Dies as a Result of Torture

    Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Shouqi, 49 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from Dehui City, Jilin Province. He was then sent to forced labour in December 2000, being detained in the Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp, Jiutai City, Jilin Province. As he was firm in his belief in Dafa, he suffered from all kinds of torture methods as well as extremely hard, forced labour. His lung function turned abnormal and he vomited blood. On March 11, 2003, during a mass search and arrest action by Jilin police, he was forcibly taken away from home. He was detained again and again suffered serious bodily harm. After returning home, he passed away on June 19, 2003.
  • Over Forty Practitioners Arrested in Shuangcheng City, Three Tortured to Death

    Since February 11, 2004, personnel from the "610 Office" and policemen in Shuangcheng City rounded up Dafa practitioners. According to incomplete statistics, by February 28, over forty practitioners had been arrested. Based on the most recent information, among the arrested, three practitioners were tortured to death within a couple of days, including two unidentified practitioners. We have learned that this action was ordered by the assistant director of the political and security department in Shuangcheng City and was executed by the director of the national security department, Jin Wanzhi.
  • After Benefitting from Dafa, 53 Year old Female Practitioner Was Persecuted

    "I am Ms Chu Jianjun, 53 years old this year, and I reside in Beijing. At the end of 1979, I suddenly became ill with a rare and unpleasant affliction known as lupus and no medicine could control the rapidly spreading condition. I was afflicted with many other diseases, which made me lose the courage to face life. One day in May 1993, when I was at the end of my endurance, a friend of mine introduced me to Falun Gong. I had not worked for the previous twelve years. After I practised Falun Gong for only two months, my body and mind were cleansed swiftly. At the end of July 1993, I went back to work. From that point on, I bade farewell to being a chronic invalid. Once the persecution started my husband and I were harassed, arrested and detained many times just for continuing the practice.
  • Three Short Stories of Non-Practitioners Awakening to the Truth in China

    Ni Xiaohui is a 27-year-old villager in Yushu City, Jilin Province. His parents are farmers and he is their youngest child. While doing odd jobs out of town, Ni Xiaohui was infected with a sexually transmitted disease. When the disease inflamed, he would find blood in his urine. His family spent 50,000 yuan in search of a cure, but nothing helped. One day Ni Xiaohui learned Falun Gong and within the year, he completely recovered. He continues to practice the exercises and studies the Falun Gong teachings each day.
  • Switzerland: Jiang's Regime Up to Their Old Tricks Again; Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution

    "Inspired by the Great Cultural Revolution and under orders from the National Education Department, all teachers and students from primary schools to universities have to sign a statement against Falun Gong. Teachers who refuse to participate, or those who do not give up Falun Gong cultivation will be dismissed and unlawfully detained. Students are excluded by the school, not allowed to go to a higher grade or graduate and are even forcibly sent to different kinds of brainwashing classes."
  • Practitioner Mr. Cao Yuqiang Dies as a Result of Persecution (Photo)

    Dafa practitioner Mr. Cao Yuqiang was in his 40s and lived in Pulandian City, Liaoning Province. He suffered cruel persecution ever since July 20, 1999, when Jiang Zemin's group began persecuting Falun Gong. Mr. Cao was detained numerous times and savagely tortured. Cao Yuqiang had been in great physical condition and weighed about 176 lbs. After suffering fiendish tortures his weight dropped to about 88 lbs, and his thighs were skinnier than an average person's arm. He passed away at home at 6:00 p.m. on April 8, 2004, within one year after his release.
  • Accused of Broadcasting Documentary Programmes on TV in Hebei Province, Mr. Cheng Fengxiang Has Bamboo Slivers Jammed Under His Fingernails

    Because of his alleged participation in broadcasting documentary programmes about the persecution of Falun Gong on TV in the Shahe and Xingtai areas, Mr. Cheng Fengxiang from Hebei Province, was arrested by local police on on January 28, 2004. In order to obtain a reward for finding out the whereabouts of the equipment used for the TV broadcasts, the Criminal Police Squadron Captain, Yang Qingshe, tortured Cheng Fengxiang by jamming bamboo slivers under his fingernails. The scene of the torture shocked other policemen that were watching.
  • Beijing Police Torture a Young Falun Dafa Practitioner to Death and Demand that a Hospital Provide a False Death Certificate

    One morning in the winter of 2000, the police brought the body of a young man who had been tortured to death to the emergency ward of a Beijing Hospital. When the doctors asked the police about the young man's name and his home address, the police said, "He doesn't have a name; he is a Falun Gong practitioner." Police demanded the hospital produce a death certificate that stipulated that the young practitioner had died suddenly of a heart attack. Although doctors refused, the police went to the head of the hospital and sealed all records containing information related to the practitioner's death. It is unknown what the hospital wrote as the cause of death on this young Falun Gong practitioner's death certificate.
  • A Non-Practitioner's Eyewitness Account of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Jiutai Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp

    Because of my wrongdoing, in 2003 I was sent to the Jilin Province Jiutai Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp. When I first arrived, due to the deceptive propaganda I had received while out in the world, I held a biased view and had a bad impression of the Falun Gong practitioners detained at the camp. Later, however, through frequent contact with the practitioners, my viewpoint gradually changed. I found out that they were not like what the TV stations, radio stations, or the newspapers had broadcast. Falun Gong practitioners were actually good people in society. Yet the treatment they received in the camp was so terrible, you would not believe it! I am revealing this cruel goings-on so that I hope that more people may offer understanding and sympathy to those being so unjustly persecuted.
  • Ms. Chen Qing Dies During Police Raid in Kaiyuan City

    On the evening of March 31, 2004, a site containing Falun Gong materials in Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province was raided and destroyed by police. In order to escape abduction and cruel interrogation by the police, Ms. Chen Qing tried to slide down the side of the building using a bed sheet. Unfortunately, she fell and died. When we arrived at around 7:00 PM, we saw Ms. Chen's body at the foot of the six-story building. She was face down, and there was a big puddle of blood on the ground around her head. At the same time, we saw the long, knotted bed sheet, hanging from the sixth floor window.
  • Lives of Peril for Three Female Practitioners Who Suffered Torture and Abuse at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Wang Yan, about 37 years old, is believed to be from Dalian City. She was abducted and taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp where she was tortured to emaciation and later sent to a mental hospital. Ms. Wang Wenjun, about 40 years old, experienced brainwashing, sleep deprivation and slave labour. Exposed to toxic materials, the unbearable intensity of such labour severely damaged her health. She was tortured to the brink of death. Ms. Zhao Caihua, around 30 years old, was hung up for two days and one night. She was also forced to sit in the cross-leg position for over 10 hours, and was coughing blood at the end. At the end she could not walk at all.
  • A Junior High School Girl in Chenzhou City Is Deprived of Her Education for Promoting "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance"

    Ai Dan, a fourteen-year old girl, was a student in Hunan Province. She started practising Falun Dafa in 1998. In order to encourage people to follow "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance," Ai Dan began to promote Dafa to the teachers and students around her. One of the classmates who did not understand Falun Gong reported her to the teacher. The school officials tried to intimidate her, saying, "You have to leave school if you want to practise Falun Gong." Ai Dan was expelled from the school.
  • Persecution of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" Equals Infringements of 1.3 Billion Chinese People's Human Rights

    Great damage has been done to Falun Gong practitioners in almost five years of persecution. Jiang iimplemented genocidal policies to "ruin Falun Gong practitioners' reputation, devastate them finanically, and physically destroy them," and to record all deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in police custody as "suicides." Each Falun Gong practitioner is forced to make a choice between death and their noble belief in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."
  • Though I'm Not a Falun Gong Practitioner, I Want to Shout "Falun Dafa Is Great!"

    We had to write a letter to appeal to the local Party Secretary of the Administration Office of Politics and Law. After conducting an investigation, they refused to return the car to us and nothing else was mentioned. The darkness and corruption of the society infuriated me. I planned to appeal to each level of government right up to the top and prepared to adopt an extreme approach -- if the matter could not be resolved properly, I would die with them.