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  • Declaration by a Falun Gong Practitioner's Husband

    One day in 1997, a Falun Gong practitioner told my wife that Falun Gong could cure her illness and keep her fit. My wife thought it was worth a try and began to practice Falun Gong. It was miraculous. Within several months her many diseases disappeared. She has continued the practice to this day. In July 1997, the government placed a ban on Falun Gong, and forbade the practice. On December 17, 2000, the Beijing Police Department detained my wife Yang Yuzhen because she went to Beijing to clarify the truth, to say a word of justice, and to show that Falun Dafa is great.
  • Yoko Kaneko's Submission to the UN

    "In the Police Hospital, the police tried to force me to give up my belief. They handcuffed me to a bed. The handcuffs were so tight that my wrists bled. They not only inserted a tube through my nose into my stomach for force-feeding but also used a catheter so that I would not go to the toilet. At that time, I was menstruating. They put me on a plastic sheet with my lower body naked and exposed. When I was finally released from the bed, the skin on my entire back was in a state of putrefaction."
  • As the UN Human Rights Commission Meets in Geneva, Ms. Wang Guofang Dies from Torture in China's Daqing City

    Ms. Wang Guofang, a 42 year old Falun Dafa practitioner from Heilongjiang Province, was arrested and sent to Qiqihar Forced Labour Camp. On March 15, 2004, her family received a phone call from the labour camp. They were told that Wang Guofang was being released and were instructed to come to the labour camp. When the family arrived, Wang Guofang was dead. She was persecuted to death as the United Nations Human Rights Commission was meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Daqing City Outstanding Teacher Ms. Gao Shuqin Falls to Her Death as a Result of Police Harassment (Photo)

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Gao Shuqin, 51 years old, was a middle school teacher in Daqing City. She was named an Outstanding Teacher of Daqing City. At midnight, police officers went to Gao Shuqin's house and locked the door from the outside. At noon on March 27, Gao Shuqin made several calls for help but received no response. With no choice left, she tied a bed sheet to a window and tried to climb down. Unfortunately, the sheet tore in half when she was in midair, and she fell to her death.
  • How Mr. Xun Ruilin Was Persecuted Before Death

    Hebei Province Dafa practitioner Mr. Xun Ruilin was arrested along with many other practitioners when they were exchanging cultivation experiences. The chief of the police department, Li Zhide, ordered four or five policemen to beat Xun Ruilin, which they did until his white shirt turned red. He immediately went on hunger strike to protest his illegal and brutal treatment, whereupon the police force-fed him as a form of torture. He died on September 8 2002. The police took his corpse to the county hospital and staged a scene, for the benefit of his family members, making it appear as if doctors had attempted to rescue him from the brink of death.
  • Female Practitioner Dies When Cancer Recurs after Being Detained and Denied the Right to Practise Falun Gong

    Ms. Yan Suyun, in her 40's, was a Falun Gong practitioner who lived in Zhejiang Province. The doctors at the major hospitals had previously diagnosed her with cancer and determined that there was no cure. After that she began practising Falun Gong, and soon her cancer began to go into remission and she recovered completely. Later she was arrested and detained at a detention centre. Police there strictly prohibited her from practising Falun Gong and eventually her cancer symptoms returned and due to police negligence she died form cancer.
  • Long-Term Persecution Leads to Death of Mr. Li Chuanwen from Meihekou City

    Mr. Li Chuanwen was 54 years old and from Jilin Province. He was arrested and detained six times from October 1999 until his death on March 10th 2004. During this whole period he suffered excruciating torture which eventually lead to his death. According to the man on duty in the mortuary, on the day of Li's death, the police patrolled outside until midnight. The next morning, seven people from the police department, the political and legal committee and the "610 Office" came and picked up Li's corpse. It is not known where they took his body.
  • Hubei Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chen Rongyao Was Tortured to Death in May 2002 (Photo)

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen Rongyao from Wuhan City, Hubei Province was arrested by police from the Qiaokou Station on January 6, 2002. Police ransacked his home on the same day and confiscated They took away two stereos, one bike, and 13,000 yuan in cash, which was Chen's daughter's savings. He was sent to the Etouwan No.1 Detention Centre, where he was tortured severely. He died in the hospital on May 15, 2002.
  • Daqing City Police Responsible for Death of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Guofang

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Guofang was 42-year-old. She lived in Daqing City. In 2002, she was arrested and was sent to Shuanghe Labour Camp in Qiqihar City. The labour camp authorities told Wang Guofang's family that she died from heart disease. However, sources reveal that lately the authorities of Shuanghe Labour Camp have been brutally torturing determined Dafa practitioners in order to reach the quota for "reformed" Falun Gong practitioners. In mid March 2004, she was tortured to death in the custody of Daqing City police.
  • Hebei Province College Student Liu Ling Unjustly Suspended from College for Persisting in Her Belief

    Ms. Liu Ling is a student in the Chemistry Department of Hebei's Handan Normal Junior College. Ms. Liu Ling is a student in the Chemistry Department of Hebei's Handan Normal Junior College. Because she practises Falun Gong, officers from her local police station arrested her in 2001. Ms. Liu was detained for more than five months, during which time the college attempted to force her to give up her belief. Liu Ling's suspension from school has now lasted more than three years.
  • Female Practitioner Detained Seven Times In Two Years While Two Family Members Passed Away

    "I am a female Falun Gong practitioner, and I am 52 years old this year. Since I started to practise Falun Gong I was arrested seven times, and I lost two family members in those two years. Because my son and I were arrested at the same time, my mother fell ill due to excessive worry. After we were arrested, my husband suffered from cerebral hemorrhage, so no one was left to take care of my mother. Later my father also passed away while I was imprisoned.
  • Father and Son Are Cruelly Persecuted Resulting in Father's Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Wensheng and his father Mr. Li Hai from Shandong Province both suffered unrelentless torture in detention for three years. He endured multiple beatings causing his body to turn a livid purple colour and until he vomitted blood. His father suffered no less. The authorities viciously beat, abused and physically punished him. They also forced him to criticize himself and defame Falun Dafa on TV. This devastated him both physically and mentally. He sadly died on December 23, 2002.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Shot at by Liaoning Province Police

    On March 14, 2004, Zhao Qingzhe and other police officers from the Liaohe Oil Field Police Department jumped out of a car, and without warning, chased and shot at Falun Dafa practitioner Zheng Qunpeng while he was on his way to work. Fortunately, officer Zhao missed his target. He shouted, "Let me break his legs!" At the local police station an officer threatened "We could sentence you and send you to a labour camp because you shouted 'Falun Dafa is great'.
  • Police Wrongfully Accuse Practitioner of Printing Anti-Revolutionary Flyers in Hunan Province

    On May 10, 2000, because of distributing truth-clarification flyers, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zen Fanchun was arrested by Chief Officer Zheng Aimin. Zheng Aimin lied to the surrounding people, saying, "Zen Fanchun prints anti-revolutionary flyers." When Mr. Zen's father, sister-in-law and wife came to the police station to bring food to him, some practitioners were about to be sent to the county detention centre, and they protested against this. Zen's father was thrown to the floor and badly beaten.
  • Anhui Province Teacher Mr. Liu Jie Dies as Result of Persecution

    Liu Jie, a 35 year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was a teacher in Anhui Province. In October 2003, after being detained for over one year, he was taken to the hospital where he became comatose. The "610 Office" and the detention centre of Fuyang City were callous regarding Liu Jie's condition. In early March 2004, Liu Jie passed away after five months of unbearable suffering. He left a three year old son and his family.