Exposing the Persecution

Torture | Kidnapping | Brainwashing | Illegal Detention and Imprisonment | Extortion | Persecution Throughout Society | Inside the Labour Camps | Individual Accounts | 6-10 Office | Death Cases | Organ Harvesting

  • Guangzhou Resident Ms. Luo Liping Detained at Forced Labour Camp for Over a Year After Purchasing Hong Kong Shen Yun Show Ticket

    Guangzhou Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Luo Liping was arrested by police and the street administration office in January 2010. She was sentenced to eighteen months of forced labour. When her term was up, she was persecuted for an additional 45 days. She recounts: "When I phoned to order tickets to the Shen Yun show (a world-class traditional Chinese cultural show) in Hong Kong in January 2010, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutors were monitoring my phone. Later, when I went to apply for the visa to Hong Kong, regime agents confiscated my identification card. Several days later, police officers pushed their way in and ransacked my home. They took my personal belongings, including Falun Gong books, materials, cash, and a computer. They arrested me. I was sent to Chatou Women's Forced Labour Camp. I was forced to do heavy labour."
  • Public Servant Ms. Xiao Yingxue Transferred Secretly after Enduring 15 Months in a Forced Labour Camp

    After being persecuted at the Wuhan Women’s Forced Labour Camp for 15 months, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xiao Yingxue was secretly taken away by officials on October 6th. Presumably, Ms. Xiao Yingxue was transferred to a brainwashing centre for further abuse. Her loved ones are very worried about her condition. Since the communist regime began the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, she has been arrested eight times by police and sent to the brainwashing centre six times. She was once brutally beaten to critical condition and sent to hospital. She was sent to a forced labour camp twice. Her employee dismissed her and didn’t give her any compensation. Her husband had to divorce her because of the unbearable pressure from the authorities.
  • Mr. Xie Hanzhu Placed Under Strict Control Again in Meizhou Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Xie Hanzhu has been sentenced in the Guangdong Province Third Prison (Meizhou Prison). Xia was put under strict control in mid-October of this year. His 81-year-old father and 76-year-old mother have not been allowed to see him. Because he practised Falun Gong and did the exercises in public, he was sentenced to two years in prison in 1999 and detained at the Sanshui Labour Camp. On February 3rd, 2005, Meizhou area 610 Office officials arrested Mr. Xie again. After interrogation and physical torture, he was sentenced to twelve years in prison. He was transferred to the Meizhou prison, where he is now.
  • Ms. Bian Chunyan from Fuxin City, Liaoning Province Sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Bian Chunyan was arrested on August 31st by officials from the Domestic Security Division of Taiping Police Department, the Jianshe Police Station, and the Xitie Police Station. She was transferred to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp on September 28th with sentence of 21 months of forced labour. Her family is anxious about her situation and has suffered grief and difficulty without her.
  • Ms. Zhang Guanghua from Yongjing County, Gansu Province, Arrested

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guanghua was arrested by police on July 7th, 2011. A witness said that a plainclothes police officer went into Ms. Zhang's convenience store asking for a DVD about Falun Gong and the persecution. After she gave him one, the man called for fellow officers to arrest her, charging her with distributing Falun Gong DVDs. Sources have said that Ms. Zhang has been severely beaten, restrained on a tiger bench, and hung by her handcuffs.
  • Former Deputy Head of County Appeals Bureau Injected with Unknown Drugs in Brainwashing Centre

    Because Ms. Liu Jinying practises Falun Gong, she was sentenced to five years in prison by Laishui County Court. During her imprisonment, she was subjected to various tortures and forcibly injected with unknown drugs. On October 7th, Ms. Liu was arrested again and taken to the Laishui Party School Brainwashing Centre. She was beaten unconscious and injected with unknown drugs.
  • Luotaishan Brainwashing Centre in Fushun City, Liaoning Province, Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

    On August 1st, practitioners Shan Changying and Wu Fuzhen were arrested by domestic security police for telling people the truth about Falun Gong at Yumin Mall. They were detained in Luotaishan Brainwashing Centre. The brainwashing centre is in existence specifically to try to force practitioners to give up their belief in Falun Gong. Practitioners are threatened and brutally tortured, which often causes them injury, disability, and even death. Some of the practitioners were transferred to the Fifth Hospital (a mental hospital) in Fushun City to be persecuted.
  • Engineer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison--His Wife Recently Arrested, Leaving a Young Daughter Alone at Home

    Mr. Liu Yongwang is about 40 years old, and a Falun Gong practitioner. Mr. Liu was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, and is currently detained in Jidong Prison in Tangshan City. Guard Zheng Yajun locked him in an empty room for eight consecutive months and ordered 14 inmates to torture him. On October 7th, Ms. Qi Shuying, Mr. Liu's wife, was at home with her daughter when the electricity suddenly went out. When they opened the door to check the electric meter, more than half a dozen police officers were waiting, and forced their way in. Ms. Qi was taken away by the police, leaving her young daughter alone at home, without anyone to care for her. Ms. Qi was taken to a brainwashing centre.
  • After Having Been Imprisoned for Five and a Half Years, Mr. Min Changchun, Wuhan University Graduate, Detained Again

    After having been subjected to four years of prison and one and a half years of forced labour, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Min Changchun was arrested again on September 27th, in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. He is currently detained at the Wuhan City No. 2 Detention Centre. Previously in 2005, while imprisoned, guard Zheng Mao instigated criminal inmates to beat Mr. Min several times, seriously injuring him. As a result of the beatings, he was near death and had to undergo emergency surgery in the Hubei Province Prison General Hospital. He was unconscious for several days afterwards.
  • Ms. Li Dongqing Tortured to Death after Many Years of Incarceration for Practising Falun Gong

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Dongqing died aged 49 in early 2011. Ms. Li had just finished eight years in prison for practising Falun Gong when her family succumbed to police threats and helped send her to Shenyang City Psychiatric Hospital. During 30 days of incarceration in the hospital, Ms. Li was injected with unknown drugs which caused her body to turn dark and the veins in her legs to bulge and turn dark. It took a severe toll on her physical and mental health and she collapsed mentally.
  • Ao Yongjie on the Verge of Death in Jilin Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ao Yongjie was arrested in Siping City, Jilin Province, in July 2007 and was sentenced to seven years in prison. In August 2008, he was transferred to the prison. Recently, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis so severe that he has a hole (or holes) on his lung and was on the verge of death. The prison wanted to release Mr. Ao. However, the deputy head of the local 610 Office, Huang Zhiquan, refused to sign an agreement for the release.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yang Wenjie Tortured and Kept in Solitary Confinement at Jinan Women's Prison

    Shandong Province Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Wenjie was imprisoned in the Jinan Women's Prison, Shandong Province in April 2011. Guards Xue Yanqin and Xu Yumei ordered the inmates to continuously beat Ms. Yang Wenjie just because Ms. Yang refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong and refused to wear the prison's badge and uniform. Later guards locked Ms. Yang Wenjie in a small cell and tortured her for 30 days. As a result of this non-stop brutal torture, Ms. Yang has suffered tremendously both physically and mentally. She is only in her 40s, but her hair has turned grey.
  • Mr. Zhang Chunqiu from Yiyang City in Hunan Province Tortured Many Times; Now Held In Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp

    Mr. Zhang Chunqiu, 48, has been imprisoned and tortured several times since 2001. He is now in Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province, after being arrested on February 23rd, 2010. When Mr. Zhang was taken to Jinshi Prison in Changde City, team leader Zhou Zhengwen ordered Mr. Zhang to do hard labour on May 17th, 2003. When Mr. Zhang refused, guard Zou hung him up with his hands tied behind his back, and a piece of heavy wood was hung around his neck on thin wire. The wire cut into his neck. He was left like this for 13 hours and was in excruciating pain. This torture method is called “living worse than death.”
  • Chinese Spies in Finland Threaten the Acquaintances of Falun Gong Practitioners

    My name is Jin Zhaoyu, and I live in northern Finland. In 2008, my mother Chen Zhenping was sentenced to eight years in prison for practising Falun Gong. She was sentenced by Jinshui District Court in Zhengzhou, Henan Province and she is currently incarcerated at Xinxiang Women's Prison in Henan. I have been appealing for my mother’s release and as a result, the Chinese government has been harassing me relentlessly. Chinese spies recently contacted one of my friends here in Finland. She was absolutely terrified. I want to let everyone know about this, hoping that people will extend a helping hand.
  • Inquiry into Those Responsible for 55-Year-Old Ms. Wang Chunxiang's Death

    Fifty-five-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Chunxiang from Dandong City, Liaoning Province, was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in 2006. She was detained in the No. 9 Ward of Liaoning Province Prison and died as a result of torture in custody on September 25th, 2011. From arrest, detention, and sentencing to forced labour, Ms. Wang was persecuted every step of the way. Everyone who took part in persecuting her contributed to her death, and is a culprit who should bear responsibility.