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  • Attorney Zhu Yubiao Put On Trial, Gallery Seats All Taken by 610 Office Personnel

    On May 5th, Haizhu District Court of Guangzhou City put Falun Gong practitioner attorney Zhu Yubiao on trial. All of the gallery seats were taken by personnel from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Attorney Zhu was arrested and prosecuted by the authorities based on the accusation that he was “preparing to commit a crime” because the authorities found staplers and printers at his home.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yu Yongjuan, 59, from Changchun City Dies as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Yongjuan was arrested, detained at forced labour camps, and harassed several times. Due to the physical and mental abuse, she died on April 10th. Previously, In November 2004, labour camp officials demanded that Ms. Yu write a statement to give up her belief in Falun Gong before she would be released, but she refused. The guards then told her to sign a written statement that they had prepared, and, again, she refused. Several guards then grabbed and restrained her in order to get her fingerprints. Ms. Yu kept her hands tightly balled into fists. The guards pulled and stretched her arms so hard that she was covered with bruises.
  • Wuhan City Police Department's Domestic Security Division Arrests Over a Dozen Falun Gong Practitioners in Two Days

    Over the course of two days, April 19th-20th, 2011, a dozen practitioners in Wuhan City were arrested at nearly the same time, and their homes were also ransacked. According to sources, this operation was planned and carried out by the Wuhan City Police Department's Domestic Security Division. Mr. Xiong Weiming was arrested at his home. His family members later discovered that his apartment had been turned upside down. His computer, mobile phone, printer, and other belongings were confiscated. There were also cigarette butts all over the floor. The whole house smelled of tobacco, and there were 7-8 empty water bottles scattered on the floor.
  • Kind hearted Villager Ms. Xiao Yongkang from Huayuan County, Hunan Province, Arrested Again

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xiao Yongkang was arrested again. According to insiders, 20 policemen broke into her home in the city and took her away on April 21st. She was alone at the time. The police also took all the Falun Gong books, DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong to be used as evidence. Ms. Xiao was persecuted in the brainwashing centre. She was slapped in the face continually, and she was handcuffed and hung up with her feet not touching the ground. She was left that way for five days and two nights. A large piece of skin on her wrist ripped off due the pressure of the full weight of her body on the handcuffs. She was shaking from extreme pain, her mind was confused, and her mouth was dry even as her body was drenched in sweat.
  • Summary of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Chenzui County, Wuqing District, Tianjin

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yan is in her sixties. Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games, she was detained at the Chenzui Police Station overnight and then monitored, intimidated, and harassed around the clock. She was forced into homelessness to avoid further persecution. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pang Hongqi has been detained in a detention centre three times, each time for one month. In May 2001, Mr. Pang was sentenced to a six-year prison term at Liyuantou Prison.
  • 610 Office Orders Arrest of Nine Falun Gong Practitioners in Hunan Province

    On April 28th, 2011, several officers from the Jinpenling Police Station in Changsha City broke into the home of Miss Xiong Xiaolan. They indiscriminately arrested Professor Gao Desi, a retired professor from the Hunan Institute of Finance, Hunan University, and seven other guests, by force and without due process. They were taken to the Jinpenling Police Station. Under orders from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), they were taken to the “black prison,” which operates outside the rule of law. The 610 Office calls it “the base.”
  • Mr. Qin Yueming Dies from Torture, Family Files Complaint

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Yueming was persecuted to death in Jiamusi Prison on February 26th. On February 27th, his family was allowed to view his body after repeated requests. They discovered that his lips were bruised, and when his body was turned over, a great deal of blood poured out from his mouth and nose. His neck, back, waist and legs were also bruised and scarred. Mr. Qin's family filed a complaint and request for compensation with the Jiamusi Hejiang Procuratorate on March 26th regarding his death. The Hejiang Procuratorate failed to take action, so the family submitted a letter of complaint to the Jiamusi People's Procuratorate on April 20th, but were suspicious that the officials were protecting each other. Meanwhile, Mr. Qin's family submitted a “Criminal Compensation Requisition” to Jiamusi Prison officials on April 19th.
  • Mudanjiang Prison Utilizes Brutal Torture to “Transform” Falun Gong Practitioners--Mr. Huang Yanlin in Critical Condition Recovers in Hospital

    The term “transformation” is used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to represent actions designed to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their faith. Mudanjiang Prison officials have pursued a high "transformation" rate, or quota, by brutally torturing practitioners in many ways. Torture methods included brutal beatings, electric shock treatments, long periods of sleep deprivation, removing all clothing and pouring cold water on their bodies, and forcing practitioners to stand outside in freezing temperatures. Practitioner Mr. Huang Yanlin refused to be “transformed,” and was then tortured until he was in critical condition.
  • Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Jiang Sihua from Tongcheng County, Hubei Province

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Sihua was arrested on May 20th, 2008, by police as she spoke with people about Falun Gong and the persecution. She was later held in the county's detention centre. Detention centre head Liu Xingzhi and a guard surnamed Zhou verbally abused Ms. Jiang, and beat her so badly that her entire body was black and blue. After two months of abuse and mistreatment Ms. Jiang became emaciated, and her weight dropped from 53kg to 35kg.
  • Lawyer Jin Guanghong Persecuted and Now Suffering from Partial Amnesia

    Beijing civil rights activist lawyer Jin Guanghong, who suddenly disappeared in early April, has been returned to his hometown in Hubei Province. He remains extremely weak and is not able to clearly recall what happened while he was missing. According to Mr. Jin's friend, Mr. Jin was working as a defence attorney in March for Li Tie, a citizen who was fighting for his civil rights. In early April, Mr. Jin intended to work on a Falun Gong practitioner's case in Luoyang City.
  • Remembering My Mother and Brother

    My family lives in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. There were five people in our home, including my father, mother, oldest brother, second older brother, and a younger sister. We all practised Falun Gong and followed the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” Our life was a simple but happy one. We respected, cared for and loved each other. Not long after the persecution began in July 1999, the harmony in this family of five ended. Two are now dead and three severely harmed. The oldest brother is still being held in jail, which has left our younger sister, who has suffered all sorts of abuse, alone with our father, who has lost his sanity.
  • Persecution Suffered by Military Officer Wei Danquan from Qinhuangdao City

    Mr. Wei Danquan was a military officer serving at Shanhaiguan Airport. He was discharged from the military for his belief in Falun Gong when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in 1999. He was arrested and brutally beaten numerous times, sometimes to the point of ending up in critical condition. The CCP agents also ransacked his house nearly every year. In June 2008, Shanhaiguan Court sentenced Mr. Wei to four years in prison. He was transferred to Jidong Prison on July 24th, 2008. During his confinement for the past three years, he has been suffering from tuberculosis, heart disease, and pleurisy. His family has requested his release in order to seek medical treatment, but prison authorities have ignored their pleas.
  • Liu Yong, Liao Xiaolin, and Wan Jinlian from Nanchang City Sentenced to Prison

    The Court of Qingshanhu District in Nanchang City tried three Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Liu Yong, Ms. Liao Xiaolin, and Ms. Wan Jinlian on April 25th, 2011. No advance notice of the trial date or location was issued, and the defendants' families were not notified in time. Four court police officers and several other officials escorted the defendants to the courtroom. In court, Lai Hongyu, the associate court director, announced that Mr. Liu would be sentenced to seven years in prison, Ms. Liao, who is handicapped, to one and a half years in prison, and Ms. Wan to one year in prison. The entire proceeding lasted less than ten minutes.
  • Healthy Elderly Practitioner Suffers from Brainwashing, Dies Within Three Months

    On November 28th, 2010 police deceived 70-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Guo Jilong into going to a hotel, which turned out to be a 610 Office brainwashing facility (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and Mr. Guo was detained for seven days. Guards forced him to participate in psychological testing, insinuating that Mr. Guo was mentally ill. They forced him to watch videos attacking Falun Gong in order to force him to give up his beliefs. They ended up forcing Mr. Guo into writing a “guarantee statement” to renounce practising Falun Gong against his will before they let him go home. His health became worse and worse. He died three months later, on March 2nd, 2011.
  • Persecution that I Suffered at the Hands of the National Security Team in Mudanjiang Public Security Bureau

    I was arrested, interrogated and tortured in November 2008 by police from the National Security Team in Mudanjiang Public Security Bureau. The police pulled my arms back, and used ropes to rein them in tighter while insulting me. I suffered both mentally and physically. When I did not say anything, Ma Qun added another rope to increase the pressure. He twisted my hand behind my back, causing me unbearable pain. When they saw that I was close to fainting from the pain, they released the rope and pulled my arms back forcefully. The pain in my arms was very intense.