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  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Nanfang Abused with Many Torture Methods—Part 2

    Practitioners held in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp were forced to sit on a stool for more than ten hours every day, forced to memorise 30 rules and standards of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong. They used high-pressure violence and cruel means to try to force practitioners to “transform” and write the three statements, make an oath, slander Falun Gong, and write their name on the “oath wall.” If they didn't comply, they were forced to stand facing the wall for a long period of time and/or tortured with the “stretching bed,” the “big hang-up”, and electric batons along with other cruel methods.
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials Cover Up the Truth about Mr. Hou Yanshuang's Death

    Since Mr. Hou Yanshuang's death was reported outside of China, Shenyang First Prison officials have been afraid their outrageous actions would be exposed. Higher levels of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) also panicked. They did not check who was in charge of the case, whether the prison broke the law, or whether Mr. Hou's family was given an explanation. Their only concern was how the news of Mr. Hou's death got out of China. Mr. Hou Yanshuang was detained and persecuted in the Shenyang First Prison. As a result of persecution, he suffered many severe illnesses and passed away on April 3rd, 2011.
  • Mr. Zhang Jiuhai from Beijing Sent to a Forced Labour Camp Three Times

    The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted Falun Gong practitioners for more than ten years. Over the course of the persecution Mr. Zhang Jiuhai has been detained in forced labour camps three times for a total of about six years. In 2000, Mr. Zhang was reported to police and arrested because he distributed Falun Gong informational materials. He was sentenced to one year of forced labour. In the dispatch centre, he was brutally tortured. Guards forced the practitioners' heads down on a bed and stretched their arms up in an “airplane” shape. As a result of the torture, Mr. Zhang Jiuhai’s whole body trembled and he almost lost consciousness. Guards beat, verbally abused, and pinched Mr. Zhang and slammed his head against a wall.
  • Ms. Gao Shuqin from Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province Recounts Years of Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Shuqin was a teacher in Wujia Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in late 2000 and has been suspended from work ever since. Her daughter is in high school and her family is living under tremendous political and financial pressure. After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, officers from the Shuangcheng City Police Department held Ms. Gao at the No. 2 Detention Centre twice, for a total of 79 days, and extorted 20,700 yuan from her. She was also held at a brainwashing facility twice and Wujia Town government officials extorted 2,100 yuan from her.
  • Mr. Zhou Xiangyang in Critical Condition--His Mother Calls for Justice

    On April 12th, an elderly woman stood outside of Gangbei Prison wearing a vest with the words, “My son is in critical condition - Gangbei Prison will not let his parents visit him - My son is a good person.” Many bystanders were sympathetic and some condemned the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harsh treatment of her son. This happened after Mr. Zhou Xiangyang's mother requested to visit him and was rejected.
  • Award Winning Teacher from Suining City Imprisoned for Five Years, Now Homeless to Avoid Further Persecution

    Guo Chunfang was previously a teacher and won an award for “Best Teacher” several times in a row. Her students and their parents loved her teaching ability. Guo Chunfang is steadfast in her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and plans to continue practising Falun Gong in spite of the persecution. For the five years of January 15th, 2007 to February 19th, 2011, Guo Chunfang was imprisoned at the Longquanyi Women's Prison in Chengdu. On March 8th, she was released. When she returned home, police surrounded and harassed her, trying to take her to a brainwashing facility. With help from her relatives, she managed to get away from the police officers, but now she can't go home for fear of further persecution.
  • Mr. Liang Yuncheng, a Former Judge from Liaoning Province, Was Brutally Persecuted

    Mr. Liang Yuncheng was reported to the police in 2006 when he was seen talking to people about Falun Gong in Kuandian County. He was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labour. Guards ordered inmates to severely beat him. Mr. Liang went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Inmates restrained Mr. Liang on a bed with his arms and legs tied to the four corners of the bed. Guard Meng Lixin shouted at him while slapping his face. The camp doctor first gave him an IV and then force-fed him. Later guards tortured Mr. Liang using a method called “Stretched and Hung up,” where he was tied a bed with his body stretched out and he was left suspended in the air.
  • Persecution Suffered by Ms. Niu Yan from Huanren County, Liaoning Province

    Ms. Niu Yan went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on January 29th, 2000. She was arrested at Tiananmen Square and detained. In 2002, the Xinbin Court sentenced Ms. Niu to seven years in prison for practising Falun Gong. In March 2003, she was sent to the Liaoning Women’s Prison. Ms. Niu was forced into slave labour. She worked from 6:00 a.m to midnight. On one occasion, the guards found that Ms. Niu had a handwritten copy of some of Falun Gong articles, so they shocked her mouth, face, and neck with electric batons for more than ten minutes. Ms. Niu was then forced to continue working in the workshop.
  • The Persecution of Practitioners in the No. 10 Ward of Liaoning Province Women's Prison

    The inmates and practitioners in the No. 3 Team at Liaoning Province Women's Prison were forced to make clothes. They were divided into two groups, one to prepare the fabric, the other to operate the sewing machines. Everyone was assigned an unreasonable workload. For example, the one operating the sewing machine had to work 620 minutes per day. If she was unable to, she was verbally abused and punished, such as being shocked with an electric baton, kicked, or slapped. Every day the inmates in the No.10 Ward started to line up at 6:40 a.m. for the workshop. They would finish, at the earliest, at 7:00 pm. They sometimes worked overtime, until 9:00 p.m. Everyone was so exhausted when they returned to their cells that some had difficulty climbing the stairs. Some were not allowed to eat dinner or go to the toilet if they didn't finish the daily quota.
  • Mr. He Binggang Sentenced to Prison Despite Being Paralyzed from Torture during Interrogation

    On April 18th, 2011, Mr. He Binggang went on trial at the Shanghai Changning District Court and was sentenced to five years in prison despite his paralysis. On April 15th, 2010, police arrested Mr. He. A policeman hit Mr. He's neck with his elbow, kicked his lower back and punched him. He was in continuous pain. By March 2011, Mr. He was unable to walk and became incontinent. On March 14th, he was sent to the hospital and diagnosed with a grade 4-7 cervical disc herniation with spinal cord oedema. On April 18th, when Mr. He was carried into the court room, he could not stop vomiting. Mr. He's lawyer proved his innocence and the lack of evidence for any crime. However, the judge declared him guilty after a four hour trial.
  • Family from Yichun, Heilongjiang Province Suffers Brutal Persecution

    After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, officials targeted Qin Yueming's family. First, Mr. Qin was given a three-year forced labour camp sentence. Not long after his release, he was sentenced to an additional ten years. On February 26th, 2011, he was persecuted to death in Jiamusi Prison. His wife, Wang Xiuqing, was detained five times; three of which resulted in forced labour camp sentences, and one of which led to being taken to a brainwashing centre.
  • Practitioner Chen Heng Beaten and Tortured in Fujian Province, Still Detained

    On July 20th, 1999, Mr. Chen Heng went to Beijing to appeal to the government for Falun Gong. In 2000, he was arrested and sentenced to forced labour at the Rujiang Compulsory Treatment Reformatory in Fujian Province. Because he had not renounced Falun Gong he was beaten by police and also suffered from electric shock torture, being forced to stand for a long time, not being allowed to sleep, being hung up by both hands, being detained in a small solitary room, and other forms of torture. In 2008, Mr. Chen was arrested again. In November 2010, Mr. Chen was transferred from Fuzhou Prison to a juvenile forced labour camp and brainwashing centre. He is still detained there now.
  • Personal Account of Psychiatric Abuse at Urumqi Women’s Forced Labour Camp

    63-year-old Ms. Zhou Yuelan used to be healthy from practising Falun Gong. Police and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) arrested her on September 6th, 2008 and held her in a forced labour camp for 18 months, during which she was subjected to psychiatric abuse. She recounts: "One time someone sprayed my left hand with a liquid. I immediately felt as if there were bugs crawling on my skin, and my hand started to feel numb. When I went to the toilet, I had to use the stall and tap they designated for me and smelled an overpowering odour coming from the toilet. Sometimes I rinsed my mouth with water from the tap, and there was a strange taste. Over time, I started to feel disoriented."
  • Forced Drug Injection and Other Torture at the Yunnan No. 2 Women’s Prison

    Ms. Wang Chunlan was arrested in June 2006 and sentenced to three years in prison. She was taken to Yunnan Province No. 2 Women's Prison where she was injected with drugs that caused memory loss. Afterwards she spiked a persistent fever, was agitated and experienced hallucinations. She returned home in 2009 but has not yet recovered. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) continued to monitor her and tapped phone calls made by her and her family. Officials from the street party committee and the community often harassed her family.
  • Over 40 Falun Gong Practitioners Still Detained at Hohhot City Women's Prison

    Ms. Yuan Shumei was the first Falun Gong practitioner to be detained and persecuted in the Hohhot City Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia back in 2001. Since then, Chinese Communist Party officials have continued to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in the prison. Ms. Yuan Shumei was subjected to physical abuse and mistreatment from prison officials and criminal detainees. She died as a result of the persecution in prison.