Other News, 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

  • Ms. Gui Qionghua: "Practising Falun Gong Eliminated My Cancer, But I Was Persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for Speaking the Truth"

    Ms. Gui Qionghua, 40, is a farmer in Yunnan Province. For six years she had uterine cancer. After a practitioner told her about Falun Gong in 2004, she began to practise and her health recovered within six days. She then started to distribute informational materials explaining what Falun Gong is and how practitioners are being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but the police arrested her and subjected her to various forms of abuse.
  • Ms. Huang Xiujuan Disabled as a Result of Persecution in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province

    Ms. Huang Xiujuan was taken to the Wenzhou Justice Bureau Brainwashing Centre on August 15th, 2010. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) refused to release her even though her blood pressure rose. Ms. Huang was disabled as a result of the relentless persecution. She can no longer look after herself. Ms. Huang was detained in a brainwashing centre and prison several years ago, and were mentally and physically abused.
  • Two Sisters, Ms. Wang Yinghua and Ms. Wang Yingxia from Jiamusi Detained, Family Traumatised

    Two sisters from Jiamusi City, Ms. Wang Yinghua and Ms. Wang Yingxia, were detained numerous times since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. Their family was also severely affected. Their parents are unable to take care of themselves and the home was left unattended. Ms. Wang Yingxia distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on December 14th, 2007 and was arrested. When Ms. Wang's sister, Ms. Wang Yinghua, went to Fuyuan County Detention Centre to see her she could barely recognise her. Her face was so severely swollen that she could not see. A guard in the detention centre said that she had been sentenced to three years of imprisonment without going through legal procedures.
  • The Ongoing Persecution of Ms. Zhang Ke and Mr. Zheng Xiaoqi

    On November 22nd, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Ke was visiting Mr. Zheng Xiaoqi, who is also a practitioner, when five policemen came and ransacked Mr. Zheng's home. The police searched Ms. Zhang's bag but found nothing. They ordered two practitioners to go with them to search Ms. Zhang's home. Mr. Zheng managed to escape and Ms. Zhang was held in Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre. In the past ten years, Ms. Zhang Ke and Mr. Zheng Xiaoqi have been arrested several times. Ms. Zhang has been sentenced before.
  • Ms. Peng Donglian Died in the 610 Office Detention Centre; Hunan Province Is Responsible

    On November 9th, 2010, there was a large scale arrest of Falun Gong practitioners in Li county, Changde, Hunan Province. Eleven days after this incident, Ms. Peng Donglian died. She was 58 years old. She was arrested by the Domestic Group of Li County Police Department. She passed away in Li County Detention Centre. Officials claimed that Ms. Peng died of a heart attack. However, Ms. Peng never had a history of heart problems, and she was in good health prior to the arrest.
  • Fifteen Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Harassed in Tangshan Area

    Fifteen Falun Gong practitioners were reportedly abducted by authorities in Tangshan City on November 24th. Eight were detained in the Tangshan City Detention Centre by midnight. Others were taken to the Tangshan City First Detention Centre. 65-year old Ms. Li Lihua was arrested by police. They were hiding on the staircase. Wang Bin (who has repeatedly persecuted Falun Gong practitioners) shouted that someone had reported Li to the authorities and they need to ransack the place. They tried to take her away, but she resisted. Police carried her to the police car.
  • Police in Guan County, Shandong Province Persecute Falun Gong Practitioner and Her Daughter

    Zhou Huaiju, almost 50 years old, has been brutally persecuted many times ever since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. On April 27th, 2004, Ms. Zhou went out to work. A few police officers arrested her again. They used an electric baton on her and then imprisoned her in a detention centre. The police at the detention centre followed Chen Yuezhi's orders to brutally torture Ms. Zhou Huaiju. She was tortured so badly that she could not eat, and she couldn't stop vomiting.
  • Ms. Deng Hui's Personal Account of Persecution

    In May 2002. I was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and was first taken to the Xili Brainwashing Centre. After seven months of brainwashing sessions, I was transferred to the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp. They used many methods to torture me in the labour camp, such as denying me use of the toilet, depriving me of sleep, and forcing me to remain in strenuous positions for long periods of time.
  • Practitioner Yang Xitian from She County, Hebei Province Sentenced to Forced Labour

    On September 25th, eight police officers broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Yang Xitianand his wife Wang Qiaolian. They ransacked and confiscated their property. Police took Yang Xitian and his wife to a detention centre. Wang Qiaolian was forced to do slave labour, packaging small decoration gifts made by male prisoners. Every day she had to work 14 to 15 hours. Yang Xitian was sentenced to forced labour for eight months and was sent to the Handan Forced Labour Camp.
  • Officials Try to Prevent Lawyers from Defending Practitioners in Zhaoyuan City

    Seven Falun Gong practitioners from Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province, were recently arrested. Officials from the judiciary and Zhaoyuan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) tried to prevent their lawyers from defending them. When the lawyers met the judge, they were told the situation had changed, and that they could neither meet with their clients nor defend them in court. The judge showed them a hand-written note, claiming it was from one of the practitioners. It read, "I do not want a lawyer, and I do not want my family to hire a lawyer for me, either." The family members firmly denied that these were the real wishes of any of the practitioners and questioned the authenticity of the handwriting.
  • Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced in Songyuan, Jilin Province

    Four Falun Gong practitioners were recently tried secretly at the Ningjiang District Court in Songyuan, Jilin Province. The trial was held without informing the practitioners' families, and the practitioners were sentenced several days after the trial. Doctor Yang was sentenced to eight years. According to sources inside China, he has been brutally tortured. The three other practitioners were sentenced to seven and a half years. They are still being held at the Shanyou Detention Centre in Songyuan.
  • Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in Hebei Province Women's Prison

    Hebei Province Women's Prison is located southwest of Shijiazhuang City, near Luquan City, and at the base of Taihang Mountain. To the north of the prison is the Hebei Province Women's Detention Centre. The prison is divided into 17 sections, including a Juvenile Detention Centre. There are a total of 3,000 prisoners, among which are more than 200 Falun Gong practitioners. Forced labour mainly includes clothing production, and much of it is the production of police and army uniforms. The prison claims a "transformation rate" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] (of Falun Gong practitioners) of more than 95%.
  • The Chinese Communist Party's Use of Force-feeding

    Ever since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, it has worked to destroy traditional Chinese culture, beliefs, and morals at an unprecedented pace. This has resulted in an unbelievably warped society. One such aberration is the CCP's use of force-feeding. Conventionally, force-feeding is intended to supply food and fluids to save the lives of patients. To reduce potential medical errors, this humanitarian emergency treatment is only to be performed by highly trained health care providers at well-equipped hospitals, following strict procedures. Under the CCP rule, however, force-feeding has become a method to inflict harm on or even kill innocent victims, especially Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Practitioners Persecuted in Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp

    Twelve practitioners were detained in Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province from July 1st to July 3rd, 2010. They were brutally tortured in an attempt to force them to give up their belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Liu Shuling refused to sign a guarantee statement to stop practising Falun Gong, and so the guards kept her tied to the iron chair and extended her term at the camp by three more months. While the practitioners were handcuffed to the iron chairs, the guards covered all the windows and doors with newspaper, so nobody from outside could see them. It was very hot inside the room. The handcuffs deeply cut into the flesh. After a few days of no sleep, they were mentally and physically exhausted. Ms. Liu was tortured to death on July 3rd.
  • Ms. Zhou Shuhong Detained at Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp

    On June 13th, 2010, Ms. Zhou Shuhong was arrested by a dozen police officers from the Zhuozhou 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong]. The police officers ransacked her house. They sentenced Ms. Zhou to one year of forced labour using the information on her computer, leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and Falun Gong books that they took from her house. It has been more than six months since Ms. Zhou was transferred to Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labour Camp. When Ms. Zhou's family members went to see her at the forced labour camp, the guards harassed, intimidated, and deceived them.