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Restaurant Owner Mr. Wang Tieqiang from Gaobeidian City Subjected to Repeated Persecution
2010-07-05
About 20 police officers arrived in six vehicles and surrounded Huixianju Restaurant in Gaobeidian City at on June 12th, 2010. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Tieqiang, who owns the restaurant, was arrested and detained at the Beicheng Police Station. He was transferred to a detention centre the next morning. The officers also ransacked Mr. Wang's home and the restaurant, smashing the windows of the storage room, prying open all the locks, and breaking and confiscating many of Mr. Wang's personal belongings. They also ransacked the residence of Mr. Wang's neighbour. Mr. Wang has been repeatedly persecuted since the Chinese Communist Party initiated its campaign against Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. -
Mr. Wang Dejun Tortured in the Number Two Men's Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province
2010-07-05Mr. Wang Dejun was arrested on August 31st, 2009 by 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) personnel from Gaomi City. He was detained at the Gaomi City Detention Centre for more than a month, and was put in solitary confinement and ordered to sit on an iron chair. He was later sent to the Number Two Men's Forced Labour Camp for one year. He became very weak as a result of being subjected to torture at the forced labour camp. -
Ms. He Zhiwei Abused at the Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre
2010-07-05Ms. He Zhiwei was arrested by 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on April 9th, 2009, and has been held at three different brainwashing facilities for more than fourteen months in total. At the Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre, she was tied up and suffered verbal abuse. A group of thugs forced her to kneel down while they beat her. They struck her head with books, which dislocated the bones in her neck. Her physical condition continued to deteriorate as a result of the abuse, and she began having serious headaches and dizziness. -
Killing Falun Gong Practitioners for Profit
2010-07-04Fearing Falun Gong's growth, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has repressed it as a rival with a savage brutality continuously since July 1999. Torture, rapes, beatings to death, detentions in forced labour camps, brainwashing—all have become the daily lot of Falun Gong practitioners across China for more than a decade. Falun Gong practitioners today comprise two-thirds of the torture victims and half of the people in detention in 'reeducation through labour' camps across China. Practitioners have been killed in the thousands since 2001 so that their organs could be trafficked to both Chinese nationals and foreigners. -
Respected Middle School Teacher and His Mother Both Sentenced to Prison
2010-07-04Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Yuchun is a history teacher. In his life he follows the principles of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" and is widely recognised as a good teacher. In July 2009, when Mr. Zhu was making informational materials, he explained the facts about Falun Gong to the personnel working in the printing shop. However, since the people working there had been deceived and lied to about Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, they reported him to the local government. Mr. Zhu was arrested and detained in the Yixing Detention Centre. In March 2010, Mr. Zhu was sentenced to four years of imprisonment by a local court. His mother, Ms. Wang Juying, was sentenced to three years. -
Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners Rampant in Jinan Province Women's Prison
2010-07-04The Jinan Province Women's Prison orders prisoners to violently "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. Victims were forced to be silent during beatings, not to spit blood, and to swallow their knocked out teeth. When a practitioner refused to write statements to renounce practising Falun Gong, half a dozen prisoners jumped on her and beat her. If blood dropped on the ground, the prisoners dragged the victim by the hair , pushed her down, and forced her to lick the blood. In addition, they punished her by slapping her face more than 200 times, or beating her with books, shoes, or other objects until they were tired. -
Ms. Chi Xiandao Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2010-07-04Ms. Chi Xiandao, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on February 26th, 2010, by the Domestic Security Division of Daqing City Police Department. After three months in detention, Ms. Chi was sentenced to four years in prison in early June. In addition to improving her health, Falun Gong has taught Ms. Chi to be more tolerant and forgiving. She became a better mother and wife. As a result, her family became all the more harmonious. Ms. Chi has faced numerous hardships in the past 11 years since China started its suppression of Falun Gong, but she remains steadfast in her faith. -
Inside a Communist Party Court, a Lawyer Condemns the Persecution
2010-07-03The Xindu District Court in Chengdu City held a hearing for two practitioners Mr. Peng Changhua and his wife on May 7th, 2010. The prosecutor referred to materials confiscated from Peng Changhua's home as criminal evidence, including hundreds of Falun Gong DVDs and books. When the defence attorney attempted to defend the couple, he was often interrupted by the presiding judge. The lawyer was outraged and began to protest. He said said that Falun Gong practitioners were following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, which benefits society in many ways and brings no harm. He also said it is a crime to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. -
College Student Detained after Nine Years of Unjust Imprisonment
2010-07-03Mr. Qi Changyin was arrested when he was a student at Heilongjiang University. He was just 20 years old when the Chinese Communist Party sentenced him to nine years for practising Falun Gong. Mr. Qi was brutally abused while he was incarcerated in Hulan Prison the past nine years. On June 2nd, 2010, his sentence was up. However, when his family went to pick him up, they were told that he had been sent to a brainwashing centre by officials from the Wuchang City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). -
Ms. Feng Yunqing from Beijing Persecuted in Shanxi Women's Forced Labour Camp
2010-07-03Ms. Feng Yunqing, a Beijing Falun Gong practitioner, has most recently been persecuted for two and a half years in Shanxi Women's Forced Labour Camp. She has served her sentence, but the Chinese Communist Party refuses to release her. Her family is very worried about her. Ms. Feng was persecuted three times by the Chinese Communist Party because she cultivates Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The first time was in 2001 for one and a half years; the second time was in 2003 for three years; this last time was for two and a half years . -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Zemei Now in Shijiazhuang Women's Prison
2010-07-03Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Zemei, in her 30s, was tried three times and sentenced to three years in prison on May 17th, 2010, to be served in Shijiazhuang Women's Prison. On March 22nd, her lawyer defended her for over two hours. He emphasised that being a Falun Gong practitioner does not violate Chinese law, and, because freedom of belief is protected by the Constitution, he requested Ms. Li's immediate release. The judge had to acknowledge that freedom of belief was protected by the Constitution, but they still did dare not release her. -
64-Year-Old Ms. Geng Jin'e Dies in Custody in Beijing
2010-07-02Ms. Geng Jin'e was tortured to death in the Tuanhe Women's Forced Labour Camp on June 10th, 2010. The guards lied to her family, saying she died of a heart attack. After her family claimed that she never had heart problems, the guards said she died of a stroke. Under her family's continued questioning, the guards became speechless. When her family asked to read the medical rescue records and see the related video, the labour camp and Procuratorate pushed the responsibility back and forth, and they have yet to provide such records. -
Over 30 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Laishui County, Hebei Province
2010-07-02Police officers broke into and ransacked Ms. Yu Fenyun' s home on June 12th. They took away her savings and arrested Ms. Yu. She was taken to the Shiting Township Police Station. Ms. Yu's husband, went to Shiting Township to look for his wife when he did not find her at home and was also arrested. The husband and wife were sent to a forced labour camp the next day, while their child was left at home alone and with no money for living expenses. In 2002, police sent Ms. Yu to Nanma Brainwashing Centre, where she was brutally tortured. She was not allowed to sleep for five consecutive days and nights, and was beaten every time she closed her eyes. One night, police tied her to a chair and force-fed her unknown drugs. -
Mr. Wang Changzheng and Mr. Huang Zhiyong Sentenced in Wuhan
2010-07-02According to the orders of the 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong], the court in the East-West Lake Area of Wuhan recently gave Mr. Wang Changzheng, a local Falun Gong practitioner, a sentence of four and a half years for distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. Mr. Huang Zhiyong was sentenced to four years. The court refused to give a written judgement to the families of these Falun Gong practitioners. -
What Crimes Have These Children Committed?
2010-07-02June 1st, 2010 is Children's Day in China, where children are able to enjoy the festivities with their parents and teachers. However, this year marks the eleventh year of the senseless persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and many innocent children continue to suffer as their families have been torn apart. In May 2008, 6-year-old Jiajia witnessed police brutality against her parents and grandparents. This left her with severe psychological damage and she was left traumatized by the whole experience.
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