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70-Year-Old Mr. Lou Zhenkang Secretly Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
2014-05-06
The brother of 70-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lou Zhenkang received a letter from the Zhejiang No. 2 Prison in February 2014, saying that Mr. Lou was sentenced to three years and has been taken to the prison on January 24th, 2014. Prior to this, his family had received no information about him for the past one and a half years while he was being held at the Jinhua Detention Centre since his arrest in August 2012. -
Ms. Wang Xiaohui Brutally Tortured and Wrongfully Imprisoned for Eleven Years
2014-05-06Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Xiaohui has spent 11 out of the past 15 years in prison. She has been arrested multiple times and taken to forced labour camps twice. She returned home in March 2014 after serving a seven-year prison term. In the police station, the police handcuffed Ms. Wang’s arms behind her back and pinned her to the ground with the feet of a stool positioned under her arms. She was shocked with electric batons on her private parts. Officers also stepped on Ms. Wang’s back, and then pulled her cuffed hands upwards forcefully. They also shocked her chest with electric batons, and her toenails fell off after being repeatedly hit with a club. -
Summary Report: Death Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners in Beijing (Part II)
2014-05-06A witness recounted how a twenty-year-old woman Falun Gong practitioner in Tuanhe Labour Camp was killed through repeated punitive forced-feedings. The girl was tied to a bed in the spread eagle position and several inmates were ordered to sit on her chest, legs and arms. She was force-fed with two basins of salty water. One inmate kicked her hard in the abdomen. They repeated the same forced-feeding and kicking. The witness saw her again a couple of days later. She had suffered a mental collapse. Her face looked greenish and covered with sores. She was tortured even more brutally on the fourth day and died on the eighth day. -
The “Transforming” Torture Package Used by the Beijing Forced Labour Camp System
2014-05-06I was detained in Beijing Forced Labour Dispatch Division in 2008, and afterwards incarcerated in Beijing Women’s Forced Labour Camp. I suffered through every single step of the “transforming package” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] that the forced labour system uses. As a result I was severely traumatized, both mentally and physically. Practitioners are forced to sign their names on the pre-drafted statements to accept the contents that slander Falun Gong. Refusing to sign the statements results in the practitioners being subjected to a series of “transforming” methods. -
74-Year-Old Mr. Zhao Yancheng Dies After Repeated Persecution
2014-05-06Mr. Zhao Yancheng, 74, died as a result of persecution on March 21st, 2014. He had been repeatedly arrested and detained over the past 15 years. He also experienced harassment and ransacking of his home just because he persisted in practising Falun Gong. Mr. Zhao was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp in October 2000 because he explained the facts about Falun Gong to the local government. In October 2012, he was taken to the Jingshan Reservoir Brainwashing Centre. He was forced to squat for a long period of time in a dark room, tied to an iron chair and subjected to brainwashing. -
Sentenced to Seven Years, 72-Year-Old Former Teacher Dies as a Result of the Persecution
2014-05-06Retired teacher and Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xin Lianfu died as a result of the persecution on March 18th, 2014, at the age of 72. Mr. Xin and his wife were both sentenced to seven years in prison. While in prison, Mr. Xin was diagnosed with extremely high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. When he was not even able to walk, he was released on medical parole. The police harassed Mr. Xin after he was out on parole. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Tan Xiangyu Died after 14 Years of Relentless Persecution
2014-05-06Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tan Xiangyu died on February 24th, 2014, at the age of 66 after 14 years of relentless persecution. Local officials even attempted to brainwash her 15 days before her death, when she was already in critical condition. Ms. Tan's death is indicative of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) carries out its policy to “destroy them [Falun Gong practitioners] physically." A Hunan Women's Prison guard even swore publicly, “If we capture her again, she will not be released for any medical treatment and she will die in prison.” -
Mr. Song Zhanling Serving 11 Year Prison Term; Skull Fractured as a Result of Persecution
2014-04-28Mr. Song Zhanli was arrested on March 28th, 2008, by police. He was taken to the Nangang District Detention Centre in Harbin City, where guards instigated criminal inmates to physically abuse him. They pulled his hair and repeatedly slammed his head against the wall, resulting in a fractured skull. Mr. Song was transferred to the Tonghe County Detention Centre, where he was interrogated many times. After several failed attempts to force Mr. Zhang to reveal the names of other practitioners, Liu and Zhang managed to convince officials at Tonghe County Court to sentence him to 11 years in prison. -
Mr. Qian Fengcheng Dies after Over a Decade of Repeated Arrests, Imprisonment and Torture
2014-04-28Mr. Qian Fengcheng, 75, died on February 3rd, 2014, after over a decade of relentless persecution for his belief in Falun Gong. He had been arrested multiple times and sentenced to prison twice. Just prior to his death, two police officers harassed him at his home. Mr. Qian was sent to brainwashing centres six times since the persecution began in 1999. Attempting to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] him, brainwashing centre personnel subjected him to sleep deprivation and handcuffed him for two weeks straight. -
Summary Report: Death Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners in Beijing
2014-04-28Mr. Deng Huaiying, 43, graduated from Beijing Electric Power University with a Master's Degree in Finance, and lived in the Haidian District. He died at the Haidian Detention Centre on May 15th, 2013. Prior to his most recent detention, he suffered a total of 12 years in the notorious Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp, Qianjin Prison, and Jinzhong Prison. Guards at the Haidian Detention Centre secretly cremated his body without consensus from his family. -
April 25, 1999: Courageously Upholding Belief
2014-04-26
The peaceful demonstration of over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing on April 25, 1999, was the beginning of 15 years of non-violent resistance to the brutal persecution of a group of people who follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The event marked a turning point for participants and witnesses alike, and also made a long-lasting impact on the rest of the world. -
Officials Suspected of Murdering Ms. Lin Lingmei 14 Years Ago
2014-04-21Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lin Linmei died in May 2000 in Beijing, where she appealed for her right to practise Falun Gong. Officials claimed that she had committed suicide, yet we are suspicious that this is not the real cause of her death. For that reason, it is being brought up 14 years after her death. In particular, because of known facts about the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the past 14 years, the claims by the Chinese officials should not be taken at face value. -
Falun Gong Practitioners at Benxi Detention Centre Exposed to Toxins While Forced to Make Crafts
2014-04-21There are close to one thousand detainees at the Benxi Detention Centre. The detainees have been forced to make handmade silk flowers for many years to make a profit for the detention centre. The guards assigned a workload for each prison cell. The detainees have to work up to ten hours a day, and were scolded and even beaten if the workload wasn't finished. Only the prison cell that produced the largest number of silk flowers could take one day off per week. -
Tortured for Three Years in Siping City Prison, Mr. Xu Dongping Now Dead
2014-04-21Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Dongping died at the age of 53 as a result of being severely tortured for three years in Siping City Prison. He was emaciated and unable to walk at the time of his death on January 17th, 2014. Mr. Xu was arrested when he was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in 2009. Siping City Prison established an "education" ward in 2005. Falun Gong practitioners are brutally tortured in this ward. They are locked in small cells, beaten with electric batons, verbally abused, their prison terms are extended, and they are forced to do slave labour. -
A Schoolteacher's Firsthand Account of Persecution in Mental Hospitals and Brainwashing Centres
2014-04-21 “... I looked at myself in the mirror. I was cross-eyed and my hair was a mess. The blood stain in the corner of my mouth reminded me of the previous drug torture I had endured, the details of which I could only vaguely remember. Tears ran down my cheek. I no longer looked like a normal human being as a result of the persecution! My hands were trembling uncontrollably, my body stiff, limbs out of control.” – a personal account of persecution by Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chang Ping.
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