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Liaoning Women’s Prison Refuses to Release Critically-Ill Ms. Zhang Jie and Denies Family Visits
2014-03-18
Ms. Zhang Jie's relatives received a phone call from Liaoning Women’s Prison on February 8th, 2014, informing them that she was in critical condition following a hunger strike. When they went to the prison, they saw that three inmates had to help her to walk. She looked pale and extremely weak. Her family immediately asked that she be released on medical parole, but the authorities refused, saying, “She does not meet the conditions.” The prison is even refusing to allow her family to visit her. -
Ms. Sun Fenghua’s Physical Condition Deteriorates in Heilongjiang Women's Prison
2014-03-18Ms. Sun Fenghua, 50, from Daqing City in Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by officials from the Hailun District Court on October 14th, 2003. With no official paperwork being filed or criminal charges brought against her, Ms. Sun was taken to the Heilongjiang Women’s Prison, where she has been brutally persecuted for over ten years. Her physical condition is of grave concern to both her family and friends. -
Mr. An Zhanfeng from Jinchang City Endured Ten Years in Prison for Practising Falun Gong
2014-03-18Falun Gong practitioner Mr. An Zhanfeng was sentenced to ten years in prison on December 18th, 2002, by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for hanging up banners with messages about Falun Gong. During interrogation, about six guards hit and kicked him. When they were tired, another group of guards hit and kicked him. They put him on a chair and handcuffed his hands behind the back of the chair. They kicked his back and pulled his handcuffs, causing excruciating pain. By the end of his term his hair had turned grey. -
Father and Son Persecuted to Death Years Ago
2014-03-16Falun Gong practitioner Tan Yanjun passed away on February 27th, 2005, nine years ago, after being tortured by the police. Mr. Tan’s family requested and paid for him to undergo a physical examination in 2004. It was confirmed that Mr. Tan had perforated eardrums, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis in the hip, tuberculosis, sinus tachycardia, and rheumatism and was paralysed from the waist down. The doctor said that he should be hospitalized immediately, but the police refused to do anything for Mr. Tan. He left behind two young children. His father, Tan Guoyi, also died as a result of the persecution seven months earlier. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Huang Weidong Tortured to Death Nine Years Ago
2014-03-16Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Weidong was tortured to death in a forced labour camp in 2005. This information has been recently verified. Police arrested Mr. Huang at the end of 2004 because he displayed banners that read, “Falun Gong is good.” He was taken to the Linchuan Hospital and injected with unknown substances, making him dull and disoriented. Mr. Huang was arrested again in early 2005 and taken to the Jiangxi Provincial No. 2 Forced Labour Camp where he died as a result of torture and abuse. -
Ms. Yang Shifen Dies as a Result of Persecution
2014-03-16Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Shifen died on March 9th, 2014, the day after being released from hospital, in custody. Ms. Yang was arrested by police on February 23rd for telling people the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution. She was admitted to Jiulongshan Detention Centre. When she fell ill in the detention centre, she was taken to the hospital, still in custody. She was released two days later. -
Blood Washed Away in the Rain - Tortured for My Belief
2014-03-12Because of his firm belief of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Yufu was arrested in July 2008 and sentenced to five years in prison. He recounts: "As soon as I entered the prison cell, several prisoners forced me to the ground. They punched and kicked me. My face became so swollen that I could hardly open my eyes. The guards wanted me to put something in writing to renounce my belief, but I refused. Incited by the guards, the prisoners brutally beat me. My teeth became loose and two of my front teeth fell out shortly afterward." -
Additional Information Regarding Mr. Jin Lixin's Death in Zhejiang No. 2 Prison
2014-03-12Mr. Jin Lixin from Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province was tortured to death in 2007 while held in Zhejiang No. 2 Prison. Three criminal inmates monitored him 24/7. They tried to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong by making stand or sit for long periods of time, depriving him of sleep, etc. Inmate Yao Qi pushed him every 30 minutes to keep him awake. The prison informed Mr. Jin's family that he had committed suicide, but the family doesn't believe that he took his own life. They were only allowed to see his corpse wrapped in white cloth. -
Ms. Sun Xiuhua's Personal Account of Torture at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2014-03-10Ms. Sun Xiuhua was arrested for clarifying the facts about Falun Gong on April 14th, 2012. She was taken to the Dandong Detention Centre and later sentenced to 18 months in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp on May 13th, 2012. She recounts: "I was severely tortured and exhibited symptoms of high blood pressure. When the guards ordered me to take some of what they called “medicine”, I refused. Guard Zhang Lei then took me to the “Donggang” torture chamber. As soon as I entered the room, my hands and feet were tied to the four corners of a metal bed frame. They then used a tool to pry open my mouth." -
Ms. Liu Rangying Recounts “Stretching” Torture and Other Abuses at Qinglongshan Brainwashing Centre
2014-03-10Ms. Liu Rangying was arrested in October 2011 while seeking the release of her sister, who had been detained for raising awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong. She recounts: "On November 14th, police officer Tao Hua tried to force me to write the “three statements” to renounce practising Falun Gong. I refused. I went on a hunger strike to protest the unjust detention. Police officer Jin Yanpeng hit and kicked me hard. He threatened me and said that people were “transformed” by force, not “education” at the centre. They took turns trying to brainwash me with slanderous propaganda materials all day long." -
Belated News: Young Attorney Li Jian Dies from Tortures in Henan Province Third Forced Labour Camp
2014-03-10The violence surrounding the death of a young attorney in China in 2002 provides insight into the scale of the persecution of Falun Gong at that time. Mr. Li Jian, an attorney from Zhengyang County, Henan Province, endured intensive physical labour and atrocities that precipitated his death at the Henan Province Third Forced Labour Camp in Xuchang City. At the age of 34, he died on April 26th, 2002. -
Professor Sent to Labour Camps Seven Times and Brutally Tortured
2014-03-04Dr. Zhang Yuhua, 50, was a professor and director for the Department of Russian Language at Nanjing Teaching University. The Chinese communist regime started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, and Dr. Zhang was fired from her job at the college in 2002. Dr. Zhang was arrested by police and sent to a forced labour camp, for the seventh time, in 2012. Dr. Zhang was subjected to force-feeding. Guards tied her hands and legs to a bed, firmly pinched her cheek in order to force her mouth open, and force-fed her. Before being force-fed her, she was injected with an unknown drug, which caused numbness of her tongue, stiffness of her limbs, and convulsions. -
13 Years of Suffering: Mr. Qu Hui's Life and Death After Torture
2014-03-04Mr. Qu Hui, who was tortured to the point of being paralyzed 13 years ago at the Dalian City Forced Labour Camp, passed away quietly on February 19th, 2014, at the age of 45. He was finally relieved of the tremendous pain he endured during the last decade of his life. At the labour camp, Mr. Qu's genitals were shocked with electric batons, causing festering wounds. His cervical vertebrae had been fractured, and he was paralyzed as a result of the torture. -
Well-respected Doctor Gao Jie Dies of Complications of Stress-induced Stroke
2014-03-04After suffering complications from a stroke and being bedridden for over two years, Dr. Gao Jie, a Falun Gong practitioner passed away on January 15th, 2014, at the age of 45. Following her arrest for practising Falun Gong in 2007, Dr. Gao developed high blood pressure, blurred speech, and other stroke symptoms. After her release, she had to move from one place to another to keep from being re-arrested. Living in constant fear, she had a relapse of stroke in May 2010 and was arrested by police soon after. -
Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Unconscious and Unable to Care for Herself After Being Tortured in Zhejiang Women's Prison
2014-03-04Two years ago, Chinese authorities sentenced 71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Du Lanrui to three and a half years in prison because she refused to give up her belief. In Zhejiang Women's Prison, the guards tortured Ms. Du physically and mentally and injected her with nerve damaging drugs. Ms. Du was tortured until she fell unconscious and was unable to care for herself. Prison authorities then released her to her family.
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