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  • Prison Guard Reveals How Falun Gong Practitioner Bi Wenming Was Tortured to Death in 30 Minutes

    On September 3, 2004, the guards at Dingxi Prison brought Mr. Bi Wenming into a room and tied his limbs and neck onto a homemade "tiger bench". Beginning at noon, five or six guards took turns shocking Mr. Bi's limbs and head with electric batons. He shouted in agony with each round of shocks. In order to keep other prisoners who were working outside from hearing, the guards covered Mr. Bi Wenming's mouth with a towel and pressed the towel down with their hands so that he could not shout. Mr. Bi could not breathe and tried to shake his head to throw off the towel. By about 12:30 p.m., Mr. Bi Wenming's face turned dark and his eyes opened wide. He had stopped breathing. A 36-year-old man was tortured to death in less than 30 minutes by the guards of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
  • Elderly Ms. Tai Bingxiu from Jilin Province Dies from Persecution

    Ms. Tai Bingxiu was 60 years old. On the morning of June 24, 2001, Ms. Tai picked up a banner with the words, "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance" on her way to a relative's house. She attached the banner to a wall, and was seen by the deputy director of the local police substation, who was following her. Ms. Tai was deceived into going to the police station and was detained there for 15 days. Soon thereafter, the police ransacked her home three times, confiscated all her Falun Dafa books, and extorted more than one thousand yuan from her. She was forced to write a "guarantee statement" to give up practising and was threatened with further torment. These actions severely damaged her health. She passed out in her yard, and was found by her family members. When the ambulance came, she was suffering a heart attack. She passed away on November 2, 2001.
  • More Detailed Information on Mr. Cheng Jingshan Who Was Persecuted to Death

    On April 8, 2004, Mr. Cheng was locked up in the county detention centre for telling people the truth about Falun Gong. He was brutally beaten by the criminals there. On May 9, when he was in critical condition, Mr. Cheng's family was notified to take him home. But even still, the "610 Office" and the County Public Security Bureau did not leave him alone. Right before he passed away, they still continued to send people to harass Mr. Cheng. Under extreme physical and spiritual pressures, Mr. Cheng Jingshan died on January 11, 2005.
  • Information on Thirteen Practitioners in Shandong, Hebei, Heilongjiang, and Sichuan Provinces Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Huang Anwen, and his wife, Ms. Ma. Guixiang, lived in Shandong Province. They learned Falun Dafa in 1998 and gained many benefits, especially improved health. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, they were harassed frequently. They were threatened and their home was ransacked. Once, Ms. Ma was abducted and taken to the police station and handcuffed to a chair for one day and night. Due to the intense stress from the ongoing harassment, the husband and wife passed away one after the other within the two-week period between April 15 to May 1, 2003.
  • Urgent Appeal on Behalf of Ten Practitioners Who Have Been Arrested for Rescuing Ms. Gao Rongrong

    Ms. Ma Lianxiao, a 59-year-old employee of the Liaoning Province Construction Academy of Science, benefited physically and mentally from practising Falun Gong. She was arrested in July 2003 and sentenced to eight years in prison. She was released only when she was close to death due to torture. After being subjected to torture several times, she was severely injured. She often felt lightheaded, her entire body trembled, and she could not walk steadily. In March, she was again arrested and taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. Shortly afterwards it was discovered that she was no longer in Masanjia. When concerned people made inquiries, Masanjia authorities told them, "She was sent home already." Everyone looked for her everywhere, but no one could not locate her. Ms. Ma Lianxiao's whereabouts remain unknown.
  • Practitioner Zheng Lin from Jilin Province Has Died as a Result of Torture at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp

    58 years old Mr. Zheng Lin was sentenced two years of forced labour "re-education." He was jailed in Changchun City's Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp. Zheng was severely tortured in the forced labour camp. Even when he was very weak, the policemen still forced him to work. Because Zheng refused to write the so-called "five statements", the authorities refused to release him when the sentence was over. Because his body was so severely injured, the hospital was unable to rescue him, though many treatments were applied. Zheng Lin passed away on April 4, 2005.
  • Seven Practitioners from Hebei, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, and Liaoning Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Liu Qingrui, who is in her 60s, began practising Falun Gong in 1996 and benefited physically and mentally from the practice. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she was harassed many times by Public Security Bureau and the 610 Office. In September 2000, the Haixing County Public Security Bureau detained her without legal process for two weeks and extorted several thousand yuan from her because she appealed for Dafa. For the past several years, the Haixing County Public Security Bureau and 610 Office have used a number of methods to prevent her from practising Falun Dafa, including intimidation, surveillance and levying fines. Liu Qingrui died on April 8, 2005.
  • Over Twenty Policemen Break into a Practitioner's Home and Injure All Six Family Members

    At around 8:20 p.m. on June 9, 2005, over twenty people from the Public Security Bureau arrived in three police vans to Shi Sanchun's home. Wearing plain clothes and with police batons in hand, they broke into his home. Seven to eight police officers cornered Shi Sanchun and beat him. Shi shouted, "Why you are you arresting me?" Shi Sanchun was suffocating. His face became pale and he could not speak. His hands were twisted behind his back. The police ruthlessly kicked him. He was only wearing shorts at the time. He sustained injuries and was bleeding all over. At that point a group of vicious thugs still forcefully dragged him into their van. All five of his family members were injured during the arrest.
  • The Murder of Gao Rongrong

    Gao Rongrong is known to many as the innocent woman whose face was disfigured with electric batons by the Chinese police simply because she persisted in her belief. She may have died in silence, but now an increasing number of people who are learning about her death are becoming interested in Falun Gong and concerned about the genocidal persecution in China.
  • Additional Information about How Ms. Gao Rongrong Was Tortured to Death

    Ms Gao Rongrong was arrested near the United States Consulate on March 6th 2005. After her death, several officials visited Ms. Gao's home and coerced the family into having her body cremated immediately. Once her body was at the funeral home, her family members were strongly discouraged from paying their respects.
  • Demonstration of Some of the Torture Methods Used at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Li had been jailed in Masanjia for 6 months and she was tortured almost every day. After half a year in Masanjia, her weight fell from over 50 Kg to only about 20 plus Kg. Seeing that she was dying, the Labour Camp released her. One of the tortures she endured was called "Kick Face": Guards order criminal inmates to kick the practitioner in her face.
  • Mr. Fu Xingli Arrested, His Life Is in Danger

    Dafa practitioner Mr. Fu Xingli, about 40 years old was subjected to persecution by the authorities in 2001 because he exposed the persecution about Falun Gong to other people. He was forced to become homeless to avoid further persecution. He was recently arrested and has reportedly fallen from the third floor of a building, causing severe injuries. His face was badly mutilated, he has a bleeding lung, and his life is in danger. He is currently in hospital.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Lin Deming Dies after Prolonged Persecution

    Mr. Lin Deming, a 53 year old doctor was kind-hearted. He suffered from many diseases, and he even had his spleen surgically removed. Less than one month after he started practising Falun Dafa, the diseases that had tortured him for many years all vanished and his health naturally returned. In 2000, Mr. Lin Deming peacefully appealed for Falun Gong in Beijing with his six other family members. From then on he suffered terrible persecution. After several years of torture in a forced labour camp, Mr. Lin Deming became debilitated, losing the use of his left eye. Under the stress of prolonged harassment and persecution, Mr. Lin Deming passed away on June 9, 2005.
  • More Information on the Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Jin Zunyi from Jiangxi Province

    Jin Zunyi, a Falun Dafa practitioner died from persecution. When he went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong on September 25, 1999, he was arrested and detained in a detention centre in Beijing. In October 1999, under orders from their superiors, the Public Security Bureau and an officer from the local police station accompanied Mr. Jin's family to Beijing to identify his body. The police officer in Beijing told the family, "During a train ride, your son jumped to his death." They were also warned not to talk about it with other people. Mr. Jin's father, a simple farmer, lost his son and didn't know how and where he could appeal for justice.
  • Practitioner Ms. Wen Fenhua from Guangdong Province Severely Tortured (Photos)

    On May 30, 2005, Dafa practitioner Ms. Wen Fenhua was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre, where she was tortured. Following the torture, Fenhua needed help to eat and go to the toilet. She needed help to turn herself, and her eyes were closed the whole time. When others called her name, she could only respond with a feeble hum. In addition, there were many bruises on her legs, and some wounds were still exuding sero-sanguineous fluid. More ominously, in many places on the wrists and on the back of her hands, there were needle marks, some with extravasated blood. On analysis, it was very likely that she was injected with drugs.