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  • Ms Li Shuhua's Father Accuses Yushu City Police of Killing His Daughter

    Ms. Li Shuhua, 32, lived in Yushu City, Jilin Province. In September 2003, she was abducted by local police and beaten to death thirteen days later because she practised Falun Gong. After death, her face showed a depression on one side and the other side was visibly bruised. Her once plump body was now extremely skinny. Both Li's husband and mother were also imprisoned for practising Falun Gong. She left behind her elderly father and two young children.
  • Practitioner Brutally Tortured at Chishan Jail For Refusing to Wear Prison Uniform

    Mr. Zeng Haiqi detained at Chishan Jail, Hunan Province refused to wear prison uniform and to squat when ordered by guards. In retaliation, he was brutally persecuted by the guards and the criminal inmates. Mr. Zeng refused to call out his number. Assistant Director of the jail, Zi Wei shouted: "One of the prisoners is not afraid of death. Take out the high-voltage electric batons." The guards fetched a long black electric baton. He struck Mr. Zeng with the baton, and the initial jolt knocked him to the ground.
  • Partially Paralyzed and in a Coma for Six Months, Practitioner Zhang Zhong Continues to be Persecuted at Daqing City Prison

    Practitioner Zhang Zhong is being illegally detained in a prison in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, where he has suffered merciless beatings at the hands of Li Fangjie (deputy chief of the prison's third division), as well as other policemen. Zhang Zhong was beaten until his lower limbs were paralyzed and he fell into a coma. He has been in a coma for half a year and now relies on an oxygen tank to sustain his life.
  • The Persecution Suffered by Practitioner Han Chenchu Before His Death in Hebei Province Labour Camp

    On May 14, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Han Chenchu's family members suddenly received a notice from the Tangshan Kaiping Labour Camp, saying that Han was critically ill. Family members hurried to the labour camp, but they were not permitted to see him. The next day, they lied to the family and said that Han Chenchu had died from a heart attack. His family were grief-stricken, fellow villagers shed tears of sadness and people wondered how such an honest and good person could die such a tragic death at the hands of his own government.
  • Lawyer Nearly Sent to a Forced Labour Camp for Defending a Falun Gong Practitioner

    In their closing arguments, the public prosecutor could not find anything to rebut and became very upset. When the court adjourned, the public prosecutor asked his staff, "Isn't there a regulation saying that lawyers cannot defend Falun Gong practitioners who plead not guilty? Who authorised that lawyer to defend the Falun Gong practitioner?" That same day, Attorney Wei's home phone, cell phone and office phone were monitored. After a few days, the police went to the Judiciary Bureau and asked the bureau to suspend his license to practise law and sentence him to three years of forced labour reform.
  • Two Female Practitioners Die of Hanging Torture at Baoanzhao Prison in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

    Two Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Zhou Caixia and Ms Wang were both subjected to the very cruel torture hanging in Baoanzhao Prison in Inner Mongolia, which caused their deaths. In the case of Ms. Zhou Caixia in July 2003, she was beaten whilst hanging from a iron spike and only after she passed out and was taken down did the guards realise she had died.
  • Dafa Practitioner Mr Wang Jinzhong from Liaoning Province, Tortured to Death at Detention Centre (Photo)

    Wang Jinzhong, 48, was a very tall and strong man. He was also very sincere and kindhearted. On the afternoon of May 20, police took him away while he was at work. After torturing him, the police sent him to Tiexi Detention Centre. On the afternoon of June 14, he was tortured to death. Afterwards, the police took his dead body to a hospital. The doctors confirmed that he was already dead even before he was taken to the hospital. On the same day of his death, his work unit, Zhongshan Park, had a meeting announcing to all employees that Wang had committed suicide.
  • Head of Xinle City "610 Office": "I am putting you through this and I will not be held responsible. If you die, you will die in vain."

    Bai Wansheng is the head of the Xinle City "610 Office" in Hebei Province. On December 27, 1999, Bai Wansheng was forcing practitioners in a detention centre to stand barefoot and almost naked, outside in temperatures of minus 10 degree Celsius [14oF]. Bai said to them viciously, "Cold enough for you? Let me tell you, as long as Jiang is in power, this is not going to change. I am putting you through this and I will not be held responsible. If you die, you will die in vain.
  • Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Shujun From Hebei Province Dies as a Result of Torture

    36 year old Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Shujun from Handan City, Hebei Province was unjustly detained for three years. After his release, perpetrators from the local "610 Office" continued to persecute him and arrested him again. Wang Shujun was still weak then, but the police proceeded to torture him until he was on the verge of death. The authorities finally released him, fearing he would die at the labour camp. Wang Shujun passed away at 4:00 a.m. on June 20, 2004.
  • Torture Death of Heilongjiang Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liu Xiaodong in Prison

    Mr. Liu Xiaodong was an employee of Hailun City's Rural Credit Co-op in Heilongjiang Province. After July 20, 1999, Hailun City police officers took him to the Hailun City Detention Centre. In October 2003, Liu Xiaodong was extremely weak, but the Hailun City Court sentenced him to two years in the Beian City Prison. Liu Xiaodong died in prison on March 8, 2004 at the age of 32.
  • Two Falun Gong Practitioners from Heilongjiang Province Died as a Result of Criminal Abuse in Same Detention Centre

    70 Year-old Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Shouxin from Heilongjiang Province was arrested and detained in June 2000 in a Detention Centre. His whole body became swollen and was covered with ulcerous scabies. Although he was released in October 2000, he passed away in April 2001. Mr. Zhu Jun, a retired worker was also detained at the same detention centre until he became semi-paralysed. Mr. Zhu passed away in March 2002, shortly after he was released.
  • 64 year old Dafa Practitioner Mr. Bi Guohua of Shandong Province Is Beaten to Death by Police

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Bi Guohua, 64 years old, lived in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. At about seven o'clock on June 4, 2004, seven police officers from the Rongcheng City's "610 Office" broke into his house, arrested him and brutally beat him to death. To cover up their crime, the police told the public that Mr. Bi Guohua had a sudden heart attack; he fainted and fell, accidentally killing himself.
  • Former Female Rubber Factory Director Subjected to Torture in Mental Hospital

    "My name is Ms. Zhou Caixia. In 2000 I was sent to a Mental Hospital because I practise Falun Gong. This hospital was a living hell. A nurse screamed, "Give me money! I will even kill people if you tell me to." Dafa practitioners were injected with medication that destroyed the central nervous system, which caused them to lose control of their basic functions such as speaking, and motor coordination."
  • Repeated Kidnapping and Persecution of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Shuya in Inner Mongolia

    Ms. Li Shuya, a Dafa Practitioner from Inner Mongolia, was abducted by police and put into a Detention Centre for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She resisted the persecution during her detention. Then the police stated that she suffered from psychosis and sent her to a hospital for a check-up. The police then sentenced her to three years of forced labour and sent her to Chifeng City Detention Centre, where she suffered excruciating torture.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianhua Dies on a "Constraining Bed" in Jilin Prison (Illustration)

    Mr. Zhang Jianhua, who was around 50 years old, and was sent to the Jilin Prison not long before the Chinese New Year's Day. On New Year's Eve, he refused to follow the demands from the lawless officials and was thrown on a quilt and beaten by inmates taking instructions from prison guards. Mr. Zhang was then taken to a "maximum security unit." The guards in the prison did not take him to the hospital. Instead, they continued the torture by leaving him on the "constraining bed." On January 22, 2004, which was the Chinese New Year's Day, he passed away on the "constraining bed."