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  • Thirty Falun Gong Practitioners on Strike at the Jiamusi Labour Camp to Protest their Enslavement

    About six months ago, authorities at the Jiamusi Labour Camp entered into a contract with a private firm to produce mobile phone cases. The raw materials used for the mobile phone cases are substandard and contain toxic substances far exceeding the permissible limits, and are carcinogenic. The police and guards who supervise the work are even afraid to stay in the workshop. However, Falun Gong practitioners are forced to remain in the workshop to make the phone cases.
  • Dabei Prison Threatens Charge of "Harbouring Fugitives" if Families of Practitioners Released on Medical Bail Fail to Return the Practitioners to Prison

    As a matter of fact, "release on bail for medical treatment" is not what it appears. The so-called "release on bail for medical treatment" is in reality extortion from family members of practitioners who have been tortured to near death to pay large sums of money as "medical expenses" in exchange for the practitioners' release. If the family members cannot pay the required sums of money, there is no way for them to see their loved ones.
  • Photo Evidence of How Dalian Police Tortured Mr. Li Zhongmin

    In 2001, Falun Dafa practitioner Li Zhongmin was arrested by the Dalian Development District Public Security Bureau. He was then severely tortured by policemen. When Li Zhongmin escaped, his hands were still handcuffed, and they deeply cut into his wrists. He had cuts and bruises all over his body, and the wound in his forehead vibrated when he breathed. It was too appalling to watch. Li Zhongmin was tortured to death in Dabei Prison on March 4, 2003.
  • Policeman Li Songtao is Responsible for Torturing Two Falun Gong Practitioners to Death in Jinzhou City Labour Camp

    Li Songtao, a 31-year-old male, is the deputy head of the Second Brigade (Special Team set up to persecute Falun Gong practitioners) of Jinzhou City Forced Labour Camp. He threatened, deceived and physically tortured practitioners. Li is the direct murderer of practitioner Xiao Peng. He is also responsible for the death of practitioner Shi Zhongyan.
  • Practitioners Forced to Make Candles in Toxic Working Conditions at Longshan Labour Camp (Photos)

    Longshan Labour Camp received its first order for the wax-processing job in mid July 2001. Elderly and weak Falun Gong practitioners were forced to make plastic packing boxes for the candles in their monitored rooms. The majority of practitioners were taken to a big hall near the entrance of the labour camp to process and to pack the candles.
  • Baise City Court Unlawfully Sentances Practitioners

    On July 25, 2003, Ms. Liang Changying was sentenced to five and a half years of prison by Youjiang District People's Court at Baise City. The reason for her imprisonment was an article she had written entitled "The persecution of Dafa practitioners at Guangxi First Labour Camp and Guangxi Women's Labour Camp" that was published on Minghui Net [a Chinese Dafa website]. She also provided and distributed DVDs containing accounts of the persecution against Dafa and the practitioners.
  • After an Amazing Recovery, Twelve-Year-Old Girl Dies after School Forbids the Practice of Falun Gong

    When a teacher asked, "Who practises Falun gong?" Twelve year old Qian replied, "I do." The teacher asked, "Don't you know our country doesn't allow practising Falun Gong?" Qian told the teacher, "I would have died if I hadn't practised Falun Gong." The teacher sent her directly to the principal's office, where the principal scolded her. He would not allow Qian to attend school unless she gave up the practice.
  • Gruelling Account of Chengdu City Ms. Meng Xiao -- A Practitioner Who Died as a Result of Four Years of Persecution (Part 1)

    On December 2 Meng Xiao came to the understanding that since Dafa practitioners were good and innocent people, they should not be forced by the prison to do slave labour for 13-14 and even 15-16 hours a day, and this was also in violation of the legal labour time requirement by prison law. She therefore refused to work....For almost one month, the guards didn't allow inmates to approach her or talk to her, and gave her nothing but a meagre portion of rice and salted vegetable.
  • Exposing the Evil Nature of Jiang's Regime: The Ordeals Dafa Practitioner Suffered under the Persecution (Part Six)

    It is well known that China has just joined in the WTO. Jiang Zemin's regime has promised the whole world they would crack down on pirated publications in China in order to safeguard the publishing business. However within the Tuanhe Labour Camp, which is part of the Chinese legal system, policemen were forcing detainees to bind illegal "Harry Potter" books series. The detainees were asked to fold, sort, and bind the sheets. Then the finished books were transported elsewhere for publication.
  • Japanese Practitioner, Ms Yoko Kaneko, Recalling the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Tenth Ward of the Beijing Police Hospital

    There was another female practitioner who refused the injection of unknown drugs. The police then shackled all four of her limbs to a bed. She bit at the needle and wouldn't let go. The police then tried hard to open her mouth, but they failed. Later the police used handcuffs to pry open her teeth, causing three of her teeth to break. She had blood all over her mouth.
  • Eyewitness Account: Dafa Practitioner Lei Ming Suffered Broken Bones All Over His Body Due to Torture

    Education section officer Gao also remarked that the most powerful person in the world is neither the UN Secretary or the U.S. President, but instead Jiang Zemin, since the presidents of other nations need to seek approval from several departments before proceeding to do what they intend. Also, they are responsible for whatever wrongdoing they commit, even after they leave office. Gao continued, Jiang Zemin's power is above the law of the entire nation, and whatever he says goes. Nobody in the world can compare with the power he has.
  • Arrest, Robbery, Brutal Beatings, Sexual Assault and Torture with Red Hot Pokers -- Crimes Committed by Pingdu City Police

    Zhang questioned him, "Who gave you permission to ransack my home?" Li Yaoguo said, "Go ask those above. They told us to come here." After that, they ransacked practitioner Mr. Wang Youzhong's home. Wang's wife asked Li Yaoguo, "Do you have a search warrant?" Li Yaoguo threatened, "I'll break down your doors and windows this time."....As it turned out, a passer-by saw it and shouted, "How can you torture her like that? Are you still human?"
  • Fushun City Mine Uses Various Means to Deny Innocent Dafa Practitioners Their Human Rights

    Pit-entrance worker Wang Youcai had to work every day but only got three Yuan in salary... He was again arrested by the Fushun City Police Department in April 2003, and after being brutally tortured there, he was sent to the Dashagou Detention Centre in Qingyuan County. After that, he was sentenced to three years in prison and is now detained in the Benxi Prison. His wife suffered a stroke and could not take care of herself, and neither did anybody else take care of her.
  • Laiwu City Dafa Practitioner Mr. Shang Qingling of Died from Severe Lung Injuries after being Tortured and Force-Fed with Excrement

    Upon returning home, Mr. Shang could not eat anything. He had chest pains and he was always short of breath. For more than ten days, he could only sit because he was unable to lie down due to the severe pain. His health condition deteriorated daily. He was sent to the Laigang Plant General Hospital for treatment, and doctors there drew out two bottles of pus from his chest. They tried their best, but they failed to save his life. On January 31, 2001, Mr. Shang Qingling died in hospital.
  • Qingdao Dafa Practitioner Ms Wang Xiaoli's Death Caused by Police Brutality

    After Wang Xiaoli died, they spread a rumour that she "committed suicide" in order to cover up the truth. However, the truth that Wang Xiaoli died as a result of the persecution quickly spread to the neighbourhood around her home. Chen Guolei, the director of Luoyang Street Police Station and Xu Zhaozhen, the director of Luoyang Street Resident's committee are very frightened. In an attempt to shift the responsibility, they told Wang Xiaoli's husband that her death had nothing to do with them.