Torture
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Mr. Zheng Deming's Self-Defence in Court
2012-01-10
Mr. Zheng Deming, 66, was first arrested on New Year's Day in 2000, as he practised the Falun Gong exercises in a park. He was sentenced to three years in prison. He was again sentenced, this time to seven years in prison, from 2002 to 2009, and was incarcerated in the Chaohu City Prison. He was arrested on June 24th, 2011, by officers from the Haozhou Street Police Station and the Luyang District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Domestic Security Team, and detained in Hefei City Second Detention Centre. The Luyang District Court tried him on December 13th, without notifying his family. -
Zhou Xiangyang's Brother and Sister-In-Law Detained In Langfang City Brainwashing Centre
2012-01-10On November 21st, police arrested Mr. Zhou Xiangyang's elder brother, Zhou Xiangdang, and his wife, Li Xiangling, along with three practitioners who were visiting his elderly mother. It was said that the Tangshan Police Department sent out an order to investigate the organiser of a joint letter asking for Zhou Xiangyang's release. This investigation effort was being coordinated by the central regime authorities. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Zhenying of Jixi City Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
2012-01-10Ms. Li Zhenying, 55, began practising Falun Gong in the summer of 1998. Since the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, she has been arrested, beaten, and tortured several times. Ms. Li was sentenced to eleven years in prison in 2003, and was taken to Heilongjiang Women's Prison on March 10th, 2004. She is currently being held in the No. 11 Ward of the prison. Ms. Li has been sometimes deprived of sleep for long periods of time. When she refused to wear the prison uniform and went on hunger strike to protest the persecution, the guards ordered inmates to viciously beat her and force-feed her. She was then put in solitary confinement. -
Ms. Yi Xianmei Suffers Mental Breakdown After Being Persecuted at Brainwashing Centre
2012-01-09Officers from Hongjiang City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have arrested several Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Yi Xianmei, since September 7th and taken them to Huaihua City Brainwashing Centre. Ms. Yi has been persecuted many times simply for practising Falun Gong. She was taken to Tangwan Police Station in April 2001, and was beaten severely. The police forced her husband to pay 1,000 yuan before they would release her. She was arrested again when she attended a small experience sharing conference in July 2001, and was taken to the city detention centre. Officials at the detention centre extorted 4,000 yuan from her husband before releasing her. -
Crimes Committed by Yin Shunyao and Others at Xinjin Brainwashing Centre in Sichuan
2012-01-09Ms. Wang Mingrong, former head nurse, died as a result of persecution only ten days after she was arrested and sent to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre (also known as the “Chengdu Legal Education Centre”). Insiders said that Wang Mingrong suffered horrendous torture. However, this is only one of over one thousand cases of serious human rights abuses carried out at the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. According to practitioners who were detained at the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre, some of the torture methods used at the centre on practitioners include: brutal force-feeding, injection of drugs that damage the central nervous system, mixing poison in to food and water, severe beatings, forcing practitioners to stand for long periods of time as a form of punishment, as well as many other methods. -
Mr. Qiu Ming Arrested and Sent to Detention Centre by Officers from Shanghai Domestic Security Division
2012-01-09Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qiu Ming was arrested by officers from Shanghai Domestic Security Division and detained at the Pudong District Detention Centre on December 18th. When Mr. Qiu distributed some materials to let people know about the facts of Falun Gong in July 2009, he was arrested by police officers from Shanghai Police Station. The head of the Domestic Security Division immediately went to the place where he was arrested. They arranged to have police officers stake out the location, waiting to arrest more practitioners. Later on, they took Qiu to the Domestic Security Division, framed him on trumped up charges, and sent him to the detention centre for further abuse. -
Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhao Xue Is in Critical Condition at Liaoning Women's Prison
2012-01-09Prior to practising Falun Gong, Ms. Zhao Xue, 55, suffered from cancer and had many other illnesses. However, these problems soon disappeared after she started practising. Despite being subjected to long-term persecution by the Chinese Communist Party, she has kept telling people the facts about Falun Gong, and was subsequently arrested more than ten times. Police arrested Ms. Zhao on November 15th, 2010, because they believed that she was responsible for broadcasting Falun Gong programmes exposing the persecution in Dalian after tapping into the local broadcasting system. She was severely abused and tortured. Ms. Zhao was sentenced to five years in Liaoning Province Women's Prison. -
Chengdu Police Cover Up Brainwashing Centre's Responsibility in Ms. Wang Mingrong's Death
2012-01-08Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Mingrong was arrested and taken to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre around September 7th. In less than ten days, she was dead. Further information showed that the Chengdu Police Department and other regime agencies tried various means to cover up the crime committed by brainwashing centre personnel where Ms. Wang died. Since the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre was set up in 2003, it is estimated that more than a thousand Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested and taken to this brainwashing centre. Many people who have been detained there were subjected to physical abuse, mistreatment and torture, including beatings, forced-feeding as a mean of torture, and having their food laced with poison which caused several deaths. -
Ms. Jiang Xiaoyan Interrogated and Physically Abused, Causing Her to Lose Consciousness Three Times
2012-01-08On November 13th, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Xiaoyan was arrested by police. She was detained at the Harbin No. 2 Detention Centre and tortured by officers from the Shuangcheng Domestic Security Division. She lost consciousness three times while undergoing torture. The officers woke her by pouring cold water over her, and then continued to torture her. She was forced to sit on an iron chair every day, with her hands cuffed behind her back. -
Ms. Zhao Guichun on Hunger Strike to Protest Detention
2012-01-08Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Guichun (who has been living away from home) on the evening of December 7th. They took her to Jinshan Detention Centre. Ms. Zhao has been on a protest hunger strike and her life is in danger. Detention centre officials have refused to release Ms. Zhao, nor will they allow her family to visit her. However, since they are afraid of being held accountable should she die as a result of her hunger strike, they called Ms. Zhao's older sister, who lives in Liaoning Province, and told her to call Ms. Zhao to try to persuade her to eat. It was the first time that Ms. Zhao's family had heard of her situation. -
Harbin Police Officers Arrest a Practitioner's Son as a Hostage, Later Arrest the Mother and Several Others
2012-01-08Four police officers broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Yuhua in the afternoon on December 20th. Ms. Guo wasn't at home, so the police arrested her son and took him as a hostage. Later on, the police called Ms. Guo and demanded that she come to the police station to replace her son. Ms. Guo was worried about her son and went to the police station. She was arrested and hasn't returned home since. Recently, many practitioners in the Hulan District have been arrested and persecuted. -
Mr. Qiu Qinghua Passed Away after Suffering in Prison
2012-01-07Because he remained steadfast in his belief, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qiu Qinghua was repeatedly persecuted by the Liaozhong 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Domestic Security police. He was sent to a forced labour camp in 2002 and was sentenced to four years in prison in 2008. After he was tortured so severely that he was in danger of dying, the prison officials blackmailed his family and released him in August 2011. Just a few months later, on October 12th, he passed away. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Feng Zhongliang Died in June 2011 after Suffering Years of Persecution
2012-01-07Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Feng Zhongliang was arrested in the summer of 2006 while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong to a visitor from another bureau and was subsequently sentenced to prison. He was severely persecuted in Wumaping Prison, where he developed tuberculosis. He was released on April 28th, 2009, but could no longer walk. He suffered from multiple organ failure and severe shortness of breath. Feng Zhongliang died on June 6th, 2011, at the age of 48. -
Ongoing Persecution: 610 Office Attempts to Arrest Three Family Members Again
2012-01-07Mr. Lin Decai, his wife Zhang Quancui, and his mother-in-law Ma Yixian are Falun Gong practitioners from Chongqing. They were sentenced to a forced labour camp for a second time during the 2008 Olympics Games. They were eventually released, but the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) recently attempted to arrest them and take them to the Jiulongpo District Brainwashing Centre, causing Mr. Lin and his mother-in-law Ma Yixian to stay away from their hometown in order to avoid further persecution. Mr. Lin's wife Zhang Quancui was arrested and taken to the brainwashing centre. -
Village Couple from Beijing Suburb Sentenced and Persecuted
2012-01-07Mr. Wang Jinlong and his wife were sentenced to five years in prison in 2007, leaving their daughter to live with Mr. Wang's elderly parents. Mr. Wang's parents are worried about their loved ones who are suffering physical torture and mental devastation in prison. Mr. Wang is being held in Qianjin Prison in Tianjin. He physically abused and tortured, and all his teeth were knocked out during the beatings he has endured.
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