Torture
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Mr. Song Zhanling Serving 11 Year Prison Term; Skull Fractured as a Result of Persecution
2014-04-28
Mr. Song Zhanli was arrested on March 28th, 2008, by police. He was taken to the Nangang District Detention Centre in Harbin City, where guards instigated criminal inmates to physically abuse him. They pulled his hair and repeatedly slammed his head against the wall, resulting in a fractured skull. Mr. Song was transferred to the Tonghe County Detention Centre, where he was interrogated many times. After several failed attempts to force Mr. Zhang to reveal the names of other practitioners, Liu and Zhang managed to convince officials at Tonghe County Court to sentence him to 11 years in prison. -
Mr. Qian Fengcheng Dies after Over a Decade of Repeated Arrests, Imprisonment and Torture
2014-04-28Mr. Qian Fengcheng, 75, died on February 3rd, 2014, after over a decade of relentless persecution for his belief in Falun Gong. He had been arrested multiple times and sentenced to prison twice. Just prior to his death, two police officers harassed him at his home. Mr. Qian was sent to brainwashing centres six times since the persecution began in 1999. Attempting to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] him, brainwashing centre personnel subjected him to sleep deprivation and handcuffed him for two weeks straight. -
Summary Report: Death Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners in Beijing
2014-04-28Mr. Deng Huaiying, 43, graduated from Beijing Electric Power University with a Master's Degree in Finance, and lived in the Haidian District. He died at the Haidian Detention Centre on May 15th, 2013. Prior to his most recent detention, he suffered a total of 12 years in the notorious Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp, Qianjin Prison, and Jinzhong Prison. Guards at the Haidian Detention Centre secretly cremated his body without consensus from his family. -
Officials Suspected of Murdering Ms. Lin Lingmei 14 Years Ago
2014-04-21Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lin Linmei died in May 2000 in Beijing, where she appealed for her right to practise Falun Gong. Officials claimed that she had committed suicide, yet we are suspicious that this is not the real cause of her death. For that reason, it is being brought up 14 years after her death. In particular, because of known facts about the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the past 14 years, the claims by the Chinese officials should not be taken at face value. -
Falun Gong Practitioners at Benxi Detention Centre Exposed to Toxins While Forced to Make Crafts
2014-04-21There are close to one thousand detainees at the Benxi Detention Centre. The detainees have been forced to make handmade silk flowers for many years to make a profit for the detention centre. The guards assigned a workload for each prison cell. The detainees have to work up to ten hours a day, and were scolded and even beaten if the workload wasn't finished. Only the prison cell that produced the largest number of silk flowers could take one day off per week. -
Tortured for Three Years in Siping City Prison, Mr. Xu Dongping Now Dead
2014-04-21Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Dongping died at the age of 53 as a result of being severely tortured for three years in Siping City Prison. He was emaciated and unable to walk at the time of his death on January 17th, 2014. Mr. Xu was arrested when he was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in 2009. Siping City Prison established an "education" ward in 2005. Falun Gong practitioners are brutally tortured in this ward. They are locked in small cells, beaten with electric batons, verbally abused, their prison terms are extended, and they are forced to do slave labour. -
A Schoolteacher's Firsthand Account of Persecution in Mental Hospitals and Brainwashing Centres
2014-04-21 “... I looked at myself in the mirror. I was cross-eyed and my hair was a mess. The blood stain in the corner of my mouth reminded me of the previous drug torture I had endured, the details of which I could only vaguely remember. Tears ran down my cheek. I no longer looked like a normal human being as a result of the persecution! My hands were trembling uncontrollably, my body stiff, limbs out of control.” – a personal account of persecution by Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chang Ping. -
Brutal “Hang and Cuff” Torture Used by the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp
2014-04-21The “Hang and Cuff” torture used by the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp of Heilongjiang has a brutal and sinister history. The guards handcuffed practitioners to crossbars in a position where they could neither stand up nor squat. Over time, this position caused excruciating pain. Some practitioners were handcuffed in this way for seven days at a time, and some endured this for over 20 days. The camp has been disbanded but shall be remembered for this torture method. -
Entrepreneur Passes Away Shortly After Five Years of Imprisonment
2014-04-21Former entrepreneur, Mr. Wei Haiming, and his wife, Ms. Zhao Zonghua, who practised Falun Gong, were arrested in their home in December 2007, because they believed in living by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. Both were sentenced to five years in prison. Mr. Wei was tortured because he refused to wear the prison uniform, and when he was released in December 2012, he was unable to recover. He passed away in July 2013, seven months after his release, at the age of 58. -
Ms. Yang Chunling Passes Away After Serving a Seven-Year Prison Term for Broadcasting the Nine Commentaries
2014-04-17Ms. Yang Chunling has been added to the list of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners who have passed away due to being persecuted while imprisoned. Ms. Yang was tortured for seven years at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison. Ms. Yang was diagnosed with three hard lumps in her breast during a physical examination before she left the prison on March 11th, 2013. After being released, her condition deteriorated. She passed away on April 2nd, 2014, at the age of 40. -
Good Samaritan Persecuted to Death
2014-04-17Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pan Wei became illness-free after practising Falun Gong. He held himself strictly to the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and volunteered to fix a road for the village. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Pan was harassed, arrested, detained, held in forced labour camps, and subjected to cruel torture. On October 29th, 2008, he passed away at the age of 56. -
Ms. Tan Zhengrong and Mr. Zhao Zhonghe Passed Away as a Result of Repeated Persecution
2014-04-17Two Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) practitioners in China have recently passed away as a result of long-term, repeated persecution. Ms. Tan Zhengrong, 67, passed away on March 14th, as a result of the relentless persecution. Mr. Zhao Zhonghe passed away on March 29th, like Ms. Tan, as a result of the persecution. -
Mr. Han Haiming Dies After Being Persecuted in Jinzhong Prison, Shanxi Province
2014-04-17Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Han Haiming, 67, suffered a left brain haemorrhage while incarcerated in Jinzhong Prison. He was hospitalized on April 4th, 2014, and passed away on April 8th. Mr. Han’s family tried to visit him at Jinzhong Prison on April 2nd-3rd, but officials refused their requests without providing any justification. -
Persevering Through Torture and Humiliation—Excerpts from a Young Woman's Diary Written While in Detention
2014-04-08“How I wanted to paint again, everything I have gone through: the feeding tube, the handcuffs, the iron window, the logo on the uniform! I saw clearly the bruises on my hands, the dried blood on my lips, my bare feet, the filth in my hair....tears run down my cheeks again....” This is an excerpt from a young woman's diary written while in custody at a detention centre in China. Simply for telling people how to break through the Internet blockade, Ms. He Wenting was arrested for a second time on December 18th, 2013 and has been detained since. -
Mr. Shi Bingjun Subjected to Forced Labour Three Times and Detained a Total of Five and a Half Years
2014-04-08Mr. Shi Bingjun has been detained in forced labour camps for more than one third of the time that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted Falun Gong in the past 15 years. He was arrested and sentenced to Fangqiang Forced Labour Camp in 2000, 2005. and 2011, and was imprisoned for five and a half years. The guards tortured him with severe beatings and sleep deprivation, despite the fact that he was on hunger strike to protest the persecution. In addition, he was held in a brainwashing centre for more than three months.
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