Torture
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Ms. Gao Su in Critical Condition as a Result of Torture
2014-04-08
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Su was arrested at home on February 21st, 2014, by officers from the local domestic security division. She was tortured into giving a confession. She later lost consciousness and had to be taken to a hospital for emergency treatment. Her current situation is unknown. -
Summary Report: Healthy Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured to Death in Mental Hospitals
2014-04-08In its 2013 Human Rights Country Report released in February 2014, the U.S. State Department documents widespread reports of psychiatric abuse of political dissidents and Falun Gong practitioners: “From 1998 to May 2010, more than 40,000 persons were committed to ankang hospitals [high-security psychiatric hospitals].” In 2002, police arrested Ms. Liu Xiaolian and took her to Chibi City First Hospital, and injected her with drugs. Ms. Liu bled from her mouth, nose, ears, and eyes. Her ears were in extreme pain. She also vomited and had diarrhoea, urinated blood, and had blood clots in her bowel movements. After being tortured for more than five years and four months, Ms. Liu passed away on October 26th, 2008. -
Ms. Xu Yanxiang Dies as a Result of Persecution
2014-04-08After having been a target of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution campaign over the past 14 years and having endured unimaginable brutality, Ms. Xu Yanxiang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shenzhou City, Hebei Province, passed away on March 13th, 2014, at the age of 50. During Ms. Xu's second forced labour term in 2002, she was tormented mercilessly at the Shijiazhuang and Gaoyang Forced Labour Camps. The guards deprived her of sleep, shocked her with electric batons for hours at a time, injected her with poisonous drugs, and tortured her with a vicious method called “tying with ropes.” -
Tortured for Three Years in Siping City Prison, Mr. Xu Dongping Now Dead
2014-04-08Mr. Xu Dongping died at the age of 53 as a result of being severely tortured in Siping City Prison for three years for practising Falun Gong. He was emaciated and unable to walk at the time of his death on January 17th, 2014. 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. -
Mr. Xie Yiqiang Imprisoned for Seven Years, Elderly Mother Denied Right to See Him before She Passed Away
2014-04-01After completing a four-year prison term for upholding his belief in Falun Gong, Mr. Xie Yiqiang was finally released. He went home at the end of 2012, with a badly tortured body and memories of endless beatings and constant verbal abuse by the prison guards. The Chinese Communist Party has been persecuting Falun Gong for 15 years. Mr. Xie has been imprisoned for 7 of those years. He was brutally tortured, including being subjected to the "tiger bench", sleep deprivation, prolonged sitting on small stools, and beatings. Mr. Xie's mother was also a Falun gong practitioner. After her son was arrested, she could not sleep. Overwhelmed by worry and grief, she passed away on June 29th, 2009. -
Well-Respected Property Manager Twice Sentenced to Forced Labour for His Belief in Falun Gong
2014-04-01A well-respected property manager, Mr. Li Zhongwei, from Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, has been twice sentenced to forced labour for his belief in Falun Gong. Mr. Li needed medical treatment several times as a result of the brutal torture he suffered in the labour camps. After Mr. Li was assigned as the property manager of Guanjing Village in June 2003, he quickly solved many of the town's practical problems with his resourcefulness and high moral character. The residents of Guanjing Village were outraged when Mr. Li was arrested in June 2006. Many members of the community tried in earnest for several days to come up with a way to obtain his release. -
Police Threatened to Kill A Retired Woman
2014-04-01Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiuhua, 60, was arrested at her home on March 6th, 2014. Her whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Zhang's home was ransacked prior to this arrest. The police didn't find any so-called evidence and asked Ms. Zhang angrily, “Do you want to stay alive or practise Falun Gong?” The police claimed that she had been handing out flyers about the persecution of Falun Gong. They threatened to kill her this time. -
Locals in Heilongjiang Province Remember a Deceased Falun Gong Practitioner on the Anniversary of His Arrest
2014-04-01On March 28th, 2002, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Yanchao was taken away by police from Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province, and never returned. He was brutally beaten to death in police custody within just a few days. Police forced his uncle to sign off on his cremation. Every year on March 28th, the locals commemorate Mr. Zhang. It's still difficult for them to accept the fact that he was killed just because he wanted to be a good man and follow the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. -
Torture in Fenjin Forced Labour Camp “Hell on Earth”
2014-04-01Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cui Hongjun was admitted to Fenjin Forced Labour Camp on August 29th, 2011. Guards shocked him with electric batons, made him sit on a small stool, tied him up on a small stool, stabbed bamboo under his fingernails, and beat him. Mr. Cui was tortured until he almost passed out. Since returning home, he often wakes with nightmares in the middle of night. He still has vivid images of being tortured, has splitting headaches, and can no longer can speak clearly. After the persecution of Falun Gong started in on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Cui was persecuted, harassed, incarcerated, and taken to forced labour camps. -
Practitioner Believed to Have Been Given Poisonous Drugs Dies Shortly After Release from Prison
2014-04-01Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Zhengrong passed away on December 11th, 2013, just a few months after she was released from Guangdong Women's Prison. Her death is believed to have been caused by injections of poisonous drugs. Ms. Chen, in her 60s, was arrested in May 2010. She had been incarcerated in Guangdong Women's Prison for more than three years. She had needle marks on her arm and her family believes that she was injected with poisonous drugs prior to her release. -
Shandong Province: Radio and Television Bureau Chief Tortured for 6 Years
2014-03-25Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Pinggang, a former Radio and Television Bureau Chief in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, was fired from his job, detained in a forced labour camp for three years, and sentenced to six years in prison. Ms. Chang Lijun, Mr. Yang's wife, was detained in a labour camp twice, each time with a three-year sentence. Yang Kemeng, their son, was sent to a labour camp for three years during college. -
Zhang Min, Where Are You?
2014-03-25Ms. Zhang Min is from Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province. Her family has not seen her since 2002; she has been missing for more than twelve years now. She was just twenty-six years old when she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong during the New Year of 2002. -
Ms. Zhang Chunhe Recounts Abuses at Guangdong Women's Prison: “I Was in a State of Horror Every Day”
2014-03-25Ms. Zhang Chunhe was arrested by police from the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on July 23rd, 2008. Despite the fact that she suffered from a large fibroid tumour, she was sentenced to three years in prison for her belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Zhang said:"During the days when I was detained at the 4th division, I was living in a state of horror every second." -
A Couple's Sad Story of Being Separated and Persecuted for Over a Decade
2014-03-25Mr. Lu Kaili and Ms. Sun Yan were once a happy couple. Mr. Lu was an engineer at the Dalian Crane Group and Ms. Sun was a kindergarten teacher at the school affiliated with the Dalian Petrochemical Company. Both of them were diligent employees and had been rewarded for their excellent performance. Despite their good standing, they have been subjected to brutal persecution over the past decade simply because of their belief in Falun Gong. They have hardly even seen each other because of the persecution. -
The Top Three Brainwashing Centres Involved in the Torture Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners
2014-03-25In the summary report, “ The Role of China's Brainwashing Centres in the Torture Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners ,” we analyzed 3653 confirmed death cases of Falun Gong practitioners over the past 15 years of persecution. We found that 746 (11%) experienced torture in brainwashing centres, and 367 deaths took place in the brainwashing centres.
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