Torture
-
Several Falun Gong Practitioners at Risk of Dying in Daqing City Prison
2008-12-29
Recently, several Falun Gong practitioners were detained and are being held at the Daqing City Prison for extended periods of time. They are showing symptoms of serious, life-threatening illnesses. Mr. Wang Jiang, 47, from Harbin City, was held in Group No. 3. He has recently been transferred to the hospital due his deteriorating condition. Although the prison authorities do not treat the Falun Gong practitioners with violent means publicly like they did before, they are now using different tactics to cover up the persecution, such as not letting family members visit practitioners or they block information about the practitioners. Prison authorities in general are ignoring practitioners' condition as mentioned above, until they are actually dying. -
Shandong Province Women's Forced Labour Camp Brutally Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners
2008-12-29If a practitioner refuses to give up his belief in Falun Gong, he is not allowed to use the toilet, brush his teeth, wash, sleep, or even talk. Ms. Li Xiumei is currently imprisoned at this Shandong forced labour camp. One day the guards shackled Ms. Li's arms to a prison cell window for seven days and nights, with her feet barely touching the ground. Suddenly the shackles became loose and sprung open. Ms. Li immediately collapsed on the floor from pain, hunger, and exhaustion. When the guards saw her lying there, they rushed over and started beating her. Fearing that their actions would be leaked to the outside during the Olympic Games, they secretly transferred her to another forced labour camp on September 20th, 2008. -
Practitioner Ms. Liu Qingying from Kaifeng City Sentenced to Forced Labour
2008-12-29On October 13th, 2008, police arrested Ms. Liu Qingying, in her 60s. On October 30th, agents of the Chinese Communist regime sentenced Ms. Liu to two years of forced labour in Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp without notifying her family. The authorities at the forced labour camp are severely pressuring Ms. Liu to be "reformed". She is locked in a small cell from morning till 10:00 p.m. every day. The guards threaten her, saying that if she refuses to give up her belief, they will send her to Xinxiang where she will be subjected to more severe persecution. -
Ms. Gong Hui Brutally Tortured at Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin; Her Family Scolds Guards
2008-12-28During the Beijing Olympics in August, Ms. Gong Hui was arrested by the local police. She was taken to the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp, where she has been held in complete isolation for an extended period of time. She has been deprived of all her basic rights and kept isolated from the outside world. The guards have instigated inmates to viciously beat and curse her. Ms. Gong has been held in a small cell, ordered to stand for extended hours, deprived of sleep, and given insufficient meals. The purpose of the torture is to coerce her to give up practising Falun Gong. On November 25th, her family vehemently condemned labour camp guards for their brutality. -
Beijing Practitioners Brutally Tortured at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
2008-12-28On July 14th, 2008, in preparation for possible foreign media visits, the Chinese Communist officials in Beijing transferred about 50 practitioners who were steadfast in their belief in Falun Gong to the Masanjia Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. The guards in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp brutally tortured these practitioners. They handcuffed practitioners and then lifted them off the floor; tied up their limbs and stretched them across a bed; or applied electricity to their armpits, groin area, or heads and other sensitive body parts. Some practitioners were handcuffed and lifted up around the clock for days. -
Ms. Yin Qiuyang and Ms. Yin Lanying from Hunan Province Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment
2008-12-28Ms. Yin Qiuyang and Ms. Yin Lanying from Huaihua City, Hunan Province were sentenced by the Hecheng District to three years' imprisonment. It is the third time that Ms. Yin Qiuyang has been arrested and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. Ms. Yin Lanying has been detained at least five times. -
A Mother's Lament
2008-12-28My son, a Falun Gong Practitioner, has been thrown into jail, and whether he is dead or alive is unknown. I feel anxious every day and I frequently have nightmares. I am already in my seventies. My son has been imprisoned three times. On this last awful day, the whole family was working in the fields. I witnessed with my own eyes how a gang of policemen pounced on my son and handcuffed him while forcing him into a police car. At the same time two men held me back as I struggled, and kept me from resisting their unlawful arrest of my son. I fell to the ground as my heart was broken. I could only watch helplessly as the police car drove away with my child! -
Details of How Mr. Zhang Litian Was Beaten to Death in Jinzhou City Prison
2008-12-27
Mr. Zhang Litian, 36, was beaten to death on November 17th by two wardens and two prisoners, only one month after being detained in Jinzhou City Prison. At 3:00 p.m., people saw prisoners push his body into the prison clinic on the meal cart. The doctor said, "He's already dead, why bother sending him to me now?" The entire body of 163 prisoners in the 20th Ward know Mr. Zhang Litian was beaten to death, but the prison is still trying to hide the facts. Mr. Zhang's family fears that a local autopsy may produce false results. -
Beijing Lawyers Ask Heilongjiang Provincial Intermediate Court to Acquit Practitioners
2008-12-27Recently, two lawyers were invited to see the judge of the Heilongjiang Province Nongken Intermediate Court. They requested an open court session for the second trial of five Falun Gong practitioners. On November 13th, 2008, the two lawyers had a meeting with two officials from the intermediate court, who pressured them not to represent Falun Gong practitioners. The lawyers refused. Afterwards, the court officials suggested that the Falun Gong practitioners be sentenced to forced labour camp terms without an open court trial. Under the Chinese Communist Party's rule, judges don't have the right to impartially judge a case. -
Mr. Zhu Zhilin Injured by Inmates in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City
2008-12-27Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Zhilin, 45, was sentenced to one year of forced labour in January 2008. Recently, he was beaten by inmates at Xishanping Forced Labour Camp and hospitalized. His injuries were so bad that he could not eat any food and could only drink milk. Mr. Zhu was severely injured for no reason, and the inmates who beat him did not receive any sort of punishment. The guards intentionally avoided their responsibilities. -
Ms. Yang Shuyu Arrested in Dalian City
2008-12-27On November 20th, 2008, Ms. Yang Shuyu was reported to the police while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance near the Yaojia Detention Centre. She was arrested and brutally beaten by officers from the Nanguanling Station and is being detained at the Yaojia Detention Centre. -
Mr. Chen Min Dies as Direct Result of Persecution in Hunan Province
2008-12-26Mr. Chen Min, 45, was a doctor who was among the first batch of practitioners persecuted in Zhuzhou City after the persecution began in July 1999. In the past nine years of persecution, he was detained four times and sentenced to one year of forced labour in 2002, at the Xinkaipu Labour Camp. He was arrested again in September 2002. This time he was sentenced to five years in prison. Five years of this long term imprisonment and torture severely damaged Mr. Chen's mental and physical health. He was emaciated, vomiting blood, and passed blood in his faeces. He could not eat after being released to his home in September 2007, and could not care for himself. He died in June 2008. -
Mr. Jin Junjie Dies as Result of Persecution in Jilin Province
2008-12-26
On October 14th, 1999, Mr. Jin Junjie went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, was arrested and sentenced to one year of forced labour. He was tortured with "Riding on a wooden horse", causing his buttocks to fester. In 2001 he was sentenced again to two years of forced labour. Guards enforced brainwashing and torture. By 2007, Mr. Jin was diagnosed him with tuberculosis. He died on December 13th, 2008. -
Disabled Person in Hebei Province Severely Persecuted for Aiding Practitioners
2008-12-26On May 7th, 2008, disabled Mr. Niu Jiming took Ms. Chen Liguan, and Ms. Jin Shuxia to Biguyou Village by tricycle. Ms. Chen and Ms. Jin went to do their business, while Niu waited by the roadside for their return. A villager found that Ms. Jin was distributing Falun Gong materials and summoned the police. The police took all three to the police station. Later, Mr. Niu and the practitioner, Ms. Jin, were sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Niu's offence was "obstructing justice through an organization" on account of the DVD and fliers belonging to Ms. Jin and Ms. Chen that were found on Niu's tricycle on May 7th. -
Prominent Law Professor from Jilin University, Ms. Wang Weidong, Persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
2008-12-26Ms. Wang Weidong was a law professor employed by the Law Department of Jilin University. After practising Falun Gong she changed from being aggressive to being kind. After the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, the police closely monitored all of her activities. They followed her, tapped her phone, and videotaped her. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials tried to force her to write articles that slandered Falun Gong. She absolutely refused, but they continued high pressure harassment. After dealing with the intense pressure of the persecution for a long time, Ms. Wang's doctor diagnosed her with breast cancer in July 2006. She died on November 5th, 2006, at the age of 66.
more ...
World
Falun Dafa Day
Falun Dafa Day
Newsletter
Photo Exhibition
Papers from Europe
Fa conferences
Fa conferences
Special Topics
Press Releases