Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Name of the Olympics
2008-08-19
As the Beijing Olympics approached and when the Olympic torch was about to reach Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) escalated its persecution of practitioners in that area. Over the past week, Anping County Police Bureau, the 610 Office, and officials from a number of townships and village harassed, monitored and arrested practitioners, or put them under house arrest. As an excuse for arresting practitioners, they made up false accusations. They claimed that "Falun Gong plans to have a big event, or Falun Gong wants to create social disturbances." Five practitioners from Anping County were arrested, thirteen practitioners' homes were ransacked, two practitioners were forced to become homeless and at least thirty practitioners were harassed. -
Ms. Gao Shuyu Arrested and Taken to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp
2008-08-19Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Shuyu, 54, has been "sued" by the Chinese communist authorities in the Nanguan District Court on the main charge of "surrounding and attacking the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp" and browsing the Minghui website (The Chinese version of Clearwisdom). Ms. Gao Shuyu had been to the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp to visit practitioner Zhu Shuyun who had been detained since May 9th, 2007. In mid-March 2008, the camp authorities invited Ms. Gao and Ms. Zhu's younger sister for a visit. During the visitation, the camp authorities secretly videotaped the practitioners. Afterwards, Ms. Gao's home and her activities were under police surveillance until she was arrested on April 22nd. -
Harbin Police Officers Shoot at Practitioners During a Recent Arrest
2008-08-19Between 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on July 29th, 2008, Li Hongde, director of Jiaojie Township Police Station, A'cheng District, Harbin City and several police officers tried to arrest Falun Gong practitioners who were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Gunshots were fired by the police during the arrest. Practitioners Zhu Yumei and Wang Kun were taken into custody. Both practitioners are currently detained at the A'cheng No. 2 Detention Centre. It was rumoured that the officials from the local "610 office" and the Domestic Security Division are trying to make a big deal out of this case. -
Many Practitioners Detained Recently in Fuyu County, Heilongjiang Province
2008-08-18On July 10th, 2008, police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Song Xinhua's home and took her to the Friendship Police Station. They locked her onto heating pipes and several policemen took turns beating her. On July 12th, police broke into Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Qing's house, took her to the Friendship Police Station, stole her computer, printer, CD burner, binding equipment and also took the 500 yuan in her pocket. Later, police beat her and detained her in the detention centre. -
Ms. Ju Mingxia Arrested in Songyuan City, Jilin Province
2008-08-18Police in Jilin Province arrested many practitioners and sent some to labour camps in April 2008, under the pretext of "maintaining security before the Olympics." The arrests took place without any warrant or incriminating evidence. They arrested Ms. Ju Mingxia on April 13th, 2008. -
Supported by Four Beijing Lawyers, Mr. Huang Wei and His Wife Hao Qiuyan from Shijiazhuang City Released, But Detained Again due to Pre-Olympic Mass Arrests
2008-08-17Practitioners Mr. Huang Wei left his home at 7:00 a.m. on July 4th, 2008 to go to work. A plain-clothes policeman stationed outside the residential building arrested him. Seven officers arrested his wife Hao Qiuyan and ransacked the home. The couple was detained for 15 days at the Shijiazhuang City Detention Centre. There were forbidden to contact their family members, meet with a lawyer and get a change of clothes. They were secretly sentenced to forced labour. Mr. Huang Wei and Ms. Hao Qiuyan went on a hunger strike on July 11th, 2008. With the efforts of fellow practitioners, they hired Beijing lawyers. The lawyers went to Shijiazhuang City three times to meet with the couple, but got nowhere. Detention centre officials and police agents prevented the lawyers from meeting with the practitioners. -
Falun Gong Practitioners From Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province Arrested In Early July
2008-08-16On July 2nd, 2008, officials from the 610 Office of Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province and the local police department ordered the police of all districts to conduct another round of arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. Fourteen practitioners were arrested. Wang Suqing and Shao Haibo were arrested at home around six o'clock in the morning. Sun Jihong, Man Guirong and Tang Xiurong were arrested near a supermarket around nine o'clock in the morning. Witnesses saw the police beat these three weak ladies heavily, kick them severely and slap them violently on the ears. It was also said that Huang Cheng, a Falun Gong practitioner was tortured during interrogation after he was arrested on Feb. 25th. The police from the Taihe District tied him to an "iron chair" and beat and shocked him with electric batons for 17 hours. -
Eleven Falun Gong Practitioners from Tanghai County, Hebei Province Recently Arrested
2008-08-16As the Beijing Olympic Games drew closer, the Chinese police in Tanghai County, Hebei Province, with Zhang Shun, the deputy chief of the county's Public Security Bureau (PSB), in charge, and Li Fuguo, captain of the county's State Security Team, intensified the persecution of local Falun Gong practitioners. Between June 10th and July 31st, 2008, eleven practitioners from Tanghai County were arrested. -
Family of Five Brutally Persecuted During Nine Years of Inhumane Suppression
2008-08-14Peng Min's family lives in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. The whole family practises Falun Gong. During the past nine years of the brutal persecution of Falun Gong, all five of them were arrested. Two of the family members died untimely deaths, victims of persecution, within a month. Father Mr. Peng Weisheng was sentenced to one and a half years in a forced labour camp because he went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong. Mother Ms. Li Yingxiu was arrested because she also went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was detained at a custodial station. Elder brother Peng Liang went to Beijing to appeal in 1999. He was arrested and detained at the Hongxia Brainwashing Centre. Peng Min went to Beijing to appeal in March 2000, and he was also arrested Peng Min went to Beijing to appeal in March 2000, and he was also arrested. -
More than 20 Falun Gong Practitioners from Laishui County, Hebei Province Recently Detained
2008-08-13Following orders from higher-level officials, officers from the Laishui County Police Department and Laishui County State Security Division recently arrested Falun Gong practitioners and ransacked their homes. Since June 6th, 2008, more than 20 practitioners have been detained and over 70 practitioners have been harassed, and some of their homes were ransacked. Mr. Liu Chengshun, 19, was reported to the authorities after telling his co-workers the facts about Falun Gong at his workplace. Mr. Liu is being detained in the Zhuozhou City Detention Centre. -
Officers from the Xichang City Police Department and National Security Bureau Arrest Over Ten Practitioners
2008-08-13On July 12th, 2008 several policemen from the Xichang City Police Department and National Security Bureau surrounded Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Shaohui's home. Zhang Shaohui lives on Sanya Street, in Xichang City, Sichuan Province. Several plain-clothes officers who were staked out around Zhang Shaohui's home, even stopped and checked people who were just passing by. At that time there were over ten practitioners at Ms. Zhang's home and most of them were elderly. -
Qingdao City Police Use Olympics as Excuse to Launch New Wave of Terror
2008-08-13Using the excuse of "protecting the Olympics," the CCP has rampantly arrested innocent citizens. Please look at what is happening in Qingdao City. On July 25th, 2008, when a 65-year-old female Falun Gong practitioner, Zhang Xiuying was telling people about the persecution in an open air market, she was reported to the police. Zhang was arrested by police. Later, seven or eight officers from Lingshan Town Police Station drove in two cars to ransack Zhang's home. -
Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province Persecuted "To Ensure a Peaceful Olympics"
2008-08-12After nine years of brutal persecution, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to harass Falun Gong practitioners. Since February 2008, more than 100 practitioners in Jilin Province have been harassed and followed, and more than 40 have been arrested, tortured, robbed, and had funds extorted from them. In addition, peasants in Jiaohe City's Yangmulinzi Village saw their farmland forcibly occupied by the government. But after they were awarded about 18 million yuan in compensation, the city Party secretary and former mayor, Zhang Enbo, seized the money. Recently, the police arrested more than 20 peasants, accusing them of being Falun Gong practitioners. -
Authorities in Gaomi City, Shandong Province Harass and Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners Using Security for the Olympics as an Excuse
2008-08-12The Olympic Torch arrived in Shandong Province on July 20th, 2008. Police stations in villages and towns in Shandong Province received orders from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials to facilitate the arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. On July 9th, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Sui Mingying from Qiao Village was arrested by Juchenghe police officers. The officers confiscated her Falun Gong books, and about 60 CDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Sui was then arrested and taken to a police station. -
Wangqing County Police in Jilin Province Arrest Many Falun Gong Practitioners
2008-08-11On July 10th, 2008, the Politics and Law Committee of Wangqing County, Jilin Province, the National Security Team of the County Police Department and the 610 Office implemented wide ranging arrests of Falun Gong practitioners in Wangqing County, using the "safety of the Olympics torch" in Yanji City as a reason. Police from various local police stations knocked on Falun Gong practitioners' doors and deceived their family members by saying that they just wanted to take the practitioners to the local police station and would send them back home soon. Some directly went to the practitioners' work places and deceived those kind practitioners with a similar trick to direct them to various local police stations. After the practitioners went to the police stations, they were interrogated and forced to copy the related provisions of law that contained slanderous content about Falun Gong.
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