Inside the Labour Camps
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A First-hand Account of the Brutal Torture Suffered by Dafa Practitioners in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province
2007-01-09
"They first began to brainwash me. During the day, I was attacked, threatened and insulted by a group of "transformed" former practitioners. During other times, guards threatened me with corporal punishment, beat me and limited visits to the toilet to wash and use the toilet. During the night, I was forced to watch videos slandering Teacher Li and Dafa. I was monitored continuously by two prisoners. They tortured me when I closed my eyes. One prisoner hit me and mocked me by saying, "Who hit you? Who witnessed it?" At times, I was forced to stand for the entire night and sometimes I had to walk without taking a rest. After ten days, I became absent minded due to sleep deprivation." -
Exposing a Dark Den of Persecution, the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province
2007-01-09"There was not a day that I would be free from torture. The inmates assaulted all parts of my body. I remember the day when the wardens told inmates to fiercely beat and kick me. My legs became very swollen, and both of my feet were fractured. As I couldn't walk any more, the designated personnel had to carry me to the place to have my daily feeding." -
Guard in the No. 2 Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province Threatens Practitioner "We Will Send You to the Hospital to Have Your Organs Harvested!"
2007-01-08The guards tortured practitioner Liu Quanyi by shocking him with electric batons. They kept him handcuffed for five days and nights. The guards ordered him to sit on a hard stool or stand for seventeen to eighteen hours each day. When Mr. Liu refused to give up Dafa, they transferred him to the No. 8 Division. Zheng Wanxin, head guard of the division, handcuffed him for eleven straight days and nights and then put him in solitary confinement. The guards also forced him to sit on a stool the entire time he was in isolation. One of the guards told him, "If you refuse to be 'transformed,' we will send you to the Qilu Hospital to have your organs harvested." -
Persecution at the Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shanxi Province
2007-01-08Practitioner Zhou Yating refused to be "transformed." Guards Li Zhen and Bai Xiao called her into the office and pinched her face, shoulders and back with 2.5 inch needles, which were used to sew mats. After the wounds healed, there were many round spots. Drug addict Zhang Fan, from Yulin, took a leather belt and tightened it around Zhou Yating's neck while she was sound sleeping. Zhou awakened and shouted for help, which saved her life. It is very common to be beaten or cursed daily. When Ms. Zhou Yating held a hunger strike to protest, she was violently force-fed multiple times. -
Details of Torture Methods Used On Falun Gong Practitioners in Shanghai Women's Forced Labour Camp
2007-01-07A very common torture includes sitting on a hard bench over a long period of time. As long as practitioners are blamed for violating the so-called division rules, they have to suffer this type of torture. One practitioner, about 35 years old, had been forced to sit on the bench on the fourth floor for a very long time. She had to maintain a 90-degree angle between her body and legs, and was forced to sit this way from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Although deprived of all her basic rights, the guards failed to force her give up her belief in Dafa. Hence, she was able to leave the forced labour camp in the end without compromising with the authorities. -
The Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jiangsu Province
2007-01-02Chinese law states that labour camp detainees should not work for more than six hours a day, and they should not do heavy labour. At Fangqiang Labour Camp, however, Falun Gong practitioners sometimes are forced to work for more than 12 hours a day in the field and for 14 or 16 hours a day at the sewing workshop of Division 1 and Division 4. When cleaning the latrine pits, other detainees are allowed to use a pole to carry barrels of faeces, while Falun Gong practitioners are forced to carry the barrel in their arms. The faeces often spill all over their faces and clothes. The guards do not even spare older Falun Gong practitioners. A 68-year-old practitioner was forced to remove his shoes and socks, and clean the sewage ditch while standing in freezing water. -
Persecution of Practitioner Ms. Wang Bing at Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City
2006-12-29Seven police people broke into Ms. Wang Bing’s home and ransacked it. They took mobile phones, computers and other things worth about 10,000 yuan. They sent both practitioners to Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp on April 30th, 2006. Ms. Wang went on a hunger strike to protest the detention and was force-fed many times, which caused severe stomach injury and profuse bleeding. Her life was in danger, and she was sent to the Jilin Province Prison Hospital. -
Ms. Bai Jialing on a Hunger Strike to Protest Inhuman Torture in Shibalihe Forced Labour Camp in Henan Province
2006-12-28On April 21st, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Bai Jialing was arrested and taken to the police station. She was beaten and so she went on a hunger strike. On April 30th she was taken to Henan Province Shibalihe Forced Labour Camp. The guards dragged her many times, stripped her, and then videotaped her to insult her. The guards also instructed drug addicted prisoners to closely monitor her 24 hours per day. In order to stop their inhuman torture, Ms. Bai Jialing has gone on hunger strikes many times. -
2,500 Family Members of Falun Gong Practitioners Jointly Sign Letter Exposing Atrocities at the Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp
2006-12-16Ms. Li Jiaju, in her fifties, was nearly killed at the labour camp when she arrived there in January 2006. The guards force-fed her with faeces and urine. They shoved a sanitary napkin and filthy towel inside her mouth. They deprived her of sleep and use of the toilet, and made her stand up or squat for long periods. They also poured cold water on her in the winter until she lost consciousness. They beat her when she came to and taped her mouth so she could not make a sound. She is currently near death, but the labour camp refuses to release her. -
Despicable Tactics Used in Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province
2006-12-16Guards at Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp used despicable tactics to torture practitioners in attempts to brainwash them. In early July 2006, to cover up their crimes of brutally torturing practitioners, the labour camp held a so-called "assisting education" conference, which was broadcast on TV. They invited several families of the tortured practitioners, who suffered mental trauma as a result of the brainwashing. The labour camp distorted the facts to deceive people and cover up their crimes. The truth is that they tortured practitioners to the edge of death. On the surface, they used those family members to present their efforts as good work. -
Mr. Guo Zhenge Tortured to Mental Collapse in Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp in Beijing
2006-12-16Mr. Guo Zhenge, a Falun Dafa practitioner, was sentenced to two years of forced labour by the National Security Agents with the excuse of "harbouring Falun Gong books" on January 30th, 2005. The prison guards directed prisoners to beat Guo Zhenge. They deprived him of sleep for many nights. Guo Zhenge had to sit on a stool without moving every day as the prisoners strictly monitored him. He was not allowed to go out of the room. The food given to him was less than half of the normal quantity for detainees. Guo Zhenge suffered a mental collapse as result of the long term mental and physical persecution. -
Family Members Refused Visits with Dafa Practitioner Liu Hongxia, Detained at Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Jilin Province, Because She Will Not Submit to Brainwashing
2006-12-14Dafa practitioner Liu Hongxia in Jilin Province has already been detained in the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp for four months. Every Tuesday is her visiting day. Her family has only been allowed to meet with her twice since she has been detained there. When her family enquired as to the reason for this, the response from the forced labour camp was that Liu Hongxia was not brainwashed and was being closely monitored, so nobody could meet with her. After one month, when her family asked to meet with her again, the forced labour camp refused their request again, stating that they were Falun Gong practitioners. -
Practitioner Mr. Yu Ming Suffers Brutal Tortures at the Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp in Beijing
2006-12-12Mr. Yu Ming was arrested on March 3rd, 2006 and is detained at the Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp in Beijing. Several criminals were ordered to torture him every day. If they refused, they themselves would suffer brutal beatings by the guards. Yu Ming was tied to a bed 24 hours a day and suffered from brutal force-feeding. The police doctor mixed sedatives and sleeping medications with the mixture they force-fed him. Yu Ming was sedated all day long. He was tied to the bed and unable to move. His physical and mental condition has been severely damaged, and he is very weak. -
Mr. Bai Tianshi, 63, Seriously Tortured at the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City
2006-12-09Mr. Bai Tianshi was seriously tortured in Xishanping Forced Labour Camp. In February 2006 when criminal inmates did not suceed in forcing Bai Tianshi to write a guarantee statement to renounce Falun Dafa, they tortured him relentlessly. He was crippled and lying in bed for over twenty days due to the torture. He was unable to move freely for the two to three months, and is missing most of his teeth due to torture. -
How the 202nd Squadron at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province Persecutes Practitioners
2006-12-07The 202nd Squadron was the centre for detaining and torturing practitioners. Those primarily responsible were: Bian Shuqiang, Zhang Li, and Dong Guoxin. They utilized various methods to fiendishly torture us, such as repeatedly airing anti-Falun Gong propaganda forcing us to view drawings slandering Falun Gong, using sleep-deprivation, forcing us to squat for long periods of time, shocking us with electric batons, hitting us with sticks, barbarically force feeding us, and forcing us to overwork so as to damage our health.
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