Inside the Labour Camps

  • US Citizen Charles Lee Forced to Do Slave Labour in Nanjing City Prison

    US citizen and Falun Gong practitioner Charles Lee, who is being detained at Nanjing City Prison was recently forced into slave labour in addition to attending brainwashing sessions. According to Charles Lee's fiancée, Fu Yeong-ching, who is currently living in California, as early as December 2003, Charles was forced to do slave labor making shoes. He had told a US consular official in Shanghai that the glue used in shoe production smelled terrible and made him feel sick.
  • The Sadistic Torture of Female Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Dalian Forced Labour Camp

    Prior to 2001, it was police officers that were directly involved in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. However, every time they harmed the practitioners they would ache all over and some would have the symptoms of a serious flu. Now, the regular criminal inmates are used to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. The criminals experience the same flu-like symptoms as the policemen. One criminal named Gao Peiling was unable to get up after beating some Falun Dafa practitioners. Another criminal, Wang Minfen, cried and told the practitioners, "We don't want to beat you, but we have to do it, otherwise the division leader will extend our prison terms." The police in the Dalian Forced Labour Camp have not only committed crimes themselves, but also have made others commit crimes.
  • Ms Guo Xiaohui Suffers Electric Shocks with Wires Wrapped Around the Fingers, Violent Force-Feeding and Injection of Nerve Damaging Drugs by Tangshan City Police

    After she was released from the metal chair, Ms. Guo lost consciousness and could not stand. She was examined at the Ankang Hospital in Tangshan and her lower-back was found to be dislocated...Guo Xiaohui was illegally detained for over one year in the No. 1 Forced Labour Camp. When the higher authorities came to check for overtime detentions, the labour camp would hide her or transfer her somewhere else, and send her back after the inspectors had left.
  • Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Guoqing Dies as a Result of Brutal Beatings in Fuzhou City Labour Camp

    The inmates beat Zhang Guoqing almost everyday, from October 2003 to January 2004. The practitioners told the guards and division head Liu about this, but they were ignored...Zhang Guoqing was severely beaten on January 19, 2004 and suffered internal injuries. The guards sent him to the Jianxin Hospital in Fuzhou City. The callous doctors didn't take his injuries seriously and sent him back the same day.
  • 50-Year-old Practitioner Ms. Zhao Fengyun Suddenly Dies at Harbin City's Wanjia Labour Camp

    Because she firmly persisted in practising Falun Gong, she was illegally arrested and sent to Wanjia Labour Camp to be tortured. At about 7:00 p.m. on February 27, 2004, she suddenly died in the labour camp. The heartless camp authorities did not inform her family of her situation until she passed away. Her husband has also been unjustly incarcerated and is being held at Changlinzi Labour Camp.
  • Xinjiang Tianshan Wooltex Stock Corporation, Ltd. Joins Labour Camps and Prisons to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners -- Bloody Slave Labour Behind Internationally Renowned Brand (Photo)

    Many detainees at Division One of Changji Labour Camp in Xinjiang Province are routinely denied sleep several weeks out of the month. They work an average of more than 20 hours a day. They can only take a short nap after dawn on the platform where they make the sweaters. When they work on the machines, they often have to work for one day and one night at a time. Most of them have swollen legs from malnutrition and exhausting labour conditions. The workshop is only 200 meters (about 850 feet) from the cafeteria, but most detainees do not have time to eat breakfast.
  • Samples of Products Made by Falun Gong Practitioners Imprisoned in the Wangcun Labour Camp (Photos)

    To make a pair of artificial eyelashes, one needs to use tweezers to pick up more than 300 strands of hair and adhere them on the adhesive tape along the template. One earns 27 cents1 for each pair. Then the product has to go through several procedures including cutting, braising and shape-finalization to finish. A pair of finished false eyelashes costs 35 cents. This work places great strain on the worker's eyes. On average, a person has to make 20 to 30 pairs a day.
  • Account of Brutal Persecution Dafa Practitioner Received in Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp

    My family came to visit. Upon seeing me, they were all shocked. I had been very healthy and in good condition when I was taken from home. But now I was tortured and my health debilitated to such a degree. My family went to see the leaders. They met the chief He Qiang and requested that I receive medical treatment. But the camp authorities refused to release me. My family then went to the prosecutor residing in the labour camp. I told him the fact that I was handcuffed and forced to lay flat on my back for a month.
  • Depraved and Immoral Places Seen in Broad Daylight: Exposing Prisons in Shenyang City that Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

    In 2001, police placed a picture of Falun Gong's founder on the ground at the entrance to Longshan Prison, prior to the arrival of families. The police do not allow family members to enter without stepping on the picture first. This policy continues today. The director of the management section, Jiang Yubo, said to the visiting families, "When you step on the picture, you must step on the head! You will do it again if you fail! If you still can't do it, you are not allowed to enter!"
  • Ms. Xu Xiuju Suffers Torture-Induced Mental Collapse at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp

    They forced her to sell her job seniority right [state-owned enterprises compensate a dismissed employee an amount based on his/her length of employment. The dismissed employee will not receive any welfare or benefit]. She not only had to take care of a paralyzed husband and a young daughter, but also had to face cruel persecution. Her life was filled with hardship, as she had to deal with the loss of her personal freedom as well as being constantly monitored.
  • Dead After Long-term Detention and Torture: Mr. Chen Hanchang from Qidong City

    While in detention, he suffered inhumane torture. He was forced to do long-term intense physical labour, such as carrying heavy rocks. He used to be a strong, healthy man, yet he was reduced to just skin and bones... Despite all the torture, Chen Hanchang was still determined in cultivation. He was then transferred to an out-of-town place where he continued to be tortured. When he was finally released at the end of November 2003, he was in a coma and could not speak.
  • The Atrocities at Nanmusi Women's Labour Camp

    I started practising Falun Gong in 1997, after which all my illnesses miraculously went away. When the persecution started, I clarified the truth to others about Falun Gong, and was arrested and illegally sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp. I was imprisoned at Nanmusi Women's Labour Camp in Zhizhong. The following is my personal testimony of the brutalities I witnessed in the labour camp as well as my own personal experiences.
  • Over 20 Prisoners Encouraged to Gang Up and Beat a Practitioner to Death: Story of Ms. Zhu Yinfang from Chengdu City

    Over 50 year old, Ms. Zhu Yinfang was sent to the 7th Middle Team in Zizhong City Women's Labour Camp on April 25, 2003. The guards then ordered inmates detained for drug abuse to tape her , and bind her hands and feet with handcuffs and shackles. The following day, police guards commanded over 20 prisoners under custody to torture this Falun Dafa practitioner from Chengdu City to death. The jail terms of those who beat the practitioner to death was extended for only half a day, while the jail terms of those who didn't participate was extended more.
  • Police Torture Practitioners With Electric Batons in Zhaoyang City Forced Labour Camp

    In October 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xue closed his eyes during a brainwashing session. He was accused of meditating. Another practitioner objected. Both were then taken down to the basement and shocked with electric batons. Everyone on the second floor could hear Zhang Yuqi's shout of "Falun Dafa is good," which was loud and clear. Later, everyone could see the red blotches and blisters all over his neck and his facial expression was one of extreme pain.
  • Thirty Falun Gong Practitioners on Strike at the Jiamusi Labour Camp to Protest their Enslavement

    About six months ago, authorities at the Jiamusi Labour Camp entered into a contract with a private firm to produce mobile phone cases. The raw materials used for the mobile phone cases are substandard and contain toxic substances far exceeding the permissible limits, and are carcinogenic. The police and guards who supervise the work are even afraid to stay in the workshop. However, Falun Gong practitioners are forced to remain in the workshop to make the phone cases.