Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office

  • Thorazine Used As Punishment - Practitioner Suffers Cognitive Dysfunction After Injections

    The psychotropic drug Thorazine is an anti psychotic drug and used in the treatment of psychiatric patients. Thorazine may result in rather severe side effects, such as irreversible neurological disorder, global deterioration of mind and mental faculties, general dulling of awareness, emotional numbing, and cognitive dysfunction.
  • After Having Both Legs Amputated as a Result of Repeated Torture, Practitioner Yang Baochun Drags Himself to Appeal to Officials in Beijing

    Mr. Yang Baochun's hand was often handcuffed to the head of one bed while the other arm was forcibly stretched out and cuffed to the head of another bed. Mr. Yang would be cuffed like this for one day and one night. He once wrote a letter to complain about the police atrocities being committed against him. Team leader, Wang Feng discovered the note and had dozens of inmates surround Yang Baochun and beat him with rubber batons, electric batons, and kick him. The beating and torture lasted for more than half an hour, resulting in wounds covering his entire body.
  • After 23 Days of Torture in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, a Farm Woman Suffers a Mental Collapse

    After long periods of being chained to a pole, the metal handcuffs cut deep into her flesh, and Ms. Liu's ankles and wrists were bleeding badly. To make the situation more difficult for her, her tormentors even prevented her from using toilet facilities. As the filth and odour became unbearable, they then wrapped her up in a big plastic bag and tied her up with ropes to prevent her from moving. To keep her quiet, one of the persecutors bashed her head with a rod. To humiliate her further, they stripped off her clothes one day, and tried to take a photograph of her.
  • Yoko Kaneko Recalls Her 548 Day Abduction By the Followers of Jiang and His Regime, Part 1

  • Dafa Practitioner in Jilin Province Released Following Phone Calls From Overseas Practitioners

    Police officers in Shulan City were heard saying, "We had no idea that Falun Gong practitioners are everywhere. We have been receiving lots of overseas calls every day." Overseas phone calls are greatly effective in shocking and scaring the unscrupulous authorities. China's local practitioners are also participating in the effort by clarifying the facts to people and exposing the wrongdoings.
  • Practitioner Li Hai is Locked up in Daqing City Prison - Police Forbid His Family to Visit

    In the October of this year, 2003, the prison again deprived Dafa practitioners of their sleep, trying to force them to give up their belief. Li Hai's wife went to the prison and wanted to see him but the head of the 2nd prison Zhu Renshan told her "I heard that you also practise Falun Gong, if you say now that Falun Gong is not good, I will let you see him right away." He then said, "It is not me who does not let you see him, it is the order from 'above' that says 'No transformation, no visits'." The head of the team in which Li Hai is detained said, "It is no use even if you go to the 'above' and talk to them. If he refuses to write the 'five statements', you will not be able to see him for 12 years."
  • Crimes of the Police in Shanxi Province: Dafa Practitioners Forced to Swallow Excrement and Urine, Many Tortured to Death

    In Datong, we practitioners were intimidated and threatened. Our families were also implicated. We were followed, watched, illegally detained, brainwashed and even paraded through the streets to be publicly humiliated. Just for practising Falun Gong, some of us were forced to leave home and some were detained many times or penalised with heavy fines. Practitioners were detained in detention centres. The police in Datong Prefecture beat us brutally with police batons and plastic clubs. They put heavy iron chains (weighing several dozen pounds) around our heads and hands, and forced us to walk around the yard.
  • A Child's Fear

    That evening, the officer who arrested me rushed into the kindergarten with several other officers. My son never gave up on me, but instead of his mother, a group of strangers came for him. They used fine-sounding words to appear as if they were there to take care of the child. They used high sounding phrases such as a "political task," a "job requirement," etc. I could not imagine how my baby withstood their ploys.
  • Cruel Physical and Mental Torture at a Women’s Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province

    Of the total verified deaths of Falun Gong practitioners throughout the country, Weifang City accounts for the highest of any province to date. Of more than 100 female Dafa practitioners illegally incarcerated in the forced labour camp, some have been thrown into the First Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province, otherwise known as the "Living Hell" to these female practitioners who have suffered, and continue to suffer from the most appalling atrocities.
  • Practitioner Ms. Su Aihua in Critical Condition While in Detention and is now Missing

    When her family went to Xin Xiang Prison to locate her, the prison guard claimed that no such person was being detained at the prison. Her family returned to the detention centre and asked the Public Security Bureau about her whereabouts. The Public Security Bureau claimed that she had been transferred to Xin Xiang Prison. Her family then went to the relevant government agency to locate her. The officials there did not provide any information. Ms. Su Aihua disappeared four months ago and no one knows where she is.
  • Shulan City Police Hire Low-Ranking Members of Criminal Underworld Organisations to Torture Dafa Practitioners

    The hired gang members and thugs force-fed the four Dafa practitioners with water containing chilli pepper and ground mustard powder, then hung them up with their hands handcuffed behind their back. While torturing the four Dafa practitioners, the hired gang members and thugs shouted, "We were paid to make you speak against Falun Dafa!"
  • Atrocities at a Labour Camp of Guangzhou City: Tying Practitioners into a Ball and Suspend Them on a Metal Hook

    Some practitioners were subjected to additional persecutions such an extension of their jail terms, being subjected to further torture, and being forced to sleep in the corridor. Some people were suspended from the basketball stand, with their feet barely touching the ground. They hung there, rain or shine, all day long, except for mealtime and going to bathroom, until 11 p.m. They would be awakened at 6 a.m. the next day and once again suspended. This treatment continued for over 20 days and sometimes for up to three or four months.
  • An Eyewitness Account of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at Chishan Prison in Hunan Province

    I never thought that my twisted soul could ever be saved. In the fall of 2000, several Falun Gong practitioners were sent to my prison. As I became more familiar with them, they started to teach me the true standards for being a human being, that of having Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. They awakened my heart and conscience. Today, I am free from that dark place; I feel the need to write down the sufferings those Falun Dafa practitioners have endured and that I have witnessed...
  • UN Employee and Her Husband Reveal the Harassment and Brainwashing They Were Subjected to on a Visit to China

    "We told them that what they were doing was against international law, yet one of them named Li said rudely, "No need to talk to us about international law." He said this in a manner in absolute disregard for the law. When Mrs. Wu protested against their illegal conduct, Li said, "What is so special about being an employee in a foreign country? We dare to charge even American citizens. You will not be allowed to leave here unless you tell us everything!"
  • Electrically Shocked into State of Agony in Wanjia Labour Camp

    The police abused the practitioners by forcing them to work, assigning them excessively high work loads, forcing them to work nearly 19 hours a day… The labour camp officials forbid practitioners to tell the truth, they forced practitioners to work excessive hours. They also forced practitioners to tell that they only worked for 6 hours a day if anyone from outside the camp would come to inspect.