Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office
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Ms. Song Guiyun Sentenced to Prison Again; Her Son Is Calling for Help
2011-04-26
Song Guiyun was arrested on December 11th, 2010 as she spoke with people in Fuxingdi Town about Falun Gong and exposed the persecution. She was later sentenced to three years and seven months in prison. Ms. Song has been arrested many times since the Chinese Communist Party started the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. She has been subjected to detention and sentencing many times, and has been held in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison, Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province, and the Fuxin County Detention Centre. She was detained in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison for three years. -
Mr. Xu Xiwang Arrested and Injected with Unknown Drugs
2011-04-26Mr. Xu Xiwang, a disabled practitioner, was suddenly awakened at around 5 a.m. on March 18th. The windows of his home were being pried open by officers from the local police station, 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Over a dozen men dragged him out of bed and took him outside. He was thrown into a police car and taken to Liuji Brainwashing Centre while they ransacked his home. Mr Xu was injected with unknown drugs. He became muddleheaded and began to lose his memory. He could not walk properly, his hands began to shake uncontrollably, and he kept swaying from side to side. -
Liu Xiaohua and Zheng Lijun of Tumen Arrested and Their Whereabouts Unknown
2011-04-26Police secretly monitored Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xiaohua’s home. They broke into her home on March 4th and arrested Ms. Liu Xiaohua, Mr. Zheng Lijun and Ms. Zhou Jujing. They took them to the Tumen Police Station. They then ransacked Ms. Liu's home. Zhou Jujing is now being detained at the Anshan Detention Centre. Liu Xiaohua and Zheng Lijun were put in handcuffs and were interrogated for 24 hours non-stop. They were not allowed to sleep, and their whereabouts are currently unknown. When Zheng Lijun was arrested, his personal savings certificate valued at around 30,000 yuan was taken by police. -
After Being Tortured in Prison for Eight Years, Mr. Ma Zhiwu Secretly Sentenced to Another Three and a Half Years
2011-04-25The Yanchi County Court in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region secretly put Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu on trial on March 31st. Mr. Ma was sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment. He appealed the sentence. Mr. Ma was sentenced to six years of imprisonment at Guanmahu Prison in Wuzhong City, from 2002 to 2008. During his eight years of incarceration, Mr. Ma was beaten severely, and tortured by means of sleep deprivation for over a dozen days, “riding an airplane." Mr. Ma was also tortured on a death bed for more than 40 days, resulting in unbearable pain in his muscles and entire body. Moreover, the perpetrators force-fed him with a kind of paste mixed with unknown drugs, dirty water, flies, and flour. -
The Manager of a Farm Machinery Company Picked Up by the Authorities on a Train
2011-04-25On March 25th, Mr. Peng Yunchang and his wife, Wu Jilan, who is not a practitioner of Falun Gong, took the 5018 train, which runs from Yantai City to Fei City, to visit his ill mother. Mr. Peng explained the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to people as the train was passing Zhu City. The police on the train searched and beat Mr. Peng and his wife and took him to Jinan Railroad Public Security Office detention centre. Later police also ransacked his home. -
Sixteen-Year-Old Practitioner Mr. Wang Yu Persecuted by Beijing's Changping District 610 Office and His School
2011-04-25On December 24th, 2010, Mr. Wang Yu, a 16-year-old practitioner, was taken to a brainwashing centre in Beijing and held for thirteen days. He was released on January 5th. At present, he is still being investigated and interrogated by the school staff under orders from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Mr. Wang started practising Falun Gong as a youngster. In his school, he showed his classmates and teachers the greatness of Falun Gong by his actions. At the same time, he told them the facts about Falun Gong and the unprecedented persecution of this spiritual practice. This good 16-year-old student was harassed, detained and forced to undergo brainwashing by the 610 Office. -
Wuhan City Authorities Attempt to Indict Four Falun Gong Practitioners
2011-04-24Hongshan District prosecutors in Wuhan City recently attempted to indict four practitioners, Mr. Peng Liang, Ms. Zhang Jingzhou, Mr. Liu Shehong and Mr. Ouyang Haiwen. Mr. Peng Liang and Mr. Zhang Jingzhou were arrested on December 13th, 2010, as they posted the message “Falun Gong is good” on the outer wall of the Wantong Driving School in the Dongxihu District. Plainclothes police agents who were staked out nearby made the arrest. Under the instruction of the Wuhan City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), the two practitioners were taken to the Wuhan City Police Department's Domestic Security Division, where they were subjected to sleep deprivation and beatings. They were later held in the Hongshan District Detention Centre. -
Harbin Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Lihua Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
2011-04-23Mrs. Zhang Lihua is a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. On March 24th, she was sentenced to a six-year prison term. Zhang Lihua is currently appealing to the upper-level court, indicating that citizens' freedoms of religion and belief are protected by the Constitution. She maintains her innocence and believes she was charged only because she believes in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She is requesting an unconditional release. She is also requesting compensation according to the State Compensation Law so that her legitimate rights and interests will be reinstated. -
Looking Back Ten Years -- Eyewitness Account of the Notorious "319 Incident" – Several Days of Particularly Brutal Persecution in Dalian Forced Labour Camp
2011-04-20Ten years ago, on March 19th, 2001, the officials and guards at the Dalian Forced Labour Camp initiated a brutal mass persecution of Falun Gong practitioners who were detained there. It was called the “319 Incident” by local practitioners. I was one of them. "Body Folding" is a torture that is often used by the guards to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioner’s upper body and legs are forced to form a 90-degree angle; his legs are kept straight and his head points downward. His arms are raised high from behind his back to the maximum extent. Staying in this posture even a very short time leads to profuse sweating. The guards then brought out the electric batons to shock us. My hands were shocked numerous times. -
Outstanding Technician, Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianping Arrested; Hangzhou City 610 Office Agents Prevent Lawyers' Involvement
2011-04-20Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianping is the deputy general manager of the Production Technology Department in the Southern Cement Company, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. He was arrested along with his colleague, Mr. Wei Xiang, on November 28th, 2010, by police The two practitioners have been held in custody for four months. During this time, 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) have forbidden their family members from visiting them, have created difficulties for and threatened relatives, and have not allowed lawyers to meet with the two men, claiming that the case is "secret-related." -
Ms. Lu Ran Arrested for the Seventh Time – Her Family in a Difficult Situation
2011-04-19Police arrested two Falun Gong practitioners on March 25th. Mr. Gai Wufan, was released, while Ms. Lu Ran is being held in Hebei Women's Forced Labour Camp. During the past 11 years of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Lu has been detained in a forced labour camp twice. Her mother was arrested several times and was subjected to beatings, extortion, and brainwashing. -
First Hand Account of Falun Gong Practitioner Yang Zhonggeng – Tortured in Ruian City, Zhejiang Province
2011-04-18When Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Zhonggeng was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution ten years ago, he was arrested by the police of Rushan City, Shandong Province. He suffered inhumane torture – shocked with a high voltage electric baton, injected with unknown drugs and brainwashed. He went on a hunger strike to protest. In his words: "I was force-fed. I was held down by prisoners and a rubber tube was inserted into my stomach through my nostrils. My nose and throat were bleeding and it was extremely painful. Force-feeding like this is life threatening and I would rather die than live like this." -
Ms. Liu Xinyu Recounts Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Brainwashing and “Transformation”
2011-04-17To my regret, I left Falun Gong cultivation for almost two years, between June 2001 and February 2003. That was the time when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents “transformed” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] me. I was detained at Chongqing Maojiashan Women's Forced Labour Camp, where I was brainwashed with information that defamed Falun Gong, force fed, forced to stand all night long, and beaten brutally. I was subjected to torture, humiliation and mistreatment. I was sometimes hung up by handcuffs. The cruellest torture was “carrying a sword behind the back.” One hand was pulled down over the shoulder behind the back, and the other hand pulled up from the waist behind the back then handcuffed to the other hand. The pain was unbearable. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Zhanjin, a Senior Engineer from Beijing Imprisoned
2011-04-17Ms. Li Zhanjin from Beijing is a former senior engineer at the Qingniao Company affiliated with Beijing University. She was forced to quit her job. She was transferred from the Haidian Detention Centre to Beijing Women's Prison on March 24th, 2011, where she is currently undergoing forced brainwashing. Ms. Li was arrested by police for practising Falun Gong on December 29th, 2009. Haidian Court officials tried her in July 2010. Ms. Li's lawyer entered a non-guilty plea for her but the court still sentenced her to three years in prison. -
Ms. Wu Bilin, 62, Arrested Again and Sent to Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre in Wuhan City
2011-04-16On March 10th, 2011, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Bilin was once again arrested at her home by Wuhan City police officers. She has been sent to Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre. Over the 11 years of persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Ms. Wu has been arrested 13 times. Previously Ms. Wu was detained in the brainwashing centre for seven months. During this time, the Jiangan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) head Hu Shaobin personally directed the mental and physical torture of Ms. Wu. He was unable to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Ms. Wu, so he used many cruel ways to torture her.
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