Other News, Exposing the Persecution

Torture | Kidnapping | Brainwashing | Illegal Detention and Imprisonment | Extortion | Persecution Throughout Society | Inside the Labour Camps | Individual Accounts | 6-10 Office | Death Cases | Organ Harvesting

  • Ms. Ye Qiaoming and Her Son Threatened by the Fuzhou City 610 Office, Forcing Them to Dismiss Their Lawyers

    Police officials from the Fuzhou City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Domestic Security Division threatened Falun Gong practitioner Ye Qiaoming and her 18-year-old son, forcing them to dismiss the defence lawyers they had hired. Cangshan District Court cancelled the original hearing and rescheduled it for the morning of April 9th. Ms. Ye was not represented by a defence attorney.
  • Ms. Jiang Xinbo from the Jiansanjiang Area of Heilongjiang Province Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

    On September 10th, 2009, Ms. Jiang was distributing Falun Gong DVDs at the Qianjin Farmer's Market when she was arrested by police. She was taken to Jiansanjiang Detention Centre, where the deputy chief of the detention centre, Ji Qian, savagely beat her. In January 2010, the Jiansanjiang Area Court of Heilongjiang Province sentenced Ms. Jiang Xinbo, a Falun Gong practitioner, to four years in prison but didn't notify her family until March. Ms. Jiang was taken to the Harbin City Women's Prison in Heilongjiang Province.
  • Ms. Zhu Chunlian Has Been Persecuted for Many Years

    Ms. Zhu Chunlian, 68, retired from the Wuhan Engineering and Research Institute (iron and steel industry), has been persecuted many times by members of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because she practises Falun Gong. She has been repeatedly detained, forced to attend brainwashing sessions, and monitored. Also, her home has been ransacked on numerous occasions. She has been tortured physically and mentally.
  • Ms. Shi Meiling Dies as a Result of Torture while in Custody

    On March 13th, 2009, police arrested Ms. Shi Meiling and her son Li Peng at their home. On October 30th, Weibin District Court secretly sentenced Ms. Shi Meiling to six years in prison, and her son Li Peng to three years in prison, with five years probation. The court never notified their family about this trial. She was a healthy lady upon her arrest, but by January 2010, she was emaciated, had difficulty breathing, and could not lie down or stand up. The detention centre took her home when they saw she was dying. She could only lean on the bed. She died on April 18th, 2010 at the age of 49.
  • Ms. Wang Aihua Sent to a Labour Camp Three Times and Suffers Severe Abuse

    Ms. Wang Aihua, a Falun Gong practitioner from Chongqing, was sent to labour camp three times over the past 10-plus years during the persecution of Falun Gong. She suffered from a severe head injury at the hands of prison inmates and was forcibly injected with medicine. Her head injury led to further, internal injuries and impaired a cervical vertebra, resulting in dizziness, headaches, and memory loss for a long time, including temporary blindness. When she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, the abusers force-fed her through a tube. Guards used the force-feeding to torture her, making her mouth and nose bleed severely.
  • Wife of Xu Zhi from Baiquan County, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, Recounts the Persecution of Her Husband Since 2000

    I had a happy family before the Chinese Communist regime started its suppression of Falun Gong in 1999. My husband, Xu Zhi, has been arrested, detained, sentenced to prison, and brutally tortured many times. The officers at Hulan Intensive Training Centre ordered prison inmates to torture Xu Zhi to try to get him to renounce Falun Gong in writing. They repeatedly beat my husband from head to toe with rubber hoses. Due to the excruciating pain in his head, he had to sleep at night without leaning his head on any surface. The pain in his legs made him limp. There is no longer joy or happiness in my home. My family has been destroyed as a result of China's persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Ms. Liu Chunyan Detained and in Critical Condition--Elderly Mother Publishes Open Letter Asking for Her Release

    The following is an open letter written by Ms. Liu's mother, demanding her daughter's release: As a previously critically ill patient, my daughter became healthy, both mentally and physically. It was Falun Gong that changed and saved her. She has no other intentions but to compassionately tell people about her own experience benefiting from Falun Gong. Her only hope is that people will understand the beauty of Falun Gong and learn about the brutal persecution that the government is carrying out against Falun Gong. What she said was all true from her personal experience, and it was done in a just and honourable way, she didn't violate the Constitution, and she no laws. Furthermore, you know as well as I that she didn't hurt anyone in doing so.
  • Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners by Lawless Wuhan Railway Bureau Officials

    Ms. Chen Xiaoling, 51 years old, was an employee of Xiangfan Railway Sub-bureau. In January 2002, she was sentenced to one year of forced labour and taken to Shayang Forced Labour Camp. During her detention, she was repeatedly tortured. She was cuffed, hung up, and suffered from exposure to the scorching sun for extended periods. Ms. Yu Furong was an employee of the Wuchang Railway Station. She went to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong in 2000, and was detained at a brainwashing centre run by railway authorities. She was persecuted at the centre for several months. In 2001, the station officials showed complete disregard of the law, and took her to the Hewan Forced Labour Camp. She was sentenced to one year of forced labour.
  • Shang Xiaodong, Yin Jun and Zhang Fengqin in Changchun City Sentenced to Forced Labour

    On March 5th, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Shang Xiaodong, Ms. Yin Jun, Ms. Zhang Fengqin, and Ms. Yao Meiling, were arrested by police officers from the Changchun City Public Security Bureau and Nanguan Branch. The following day they were taken to the Third Detention Centre in Changchun City. A month later, the practitioners were then sentenced to forced labour without their families being notified. The police did not give their families any documents and did not allow them to visit.
  • Mr. Li Zhengbing Tortured at Duyun Prison in Guizhou Province

    Mr. Li Zhengbing, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested in March, 2008 by police. Then Mr. Li was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. In Duyun prison, Mr. Li was physically and mentally abused and tortured. Mr. Li has changed significantly from a healthy, energetic person into a white-haired, emaciated man with a swollen face. Mr. Li was locked in an underground cell, which is small, dark, damp and without any sunlight. Mr. Li Zhengbing was forced to work four to five hours every day like a slave. The work environment was extremely harsh.
  • Chen Guang and Yan Hongen Sentenced by Huantai County Court

    In May 2009, two Falun Gong practitioners were arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities while distributing Falun Gong distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. One of them gave out Ms. Chen's name under cruel interrogation. On May 12th, 2009, personnel from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) arrested Ms. Chen in her home and also confiscated personal property including 60,000 yuan. The total loss was about 300,000 yuan. Then, in April 2010, after about one year's detention and persecution, the Huantai County Court gave Ms. Chen a seven-year prison sentence.
  • Ms. Li Huijuan Suddenly Became Mentally Disordered in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp after Guards Gave Her Some "Milk"

    Ms. Li Huijuan, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on the evening of May 20th, 2009, when she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Leiyang City. She was later sentenced to one year of forced labour and detained in Baimalong Woman Forced Labour in Zhuzhou. During the 2010 Chinese New Year, deceived by the guards, she accepted two cups of milk. She immediately became confused, and her memory faded dramatically. On March 12th, she was sent home because of her mental disorder.
  • Mr. Liang Zhenxing Tortured in the Siping City Prison, then Transferred to Gongzhuling City Prison, Jilin Province

    Mr. Liang Zhenxing, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province, was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment. In December 2009 he was transferred from the Siping City Prison to the Gongzhuling City Prison, Jilin Province. Before the transfer, he was severely tortured by prison guards and inmates in the Siping City Prison. In 2002, in order to speak out for justice for Falun Gong to people deceived by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) slanderous propaganda about Falun Gong, several practitioners tapped into the cable networks in Changchun City and broadcast a video programme relating the true story of the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident. In retaliation, the CCP arrested more than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Mr. Chen Jizhong and Ms. Chen Jihuan Sentenced to Prison in Heilongjiang Province

    Mr. Chen Jizhong, 69, and his younger sister, Ms. Chen Jihuan, 56, have been arrested and had their homes searched by police officers from Yilan County. Both brother and sister have recently been secretly sentenced by the Yilan County Court. Mr. Chen Jizhong has been sentenced to six years in prison, and Ms. Chen Jihuan to four years in prison. Since the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999, Mr. Chen has been arrested five times, and was held at the Lianjiangkou Prison in Jiamusi City for five years. Ms. Chen was previously sentenced to three years of forced labour, despite her legs being disabled.
  • Ms. Liu Zhimei and Her Caregiver Ms. Gao Chunhong Arrested

    Ms. Liu Zhimei was admitted by Tsinghua University with the highest entrance score in Shandong Province. Because she persisted in her practice of Falun Gong, she was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment and suffered a mental collapse. The prison administration injected her with unknown drugs before her release in 2008, causing her to suddenly become insane three days after arriving home. Ms. Liu and several local Falun Gong practitioners who have been taking care of her were arrested in April 2010.