Torture
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Ms. Gu Changqin Cannot Walk or Talk After Long-term Persecution in Liaoning Women's Prison
2006-09-12
In 2002, 51-year-old Gu Changqin was again arrested by the local police and sentenced to six years. They sent her to Liaoning Women's Prison. As a result of the persecution, she was just skin and bones and was almost too weak to eat. She was forced to sit on a narrow bench no more than two inches wide for a prolonged time, which damaged her back so badly that she could not sit up. Gu Changqin went on a hunger strike to protest, but was brutally force-fed, which damaged both her vocal cords and stomach. She could not talk and threw up after each swallow. -
Ms. Ma Chunli Weighs Only 55 Pounds after 500 Days of Persecution
2006-09-12Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Ma Chunli was arrested on the street and taken to the police station on December 14th, 2004. Ma Chunli went on a hunger strike to protest her arrest. She has become very frail and weighs only 55 pounds. Sometime around May or June 2006, Ms. Ma was secretly taken to Heizuizi Prison. Her family only learned that she had been taken to the prison after her mother received a note asking her to go the the hospital to take care of her daughter. -
Help Rescue Practitioner Mr. Wang Fengqiang from Liuchangshan Forced Labour Camp
2006-09-12Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Fengqiang was arrested when he distributed DVDs exposing the persecution on August 23rd, 2006. After July 20th 1999, the officers at his workplace began to persecute him, having talks with him to pressure him to renounce Falun Dafa. They also subjected Mr. Wang to detention for long periods of time, forcefully took him to brainwashing classes, extorted large amounts of money from him, and laid him off work. Now he is being detained and mistreated at the notorious "Legal Training Centre" at Liuchangshan Forced Labour Camp in Jinan City. -
More Information about Mr. Li Yutong, Who Died as a Result of Persecution in 2003
2006-09-12Between August and November 2003, Mr. Li Yutong was detained in Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp. While in detention, Mr. Li resisted the re-education through labour and refused to wear a prison uniform. As a result, the guards put him in an iron cage for 15 days. Afterwards they kept him in solitary confinement. Mr. Li went on a hunger strike to protest and the guards force-fed him two to three times every day. It was extremely cold in late October in eastern China, but the guards kept the windows open in his cell at night and did not give him any bed covers. The labour camp did not release Mr. Li until he was on the verge of death. Several days after he returned home, Mr. Li Yutong passed away. -
His Mother Persecuted to Death, His Father Imprisoned, Su Wei Dies Alone
2006-09-11Mr. Su Anzhou is a retired employee of the Lanzhou City Railroad Bureau in Gansu Province. His wife Geng Cuifang is a small business owner. Twenty-five year old Mr. Su Wei, who was not a practitioner, was these Falun Dafa practitioners' only child. The family of three was very happy, but because the couple practise Falun Dafa, they have been brutally mistreated. Two of them have died, and one is in prison. On May 3rd, 2002, Ms. Geng Cuifang was assaulted in her home by police, and tragically died from falling off the building. Su Wei died from tuberculosis due to malnutrition on August 4th, 2006. Mr. Su Anzhou was sentenced to ten years in prison on October 27th, 2002. -
Twenty-Year-Old Son of Zhu Yan Arrested for Appealing for His Mother; His Whereabouts Unknown
2006-09-11At 9:30 a.m. on the morning of August 8th, 2006, Mr. Cao Yang held a banner in front of the Jilin City Police Station to appeal for the release of his mother, Ms. Zhu Yan, who was sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp and sent to Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. Several police officers came over, took down the banner and forced Mr. Cao to go to the police station. At that time, many people shouted to Mr. Cao, "Don't go in with them. You will suffer. They will beat you." his whereabouts remain unknown. -
The Persecution Suffered by Yin Shuyun from Longkou City, Shandong Province
2006-09-11My name is Yin Shuyun and I am a 49-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner. On February 8th, 2000, I travelled to Tiananmen Square, Beijing with five other practitioners to peacefully appeal against the persecution. I was forcefully arrested. A policeman grabbed my hair roughly and beat me up. I was forced to run in the snow barefoot and stand in cold water for an hour. I was also forced to press large cubes of ice against my face, before being hung up with handcuffs and brutally beaten. While the police beat me up, they shouted that it was time to slaughter the pig. I was severely frozen and my face was also beaten to the extent of distortion and my entire body was bruised and injured. -
Evil Persecution Witnessed and Experienced in Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison
2006-09-11In April 2004, we Falun Dafa practitioners protested the persecution together by refusing to wear name tags or prison uniforms. Chief Tao Shuping ordered a prisoner to handcuff me and hang me up for 18 hours. Police officer Wang Shanshan then incited a criminal to hang me up for half the night. Prisoners Wang Rong and Liu Jiafeng twisted my shoulder, tied me up with rope and hung me from the bed ladder for over three hours. Prisoners Lu Shuwen and Liu Wenge wrote the word "criminal" on my body and insulted me. -
Police Beat Students Asking for Their Mother's Release from Detention
2006-09-11At around 7:00 p.m. on July 13th, 2006, officers from the Shidui Police Station in Anqiu City, Shandong Province went to the home of practitioner Liu Qingmei. After entering the home under false pretences, they arrested Ms. Liu, pushed her into a black sedan, and drove away. They detained her at the Anqiu City Detention Centre. That same night, Han Jianwu, the director of Ms. Liu's village, along with two officers from the Shidui Police Station, went to Ms. Liu's home and ransacked it. A few days after Ms. Liu's arrest, her daughter and some relatives went to the detention centre to request Ms. Liu's release, but the police denied their request. The next tiem they went to ask for hea release the police beat up her son and daughter. -
The Brutal Torture and Death of Mr. Lei Ming, Who Broadcast Truth Clarification Videos in Changchun City in 2002
2006-09-10
Mr. Lei Ming worked with other practitioners, and successfully videos exposing the persecution about Falun Gong on a cable TV network. Mr. Lei was arrested, savagely tortured in Tiebei Detention Centre and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Jilin Prison officials sent Lei Ming back home in November 2004 when he was on the brink of death. He died on August 6th, 2006. -
Over Ten Teachers in Dazhu County, Sichuan Province Dismissed for Three Years Because They Practise Falun Gong; Mr. Hu Yunxiang Persecuted to Death
2006-09-10Since 2003, more than 70 practitioners have been forced to step down from the teacher's platform in Dazhu County. More than ten of them have refused to be "transformed" and are still out of a job. The others are still forced to go to work daily and are being monitored. 42-year-old Mr. Hu Yunxiang passed away on August 23rd, 2006, after long-term brutal persecution. -
Qingdao City Practitioner Ms. Zhou Aiying's Daughter Longs For Her Mum
2006-09-10"One time, Mum wrote me a letter saying she had 'given up the practice' and asked me to hand in my Dafa books. She said that the detention centre 'was so good.' Somehow that made me cry; I cried because my mum gave up her belief. I didn't know how evil it was in the detention centre They used six electric batons to shock my mum Because it wasn't too long after my mum had started to practise Falun Dafa, she wasn't able to withstand it. She was 'transformed.' She told about this after being released. Because she was 'transformed,' she was allowed to see us.” -
Practitioner Mr. Shi Chunde Lost the Ability to Take Care of Himself as a Result of Persecution
2006-09-10Mr. Shi Chunde was sentenced to three years of forced labour. Mr. Shi felt compelled to begin a hunger strike to protest the detention. Guards hit him with electric batons and punched him, taking turns for half an hour and force-fed him. Wang Yongming was the most ruthless. Mr. Shi bled from his mouth, his teeth became loose, and his face swelled. He sustained many blisters from the electric shocks, felt dizzy, and experienced ringing in his ears. Guards continued in their attempt to force him to give up his belief in Falun Dafa and to eat, but he refused. Mr. Shi’s legs were injured and he walked with difficulty. His hearing and vision also deteriorated. -
For a Whole Year, My Employers Paid Me Only 100 Yuan
2006-09-10The officials at my workplace persecuted me psychologically and financially after my release from the labour camp for the second time, paying me only about 100 yuan salary in a whole year. When I went through the retirement procedure in 2004, the officials attempted to coerce me to give up Dafa, but I firmly refused. The officials reduced my pension. Up to this day I only receive a portion of my regular retirement pension. -
Ms. Li Ping from Tianjin City is Near Death in Banqiao Forced Labour Camp, Emaciated from Prolonged Hunger Strike
2006-09-09On December 19th, 2005, Ms. Li Ping was taken into police custody and sent to Tanggu District Detention Centre. She was imprisoned for over 30 days and suffered brutal persecution. Because she refused to renounce her faith in Falun Gong, she was sentenced to two years in Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp on January 16th, 2006. The camp has subjected her to many forms of torture. She was put in an isolation room watched by torturers around the clock who deprived her of sleep, of eating in the canteen, of water, of interacting with anyone except the torturers and of writing letters to her family.
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