Torture
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Frenzied Beating Causes Death of Elderly Sichuan Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Xia Wei
2004-09-17
Since July 19, 1999, 56-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Xia Wei and his wife Deng Zhongqin from Sichuan Province were cruelly persecuted because they persisted in their practice of Dafa. On July 19, 2000, Xia Wei was abducted by the police and beaten unconscious. After that he suffered with symptoms such as frequently vomiting blood, chest pain and dizziness. Under the long period of persecution and harassment, he died on November 12, 2001. His wife was sentenced to two and a half years of forced labour -
Belated News: A Female Falun Dafa Practitioner Died in Detention in 2002 in Shandong Province
2004-09-17Around 2002, police from Weifang City, Shandong Province abducted a female Falun Dafa practitioner and took her to a Detention Centre. She refused to tell the police her name and address and went on a hunger strike to protest against this illegal persecution. The inhuman police knew that the practitioner had heart disease, yet they still tortured her by brutally force-feeding her. After 13 days of being on a hunger strike, this practitioner passed away unjustly, in a place far away from her hometown. The practitioner was around 30 years old. Her family might not even know about her death. -
Police in Chongqing City Hold Four-Year-Old Girl Hostage and Brutally Persecute Her Parents and Her Grandmother (Photo)
2004-09-17Four-year-old Zhang Yuanyuan has been held hostage by police officers in Chongqing for six months because her parents, Mr. Zhang Hongxu and Ms. Wu Yongmei, both practise Falun Gong. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began, the authorities have detained the girl's parents repeatedly and sent them to forced labour camps. To avoid further persecution, they were forced to leave home. Their child was left in the care of her grandmother. The authorities then mistreated the girl's grandma, who suffered dementia from the stress, leaving her unable to care for her grandchild. -
The Perverse Torture Methods Used on Falun Gong Practitioners by Police in Liaoning Province (Illustrations)
2004-09-17Torture method: The "Stitch": Using a needle about 4 inches long, the police pass the needle through the victim's back so that a thin nylon line is sent through the flesh, just like sewing clothes. They then rub preserved salty vegetables into the stitches. The guards or warden order criminals to yank on the nylon line once in a while, causing excruciating pain. -
Practitioner Ms. Wang Xia Weighs 20 Kilograms After Torture (Photos)
2004-09-16Thirty-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Wang Xia from Linhe City, Inner Mongolia was tortured in Hohhot City Prison until she was left in a coma as little more than skin and bones. Wang Xia still lapses in and out of coma. She cannot take care of herself at all. Her parents and sister take turns looking after her. Her family cries every day from grief and indignation. The perpetrators planned to cremate her alive to destroy the evidence. -
Details Regarding the Death of Dafa Practitioner Mr Bai Wanling from Xinjiang Province
2004-09-16Ms Bai Wanling was a 39-year-old Dafa practitioner from Xinjiang Province. Both her parents, also Dafa practitioners were persecuted to death and Bai Wanling suffered terribly in a labour camp. After both of her parents were persecuted to death, the police kept harassing Bai Wanling's brother and sister-in-law every day. They deceived the couple into going to a brainwashing class and detained them there. In May 2004, Bai's family sent her to a hospital to be treated. However she passed away on May 31 2004. -
Anqiu Policemen Pulled Out a Handful of My Hair (Photo)
2004-09-16I am a Falun Gong practitioner in Anqiu, Shandong Province. I went to distribute truth-clarification materials on Sept. 4, 2004. A vehicle came on the same road. I got off my bike to make room for the vehicle to pass. It ended up being a police car. Two or three policemen jumped out of the car, stopped me, pulled out a handful of my hair and kicked me until I fell down on the ground. -
Graphic Sketches: Torture Methods Used Against Falun Gong Practitioners in Dalian Forced Labour Camp
2004-09-15Three boards: The victim's limbs are cuffed to the four corners of the bed. Only three narrow wood slats are placed on the bed frame, and a boxing head cover is tightly attached to the victim's head. A long period of this torture makes the victim experience extreme pain all over his body. His head usually feels dizzy and his eyes blur. -
Beijing: City of Terror
2004-09-15I thought the high pressure persecution policies throughout the Chinese system would be a little "restricted" when it came to a world renowned city like Beijing, because the Party wants to present a good image to the international society, and attract foreign investments. However, I was wrong. One by one "not so horrifying" stories revealed the city was covered with lies and violent terrors. -
Hanging Torture Leaves Many Practitioners With Crippled Hands at Huhhot Women's Forced Labour Camp
2004-09-15The authorities at Huhhot Women's Forced Labour Camp have adopted many inhumane measures to torment determined Falun Dafa practitioners. Ms. Zhou Caixia was tortured to death at the Huhhot Women's Labour Camp. Her hands were crippled as a result of this hanging torture before she died. In addition, she was force-fed with lime (calcium carbonate), which burned the lining of her stomach. She was finally driven to madness from pain. -
The Death of Elderly Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Hai in Shandong Province
2004-09-14Mr. Li Hai was a 69 year old Dafa practitioner who lived in Shandong Province. When his son, a determined Falun Dafa practitioner, was detained, Li Hai lost his means of support. The authorities constantly harassed and extorted money from him, forcing him to sell his only cow and his peanuts and other crops. Li Hai suffered terribly under the long-term persecution, threats, terror and extortion. He passed away on December 23, 2002. -
Details of the Torture Death of Dafa Practitioner Jiang Yong: An Open Letter to the Responsible Authorities
2004-09-14Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang Yong, 46 years old, was from Changchun City. He had a strong body and was in perfect health. On July 4, you [Tiebei Detention Centre authorities] sent the death notice to his family, claiming the cause of death to be "acute disease" and fabricated a so-called "explanation of death" document. With a single phoney document, you attempted to deny the fact that you murdered him. Why is there a black and blue bloody scar on his neck? Why is his whole body black and blue? -
Complaint Filed in the Torture Death of Mr. Liu Yufeng from Wendeng City
2004-09-14On July 22, 2000, around 9:00 p.m., the fourth day of 65 year old Mr. Liu's unlawful detention, the Wendeng City Police Department notified Mr. Liu's family to come and get him. His family found Mr. Liu at death's door and they noticed wounds all over his body. He could not move and was disfigured. It was heartrending to see him suffering like this! They carried him to a taxi and took him home. On July 23, the following day, Mr. Liu died. -
Re-constructions of the Tortures that Hubei Dafa Practitioner Liao Yuanhua Received in Fanjiatai Prison (Photos)
2004-09-14Liao Yuanhua, 47, was the former Discipline Committee Secretary of the Wuxue City Forestry Bureau. He began practising Falun Gong in 1998 and was an honest and excellent government employee. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, Mr. Liao persisted in telling the facts about Falun Dafa with a compassionate heart. Liao Yuanhua wasn't afraid of threats or violence. Because he appealed to the government on behalf of Falun Gong, Mr. Liao was dismissed from the Party. He was illegally detained in a detention centre for one year. Then on June 1, 2001 he was sent to the Fanjiatai Prison in Hubei Province where he was subjected to nearly 30 different types of horrific torture.. -
Liaoning Province Authorities Claim Mr Cui Zhilin Commits Suicide Yet Forensic Exam Shows Evidence of Brutal Beating
2004-09-13Mr. Cui Zhilin was a 43-year-old resident of North Fuxin City. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison yet still kept on practising Dafa. On August 5, 2004, his family was suddenly informed that he had jumped out of a building. When his family arrived, Cui was found lying in the reposing room, but the prison authorities could not show any evidence that Cui had committed suicide by jumping out of a building. At the strong insistence of his family, forensic doctors were called in to check the body. That was when his family first found that Mr. Cui's body was full of injuries caused by beating, and he had been reduced to only skin and bones.
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