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Song Sisters Fengjiao and Caijiao from Tianmen City, Hubei Province Arrested
2011-04-16
Sisters Ms. Song Fengjiao and Ms. Song Cuijiao were recently arrested by the police because they practise Falun Gong. The Song sisters gave Falun Gong materials to a household in Xiongjiadawan, Songda Village on March 23rd, 2011. The owner of the home was a village official. He had been out drinking. When he returned home, he saw a Falun Gong brochure and called the police, who arrested the sisters. That night the sisters were sent to the Tianmen Second Detention Centre where they are still detained. -
Ms. Mao Xiulan from Gangu County, Gansu Province Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
2011-04-15On January 28th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Mao Xiulan was arrested from her home by National Security police officers from the Gangu County Public Security Bureau. She was detained at the Gangu County Detention Centre and later was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Ms. Mao is currently detained at the Jiuzhou Woman's Prison in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Mao Xiulan has suffered two heart attacks during the imprisonment. The guards do not allow her family members to bring her anything during visitation and do not allow them to see Ms. Mao in person. -
Jilin Domestic Security Police Carry Out Break-ins and Arrests, Woman Left in Coma
2011-04-15Around 3 p.m. on November 15th, 2011, police officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Yushu City Police Department, Jilin Province broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Changqing's home. They confiscated over 30,000 yuan arrested him, and took him to the local detention centre. The stress of the sudden intrusion caused his wife Ms. Mu Chunbo to have a stroke. She has been in a coma for over four months. Medical expenses for her care total over 50,000 yuan. -
Daughter Calls for Justice After Father Is Persecuted to Death
2011-04-14February 26th, 2011, while the happiness of the Chinese New Year celebration continued, was the darkest day of my life. It was on this day that I received news that my father, Qin Yueming, was persecuted to death in Jiamusi Prison. My mother, sister and I sat still in disbelief. My father was very healthy, how could he die? I am most saddened that my father died so tragically and we didn't even know how he had died. His facial expression was very pained. His lips were purple. When we turned him, blood came out of his mouth and nose. His neck, back, waist and legs were dark and purple with areas of scars, as well. -
Ms. Wang Yufang, Paralysed Following Forced Drug Injection, Regains her Health After Continuing Her Practice of Falun Gong
2011-04-14Ms. Wang Yufang, once a colon cancer patient, recovered her health through practising Falun Gong. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong, she was arrested numerous times. Forced drug injection at the Jamusi Detention Centre led to her paralysis and memory loss. After release, Ms. Wang resumed practising the Falun Gong exercises and regained her health. “When I attended a Falun Gong experience sharing conference at Sifeng Mountain in June 2000, police arrested and took me to the Jiamusi Detention Centre. They forced me into a metal chair. An agent grabbed me by the hair with one hand, and struck my neck hard with the other hand. The pain was beyond description. They also tortured me with a method called 'Flying an Airplane.' “The torture made me have a heart attack." -
Many Practitioners Recently Arrested In and Around Shijiazhuang City
2011-04-13According to a police insider, after the recent National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the two meetings are held at the same time and serve as the annual political convention for the Chinese Communist Party), the district and county police departments in and around Shijiazhuang City in China's Hebei Province received orders from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): Every police station was to arrest at least one Falun Gong practitioner. Officers from 7 police departments harassed at least 24 families. At least 23 practitioners were arrested at home; nearly 20 of them are detained. -
Jiamusi Prison Personnel and Police Seize Practitioners' Family Members
2011-04-12In order to achieve a “transformation” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] rate of 85 per cent, Jiamusi Prison set up the “Strict Management Ward” to escalate the persecution in February 2011. Three Falun Gong practitioners—Mr. Qin Yueming, Mr. Yu Yungang, and Mr. Liu Chuanjiang—were tortured to death within two weeks. The families of detained practitioners are worried about their loved ones and have been asking for family visits. Jiamusi Prison authorities are afraid that their crimes will become public knowledge and are even more afraid of being held responsible. They are taking every measure necessary to cover up their crimes. Four incidents have occurred recently in which family members were either beaten or taken away. -
Ms. Huang Xiangling Detained by the Chengdu City 610 Office After Being Falsely Imprisoned for Three Years
2011-04-12Practitioner Ms. Huang Xiangling has been imprisoned for three years in Jianyang Women's Prison. On November 13th, 2010, the day she was released from prison, police took Ms. Huang Xiangling to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre for further persecution. On March 22nd, 2011, she was transferred again, and her whereabouts are currently unknown. When Ms. Huang arrived at the Jianyang Women's Prison, she was subjected to torture, including being cuffed to a window with her hands behind her back during the day, sleeping while handcuffed at night, being hung up in the air suspended by her handcuffed wrists, being forced to stand until midnight or 2:00 a.m. for “study”. If she did not finish her work quota, she had to clean the toilets, stand under the sun in military poses, or do calisthenics. -
Wang Suping Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison and Her Family Repeatedly Harassed
2011-04-11After being homeless for several years in order to avoid persecution, practitioner Wang Suping was arrested by police at Hanting Coal Market on March 18th, 2010. She was then sentenced to nine years in prison and was taken to Jinan Prison on January 10th, 2011. the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to coerce her youngest daughter. Police went to Ms. Wang's eldest daughter's workplace to find out which school her younger sister attended. They were not successful in getting the information, so they went to her husband's workplace to try and get the information. In April, the police eventually found the youngest daughter and said to her: “Do you know where your mother is?" -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Hongzhen Is Arrested Again, Her Ailing Husband's Illness Worsens and He Passes Away
2011-04-11Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Hongzhen from Shanghai is about 55 years old. On February 18th, 2011, Ms. Li went to a supermarket and was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. Someone began talking very loudly about what she was doing and reported her. She left and went back home. Policemen searched her home and arrested her. Her ailing husband could no longer overcome this huge mental pressure and passed away. -
The Hardships I Faced at Ten Years Old When My Mother Was Imprisoned for Practising Falun Gong
2011-04-10Mr. Xiao Zhanxin lives in Heilongjiang Province. In 2000, he was just ten years old. When his mother was repeatedly arrested and detained by Chinese Communist Party authorities, Xiao Zhanxin faced hardships at home, and suffered discrimination from his teacher and bullying from classmates. He recounts: "It was the spring of 2000. Sun Jihua and Tian Chunlai from the Chengxiang Police Station rushed into my home and took away my mother. I was ten years old that year and my sister was about four years old. I had to take over all the housework including the laundry, cooking, watering the yard, and taking care of my little sister." -
Two Vietnamese Practitioners to Stand Trial for Broadcasts Into China
2011-04-09On Friday, two Vietnamese Falun Gong practitioners will go on trial in Hanoi because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) objected to short wave radio broadcasts they were beaming into China. Vietnamese practitioners see these arrests as the most dramatic instance of a campaign inspired by the CCP to suppress Falun Gong in Vietnam. -
Jilin Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Members Arrest and Steal from Citizens During the “Two Conferences” Period
2011-04-08Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members in Jilin escalated their persecution of Falun Gong practitioners during the “Two Conferences” (The National People's Congress Conference and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference). The increased persecution targeted practitioners following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Authorities set out to deliberately create an atmosphere of terror. CCP members from the street committees, police stations, and other offices in Jilin broke into practitioners’ homes. They harassed, threatened, and arrested practitioners, then ransacked their homes. -
Mr. Zhou Xiangyang Arrested Again after Six Years of Imprisonment
2011-04-07Mr. Zhou Xiangyang was sentenced to nine years in prison on May 31st, 2003. He was tortured until he was in critical condition in Gangbei Prison in Tianjin. As a result, he was released early on July 28th, 2009. On March 5th, 2011, police arrested Mr. Zhou at home. Mr. Zhou was taken to Gangbei Prison. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Mr. Zhou has been detained and tortured in various facilities in Tianjin: the Railway Detention Centre, Qingpowa Forced Labour Camp, Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp, Yushan Forced Labour Camp, Hexi Detention Centre, Liyuantou Prison, and Gangbei Prison. He was shocked with high-voltage electric batons, deprived of sleep for 30 consecutive days, locked in solitary confinement, tied up, beaten, and force-fed. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Song Xu Tortured While Serving an 11-Year Prison Sentence
2011-04-07Mr. Song Xu was arrested and sentenced to 11 years in prison. While imprisoned in Zhengzhou Municipal Prison, he has been beaten and brutally tortured. On October 13th, 2008, Mr. Song Xu was taken by officer Wang Shuwei to the basement of the prison and tortured for saying “Falun Gong is good” and refusing to be “transformed” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]. He was brutally beaten as part of the torture. His intestine ruptured during the beating, and he was taken to Xinmi Hospital. The prison does not allow outside communication, so it isn't clear whether Mr. Song was able to recover, or if he is even still alive.
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