Death Cases

  • 65 Year Old Practitioner Ms. Li Ruilan from Hubei Province Died in 2001 after Suffering Prolonged Persecution

    65 year old Ms. Li Ruilan, was a retired official of a hospital. Her daughter and son-in-law were forced into brainwashing classes many times because they also practise Falun Gong. After her daughter and son-in-law were arrested, Li Ruilan and her nephew, who could not look after himself, were left at home. The police frequently searched their home and threatened and harassed her, which caused Ms. Li tremendous physical and mental trauma. She died on August 1, 2001.
  • Gansu Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Fu Jinmei, In Her Fifties, Died as a Result of Abuse Suffered in Detention

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fu Jinmei was 54 years old, was unjustly incarcerated several times and her home was also searched many times. On December 8, 2003, she was again arrested. She became very ill and lost consciousness because of the abuse she suffered in detention. After she was sent back home, Ms. Fu Jinmei was completely bedridden. She died on September 18, 2004.
  • Five More Practitioners in Liaoning Province Known to Have Died As a Result of Persecution

    Between April 2003 and May 2004 five Falun Dafa practitioners died as a result of police brutality and constant harassment. Before they were persecuted they enjoyed good health as a result of the practice of Falun Dafa. However, when they were denied the right to continue practising, a most basic human right to follow one's belief, they were weighed down by stress, fear, ill-health and finally, sadly, death.
  • Two Practitioners in Liaoning Province Died while forced to Become Homeless in 2003

    Mr. Lu Hua was arrested twice for practising Falun Gong and repeatedly harassed by police after he was released. He was consequently forced to become homeless in order to avoid being arrested again. Under both mental and physical pressure, he became ill and died in August 2003. Ms. Sun Dezheng was in her 70's. Ms. Sun Dezheng was also forced to become homeless in order to avoid arrest. She was under constant pressure and terror, and died in a traffic accident in March 2003.
  • My Daughter's Name Means "Joyful," But She Is Very Sad

    My little daughter, Kaixin, was separated from her mother when she was only three months old. She lost her mother at the age of one and a half. This caused her young mind to be deeply troubled. She cried to her father, "I miss Mum! Others have their mums, but I don't."
  • 73 Year Old Jilin Province Practitioner Mr. Zhou Decheng Died in 2004 as a Result of Police Brutality

    73 year old Mr. Zhou Decheng was beaten mercilessly by five policemen just because he went to a fellow practitioner's home carrying two banners with the words, "Falun Dafa is Good!" Another policeman grabbed Mr. Zhou's hair and slammed his head against the wall. Mr. Zhou Decheng died on October 21, 2004. The doctor found that he died from cerebral thrombosis (stroke) caused by the head injury he sustained during detention.
  • Never Recovering from Torture, Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Shushan Dies Two Years Later

    Mr. Zhang Shushan was 61 years old. He was subjected to hellish treatment in a forced labour camp yet upon his release he was immediately sent to a brainwashing class for further persecution. When he developed scabies, the authorities injected him with an unknown drug that made his legs turn dark and swollen. He was very weak and appeared to be dying so they released him home. Mr. Zhang never recovered and eventually died on February 27, 2005.
  • After 9 Days in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp, Gaurds Killed Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Hong

    In July 2004 Ms. Zhang Hong was incarcerated in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. The guards used vicious torture to try to force her to renounce her belief in Truthfulness- Compassion - Tolerance, to no avail. She went on a hunger strike to protest her unjust treatment and was brutally force-fed. Before her death Ms. Zhang Hong cried out, "I don't want to die!" She was tortured to death only nine days after entering Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. After her death her family saw that her body had lost almost forty pounds, and her own waste was found in her pants.
  • Elderly Ms. Zhang Dailian, a Shandong Province Practitioner, Died Because of Pressure from Local Officials

    Not long ago, a tragedy occurred in a village in Shandong Province. An elderly woman died as a result of pressure from local officials, who completely ignored the law. This case has shocked and angered the local residents. The person who died was Ms. Zhang Dailian, a gentle woman from a mountain village. she could not bear that her daughter-in-law, also a practitioner, had been tortured to such a terrible condition and could not take care of herself.
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Du Borang Tortured to Paralysis Then Dies

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Du Borang from Anhui Province, was followed and persecuted by "610 Office" personnel for his persistence in Falun Gong practice. It happened while he was visiting his relatives in Zhuhai City in 2004. The lower portion of his body became paralysed from torture, and he died at home on February 10, 2005.
  • 73 Year Old Practitioner Mr Zou Yukun Beaten to Death by "610 Office" Agents in Wuhan City

    Elderly practitioner Zou Yukun from Wuhan City in Hubei Province, was frequently harassed and forced to undergo brainwashing. On the morning of September 5 2004, when Zou Yukun went out, the community watch informed the "610 Office". Not long afterwards, he was beaten to the ground by "610 Office" personnel. Then on September 6 , he passed away. The doctor said that his cerebrum was inflamed, and his brain suffered massive internal bleeding.
  • Inner Mongolian Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Zhumei Has Died as a Result of Persecution-Related Illness

    Ms. Zhang Zhumei, 43 years old, was a former staff member of the Educational Materials Printing Factory. She had been suffering from diabetes for over ten years before she practised Falun Gong and had spent a lot of the factory's medical allotment money on her medical treatment. After she learned Falun Gong, her health greatly improved within just one year. After July 20th, 1999, she went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Gong, but was unjustly arrested each time and suffered constant harassment. As a result, her health deteriorated, and she died in early 2005.
  • Practitioner Ms. Xiao Yali Tortured to Death, Leaving behind Two Young Children

    Ms. Xiao Yali died on March 6 2004, as a result of a violent force-feeding, while she was locked up in a detention centre. Her two children now live with their grandparents, as their father is in poor health. After Ms. Xiao was tortured to death, the whole family was devastated.
  • 69 Year Old Hunan Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr Hu Yongfeng Died Due to the Unjust Persecution

    Mr. Hu Yongfeng, 69, was a retired staff member of Xiangtan University. In June 2000, he travelled to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. Since that time he suffered repeat detention, including "re-eduction through labour". He was stripped of his party membership, and his retirement pension was suspended without any just cause. Upon his release his family started receiving harassing phone calls from the "610 Office" officials. Under this intimidation and pressure, Hu Yongfeng died suddenly in December 2004.
  • Five Falun Dafa Practitioners from Henan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Hunan Provinces Died as a Result of Persecution

    Five more deaths as a result of persecution have come to light. One of them, a 93 year old lady, had the courage to go to the brainwashing centre, where her practitioner son and granddaughter-in-law were detained, to ask for their release. Members of the local "610 Office" manhandled her and dragged her out of the brainwashing centre. She was injured by this brutal treatment and became bedridden. In December 2002, this old lady, Ms. Yang, died.