Death Cases

  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chu Guiren from Jilin Province Is Tortured to Death

    The family members of Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Chu Guiren from Jilin Province, have been jailed six times with sentences totalling nine years because they have tried to be good people and validate the fact that Falun Dafa is good, that Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good. Mr. Chu Guiren was very frightened after being tortured in a forced labour camp. He suffered a mental collapse as well as uremic poisoning, combined with kidney stones and died on January 16, 2005.
  • Falun Gong Student Ms. Wu Yuqin Arrested and Her Husband Beaten to Death by Liaoning Province Police

    At the beginning of November 2004, police officers in Liaoning Province arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Yuqin. On November 7, Ms. Wu's husband, Mr. Sun Youlin, tried to find out her whereabouts and argued with the police officers who were giving him a hard time. He was then beaten to death. There was a hole at the back of his head and burn marks from the electric batons were all over his body. After killing Mr. Sun, the police came to his home for three consecutive days just to convince his family that the police had nothing to do with his death.
  • Heilongjiang Province Practitioner Mr. Pan Xingfu Has Died as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Pan Xingfu from Heilongjiang Province was 33 years old and an employee of the Shuangyashan City Post Office. He was tortured repeatedly because he upheld his faith. Mr. Pan's physical condition began to severely deteriorate in January 2005 yet he could not afford any medical treatment or even emergency aid at the hospital. He died in January 2005. His wife was sentenced in 2003 to nine years in prison for speaking out against the persecution of Falun Dafa.
  • Ms. Yu Jinhua, from Heilongjiang Province Died in 2004 After Being Forced to Give Up Her Practice of Falun Dafa

    40 year old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yu Jinhua went to Beijing to appeal for the rights of Dafa practitioners in 2000. She was arrested, sent to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, and her family was charged 10,000 yuan for bail. After she was released, Ms. Yu's family members prohibited her from practising Falun Gong in hope of avoiding further persecution. However, on August 30, 2004, Ms. Yu Jinhua died from a sudden stroke.
  • Belated Report: Four Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioners from Heilongjiang Province Died as a Result of Persecution

    Four Falun Dafa practitioners, between the ages of 55 and 70 were all striving to live their lives according to the prionciples of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. As a result, they were severely punished in detention and brainwashing centres. They had to suffer cruel physical and mental torture, extortion, threats and harassment, devastating their spirits to the degree that they could no longer withstand it. They all died between the years of 2000 and 2003.
  • More Information about Mr. Cao Yang, a Chongqing Practitioner Who Was Tortured to Death in 2001

    Because Cao Yang refused to renounce Falun Dafa, he was sent to a forced labour camp to a team specifically set up to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. On August 26, 2001, he was found dead in the washroom. The labour camp authorities did not inform his family of his death until two days later.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Shuquan Died As A Result of Persecution in 2003

    Mr. Wang Shuquan was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Liaoning Province. In June of 2002, police from Shuangta District State Security Team repeatedly harassed and tried to arrest him. He eventually became destitute and was forced to leave his home to avoid being arrested. He was severely injured both mentally and physically during this time period and died on March 9, 2003.
  • Two Elderly Practitioners from Jilin Province Die from Harassment by Police

    Ms. Dai Shufen was a Falun Gong practitioner from Jilin Province. She had her home ransacked and was harassed by police. As a result of the harassment and pressure, Dai Shufen fell ill. She passed away on December 26, 2003, at the age of 63. Another practitioner, Ms. Wang Shanling, aged 68, was also harassed and the police ransacked her home. As a result she died on January 3, 2005.
  • Nine Falun Dafa Practitioners in One Family Are Persecuted -- Eighty-Year-Old Grandmother Dies of Grief

    Ms. Zhang Tongyan was 80 years old and lived in Hebei Province. Nine members of her family practise Falun Dafa. Her eldest son and youngest daughter are currently being held in labour camps. Her second and third sons were also detained by the authorities, and the third son was tortured to death in 2002. On February 19, 2004, the heartbroken Ms. Zhang passed away.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Baowang from Shaanxi Province Is Tortured to Death

    Mr. Zhang Baowang was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shaanxi Province. He was arrested by police and was sentenced to thirteen years in prison, because he exercised his Constitution rights of belief and freedom of speech. He was tortured inside the Provincial Prison until he could not walk and died on December 5, 2004.
  • Belated Report: 77 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Bingqian from Hebei Province Died in 2003 as a Result of Persecution

    77 year old Mr. Li lived in Hebei Province. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, the police ransacked his home many times, threatened him, and tried to force him many times to write statements "regretting" his taking up the practice of Falun Dafa. His children were detained, sentenced to labour camps, sent to brainwashing classes, and had huge amounts of money extorted from them. In January 2003, Mr. Li Bingqian passed away under the severe pressure of the persecution.
  • A Belated Report of Three Practitioners from Hebei Province That Died as a Result of Persecution

    52 year old Ms. Li Guifen, 69 year old Ms. Wu Guoying and 57 year old Mr. Deng Zuxiong suffered from intense police harassment; seriously infringing their freedom; closely monitoring and pressurising them to renounce Falun Dafa; to even ransacking their homes and extorting money from them. This led them to develop illnesses, and under the great pressure each one passed away.
  • Three Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioners from Liaoning and Guangdong Provinces Have Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Yu Liye was 69 years old. He was detained in Chaoyang City's Forced Labour Camp, and extorted out of more than one thousand yuan because he practised Falun Gong. After his release his former illness came back and he died in May 2002. Ms. Zhong Youlan was in her 60s. Because she went to appeal for Falun Dafa, she was severely beaten and tortured. She suffered a nervous breakdown and died in 2003. Ms. Zeng Huanzhen was in her 50s. She was tortured twice in brainwashing classes, and harassed by police upon her release. Ms. Zeng Huanzhen died as a result of all this inhumane treatment in December 2004.
  • Three More Falun Gong Practitioners Pass Away as a Result of the Persecution

    The three practitioners died as a result of harassment and interference in their lives. Had the persecution of Falun Gong not happened, they would most likely still be alive today. They were people from all walks of life and three different provinces in China, but they all had one thing in common - they had been deeply touched by the profound nature of Falun Dafa and experienced powerful life-changes, so they would not renouce their faith. They sadly all died as a result.
  • 24 Year Old Elementary School Teacher Ms Luo Qiaohong from Hunan Province Died in 2001 as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Luo Qiaohong was a teacher from Hunan Province. One day "610 Office" officials broke into her home in the middle of the night and abducted her, leaving her two-year-old child and mother-in-law behind. They detained her in another town for several months. By the time she was released, her mental stability had been compromised by the abuse she'd suffered, yet she was still constantly harassed. She died suddenly two months later, when she was only 24 years old.