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The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Third Forced Labor Camp in Henan Province
Provided by practitioners from Henan Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Henan Province Third Forced Labor Camp is located in
Xuchang City. It is one of the Jiang regime's so-called "reformation
bases." In the year 2001, this labor camp introduced their so-called
experience to the National Labor Education System as a model unit. Now, let's
look at the various "experiences" that reveal how they persecute Falun
Gong practitioners.
1. Deny all freedom and basic human rights: Any Falun Gong practitioner
abducted into this forced labor camp has no freedom. The practitioners who
refused to be "reformed" (Meaning giving up their belief in Falun
Gong) are strictly guarded with "Baojia", meaning that one
practitioner is guarded by three people. Practitioners are not allowed to speak
and can only sit on a specified spot; they have to report to the guards if they
need to go to the restroom. They are forced to face a wall with their noses
touching the wall; if they refuse to do so, they are then taken to the higher
units to be tortured with ropes, handcuffs and electric shocks. All their
personal letters are illegally opened and examined by policemen.
2. Use "violating labor camp or unit rules" as excuses to persecute
Dafa practitioners: The third unit of Henan Province Third Forced Labor Camp
is a special unit for detaining Falun Gong practitioners. Most of the male Falun
Gong practitioners from Henan Province who are illegally sent to this forced
labor camp are abducted solely for the purpose of being brainwashed. Policemen
contact the "610 Office"(An agency specifically created to
persecute Falun gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in
the Party and all other political and judiciary systems) in every city and
county to share their ideas in, and the results of, their persecution. The first
thing they try to do is force Dafa practitioners to admit they were wrong to
practice Falun Dafa; if practitioners refuse, they say this was against the
rules and start torturing them. They forced practitioners to do
"work," such as reading articles filled with slander and rumors
against Dafa and Teacher. They require practitioners to copy the content. If
practitioners refused or changed the content, they would then say it was against
the regulations. Those practitioners would have to go through "rope
torture" (using ropes to tie practitioners very tightly so that the rope
cuts into the flesh) The practitioners who try to reason with them are shocked
with high voltage electric batons. In the activity organized to attack Falun
Gong, practitioners are forced to wear prisoners' uniforms. Those who refuse are
forced to sing vicious songs attacking Dafa. Refusing to sing and not completing
the work assignment are used as excuses to torture the practitioners.
3. Forced Labor: Falun Gong practitioners, even including the sick ones,
are forced to do hard labor. Every morning, they have to get up before 6:00am.
After a short breakfast, they have to work. Then right after lunch, they have to
work again. Sometimes when the assignments were not finished, practitioners were
deprived the right to sleep until they finish the work. The police took most of
the money made from the practitioners' work. Sometimes the authorities would get
some private side work and force practitioners to do it. If outsiders came to
visit, the police would either send all the prisoners away or force them to sit
down and read books or watch TV in the classrooms, creating a false impression
to deceive the visitors. Falun Gong practitioners who do not finish the work
assignments face beatings from the police. It is more common to see the police
cursing Dafa practitioners.
4. Mental Torture: Police also force practitioners to watch TV and
videotapes slandering Dafa and go to classes and listen to them attacking Falun
Gong. Everybody is required to take notes and speak after the class, attacking
Falun Gong repeatedly. Otherwise, they use "rope torture" to force
practitioners to give in.
5. Forcing practitioners to give up their beliefs: The labor camp also
works with outside agents and so-called specialists to brainwash practitioners.
They fabricate lies to deceive people. They also regularly deceive the family
members of those firm practitioners, saying such things as "he wants to
kill himself," "he has mental problems," etc. causing the family
members' concern and fear. They cooperate with local "610 Offices" to
deceive the family members and tell them what to do and say to help them to
brainwash practitioners. Those vicious people then ask the family members to
mail out letters prepared by "610 Office" saying such things as,
"If you are not reformed, we will die in front of you," "When you
receive this letter, I might already be dead," or "Your father has
become insane and is now in the hospital without care," etc. They separate
Dafa practitioners in different locations and let practitioners' family members
cry, curse and make trouble. Then they try "persuasion" and deprive
practitioners of sleep for several consecutive days and nights.
6. Spreading Rumors: The vicious people often gather practitioners and
force them to listen to rumors and slander. They fabricate all kinds of rumors
and spread fake scriptures. These despicable means have been used repeatedly.
7. Buying Off: They often gathered those "collaborators" [former
Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture]
and give them assignments, luring them with the promise of reducing their terms.
At the same time, they also use threats such as "If you are not reformed,
you will be here until you die."
Even in the above-mentioned situations, many Dafa practitioners still firmly
uphold their beliefs and do not get scared. Some of those practitioners have
been illegally detained for over two years. There are cases in which both
husband and wife were illegally sent to the forced labor camp, leaving very
young children at home. Some practitioners have elderly parents paralyzed at
home in urgent need of care. Some practitioners were deprived of all their
assets, but even these tough situations could not shake their firm belief.
Moreover, many practitioners who had once been deluded became clear headed again
and wrote solemn statements declaring their intention to start cultivating
again. However, the authorities are afraid to publish these solemn statements;
they separate those practitioners and try brainwashing them again.
We hope that more kind-hearted people will awaken to the facts, stand up
against, and stop the evil things taking place in these forced labor camps.
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