Falun Dafa Practitioners On Hunger Strike in Jilin Jail are Cruelly Tortured
(Clearwisdom.net) Beginning in June 2003, the majority of the Falun Dafa
practitioners in Jilin Jail went on a hunger strike to protest the severe
persecution. Since October, there are many Falun Dafa practitioners being held
in what are called the "strictly monitored" or "small" cells. They have been
cruelly tortured by being dragged out of their beds. Then, with both hands
cuffed behind their backs, they are hung by a rope that is tied to the window
frames with only a toe touching the ground. Another method of torture is where
one hand is cuffed to one bunk bed and the other hand to another bed and then
the two beds are pulled apart suspending the victim in-between. Either method of
torture is extremely brutal and causes excruciating pain. Recently, the vicious
crimes of the Jilin Jail have been frequently reported to the public. The police
are very fearful, but despite this, they have started applying new methods to
torture Dafa practitioners. One of these kinds of torture uses reinforcing bars (rebar)
fixed onto a board. They twist the bodies of the practitioners between these
bars. The practitioners' hands or legs are pulled apart in the upper sideways or
lower sideways positions. When the police pull the practitioners' bodies to the
extreme, they will tie the practitioners' bodies in a twisted position. The
police put sticks, bowls, cans, bottles etc., between their bodies and the
board. Finally, they completely suspend the practitioners' bodies in midair. As
time passes, the practitioners experience extreme pain, since all their joints
are at awkward angles putting extreme pressure on their joints and tearing their
ligaments. Jilin Jail mandate instructs each police team that Falun Dafa
practitioners should not be allowed to die in regular jail cells. All of them
should be sent to the "small" or "strictly monitored" cells. In these cells, all
deaths will be counted as a "suicide" or a "natural death." Since June, 2003, the majority of Falun Dafa practitioners
illegally jailed at Jilin prison decided to validate Dafa through their own
action and restrain the police brutality using their righteous thoughts and
behavior. All who wrote a "Four Statements" letter (the so-called "guarantee
letter, repentance letter and exposition letter") were under great pressure and
did so against their own will. They wrote their solemn declaration declaring
that the "Four Statements" they signed are null and void and they handed them
back to the police in person. They expressed that they would cultivate Dafa
determinedly to the end. At the same time, most of the practitioners refused to
join the so-called "re-education through labor" program and protested against it
with the hunger strike. Their righteous behavior made the police even more aggressive
in persecuting the practitioners. As of October, there are over a dozen Falun
Dafa practitioners being jailed in the "small cells." All the "small cells" in
the jail are fully packed with practitioners. Due to lack of space, the police
invented something even more vicious. They reused the old, decrepit small cells
that had not been in use for a long time and installed a kind of torture bed
there. They forced these Falun Dafa practitioners onto the bed. They also
installed ropes to hang the practitioners off the ground. Under this vicious
torture, many Falun Dafa practitioners' arms and legs become so severely swollen
that it was too horrible to look at. The benevolent Falun Dafa practitioners
have been tortured to the point of being permanently deformed. The experiences of several practitioners: Since 2002, when the first group of Falun Gong practitioners
entered this prison, the police have inhumanely tortured practitioners.
Practitioner Zhang Hongwei had been held in what are called "strictly monitored"
or "small" cells, since he was arrested in May 2002. He was dragged out of bed,
handcuffed to the bed with his four limbs pulled apart like an "X". He was
tortured like this for hours and sometimes this went on for several days. This
went far beyond anyone's forbearance. At this time, Zhang has been in this
ruthless jail section for one and a half years. His physical health is very
poor. Another practitioner named Liang Zhenxing was told to write the "Four
Statements." When he refused to write it, he was forced to sit on a piece of
wood that is only 1 ? inches wide, or forced to sit on the top of a piece of
angle iron. Every day, he has to sit like this for over ten hours; otherwise he
would be tortured more severely. Practitioners Lei Ming, Yang Feng and Teng
Weiqiang also received this severe torture. Some practitioners' hands and legs
were maimed beyond use. Some of them had their fingernails or toenails ripped
out during the ordeal. Currently Jilin Jail is still very vicious in persecuting
Dafa practitioners. One can hardly imagine how vicious the persecution is
without these personal experiences. Our purpose in taking the risk to write down
the truth of this terrible persecution is to reveal the identities of these evil
perpetrators and expose their hideous methods to the public. We appeal to all
people to support the compassionate and courageous Falun Dafa practitioners who
are clarifying the truth and longing for a peaceful cultivation environment. The police name list: Political Commissar
of Jilin Prison: Liu Changjiang Education Section
Chief: Tan Fuhua Secretary of the
Education Section: Li Yongsheng Prison Political
Section Chief: Liu Wei Secretary of Team No.
Four: Zhang Guiling Team No. Six Leader:
Pan Hongjun Team No. Five Leader:
With the last name Lin, who is the most vicious The prisoners who
beat practitioners for the police: Xu Zhigang, Gao Yulin and Guo Tieshu
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