NEW YORK (FDI) -- According to inside sources from China, 40 female Falun Gong practitioners are now facing extreme horrors -- what many are calling a "slow execution" -- in the Harbin "Drug Rehabilitation" Center.

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Reports coming from inside Harbin say Falun Gong practitioners at the Harbin "Drug Rehabilitation" Center are tortured until they cannot speak or stand. Physical humiliation, brainwashing, extreme sleep deprivation, electric shock, and rape have all been utilized in attempts to break the will of those incarcerated there, these sources say.

The Falun Gong practitioners are being held and tortured in the basement of the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center, located at 66 Yi-Man Street, Nan-Gan District of Harbin City.

Ms. Jiang Rongzhen (42) was tortured to death on November 20, 2002 at the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center (news).

Sources say many are now believed to be on the brink of death.

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We encourage media, government officials, human rights organizations and individuals to make phone calls to appeal and report on /expose the crimes taking place in the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center:

September 2002, Dai, Yi, and Sheng, Xiaoyun were kidnapped. This has left their elementary school age daughter without care. Dai, Yi has been detained in Daqing city labor camp. His wife is now detained in Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center

April 18, 2002 Zhang, Zhong was illegally arrested on and detained at the Daqing City Detention center. His parents asked for help to get him released and were told by police, "The order from above said, even if he's dead, we cannot release him." Recently, he was illegally sentenced to 12 years. His wife, He, Zhihong, was sent to Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center for two years of illegal labor re-education because she would not give up her belief in Falun Gong.

April 18, 2002, Zhang, Xinye was illegally arrested by police. The police tortured and interrogated him relentlessly, causing him to have difficulty walking. He was illegally sentenced to 12 years and sent to Daqing detention center. Zhang, Xinye's wife, Chen, Xiuli was interrogated by Daqing District Police about Zhang's whereabouts around April 12. The police used bamboo to nail her fingers and later sent her to the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center to be persecuted. Their teenage daughter is now being taken care of by her grandparents.

March 1 2000,, An, Fenghua from Mu Dangjiang City was arrested in Beijing and detained at Hailin. In mid July, she was bailed out with a fine of three thousand Yuan. On October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested again. She was then sent to Harbin and detained until August of 2001. In mid she was being arrested again in May of 2002, and is currently detained at the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center. She was also being illegally sentenced to three years term forced to pay a fine of three thousand Yuan.

October 16, 2000, Lu, Yongfeng, 42 years old was brought back to Harbin from QiQiHar by the police. After interrogation and torture, she was detained in the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center. During her detention, she was forced to endured inhumane treatment, especially prolonged forced labor. She was forced to make chemical insecticide without food. The chemical she was exposed to are extremely hazardousness to humans. Sometimes, electric batons were used to shock her. She was also forced to stay in the position of "airplane" and beaten so severely that she urinated blood.

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NEWS - Mar. 28, 2003
Falun Dafa Information Center, www.faluninfo.net

Background

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa (about), is a practice of meditation and exercises with teachings based on the universal principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." It is a practice that was taught in private for thousands of years before being made public in 1992 by Mr. Li Hongzhi. Falun Gong has roots in traditional Chinese culture, but it is distinct and separate from other practices such as the religions of Buddhism and Taoism. Since its introduction in 1992, it quickly spread by word of mouth throughout China, and is now practiced in over 50 countries.

With government estimates of as many as 100 million practicing Falun Gong, China's President Jiang Zemin outlawed the peaceful practice in July 1999 (report), fearful of anything touching the hearts and minds of more citizens than the Communist Party. Unable to crush the spirit of millions who had experienced improved health and positive life changes from Falun Gong, Jiang's regime has intensified its propaganda campaign to turn public opinion against the practice while quietly imprisoning, torturing and even murdering those who practice it.

The Falun Dafa Information Center has verified details of 640 deaths (reports / sources) since the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999. Government officials inside China, however, report that the actual death toll is well over 1,600, while expert sources estimate that figure to be much higher. Hundreds of thousands have been detained, with more than 100,000 being sentenced to forced labor camps, typically without trial.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER
Contacts: Gail Rachlin (+1 917-501-4441), Levi Browde (+1 914-720-0963), Erping Zhang (+1 646-533-6147), or Feng Yuan (+1 917-941-1097).
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Posting date: 3/29/2003
Original article date: 3/28/2003
Category: News & Media Reports

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