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Hubei Province's Shayang Fanjiatai Prison Brutally Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners
(Clearwisdom.net) Since Hubei Province's Shayang Fanjiatai Prison started illegally imprisoning Falun Gong practitioners, nearly 80
Falun Gong practitioners have been imprisoned, subjected to brainwashing, and
tortured both mentally and physically. After Falun Gong practitioner Liao Yuanhua was released in 2004, he exposed
the persecution he suffered in Fanjiatai Prison through the Internet. In
December 2004, a CCTV news broadcast gave false reports on this matter, denying
all the facts of the persecution. Meanwhile, Mr. Liao and several other
practitioners who exposed the persecution were once again illegally
arrested. Falun Gong practitioner Cheng Xiaobao is from the Xiangfan area. On June 20,
2001, he was arrested and sent to Fanjiatai Prison in July 2002. Because he
suffered persecution for a long time, his health was not good. On the morning of
August 11, 2004, while Mr. Cheng was sitting on the bed, the person who
monitored him thought he was doing the exercises and reported him to the guards.
The guards incited four people to forcibly bring Mr. Cheng to a brick factory
and attempted to force him to do prison labor. Mr. Cheng refused, and the police
had four thugs beat him brutally. Mr. Cheng was beaten to the point of having
cuts and bruises all over his body, and his legs were purple and black. Later he
was lifted into the kiln to be exposed to the high temperature. In addition,
they rolled a cart loaded with more than 500 kilograms of bricks over Mr.
Cheng's ankle, creating a bleeding cut four centimeters long and one centimeter
deep. Falun Gong practitioner Xing Guangjun is from the Xiangfan area. He was
sentenced to 5 years in prison for practicing Falun Gong. He was arrested in
2001 and sent to Fanjiatai Prison in July 2002. Because he was infected with a
skin disease at the detention center, his health deteriorated. In 2003 Mr. Xing
was strictly monitored for several months. The lengthy persecution caused Mr.
Xing's legs to start to atrophy, and later he could no longer walk. In spite of
this, the guards still subjected him to the same brutal treatment. Mr. Xing went
on a hunger strike to resist the persecution during the 2004 Chinese New Year
period. Five days later, Xing Guangjun was sent to the hospital, but during the
hospitalization period Mr. Xing's condition became more serious, and his life
was in danger. Fanjiatai Prison finally released Mr. Xing on bail for medical
treatment in March 2005. We hope that people with a sense of justice will help stop the brutal
persecution against good people that is happening in China. On November 08, 2005 Posting date: 11/28/2005 |