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Practitioners Brutally Tortured at Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang County, Hubei Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang County, Hubei Province is
one of the jails used to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. On August 8, 2007,
practitioner Zheng Handong was tortured to death. In addition, practitioner Mr.
Li Guohua is now blind from the brutal torture inflicted on him, yet the prison
authorities refused to release him for medical treatment. It was also confirmed
that a practitioner from Shiyan City was tortured into mental collapse and is in
serious condition. On March 20, 2007, over a dozen practitioners were transferred to Fanjiatai
Prison from Qinduankou Prison to be tortured. Several practitioners from Shiyan
City, including Cai Zidong, Qi Qingsong, Zuo Ligong, Yao Yongfan, and Wang
Yuchao, were among them. It was confirmed that many of these practitioners were
severely brutalized at Fanjiatai Prison. Practitioner Cai Zidong, a former volunteer Falun Dafa coordinator in Shiyan
City, was illegally sentenced in 2000 to seven years of
imprisonment. During the seven-year term, he continually resisted the
persecution, and he continued to study the Fa, send forth righteous
thoughts and clarify the truth. He was brutally tortured by prison
guards and other inmates, and he is now in very poor health. On October 12,
2007, the unjust prison term will expire, and Cai Zidong should be released.
However, he has been transferred to Fanjiatai Prison for further persecution. We urgently call upon international human rights organizations to pay close
attention to practitioners' safety and help us stop the persecution. |