Mr. Xie Yunhuan, went back to China from Japan in 2000 to appeal for Falun Gong. He was secretly arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison. It was not until July 2001 that Mr. Xie managed to pass along information about himself to his family. On March 17, 2008, he was beaten again for protesting the slanderous propaganda in the prison.
A number of Falun Gong practitioners have recently been arrested in Jiaohe City, Jilin Province. Here are several cases of illegal arrest and persecution.
Ms. Li Shujie, a practitioner from Hailun City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested at work by the police in Hailun City. She was tortured and force-fed alcohol and mustard oil.
On March 17, 2008, Mr. Li Guochen from Changchun City, Jilin Province was arrested and tortured by the local police because he distributed truth-clarifying materials about Falun Gong.
Mr. Guo Hanpo, a Falun Gong practitioner in his 50's, died April 5, 2008 in Baoding City Prison while serving a long sentence. His family reports he was tortured and forced to do hard labor with little food.
- Ms. Zhao Yingjie Has Been Brutally Tortured at Jilin Province Women's Prison and Is Now Severely Ill
Ms. Zhao Yingjie from Jilin City, Jilin Province, has been tortured so severely that both her hands, which are raw from the friction of the handcuffs, are horribly disfigured. She is being held in the Jilin Province Women's Prison and is suffering from a serious lung infection that is life threatening.
A summary of recent deaths of imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. Many were recently arrested in the 'pre-Olympics' preparations. Among them, five were women, and four were over 50 years old.
Ms. Wang Yuqing went on a hunger strike after being sentenced to forced labor. She became weak and was refused by the labor camp. When she was hospitalized, her family members applied for a medical parole, but it was rejected by the officers from the detention center. They did not release Ms. Wang and did not allow her family to visit her. Her present condition is not known
After the death of a Falun Gong practitioner, Tianshui adopts more subtle methods of persecution including sleep deprivation.
In February, 2008, a dozen people, including two lawyers, went to Shenyang City in order to visit imprisoned Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Feng Guofu to investigate stories of beatings at his labor camp. They were arrested before they could reach him at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. There were several illegal home searches at the same time. It is obviously difficult to investigate reports of abuse in the labor camp/prison system.
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Yancheng and his family have been persecuted repeatedly by CCP. He had been tortured to the brink of death in a forced labor camp. Recently, he was forced into becoming homeless and destitute. His daughter was arrested and his son suffered a mental breakdown due to the persecution.
One of cases about the recent arrest of Falun Gong practitioners by CCP authorities for "running the Olyimpic Games" in Beijing.
Clearwisdom.net and its Chinese-language sister-website (minghui.ca) provide first-hand reports about the horrors of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Dozens of reports are received every day from the victims of torture, the wrongfully imprisoned, and families crippled by the senseless hardship and grief for their loved ones imposed by the persecution. In contrast, the websites also report positive news and events from the more than 80 countries around the world where Falun Gong is practiced, and serve as an online forum for practitioners to share stories of the good things Falun Gong has brought to their lives. For more information, please contact editor@clearwisdom.net.
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