Jan. 11

The police offered Mr. Zuo Zewen a ride that was supposed to get his confiscated tricycle back at the station, but actually drove him directly to the forced labor camp.

Mr. Liu Wen was arrested on a bus, because the inspection station identified him as a Falun Gong practitioner. Then his daughter's college forced her to pay 8,000 or 9,000 yuan to be allowed to take exams. His wife developed a heart attack and almost died under pressure.

Jan. 12

Before the trail, local authorities failed to pressure her husband to fire the lawyer from Beijing. They intimidated him, "The court belongs to the government, the Communist Party!"

Jan. 13

Falun Gong Practitioner Lu Zhiyong, a former model police officer, was arrested in September 2009 and is awaiting 'trial.' His wife Rao Qun has been detained in the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp. This article by Lu Zhiyong's mother recounts the history of the torture and abuse he has suffered including being given drugs involuntarily.

Jan. 15

A Falun Gong practitioner gives examples of torture suffered by others and his own experience of forced labor.


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