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Falun Gong Practitioners Endure Unbearable Tortures Involving Their Eyes (Photos)

April 22, 2011 |   By Fei Yu

(Clearwisdom.net) Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents have employed many methods to torture Falun Gong practitioners, with many types of torture targeting practitioners' eyes. In lawyer Gao Zhisheng's open letter on December 12, 2005, he reviewed cases of Falun Gong practitioners who had been subjected to severe physical abuse and mistreatment under the CCP's persecution. In three practitioners' cases, several types of abuse specifically targeted the practitioners' eyes. Many other cases of brutal torture methods targeting practitioners' eyes have been recorded on the Clearwisdom website. These cases are partially summarized below:

1. Practitioners' Eyes Harmed to the Point of Blindness During Violent Beatings

2. Shocking Eyes with Electric Baton

Following Ms. Sun Shuxiang's second arrest in 2002, after already having been subjected to physical abuse and torture, she was subjected to torture targeting her eyes. She said: “The officers targeted my eyes with the electric baton. I felt as if my eyes were about to fall out, and I could hardly see.” (http:/www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2009/11/11/112242.html)

3. Choked with Cigarette Smoke and Burning with Cigarette Butts

Ms. Wang Yuhuan was at death's door nine times as a result of severe abuse and torture while in detention. She recounted: “After they tortured me with the tiger bench method for over four hours, I was close to death. They put a metal bucket over my head. Seven police officers smoked three cigarettes each and blew the smoke into the bucket for more than an hour. I choked and fainted many times. They brought me to by pouring cold water over me. Before I was completely clear-headed, they burned my eyelids with cigarette butts. The pain was indescribable.” (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/10/15/90516.html)

4. Exposed to Strong Light

Mr. Guo Xiaojun, a former lecturer at the Computer Science Department in Shanghai Jiaotong University, was illegally arrested on January 8, 2010, by the Baoshan District Police Department Domestic Security Division in Shanghai. The police tortured him using the "stewing the eagle" method: He had to sit facing three spotlights above his head for a long time, as a result of which he suffered from transitory blindness at least once a month, and his vision is still very blurred. Nanhui Prison Hospital doctors diagnosed him with a “retinal artery spasm” on January 8, 2011; it is a sudden symptom caused by strong stimulation of one's eyes, which can result in permanent blindness if not treated in a timely and effective manner. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/8/24/119587.html)

5. Putting Chili, Mustard, Essential Balm Oils, and Other Foreign Substances into Practitioners' Eyes

6. Variations of 'Stewing the Eagle' Torture of the Eyes

Abuse and mistreatment Ms. Li Xiuzhen was subjected to in Jinan Prison

7. Flicking Practitioners' Eyeballs

Mr. Wang Guiming from Tonghua City, Jilin Province, was subjected to physical abuse and mistreatment in Ward One of Jilin Prison. Criminal detainees flicked his eyeballs with the thumb and middle finger, after which he experienced great pain and his vision blurred. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/2/14/57530.html)

8. Perpetrators Kill Practitioner to Cover Up Blinding Her Eye

Ms. Li Shuhua lived on Peiying Street, Yushu City, Jilin Province. She was arrested because she delivered Falun Gong informational materials downloaded from the Clearwisdom website to her illegally detained husband. She was held in the Yushu Detention Center, where several police officers tortured her. They put her head inside a plastic bag and used needles to prick her fingertips, arms, back and chest. It was very painful and Ms. Li cried out. The police officer hit her so hard in the eye that her eyeball was knocked out. Ms. Li was in extreme pain and immediately fainted. The police officials became frightened and asked upper-level officials what they should do: They were told to kill her to cover up the crime of torture. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/2/7/114489.html)

9. Deceased Practitioners' Remains Show that Their Eyes Were Targeted for Torture Before Their Death

Mr. Wang Jinzhong from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, died as a result of abuse and mistreatment in prison. His body was naked except for his underwear. His eyes were open after he died, and his eye sockets were black-and-blue and sunken. His mouth was open, his cheekbones were protruding, and his cheeks were heavily bruised. Skin hung from his neck, both of his shoulders were narrow and his arms looked extremely thin, as did his ribs, pelvis, thighs, legs and feet. His whole body was skin and bones, bent and emaciated, weighing under 70 pounds. Four armed policemen hurried to carry it away (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/6/26/108599.html)

Many reports describing practitioners' eyes being targeted in various tortures have been posted on the Clearwisdom website. Three reports published on the Chinese version of this website on March 23, 2011, described abuse that targeted practitioners' eyes.

The report “Wrongdoings of Officer Chen Lixin from the Baoshan Town Police Station, Fengcheng City” stated: “Chen Lixin punched a practitioner in his face and eyes and kicked him in front of his father. The practitioner's father said, 'I've lived to such an old age, but I've never seen anyone do such an evil deed against someone like my son who strives to be a good person.'”

The report “Guards in Jinzhong Prison in Shanxi Province Instigate Criminal Detainees to Beat Wang Zhigang Cruelly Until They Blinded Him” stated: “Anyone who comes in contact with Mr. Wang Zhigang knows that he is sincere, kind, tolerant and helpful. Mr. Wang started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. He almost exhaused his income from his business after donating 15,000 yuan when massive floods hit the country in August 1998. Taiyuan Evening newspaper reported on his good deed. Such an outstanding young man was subjected to such a brutal beating for no reason, which caused great harm to him, physically and mentally.” Although Mr. Wang became blind as a result of the torture, he continues to strive to conduct himself according to the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

Today, many Falun Gong practitioners continue to suffer severe physical abuse and mistreatment under the CCP's persecution, including by torture methods targeting their eyes.