clearwisdom   24/08/2008

Ms. Liang Shufen is 44 years old. She is a staff member at the Tangshan Iron & Steel Company's (hereafter referred to as "the Company") living quarters at No. 5, Row 10, 11th Street, East-Staff Residence , Lubei District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. In October 2000, Ms. Liang's child was only seven months old when she was arrested, searched, beaten and detained by police because she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. Fu Ruijun (male) from the Company's own Police Department, and the head of the department, surnamed Pan (male, given name unknown), detained Ms. Liang at the Company's western residence for seven days. Zheng Wu, from the Company's living quarters, tried to force Ms. Liang to renounce her belief. He did not allow her to see her child during the seven days although she normally breastfed her baby and she wasn't allowed to sleep. However, Ms. Liang upheld her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Because she didn't renounce her belief, her unit transferred her to a mental hospital in Xiaoshan, Tangshan City for further abuse. Ms. Liang was there for five years and almost died in the hospital. The doctor in charge was Sun Hexiang. He injected unknown drugs into Ms. Xiang's body. Every month, the Company paid the hospital one thousand yuan for "medical bills." After being there for five years, she had mental disorders, severe injuries from failed suicide attempts, third degree crippling and depression (Note: Severe abuse drove Ms. Liang to try to commit suicide, although Falun Gong teaches against any form of killing, including suicide). When she was released after five years, her wages were lowered, making life extremely difficult.

RFA 21/07/2008

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei send a prominent cyber-activist serving a suspended sentence back to jail. Meanwhile, in neighboring Hunan, veteran labor activist Zhang Shanguang vows to continue his human rights work following his release from a 10-year prison sentence.

Clearwisdom 17/07/2008

Ms. Ma Duo, a 26-year-old practitioner, has been illegally sentenced to three years in prison by the Jiamusi Suburban Court. Ms. Ma and her family have appealed the case. They hired attorneys from Beijing to defend Ms. Ma. When attorneys from Beijing and Ms. Ma's family went to the Jiamusi City Intermediate Court to process the paperwork for representing Ms. Ma, a dozen plainclothes police officers took Ms. Ma's relatives into custody right in front of the attorneys.

Clearwisdom 15/072008

The Huaihua City government, 610 Office, and other departments use the excuse of ensuring "safety" during the Olympics and the Olympic torch coming to Hunan Province in order to implement increased persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Acts of persecution have included arrests, ransacking of homes and harassment in cities, counties, and villages.

Clearwisdom 17/07/08

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Tao from Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province was tortured to death by the CCP. His daughter, Ms. Zhang Jianhui, was sentenced to prison for ten years and is currently being held in the Harbin City Women's Prison. His wife, Ms. Yao Caiwei, has been arrested many times, sentenced to forced labor camps twice, and longs for her husband and the return of her daughter.

By Huang Kui 28/06/2008

My name is Huang Kui. I enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Tsinghua University in 1999. On December 16, 2000, I was illegally arrested at Zhuhai City in Guangdong Province. On December 18, I was transferred to the notorious Zhuhai City No. 2 Detention Center where I was tortured.

Clearwisom.net 11/07/09

clearsidom.net 11/07/08

Since Ms. Yin Fengxiu, a practitioner from Yining City, Xinjiang Province, was arrested on June 12, 2008, the Yining police have arrested about 20 more practitioners. The police first made the arrests and then determined the charges.

Clearwisdom 07/07/08

Minghui 07/07/08

Clearwisdom 20/06/2008

In May 2008, it was reported that eight Falun Gong practitioners died as a direct result of the persecution. Among them, two were female and three were over 50 years old. All eight victims died between January and May of this year, 2008, with three of the eight deaths occurring in May. The Minghui/Clearwisdom website has revealed that among the 42 confirmed death reports between January and May 2008, thirty-four died within the period of January to May.

falunhr.org 12/05/08

The Chinese government has consistently denied the fact that it uses violence in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. However, there is one fact that not even the Chinese government can deny - namely, the massive death rate of Falun Gong practitioners in police custody.

falunhr.org 12/05/08

On November 20, 2001, around 2 p.m., thirty-six westerners gathered at Tiananmen Square. They sat in the lotus position, unfurled a large yellow banner emblazoned with the words "Truth, Benevolence, Forbearance," shut their eyes, and began their Falun Gong meditation exercise.

Falunhr.org 12/05/08

The vulnerability of women to torture is not only of no concern to the PRC government, but is in fact ruthlessly exploited to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.

The Epoch Times / 08.05.2008

On May 6, mainland attorney Wang Yonghang published an article titled "A Make-Up Law Class for Hu and Wen." The article reads that it is extremely absurd to use "the crime of using an evil cult organization to destroy the law of the country and the implementation of administrative regulations," to arrest, try, sentence, and imprison Falun Gong practitioners.

Chen Zhenghong, Minghui reporter in Taiwan 25/04/08

Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) began to spread throughout the world in May 1992. It revealed the characteristic of the universe, "Zhen-Shan-Ren," and people who began to practice quickly obtained better health while at the same time they strived to become better people. Falun Gong was spreading fast, by word of mouth, from one person to another. On April 25, 1999, after Tianjin police beat and arrested 45 Falun Gong practitioners, more than 10,000 practitioners went to the State Appeals Office near Zhongnanhai (they went to Fuyou Street) in Beijing to peacefully appeal to government officials. The appeal was handled by the premier of the State Council, who met with Falun Gong practitioners, and they reached a common understanding and reasonable resolution. The entire event went peacefully and it was over in the evening.

Clearwisdom / 03.19.2008

The 2008 Olympic Games are approaching. Not only has the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) failed to make its promise to improve human rights in China a reality, but has also staged a nationwide, large-scale arrest of Falun Gong practitioners and dissidents. Since the end of 2007 to March 11, 2008, 1,878 Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested. On February 25, 2008 alone, the Communist regime agents arrested nearly one hundred practitioners in the cities of Jinzhou and Chaoyang, Lianoning Province. In Beijing, the regime agents covertly arrested more than one hundred practitioners.

Zhang Yijie / 11.19.2006

13. Receiving Six of Teacher's Articles in One Day

By Zhang Yijie / 11.18.2006

9. Belief cannot be discarded

The third time I was tortured by the "attack team," I stood for exactly 42 days and nights. They said: "This time she must give up."

The wind was chilly during those early winter nights. There was a small building called the visiting hall just southeast across from the dormitory. In the visiting hall, the upper levels are bedrooms and the first floor is the visiting room where detainees and their family members can meet. It can only be used at special times during the month, and it is unoccupied on normal days.

By Zhang Yijie / 11.17.2006

6. Withholding and Using Personal Mail

By Zhang Yijie / 11.17.2006

Foreword

In July 2003, I walked out of the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. It marked the end of my two-year-and-four-months hellish ordeal!

Clearwisdom / 1/27/2006

I am a resident of Zhuozhou City. I learned about the rape that took place at the Dongchengfang Police Department. I received phone calls from overseas. He Xuejian, a man wearing a police uniform, raped two women Falun Gong practitioners. Liu Jizhi, one of the victims, is of similar age as He Xuejian's mother. He Xuejian's hideous act reminds me of Ren Binghui, the Party secretary for Political and Judiciary Committee in Yihezhuang Township in Zhuozhou City.

Free Zhiwen! Rescue Team / 2007

The last time Xiaodan Wang saw her red sweater she was watching CNN as her father was sentenced to 16 years in prison. It was Xiaodan’s first glimpse of Zhiwen Wang in over six months, but there was no mistaking her sweater even for a moment. The bright color, a piece of clothing taken from his home hurriedly by family members after police took him from his bed on July 20, 1999, was peeking out from underneath a borrowed jacket.

Clearwisdom   /01/09/2008

Mr. Ma Guifeng is a 47-year old Falun Dafa practitioner living in Chengguan Town, Jing County, Hebei Province. He is currently detained in Hebei Province Fourth Prison. His life is now in grave danger. His blood pressure is 240/170. His cardio valve broke and his had fundus arteriolosclerosis. He cannot see or hear. His family requested to have him bail out on medical treatment, but was denied.

Clearwisdom   /14/01/2008

Ms. Guo Fenglan, 64, lives in Shuangcheng City. Due to more than three years of persecution while "illegally imprisoned" at Harbin City Women's Prison, her body has become extremely weak and emaciated. Medical examiners stated that she has a brain blood vessel blockage, hypertension and high blood pressure, with a upper index of 200 and a lower index of 180. Despite her condition, prison administrators have still not released her. Recently Ms. Guo has suffered a relapse of edema, causing her belly to become overstretched. She cannot eat and her stools are dry. If she is not released in time, it is very possible that her struggles to have a bowel movement could cause her death. Despite this, the warden and instructor of Harbin Women's Prison still force Ms. Guo Fenglan to sit as usual in a fixed posture for extended periods of time every day.

Clearwisdom   /15/01/2008

Mr. Qi Zhengui, 69, lived in Hengshui City, Hebei Province. He used to have many ailments before he started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996, but he recovered soon afterwards. He went to Beijing to clarify the truth after the persecution began, but he was arrested. He was first detained in the North Hengshui City Detention Center and then transferred to the South City Detention Center.

Clearwisdom   /12/12/2007

Ms. Li Zhi was a music teacher at the Wujiashan Fourth Middle School in Dongxihu District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. She used to have a lung disease, but after she started practicing Falun Dafa in March 1999, her disease disappeared, and she benefited tremendously in other ways too. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999, her school leaders demanded she write a guarantee statement that she would stop practicing Falun Dafa. Under enormous pressure, Ms. Li Zhi wrote the statement. Later, she very much regretted doing so and went to Beijing to appeal to the central government for justice for Falun Dafa.

Clearwisdom   /17/12/2008

Mr. Liu Peng was born on October 26, 1966, and lived in Tianjin City. He began practicing Falun Gong in 1997.