(Clearwisdom.net) Since the Chinese Communist regime launched the illegal suppression of Falun Gong in 1999, at least 80 practitioners have died from torture. It is hard to say exactly how many have died in the past 12 years (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/7/6/49931p.html). The following cases outline how Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing have died due to brutal persecution and torture.

1. Died as a Result of Being Beaten

Mr. Liu Chun used to be employed at the Electricity Services Department of the Sanjiadian Railway Station in the Mentougou District of Beijing. He was illegally imprisoned in Beijing's Daxing Forced Labor Camp and died as a result of torture. When Mr. Liu died, there were large red spots on his forehead and on the bridge of his nose. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/2/21/123390.html)

法轮功修炼者刘春先生被中共劳教所迫害致死

Mr. Liu Chun died as a result of persecution in Daxing Forced Labor Camp .

Ms. Cui Fu'e, 47 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from Daguantou Village, Liubinbao Township, Yanqing County, Beijing. On June 3, 2001, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Wang Xuehua from Liubinbao Police Station and other officers beat Ms. Cui brutally. As a result, she lost hearing in both ears and suffered severe internal injuries, including damage to her kidneys. Despite her serious injuries, she was still forced to do hard labor. After she was released, she was bedridden for the remainder of her life. On August 3, 2003, Ms. Cui passed away. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/7/13/50185p.html)

Mr. Wu Simin, age 63, lived in Yongning Town, Yanqing County, Beijing. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa on December 25, 2000. He was taken to a detention center and beaten to the brink of death. On January 5, 2001, he was sent to the Yongning Hospital and died after rescue efforts failed. His body was covered with bruises. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/12/21/43353.html)

Mr. Guo Changzhi , 63, lived in Beizhuang Town, Miyun County, Beijing. He went to appeal for Falun Dafa after July 20, 1999, and was arrested by local police and 610 Office agenets. They took him to a forestry station far away from his home, tied him up, and then suspended him in the air. The policemen sprayed water into his nose, ears, and eyes, and gave him a severe beating, damaging hi liver and stomach. He died in February 2003. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/4/19/59835.html)

Ms. Li Yuling, 56, was arrested on June 25, 2003, by police officers from Dongcheng District as she distributed truth-clarifying material. Later, the police transferred her to the Heping Hotel under the guise of "helping her 'reform.'" The police then brutally beat her and tortured her around the clock. At 5:00 a.m. on July 4, she passed away from the torture. The left half of her face was swollen and bruised. Her ribs along the sides were black and blue. The police didn't allow her family to closely examine her remains. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/7/11/38012.html)

Ms. Zhao Xin, 32 years old, was illegally arrested because she did the Falun Dafa exercises in June 2000. During her illegal detention at the Haidian District Public Security Bureau, the police brutally beat her. As a result, vertebrae 4, 5, and 6 in her neck were fractured. After suffering six months in severe pain, she died on the evening of December 11, 2000. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/7/6/49931p.html)

北京工商大学女教师赵昕
Ms. Zhao Xin taught at Beijing University of Business and Industry.
赵昕被海淀区恶警打成颈椎粉碎性骨折生命垂危
Dying Ms. Zhao Xin's neck vertebrae were smashed as the result of a brutal beating by police in the Haidian District, Beijing.

2. Died Due to Careless Force-Feeding

A young female practitioner in her 20s, name unknown, died because as a result of torture in 2002 in the dispatch center in Tuanhe, Beijing.

酷刑演示:固定在死人床上野蛮灌食

Torture demonstration: Being force-fed on the Death Bed

The police instigated several drug addicted prisoners to tie her up on a bed. The prisoners sat on her stomach, chest, legs, and arms and inserted a tube into her nostril. They poured two buckets of salt water into the tube and her abdomen swelled up. The prisoners pulled her up and off the bed. As ordered, the prisoners laid her against a wall, and one of them stomped on her abdomen. Suddenly the salt water squirted out of her mouth and nose. Then they tied her on the bed again and repeated the torture several times. The girl was tied on the bed for two days and had to relieve herself on the bed. When other prisoners saw her on the third day, she was mentally ill. She did not talk, just stared at the walls. Her face looked blue and had sores all over it. On the fourth day, she was taken to another room to be tortured even more. She died on the 11th day, according to other prisoners.

北京法轮功学员龚宝华

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Gong Baohua.

Ms. Gong Baohua was in Pinggu County Detention Center. On June 25, 2000, a guard force-fed Ms. Gong through her nostril despite the fact that her nose had been previously broken. After returning to the cell, Ms. Gong looked very pale. She suspected that the guards might have mistakenly inserted the feeding tube into her trachea during the force-feeding. She suddenly lost consciousness. She was taken out of the cell for emergency treatment. She was sent back on the morning of June 26, 2000. On the morning of June 27, 2000, the inmates urged the guards to get her seen again because her condition had continued to deteriorate. Around 10 a.m., the detention center clinicians agreed to send Ms. Gong to the hospital. Around 9 p.m. that evening, she was announced dead in the hospital. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/7/6/49931p.html)

Ms. Mei Yulan, 44 years old, was from the Zhaoyang District of Beijing. On May 13, 2000, she was arrested and taken to the Zhaoyang Detention Center. On May 14, Ms. Mei went on a hunger strike. Guards in the detention center force-fed her. Mr. Mei died three days later. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/7/6/49931p.html)

Ms. Liu Guimin, 39, was in Daxing Women's Forced Labor Camp in Beijing. Guards in the camp held her down and force-fed her concentrated salt water. In the process, the salt water went into her lungs and caused damage and severe infection in her trachea and lungs. She died as a result. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/7/13/118541.html)

3. Died after Being Injected with Unknown Drugs

酷刑演示:打毒针(注射不明药物)

Torture demonstration: Being injected with unknown drugs.

Ms. Wang Yaqing was a 46-year-old hairdresser who lived in Miyun County, Beijing. From August to October, 2006, the two months she was imprisoned in Beijing, she was injected with unknown drugs. It resulted in her loss of eyesight and memory. She became non-responsive, had symptoms of asthma, and her whole body swelled up. She could not take care of herself in the end and died. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/6/26/87111.html)

Mr. Li Shouqiang was 37 years old when he died. On March 8, 2000, he was taken to Changping Detention Center for giving out Falun Dafa materials. Guards in the detention center added a large dose of nerve damaging drugs to a cola they gave him. He was given such drug for ten days. After he was released, he showed signs of confusion and was delusional. On the morning of March 20, 2000, he was in a daze, fell from a balcony, and died. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/7/6/49931p.html)

Ms. Wu Junying, 52 years old, was seized by domestic security agents in the Daxing District of Beijing on January 17, 2006. She was taken to Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp and tortured. She died within 48 hours after she arrived the camp. Her hands were purple and full of needle marks. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2006/4/13/71903.html)

北京法轮功学员吴俊英
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wu Junying.
吴俊英与儿子在一起
Ms. Wu Junying and her son.

Ms. Zhang Fengmei, 31 years old, was injected with unknown drugs when she was in Xin'an Women's Forced Labor Camp in Tiantanghe, Daxing, Beijing. In April 2002, she was released on medical bail. She died in July 2002 as a result of drug poisoning.

北京法轮功学员张凤梅

Ms. Zhang Fengmei from Beijing.

Mr. Wang Chongjun, 65, was arrested and taken to Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp in Beijing in 2008. Guards in the camp injected him with unknown drugs. Mr. Wang became emaciated and his condition deteriorated. He was released and died on August 23, 20008. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/30/100248.html)

4. Died in Brainwashing Centers

Ms. Wang Guifen, 55 years old, was arrested on April 15, 2009. She was taken to Chaofeng'an Brainwashing Center and tortured for 50 days. She died on June 2, 2009. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/6/23/108542.html)

Mr. Guo Haishan, 71, was arrested and taken to a brainwashing center in summer 2006 and died as a result. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/1/4/81425.html)

5. Died as a Result of Other Tortures

Mr. Peng Guangjun, 55 years old was arrested on September 28, 2003. He was taken to Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp. On January 26, 2004, Liu Jinbiao and other guards brutally beat him until he died. Mr. Peng's head and body were covered with bruises. His face was burned by electric batons and several of his bones were fractured. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/2/16/45164p.html)

Ms. Guan Lin (age unknown) was arrested in mid November 2002. She soon died because of the torture. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/1/12/30818.html )

Mr. Li Jingsheng was in his 30s. He was arrested and taken to Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp on September 21, 2001. His health deteriorated because of the torture, and he died on December 13, 2004. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/6/12/61772.html)

北京法轮功学员李京生和妻子

Mr. Li Jingsheng and his wife.

Ms. Wu Yao, 57, was arrested on September 10, 2002, and taken to Fengtai District Detention Center in Beijing. On June 11, 2003, she was taken to a forced labor camp. Eleven days later, on June 22, 2003, her family was told that she died suddenly.

北京法轮功学员吴垚
Ms. Wu Yao.
生活中的吴垚
Ms. Wu Yao.

When Ms. Wu arrived the detention center, guards instigated the inmates to force-feed her. The inmates brutally punched her face, pried open her mouth, and pinched her breasts and private parts. After she was transferred to a forced labor camp, she was tortured. Her lower back was badly hurt after police officers struck her there repeatedly with their elbows. She could not even stand up. Eleven days later, Ms. Wu died from the torture. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/9/27/40741.html)

Mr. Chang Guiyou, 55, was taken to Qianjin Prison in Tianjin City in late November 2004. Three months later, in March 2005, the prison authority sent out a notice to Mr. Chang's family saying that his life was in danger. When Mr. Chang's wife saw him, both his nose and mouth were bleeding and his head was wrapped with gauze. His wife tried to step forward to see him better, but the guards stopped her. Later, she was notified that he had died of a cerebral hemorrhage. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/3/28/106017.html)

北京法轮功学员常贵友

Mr. Chang Guiyou.

Mr. Yu Zhou, 42 years old, was seized on his way home from a concert on January 26, 2008. He was taken to Tongzhou District Detention Center. On February 6, his family received a notice that he was in Beijing's Qinghe Emergency Treatment Center in critical condition. By the time his family got there, Mr. Yu had died. He was wearing an oxygen mask and his legs were cold. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/3/19/95478.html)

北京法轮功学员于宙
Mr. Yu Zhou.
作为音乐人的于宙
Mr. Yu Zhou was a musician