Zhao Dongmei - 赵冬梅

Chinese name:
赵冬梅
Gender:
Female
Age:
28
City:
Linfen City
Province:
Shanxi
Occupation:
Date of Death:
2000-12-27
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
Most recent place of detention:
Linfen City Detention Center
Case Description:
Falun Dafa practitioner Zhao Dongmei, female, was a former employee of the Housing Reform Office in Linfen District, Shanxi Province. She went to Beijing to appeal in the middle of December 2000, and was illegally arrested and brought back to the Linfen City Detention Center. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and was brutally force-fed by male prisoners, resulting in her death on December 27, 2000.
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