[Clearwisdom Editor's note: This report was submitted to the 60th United Nations Human Rights Commission in April, 2004. For the full report, please see http://www.upholdjustice.org/English.2/AtrocitiesInChina1.pdf]



Compiled By

World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong

April 2004





Preface

We have compiled this collection of cases of victims who died from torture for their belief to commemorate them and to appeal to the people of the world.

We particularly appeal to the international communities and request investigation of this systematic, ongoing, egregious violation of human rights committed by the Government of the People's Republic of China against Falun Gong.

Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a traditional Chinese spiritual practice that includes exercise and meditation. Its principles are based on the values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. The practice began in China in 1992 and quickly spread throughout China and then beyond. By the end of 1998, by the Chinese government's own estimate, there were 70 - 100 million people in China who had taken up the practice, outnumbering Communist Party member. Despite the fact that it was good for the people and for the stability of the country, former President JIANG Zemin launched in July 1999 an unprecedented persecution of Faun Gong out of fears of losing control.

Today the persecution of Falun Gong still continues in China. As of the end of March 2004, 918 Falun Gong practitioners have been confirmed to die from persecution. More than 100,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been detained and imprisoned. Those who openly express and practice their belief are met with torture, arbitrary arrests and detention. Forced Labor camps, mental hospitals, state-owned media and the law have been misused as tools of severe human rights violations. Forced labor and selling organs of executed prisoners are still common.

These violations have been extensively documented in numerous reports of the United Nations and international human rights organizations. Such reports include those issued by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, by United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Questions of Torture, by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, just to name a few.

The cases documented in this collection are violations of some deeply held and universally acknowledged human rights that include the right to not be arbitrarily arrested, imprisoned and deprived of life; the right to not be subjected to torture and genocide; the right to hold and exercise views and beliefs freely and without interference; the right to liberty and security of the person; and the right to associate with others and to practice religious and spiritual beliefs without restriction.

These rights are enshrined in a number of widely ratified international treaties. Among the specific human rights treaty standards violated by the Chinese Government are the Convention Against Torture, the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Genocide Convention, and the United Nations Charter. Many of these same standards are embodied in customary international law and in jus cogens, as articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The exercise by the victims of these internationally recognized human rights, enshrined in both treaty and customary international law, and universally recognized as part of the law of nations, has been seriously and maliciously abridged by the policies and actions of the Chinese Government under JIANG Zemin and his cohorts acting under color of law and in their official and quasi-official capacities, clearly outside the scope of their lawful and legitimate authority.

This submission represents tireless and heroic efforts by numerous individuals and human rights organizations during the past four years. The details of violations contained herein, particularly the circumstances of deaths, are based primarily on accounts of eyewitnesses who are victims themselves, relatives and friends of victims, neighbors, co-workers, journalists, and Chinese Government officials including policemen who wanted to put an end to the persecution. Our sources in China have taken tremendous risks in collecting and passing to us information to be included in this submission.

We are ready to provide detailed information to assist investigations by international organizations, information that includes names, telephone numbers, addresses and other information identifying and locating the perpetrators.

World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong is a U.S.-based non-profit organization with the mission to bring human rights violators to justice. It is focused on investigating and publishing human rights violations against Falun Gong. www.upholdjustice.org



TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. FACTS OF PERSECUTION

II. DETAILED CASES OF TORTURE RELATED DEATHS

BEIJING
1. ZHAO Xin
2. WU Yao
3. GUANG Lin
4. WANG Chan
5. GONG Baohua
6. MEI Yulan
7. LI Yuling

HEBEI PROVINCE
8. FAN Yaxiong
9. SUN Yanqing
10. YANG Yufang
11. JIANG Shuhua
12. WANG Ailing
13. ZHU Yourong
14. CHEN Aizhong
15. CHEN Hongping
16. GAO Shiping
17. SUN Yumei
18. ZHANG Zhigen
19. SONG Cuiling
20. YANG Yufang
21. DING Yan
22. ZHAO Fengnian
23. LIU Shusong
24. LIU Rongxiu
25. TAO Hongsheng
26. DING Gangzi
27. ZUO Zhigang
28. LI Zhishui

HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE
29. WANG Shufang
30. HE Huajiang
31. LIU Tongling
32. WANG Shuqin
33. ZHENG Wenqin
34. SHANG Guangshen
35. HE Caibin
36. LIU Jinling
37. MENG Xianzhi
38. REN Pengwu
39. WEI Shujiang
40. YU Guanyun
41. ZHOU Jingsen
42. DENG Xiangyun
43. ZHANG Zhenfu
44. YUAN Hezhen
45. ZHANG Xuewen
46. YANG Hailing
47. GUO Meisong
48. ZHAO Chunying
49. LIU Guiying
50. LIU Yan
51. ZHANG Xiaochun
52. WANG Baoxian
53. ZHANG Changming
54. ZHANG Tao
55. WU Lingxia
56. ZHANG Yanchao
57. YANG Wenhua
58. ZHANG Min
59. LIU Xiaoling
60. LI Baoshui
61. ZHANG Tieyan
62. CUI Xiaojuan
63. WANG Bin
64. YE Xiufeng
65. CHEN Qiulan
66. ZHANG Weixin
67. LI Xiaorong
68. LU Xiuyun
69. NIU Huaiyi
70. YU Yongquan
71. WANG Kemin
72. LI Xiufen
73. HUA Haiyu
74. LU Bingshen
75. ZUO Guoqing

GUANGDONG PROVINCE
76. HONG Haoyuan
77. CHEN Chengyong
78. GAO Xianmin
79. HAO Runjuan
80. LUO Zhixiang
81. LAI Zhijun
82. LI Xiaojing
83. YANG Xueqin
84. ZHENG Huabing
85. RAO Zhuoyuan
86. Unknown Practitioner
87. HUANG Weijun
88. WU Jingfang
89. LI Liang
90. YANG Cheng
91. CHEN Duo

JILIN PROVINCE
92. WANG Tiesong
93. ZHANG Yulan
94. DING Yunde
95. ZHANG Quanfu
96. ZHANG Qifa
97. ZHI Guixiang
98. WANG Xiuyun
99. CUI Zhengshu
100. DENG Shiying
101. FU Chunsheng
102. GUO Yaling
103. LI Zaiji
104. LIU Mingke
105. LU Shuqiu
106. WANG Lixin
107. WANG Xiufen
108. XIAO Jinsong
109. YU Lixin
110. ZHAO Jin
111. YANG Guijun
112. YANG Guiqin
113. SUN Shiwen
114. ZHOU Wenjie
115. SUN Youfa
116. LIU Yucai
117. CHEN Yongzhe
118. CHU Congrui
119. KONG Fanrong
120. TONG Zhentian
121. WANG Guoping
122. SUN Shizhong
123. HAN Yuzhu
124. LI Shuhua
125. YUE Kai
126. YU Qiushi
127. LIU Chengjun
128. LIU Haibo
129. HOU Mingkai
130. LI Rong
131. LIU Yi
132. SHEN Jianli
133. LI Shuqin
134. Unknown Practitioner
135. HAN Chunyuan
136. WANG Kefei
137. YIN Shuyun
138. SONG Changguang
139. ZHANG Zhenqiu
140. BAI Xiaojun
141. JI Jingchang
142. LIU Lei
143. Mrs. TIAN
144. LI Jing
145. ZHANG Yuanming
146. YANG Guiqin
147. HOU Xiuping
148. WANG Yan
149. XU Xijun
150. JIN Junjie
151. HOU Lijun
152. ZOU Benhui
153. ZHANG Wenya
154. YANG Yan

LIAONING PROVINCE
155. LI Ying
157. WANG Xiuxia
158. LI Yanhua
159. HUANG Ke
160. WEI Zaixin
161. LI Xiumei
162. LI Zhongmin
163. ZHENG Wei
164. ZOU Wenzhi
165. KOU Xiaoping
166. YUAN Zhongyu
167. SUN Xueyan
168. YU Xiuling
169. ZENG Xianmei
170. ZOU Guirong
171. FANG Lihong
172. SUN Yuhua
173. ZHANG Li
174. QIU Zhiyan
175. LI Hongwei

SHANDONG PROVINCE
176. ZHAO Jinhua
177. CHEN Zixiu
178. XIAO Peifeng
179. LI Shande
180. LIU Xuguo
181. LIU Yufeng
182. WANG Lixuan
183. MENG Hao
184. ZOU Songtao
185. WANG Yongdong
186. XU Zengliang
187. XIA Shucai
188. JIANG Liying
189. WANG Lanxiang
190. LI Mei
191. SU Gang
192. MA Yanfang
193. ZHANG Dezhen
194. LIU Shufen
195. XUAN Chengxi
196. ZHANG Zhenzhong
197. WANG Huaiying
198. CHEN Guibin
199. WANG Peisheng
200. YANG Guizhen
201. MENG Qingxi
202. ZHANG Zhiyou
203. WANG Yixin
204. LI Huixi
205. LOU Aiqing
206. XU Bing
207. LIU Shuchun
208. SUN Shaomei
209. WANG Aijuan
210. LI Yinping
211. LI Xianglan
212. WANG Xiujuan
213. SHANG Qingling
214. REN Tingling
215. CONG Yu'e
216. WANG Jinlong
217. WU Haiyou
218. GUO Ping
219. WU Jingxia
220. ZHENG Fangying
221. LIU Chun
222. QI Fengqin

III. LIST OF 918 VICTIMS WHO DIED FROM TORTURE AS OF MARCH 2004

ANHUI PROVINCE (13)
BEIJING (24)
CHONGQING (27)
FUJIAN PROVINCE (7)
GANSU PROVINCE (22)
GUANGDONG PROVINCE (25)
GUANGXI AUTONOMOUS REGION (2)
GUIZHOU PROVINCE (8)
HAINAN AUTONOMOUS REGION (1)
HEBEI PROVINCE (92)
HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE (147)
HENAN PROVINCE (29)
HUBEI PROVINCE (39)
HUNAN PROVINCE (19)
INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGION (9)
JIANGSU PROVINCE (7)
JIANGXI PROVINCE (13)
JILIN PROVINCE (118)
LIAONING PROVINCE (100)
NINGXIA AUTONOMOUS REGION (1)
QINGHAI PROVINCE (4)
SHAANXI PROVINCE (6)
SHANDONG PROVINCE (103)
SHANGHAI (6)
SHANXI PROVINCE (17)
SICHUAN PROVINCE (92)
YUNNAN PROVINCE (1)
ZHEJIANG PROVINCE (2)

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