The following is a sampling of the cases of human rights violations against Falun Gong at the hands of Communist Party authorities in China reported on the Clearwisdom.net website over the past week.
On October 11, 2007, one day before the end of his illegal seven-year imprisonment, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cai Zidong was secretly transferred to a brainwashing center in Wuhan City by the 610 office for extended persecution without any ligal process. The prison officials had said all along that they would definitely return Cai Zidong to his family even though that they had no intention of doing so. They refused to tell the family of his whereabouts and how long he would be imprisoned.
In October, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Peng Ying, Mr. Huang Hongqiang, Ms. Zheng Li'e (wife of Mr. Huang) of Guixi City, Jiangxi Province was arrested. The police took away computer equipment, cellphones, satelite receiving equipment and electronic equipment from the practitioners' homes.
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Guo Caiqin, 60 years old, was arrested by Lanxi City 610 Office agents and the National Security Team of the Police Department. On July 6, 2006, she was sent to Moganshan Forced Labor Camp. In the labor camp, Ms. Gao Caiqin was tortured, force-fed and the labor camp even put unknown drug in her food. On April 5, 2007, Ms. Guo Caiqin was sent twice to the police psychiatric hospital by the forced labor camp and they tried to shock her with high-voltage electric batons.
In the name of so-called "social stabilization" during the Chinese Communist Party's 17th National Congress, police in Qian'an City, Hebei Province arrested 14 Falun Gong practitioners by the end of September and in October, 2007. National Security Team officials from the Qian'an Police Department are personally involved in this group arrest. Many of the arrested practitioners' whereabouts are still unknown.
On July 6, 2007, Ms. Liu Jinfeng and Ms. Liu Liumei clarified the truth about Falun Gong to the people on their way to the market. They were reported by the CCP secretary of Wanshan Village, Maping Township, and were arrested and taken to Wugang City Detention Center, where they were severely beaten.
Zhang Ke and Wang Fenghuan, a Falun Gong practitioner couple from Shenyang, were sentenced by Tiexi Court in Shenyang City on September 14, 2007. The couple was arrested on March 24. Mr. Zhang was sentenced to seven years and Ms. Wang to three years. Wang Fenghuan's mother lived with the couple. The arrests frightened her so badly that she died the day before they were sentenced.
Recent accounts of torture of Falun Gong practitioners.
The residents of Nanchong City receive a reward for reporting to the authorities anyone who talks about Falun Gong.
In September, 2007 local government officials in the Dalien city area received notice that, "over 300 Falun Gong practitioners went to the airport and surrounded the second most powerful person in the country" which led to the arrest and harassment of various local practitioners. In fact the demonstration was an appeal by citizens who could not get electricity connected to their new homes. CCP authorities are quite willing to lie to its own officials to protect its image.
An account of both physical torture and financial extortion carried out over a period of years.
Ms. Dai Zongzhen is on the brink of death due to the mistreatment in Forced Labor Camp. Her relatives have tried five times to visit her and petitioned to release her, but they were denied by CCP authorities.
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Clearwisdom.net and its Chinese-language sister-website (minghui.ca) provide first-hand reports about the horrors of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Dozens of reports are received every day from the victims of torture, the wrongfully imprisoned, and families crippled by the senseless hardship and grief for their loved ones imposed by the persecution. In contrast, the websites also report positive news and events from the more than 80 countries around the world where Falun Gong is practiced, and serve as an online forum for practitioners to share stories of the good things Falun Gong has brought to their lives. For more information, please contact editor@clearwisdom.net.
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