(Minghui.org) A 76-year-old retired librarian of Hubei University remains detained at a brainwashing center since early February 2024 for practicing Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Zhang Xiaohua, a resident of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, was initially arrested on November 25, 2023, while she and seven other guests were studying Falun Gong teachings at the home of Ms. Hu Aihong, who is in her 50s. The local community office and property management office workers led more than twenty officers and pried open the door. The police were from multiple agencies, including the Wuchang District 610 Office, the Wuchang District Police Department, the Xujiapeng Police Station, the Yujiatou Police Station, the Yangyuan Police Station, and the Nanhu Police Station.
Without showing a search warrant, the police raided Ms. Hu’s home and confiscated her Falun Gong books, cell phone, cash, and a portrait of Falun Gong's founder. She and her guests were taken to the police stations in charge of their respective residential areas to be interrogated.
Ms. Zhang and five other guests, all seniors, were released the night of their arrests. The Xujiapeng Police Station officers, however, raided her home before the Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024) and took her back into custody. They put her in the Wuhan City Brainwashing Center, where she remains detained to this day.
This is not the first time that Ms. Zhang has been targeted for her faith. She was previously arrested multiple times and held at various brainwashing centers. The Caidian District Court sentenced her to three years (exact time unknown), and she suffered brutal torture at the Hubei Province Women’s Prison (located in Baofeng Road, Wuhan City). She was savagely beaten, force fed, and deprived of sleep. She was also once held in solitary confinement, which was sound proof with no windows. The guards tortured her at will without worrying her screams would be heard by others.
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