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Witness to Torture

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Published on 8/20/2001 On the morning of June 4, 2001, thirteen Falun Dafa practitioners were forcefully taken away by vicious police while they were participating in the Falun Dafa cultivation experience sharing in Majia Village, Sunjiaji Township, Shouguang City. During this incident, two practitioners were brutally killed while in police custody and several other practitioners were severely wounded, as reported by Clearwisdom.Net. The photo shows wound left in a young femal practitioner’s leg.

Scars Left in Weifang Practitioners' Leg due to Torture

Published on 8/20/2001 On the morning of June 4, 2001, thirteen Falun Dafa practitioners were forcefully taken away by vicious police while they were participating in the Falun Dafa cultivation experience sharing in Majia Village, Sunjiaji Township, Shouguang City. During this incident, two practitioners were brutally killed while in police custody and several other practitioners were severely wounded, as reported by Clearwisdom.Net. The photo shows wound left in a young femal practitioner’s leg.

Scars Left in Weifang Practitioners' Leg due to Torture

Published on 10/1/2001 Practitioner Li Meili (pseudonym) from Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province was illegally detained in Shuangcheng City Detention Center on November 13, 2000 for going to Beijing to validate Dafa. In order to protest the illegal detention and to request an immediate release as an innocent person, she held a hunger strike. On the seventh day, Li was on the verge of death, so she was sent to the hospital. The detention center and the 610 office (which specializes in the persecution of Falun Gong) feared she might die, so they sent her home on December 25, 2000.

On the morning on January 30, 2001, officials from the 610 office and the director of Shuangcheng City Detention Center went to Li’s home, and by using the excuse of "needing to talk" with Li, they tricked her into leaving with them. They asked her if she would continue to practice Falun Gong, and Li answered, "I will practice." The next day, she was illegally sent to the Wanjia Labor Camp where she was brutally tortured.

At the Wanjia Labor Camp, in order to protest this unwarranted detention and to request an unconditional release, all practitioners that were in ’Group Seven’ held a hunger strike. The group leader, Wu Jinying, said they (the practitioners) were supposed to go to the cafeteria whether they wanted to eat or not, but none of the practitioners obeyed. Then, Wu ordered criminals to force practitioners’ to put their hands behind their backs, make them sit on stools and handcuff their wrists to the heat pipes. After the practitioners were fixed there and unable to move, they took away the stools, forcing them to remain squatting for over two hours. This is only one of the many methods that the Wanjia Labor Camp uses to abuse practitioners.

In this terrible environment, Li Meili developed scabies all over her body (as did other practitioners), to the point where she couldn’t even open her eyes. She fell unconscious a couple of times and her whole body became covered with ulcers that seeped pus. There was not a single place on her body that was intact, and even the slightest movement led to excruciating pain. Li was compelled to stay in bed and relied entirely on other practitioners to take care of her. Even with her being in such a serious condition, the vicious policemen at the Wanjia Labor Camp didn’t even allow Li’s family to visit her during that over four-month period of detention. This broke their hearts. In addition, they would not let her family send her clothes, or any other things. It was not until August 28, 2001, the day the malicious police realized that Li was indeed going to die, that they sent her to a hospital. The hospital only kept her for one day and then sent her back to the "610 office" in Shuangcheng City the following day, while she was unconscious. At that time, there was no one in the office, so Li was then sent to the street administrative office where she was neglected. In the end, she was returned home by workers from the street office. Her whole family was heartbroken upon seeing her in such a miserable state. Her mother-in-law said, "What crime did my daughter-in-law commit? Should she be tortured to this state and then sent home when she is nearly dead?"

The street office pressured Li’s family to hide the news from the public and especially to not show her picture to practitioners. Because there was no place for her family to turn to for justice they began to prepare for Li’s funeral [in the case of her death] while bearing the feelings of sorrow and rage in their hearts. This picture was taken soon after her release and shows the widespread scabies on her body.

The horrifying Wanjia Labor Camp is only one among many vicious Labor Camps in China and Li Meili is just one of thousands and thousands of Falun Gong practitioners that have been tortured by Jiang Zemin’s criminal followers. We hope people with kind hearts around the world will pay attention to this.

Female Dafa Practitioner Near Death from Abuse Suffered in the Wanjia Labor Camp

Published on 11/26/2001 French Falun Gong Practitioner H��l��ne PETIT Peacefully appealed In Tiananmen Sqaure on November 20 2001 and she was Tortured By Jiang Zemin Criminal Group. The photo shows bruises left in her arm due to police violence.

French Practitioner Tortured by Beijing Police for Conducting Peaceful Appeal at Tiananmen Square (III)

Published on 11/26/2001 French Falun Gong Practitioner H��l��ne PETIT Peacefully appealed In Tiananmen Sqaure on November 20 2001 and she was Tortured By Jiang Zemin Criminal Group. The photo shows bruises left in her arm due to police violence.

French Practitioner Tortured by Beijing Police for Conducting Peaceful Appeal at Tiananmen Square (II)

Published on 11/26/2001 French Falun Gong Practitioner H��l��ne PETIT Peacefully appealed In Tiananmen Sqaure on November 20 2001 and she was Tortured By Jiang Zemin Criminal Group. The photo shows bruises left in her arm due to police violence.

French Practitioenr Tortured by Beijing Police for Conducting Peaceful Appeal at Tiananmen Square (I)

Published on 11/28/2001 On November 20, 2001, Swedish Practitioner Maria-Leena went to Tiananmen Square with a group of practitioners from 12 countries. They held a peaceful appeal to let the world know that Falun Dafa is good and to stop the brutal persecution against Dafa practitioners by Jiang Zemin’s regime. Chinese police welcomed the peaceful foreign practitioners with punches and kicks. Two days later the bruises on Maria’s body from the beatings in China were still clearly visible. The following photos are evidence that Chinese police resorted to committing acts of violence toward foreign citizens.

Evidence of Swedish Practitioner Beaten by Chinese Police (IV)

Published on 11/28/2001 On November 20, 2001, Swedish Practitioner Maria-Leena went to Tiananmen Square with a group of practitioners from 12 countries. They held a peaceful appeal to let the world know that Falun Dafa is good and to stop the brutal persecution against Dafa practitioners by Jiang Zemin’s regime. Chinese police welcomed the peaceful foreign practitioners with punches and kicks. Two days later the bruises on Maria’s body from the beatings in China were still clearly visible. The following photos are evidence that Chinese police resorted to committing acts of violence toward foreign citizens.

Evidence of Swedish Practitioner Beaten by Chinese Police (I)

Published on 11/28/2001 On November 20, 2001, Swedish Practitioner Maria-Leena went to Tiananmen Square with a group of practitioners from 12 countries. They held a peaceful appeal to let the world know that Falun Dafa is good and to stop the brutal persecution against Dafa practitioners by Jiang Zemin’s regime. Chinese police welcomed the peaceful foreign practitioners with punches and kicks. Two days later the bruises on Maria’s body from the beatings in China were still clearly visible. The following photos are evidence that Chinese police resorted to committing acts of violence toward foreign citizens.

Evidence of Swedish Practitioner Beaten by Chinese Police (III)

Published on 11/28/2001 On November 20, 2001, Swedish Practitioner Maria-Leena went to Tiananmen Square with a group of practitioners from 12 countries. They held a peaceful appeal to let the world know that Falun Dafa is good and to stop the brutal persecution against Dafa practitioners by Jiang Zemin’s regime. Chinese police welcomed the peaceful foreign practitioners with punches and kicks. Two days later the bruises on Maria’s body from the beatings in China were still clearly visible. The following photos are evidence that Chinese police resorted to committing acts of violence toward foreign citizens.

Evidence of Swedish Practitioner Beaten by Chinese Police (II)

Published on 3/9/2002 Handcuffs that A Dafa Practitioner Opened with Righteous Thoughts.This photo shows the handcuffs that the author of "The 24-hour Contest between the Evil Police from Shijiazhuang Police Station and I" (http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/3/5/26051.html) opened with righteous thoughts.

Handcuffs that A Dafa Practitioner Opened with Righteous Thoughts

Published on 7/2/2002 On both evenings of the past weekend (June 29 and 30), Houston Falun Gong practitioners encountered harassment and assault when they sat-in in front of the Chinese Consulate appealing for Falun Gong.

At 10 AM on Saturday, June 29, Falun Gong practitioners in Houston started their weekend of peaceful appealing in front of the Chinese Consulate. They practiced the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts with high frequency. In the evening, most practitioners left. Four practitioners still stayed there to continue the appeal, displaying banners reading: "Take Action, Stop the Killing in China", "SOS, Urgent Rescue Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in China", "China: Stop Persecuting Falun Gong Practitioners", "Falun Dafa -- Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance".

Around 10:05 PM, while practitioners silently sat on their cushions with their eyes closed to send forth righteous thoughts, someone threw eggs at them from a passing car. A male practitioner’s hands and neck were hit. He had seen that it was a black car. A female practitioner’s legs were also hit, but the practitioners were not affected and they continued to sit silently sending forth righteous thoughts. However, the car turned around and came back. The people inside the car again threw eggs at the practitioners. The male practitioner’s legs were covered with broken eggs. Some eggs hit the ground around practitioners. Not being moved at all, practitioners kept sitting in lotus position silently all along and sent forth righteous thoughts.

After 10:10PM, the practitioners opened their eyes and saw that there were at least a dozen broken eggs around them. They immediately reported it to the local police and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). The FBI recorded the details over the phone. The local policemen also came to look at the scene, and practitioners described the details about what had happened. They also explained to the police why they were at the Chinese Consulate peacefully appealing for Falun Gong, as well as the situation of the ruthless persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Practitioners also gave the policemen some truth-clarifying materials. Policemen recorded details about what had happened. Another practitioner who had heard the news came over to photograph the scene. He also told the police about the incident he had witnessed personally at the "Garden Corner" park in Chinatown in San Francisco, where a group of hired hooligans beat Falun Gong practitioners. The thugs had been hired by the Chinese Consulate.

After the incident, a practitioner went to a hotel opposite to the Consulate to use the phone. Upon learning what had happened, the hotel front desk clerk expressed his deep concern and warm support to the practitioner. Seeing the broken eggs spattered on the practitioners’ bodies and the surrounding ground, some passersby expressed their concerns and sympathy. A kind-hearted man fetched towels from his car to help practitioners wipe up the mess. They all found it hard to understand why the peaceful practitioners encountered such harassment. Since Falun Gong has been suppressed in China, Houston practitioners have often held peaceful appeals and practiced the exercises in front of the Chinese Consulate. Many Houston citizens have witnessed the practitioners’ peaceful and serene demeanor. People have seen the manifestation of Falun Dafa and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance from these practitioners.

Throughout Sunday, June 30, practitioners continued to sit-in in front of the Consulate. In the evening, 13 practitioners stayed to send forth righteous thoughts. Taking advantage of practitioners closing their eyes to send forth righteous thoughts, two suspicious men about 30-40 years old watched every practitioner’s face carefully and then left. Around 9:28 to 9:30 PM, the practitioners were again egged from a passing car. A few eggs hit a male practitioner’s chest and neck. His neck turned red after being hit. Another female practitioner’s knee and calf were hit. She raised her head and saw that it was a black car, again. Practitioners reported this second incident to the police and the FBI. Policemen quickly came over to personally look at how hard the practitioners were hit and recorded the details.

Houston Practitioners Attacked While Appealing in front of the Chinese Consulate