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Psychological Abuse
2011/10/31
Buddhist Temple in Sichuan Used for Brainwashing Falun Gong Practitioners
Sections of a Buddhist temple outside the town of Pengzhou in Sichuan province have been converted into a makeshift detention center for brainwashing local residents who practice Falun Gong, according to sources inside China. At least 14 Falun Gong practitioners have been held at the facility since June 2010, with many reporting abuse and torture.
2010/05/28
Rape, Beatings and Betrayal Typify “Transformation” of Former Top Student
NEW YORK – The life of a top student at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University has been ravaged by a decade of rape, torture and betrayals. According to reports recently received by the Falun Dafa Information Center, the once vibrant and brilliant young woman from Shandong Province, Ms. Liu Zhimei (柳志梅), now lives in a hut, regularly wets her bed, and crouches into the corner of her room with clenched fists whenever someone approaches her. Neighbors have seen her running from her home naked and screaming.
2009/10/22
Large Numbers of Falun Gong Practitioners Targeted for Persecution and Arrest in 2009, Says Congressional-Executive Commission on China
In its 2009 Annual Report released last week, the U.S. government’s Congressional-Executive Commission on China thoroughly documents the continued and intensified targeting of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese security apparatus over the past year. The section on Falun Gong cites, in particular, the involvement of top Chinese Communist Party officials in directing a “strike hard” campaign against Falun Gong, as well as the robust activity of the extralegal 6-10 Office in carrying out such directives.
2009/02/11
Fueled by Olympics, Falun Gong Persecution Escalated Sharply in 2008
The Communist Party’s campaign against Falun Gong escalated sharply in 2008 as China’s rulers took advantage of the Olympic games to catalyze and justify the large-scale arrest, imprisonment, and monitoring of Chinese citizens known to adhere to the spiritual practice, the Falun Dafa Information Center said in an annual report published on Tuesday.
2004/09/27
Psychiatric Torture Not “Misdiagnosed”
Abuse of Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese mental institutions is widespread, ongoing, and state-sanctioned, say China Mental Health Watch (CHMHW) and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004/06/15
Four-year-old Girl Travels to 37 Countries Speaking for Human Rights after Father Killed in China
Little Fadu is only 4 years old, but already she understands that her father, Chengyong Chen, was a very brave man.
2003/04/17
Brother and Sister Hung by Their Wrists and Beaten; Brother Dies from Torture, Abuse
Mr. Hongping Chen, a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province died last month after a year and a half of torture and abuse.
2003/04/14
Cover-ups, Torture, Brainwashing and Death: News of 14 More Falun Gong Dead from Police Atrocities in China
Reports of the deaths of fourteen Falun Gong practitioners have recently been confirmed. Many of these cases repeat a chilling pattern: physical and psychological torture inflicted by corrupt police, followed by "release" of the practitioners from custody just days or even hours before they die from their injuries as the police attempt to shirk responsibility for the deaths.
2003/03/18
Tortured to Death in China: Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province
The deaths of six Falun Gong practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province have recently been confirmed. All six died from abuse and torture suffered in various labor camps and detention centers in Liaoning Province, home of the notorious Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, where dozens of Falun Gong practitioners have lost their lives.
2003/01/12
Reports from China: 18 More Falun Gong Deaths from Police Brutality, Torture
Utterly exhausted from 12 days without sleep, Lihong Ding’s captors forced him to pace his cell to keep him awake. Many times the 36-year-old collapsed while walking, banging his head on the walls and floors.