Torture
In modern China under the rule of the Communist Party, torture is a routine component of law-enforcement and punishment. Indeed, there are laws prohibiting torture on the books, but these exist for the most part to create a facade of civilization and "rule of law" for the benefit of the West.
Anyone who is arrested in China for any reason is at risk of being tortured (with beating being the most common form), but those most at risk are individuals such as Falun Gong practitioners who have been declared enemies of the state. When Jiang Zemin issued his famous edict, "It is not a crime to beat a Falun Gong practitioner to death. If a Falun Gong practitioner is beaten to death, it is counted as a suicide."-- the police knew what it was they were supposed to do. Jiang made it clear to all that no abuse of any Falun Gong practitioner would be considered too extreme, and no abuse would be punished.
This section deals primarily with cases of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured over the past ten years of persecution. For more details concerning specific types of physical and mental torture commonly used in China's police stations, detention centers, prisons, labor camps, and psychiatric institutions, please refer to the sub-menus in this section.
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April 14, 2024 | Torture of WomenAdditional Information about Heilongjiang Woman’s Ongoing Abuse in Prison
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Feb. 23, 2024 | Torture of WomenOnce Jailed for 4 Years, 80-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Indictment for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 8, 2024 | Torture of WomenHeilongjiang Woman Faces Ongoing Abuse in Prison, Appeal Against Wrongful Conviction Withheld by Guards
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Feb. 2, 2024 | Torture of WomenJilin Woman Jailed to Serve 4.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 30, 2024 | Physical Torture MethodsLiaoning Province Women’s Prison Gives Unknown Drugs to Falun Gong Practitioners
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Jan. 11, 2024 | Physical Torture MethodsEyewitness Account: I Saw Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Beijiang Prison in Guangdong Province
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Dec. 24, 2023 | Torture of Women76-Year-Old Woman Files Criminal Complaint Against Perpetrator Responsible for Her Torture-Induced Mental Breakdown 21 Years Ago
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Dec. 24, 2023 | Torture of Women76-Year-Old Woman Files Criminal Complaint Against Perpetrator Responsible for Her Torture-Induced Mental Breakdown 21 Years Ago
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Dec. 20, 2023 | Torture of WomenJilin Woman Secretly Tried for Her Faith, Case Status in Flux
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Dec. 14, 2023 | Torture of Women69-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Secretly Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
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Dec. 2, 2023 | Psychiatric Torture12th Ward in Liaoning Women’s Prison Designated to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
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Nov. 23, 2023 | Physical Torture MethodsThree Sichuan Residents Sentenced to Five Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Liu Jia Brutally Tortured
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Nov. 1, 2023 | Torture of WomenLiaoning Woman Denied Family Visits and Abused Since Prison Admission in April 2023
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Oct. 14, 2023 | Torture of WomenGansu Woman Sentenced Again for Practicing Falun Gong after Serving Two Prison Terms Totaling 11 Years
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Sept. 1, 2023 | Torture of Women63-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Dies Destitute After Years of Persecution for Her Faith
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Aug. 10, 2023 | Torture of WomenHeilongjiang Woman Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Her Faith
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July 14, 2023 | Torture of Women80-Year-Old Woman Emaciated and Wheelchair-bound at Prison Admission
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July 2, 2023 | Torture of WomenYunnan Woman Sprayed with Corrosive Chemical during Fourth Prison Term for Her Faith
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May 28, 2023 | Torture of WomenWoman in Her 60s Tortured and Denied Purchase of Daily Necessities While Serving Four Years for Her Faith
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May 21, 2023 | Torture of WomenTwo Falun Gong Practitioners Serving Ten Years Suffer Medical Conditions
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May 15, 2023 | Torture of WomenWoman in Her 70s Tortured in Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison
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May 12, 2023 | Torture of Women75-year-old Suffers Nearly Three Years of Beating, Shackling, Being Hung Up for Practicing Falun Dafa
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May 8, 2023 | Torture of WomenFamily’s Uphill Battle to Visit Loved One In Prison
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May 7, 2023 | Torture of WomenRetired Preschool Teacher Loses Pension After Serving Three Years for Her Faith
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May 7, 2023 | Torture of WomenBrainwashing Tactics Used on Newly Admitted Falun Dafa Practitioners in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
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March 29, 2023 | Physical Torture MethodsSix Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in a Shandong Brainwashing Center
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March 13, 2023 | Torture of WomenNewly Admitted Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured at Entry Team of Shaanxi Province Women’s Prison
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Feb. 28, 2023 | Torture of WomenOlder Harbin Women Tortured in Heilongjiang Women’s Prison for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 22, 2023 | Psychiatric TortureThe Chinese Communist Party’s Psychiatric Abuse of and Human Experiments on Falun Gong Practitioners
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Jan. 20, 2023 | Torture of WomenAfter Enduring Five Arrests and Seven Years of Torture for Her Faith, Woman Dies Five Months Before Daughter’s Fifth Birthday
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Jan. 20, 2023 | Physical Torture MethodsHealth Destroyed by Appalling Torture, Elderly Woman Dies Twenty Years Later
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Dec. 14, 2022 | Torture of WomenExposing the Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed at Jilin Province Women’s Prison
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Dec. 13, 2022 | Torture of WomenTactics and Tortures Used on Steadfast Falun Dafa Practitioners Jailed in Gansu Province Women’s Prison
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Dec. 12, 2022 | Torture of WomenWoman Recalls Three Years of Persecution in Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison
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Dec. 1, 2022 | Torture of Women70-year-old Woman Tortured While Serving Eight Years for Her Faith
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