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.
Mr. Qi Tingsong, a 67 years-old Falun Gong practitioner from Laiwu City, Shandong Province, was arrested on October 15, 2007. He was severely tortured by the police until his death at noon on November 11. The police falsely recorded that Qi Tingsong had "committed suicide in fear of punishment".
On November 12, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner and calligrapher Liu Xitong and his wife Liu Aifang were arrested by police after he held a six-day calligraphy exhibition in in Qingdao City with thousands of visitors. The police had tried to stop people from visiting the exhibition. The Lius' home was ransacked and personal belongings confiscated.
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Han Chonghui from Panjin City, Liaoning Province has been detained and persecuted by the police since 1999. On October 20, 2007, Mr. Han and another two practitioners were arrested again. The police took their personal belongings and ransacked Mr. Han's house.
Ms. Shi Yun and Mr. Jiang Yuliu are teachers in Kunming City, Yunnan Province. On September 30, 2007, the police arrested Ms. Shi as she was mailing a letter, searched their home and confiscated their property. She was sent to the detention center in Wuhua District.
After several months of detention in late 2007, Mr. Zhao has to be hospitalized before he can return to his family. His wife previously had become incapacitated after detention.
On September 11, 2007, Ms. Zhuang Yanhong, a teacher from the Beijing University of Technology, was arrested for no reason other than her practice of Falun Gong. A recent report stated that Ms. Zhuang has been sentenced to two years of labor in the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. Her arrest has disrupted both her family and her teaching environment.
Ms. Zhang Mingyi died on August 29, 2007, at 34 years of age. She died after having been recently released from prison where she suffered torture and medical maltreatment.
In Wujia Township, Panshan County, Liaoning Province, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wang Jieming and Mr. Zhang Dalin were illegally arrested. The police beat Mr. Wang Jieming to the ground and shoot him in his buttocks.
Ms. Li Dianqin was arrtested by CCP police she distributed materials clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. Over the past month her family has not heard any more information about her.
Over 60 Falun Gong practitioners are jailed and tortured at Deyang Prison in Sichuan Province. Some of them are former government officials. The oldest one is 80-year-old Korea War veteran Mr. Yang Shouming.
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.