Mr. Qin Daqun passed out after being abused by guards in the detention center. He died on September 5, 2008 after her family picked him up from hospital.
Right after his release from a forced labor camp, Mr. Xu Yong was sent to a mental hospital, where he was tortured into a vegetative state. In the same hospital, another Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Zhonghui has lost sight in both eyes due to tortures.
Because of practicing Falun Gong, Ms. Jiang Limei, head nurse at Longkou City Hospital, was arrested at her work place on July 22, 2008. After being interrogated and abused by police on different occasions, she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor on September 12.
Mr. Dong dies a few days after his release from the labor camp. A guard told him before his release that he was not expected to live after the torture he had received.
Mr. Wang Chongjun, age 65, was injected with an unknown drug in a Beijing labor camp and became emaciated. He died soon after his release.
Mr. Yu has already suffered years of imprisonment. The extension of his sentence may be related to the escape of another prisoner.
Mr. Guo is currently in critical condition at the prison hospital and is still being tortured by forced-feeding.
After Cui Dejun escaped from Masanjia labor camp, the authorities went to great lengths to recapture him. They may fear publicity about conditions in Masanjia. Associates fear for Cui's life now that he has been recaptured.
Dr. Xu Yan, a former professor at Tsinghua University, and his family recently escaped from China. A long time practitioner of Falun Gong, the professor avoided immediate arrest and imprisonment due to his position and popularity. He was finally arrested and tortured in 2006.
She has been recently released after torture which left her unable to eat.
Ms. Shen Yuxia was illegally arrested on August 27, 2008. After only 15 days in police custody, her family was notified that she had died.
Ms. Wang Yanfeng and Ms. Sheng Cuilian were arrested on September 4, 2008. Ms. Wang died twenty days later while she went on a hunger strike to protest the mistreatment.
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