(Clearwisdom.net) Since the persecution began on July 20, 1999, a total of 58 Falun Gong practitioners in Tangshan City, Hebei Province have been illegally sentenced to imprisonment. Among them, four Falun Gong practitioners have completed their terms and been released, and two practitioners have received suspended prison terms. At this time, at least 52 Falun Gong practitioners are being illegally detained in the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) prisons or detention centers and are there being persecuted. Since 2007, under orders from the CCP, officials have used the pretext of ensuring the "safety" of the Beijing Olympic Games as a justification for the persecution. Many Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested and forty-four of them have been sentenced to prison. Sixty-eight have been sentenced to forced labor. Many Falun Gong practitioners are still detained at Tangshan Detention Center, some for over one and a half years.

1. Forty-four Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally sentenced:

Tangshan City (11): Yu Shuying, Zhang Zongsu, Jiao Xuemei, Zhao Yabin, Luo Zhijian, Yue Chunpu, Hui Hui, Li Guocai (male). Li Guocai was detained at Jidong Prison in Tangshan City, and all other practitioners were persecuted at the Shijiazhuang Women's Prison. He Yixing was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, Zhang Yueqin five years, Sun Fengli three years.

Guye District (2): Bi Junqing (Jidong Prison), Wang Shouping (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison)

Fengrun District (6): Jin Shuxia, Chen Lijuan, Wang Lifen, Liu Zhihua, Yang Yanping (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison), Niu Jiming (Jidong Prison)

Fengnan District (4): Zhang Qiuping, Liang Shufen, Zhao Shumin, Li Yanling (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison)

Zunhua City (7): Zhang Mengxia, Xu Shuqin, Li Liping, Zhao Fengxia, Zhang Yuehua (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison), Wang Cuihua (three years in prison) Wang Ning (Zunhua Detention Center)

Tanghai County (5): Wu Junshi (Jidong Prison, released), Zhang Jinping, Tong Ruifen, Xu Na, Sun Cuiqin (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison)

Qianxi (5): Chuai Cuijun, Cai Junxia (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison), Chen Baihe, Liu Yunjiang (Jidong Prison), Wang Xiuhua (three years in prison)

Luannan (4): Liu Xiaoling, Qin Pengzhen, Yang Shuzhi, Zhao Yufang (Luannan County Detention Center)

2. Sixty-nine Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced to forced labor:

Tangshan City (13): Guo Lixia, Zhang Yanchun and Zhang Jin (Shijiazhuang Women's Detention Center), Liu Wenbo (Handan Forced Labor Camp, released), Han Huliang (two years forced labor at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp), Lu Shuwen, He Yang, An Wenxia, Liu Xiaojun, Du Yulan, Wang Xing, Han Shufen (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Cao Dafu (released)

Kaiping District (5): Xu Xiangzhi, Zhao Yunlong (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp, released), Xu Xiuchun (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, released), Wang Ruixia (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Zheng Wei (Two years forced labor at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp)

Fengrun District (11): Xiong Suyang, Han Jiuxiang (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Cao Xiaoling, Wang Lanfeng (released), Liu Hongli, Su Xiangqin, Li Chengshun (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Wang Xiaodong, Zhao Guowu, Mo Anqi, Lu Weidong (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp)

Fengnan District (8): Shan Yongxiang, Zhang Zhiguo, Dong Jianquan (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp), Wang Huilin, Wu Xiuling, Li Yuejuan (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Dong Huiquan, Dong Jinbo (Hehuakeng Labor Camp)

Guye District (3): Ren Shufen, Zhou Shuyin (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Wang Zhiqi (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp)

Zunhua City (7): Hao Xiuling (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Wu Shuxian (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Wu Shumeng, Lu Suhua (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp), Wen Cuiying, Wen Ruihua (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, released), Zheng Baohua (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp)

Qianan City (6): Zhou Xiuxia (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, released), Zhou Huizhong (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, released), Pang Wendong (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, released), Wang Weiyue (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Liang Xiusheng (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp), Zhao Chunhua

Tanghai County (6): Yang Xiuyun (one year of forced labor in Shijiazhuang), Chi Yanlan (Two year forced labor in Kaiping Labor Camp), Zheng Chunshan, Hou Fang (Shijiazhuang), Liu Lianhao, Ning Dandan (Kaiping)

Qianxi County (4): Cai Shuzhen (female) and Gao Fengzhi (Female) (illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor, Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, released), Wang Shuyan, Zhang Yinfu (Kaiping)

Leting County (4): Xing Xiujun and He Wenli (one year in Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp), He Wenmei (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp), Gu Lijun (Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp)

Yutian County (1): Li Zhimin (Kaiping Forced Labor Camp)

Luan County (1): Yang Fengjiu (two years of forced labor at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp)

In addition, ten Falun Gong practitioners had been illegally detained at Jidong Prison previously, including Meng Fanquan, Sun Jianzhong, Zhang Yunping, Han Xueyu, An Zhenjie, Bian Changxue, Liu Zongyong, Song Naiwen, Liu Wuquan, Li Xiangjie

Others (4): Zhang Jinlu, Cao Shunting (Jidong Prison, released), Zhang Lianzhi (Shijiazhuang Prison, released), Li Linong (Baotou Prison in Inner Mongolia)