(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners Ms. An Xiuzhi and Ms. Cao Yuee were each illegally sentenced to three-year prison terms in early 2015.

Ms. An recently appealed her sentence. She was arrested by officers from the Yuqiao Police Station on October 13, 2014 for distributing informational materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. She was sentenced in April 2015.

The two women were both detained at the Tongzhou District Detention Center.It is not known where Ms. Cao is currently incarcerated.

Abuses at the Detention Center

Tongzhou Detention Center requires detainees to squat with their heads down when seeing guards and walk at right angles with their hands on their lower abdomen.

Those who disobey these “rules” are beaten, deprived of sleep, and cuffed and shackled. The prosecutor stationed at the detention center turns a blind eye to these abuses.

Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. An and Ms. Cao:
Hao Tong (郝桐), director of the Tongzhou District Detention Center in Beijing: +86-10-81588922, +86-10-81584764
Xu Xinhe (徐心河), deputy director of the Tongzhou District Detention Center in Beijing: +86-13701279511, +86-10-81588922
Wang Xueli (王学礼), officer from the Tongzhou District Domestic Security Division: +86-13701184072