(Minghui.org) In recent years, the Nanjing Women’s Prison in Jiangsu Province has become a “model prison” nationwide, for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The authorities are piloting new brainwashing programs there and then rolling them out to other prisons.
In one program, the guards are ordering the practitioners to raise their fists to make a vow to break away from Falun Gong during daily brainwashing sessions. Those who refused to comply are subjected to various torture methods.
Falun Gong practitioners newly admitted to the prison are required to sign the prepared statements to renounce their faith within one week of arrival. If they refuse to comply, a round of torture follows, which consists of sleep deprivation, starvation and no showering or brushing the teeth. Specially selected inmates force the practitioners to remain in one position without moving throughout the day, either standing or squatting. Once a practitioner moves, the inmates verbally abuse or beat them.
When practitioners still hold fast to their belief after the initial torture campaign, the inmates beat them more harshly. Some have even stuffed toilet paper with feces or used sanitary napkins into the practitioners’ mouths.
Lin Qianhong, head of the Fifth Ward, trained a team of inmates to torture the practitioners. They sprayed spicy water into the practitioners’ mouths, noses and eyes. They also post stickers slandering Falun Gong on the practitioners’ beds, daily necessities and the edge of the toilets. Another torture method was to deprive the practitioners of restroom use. The only way for them to use the restroom is to read the slanderous propaganda attacking Falun Gong.
Lin once ordered the inmates to tape a practitioner’s mouth, strip off her clothes and then drag her to the bathroom, where they used a dirty toilet brush to brush her all over her body, until most of her skin was broken. Another practitioner was tied up to the window frame and then the inmates poured basin after basin of cold water over her head.
Despite the prison’s claim to eliminate the use of violence and encourage reporting of any violence, Falun Gong practitioners are never allowed to get close to the drop-off box for complaint letters.
Due to the strict information censorship in the prison, practitioners detained in different wards don’t know about the persecution in other wards. We urge those who have been persecuted in the prison to expose the torture there and stop the guards from continuing to torture more practitioners.
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Category: Torture of Women
