Torture
In modern China under the rule of the Communist Party, torture is a routine component of law-enforcement and punishment. Indeed, there are laws prohibiting torture on the books, but these exist for the most part to create a facade of civilization and "rule of law" for the benefit of the West.
Anyone who is arrested in China for any reason is at risk of being tortured (with beating being the most common form), but those most at risk are individuals such as Falun Gong practitioners who have been declared enemies of the state. When Jiang Zemin issued his famous edict, "It is not a crime to beat a Falun Gong practitioner to death. If a Falun Gong practitioner is beaten to death, it is counted as a suicide."-- the police knew what it was they were supposed to do. Jiang made it clear to all that no abuse of any Falun Gong practitioner would be considered too extreme, and no abuse would be punished.
This section deals primarily with cases of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured over the past ten years of persecution. For more details concerning specific types of physical and mental torture commonly used in China's police stations, detention centers, prisons, labor camps, and psychiatric institutions, please refer to the sub-menus in this section.
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May 28, 2023 | Torture of WomenWoman in Her 60s Tortured and Denied Purchase of Daily Necessities While Serving Four Years for Her Faith
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May 21, 2023 | Torture of WomenTwo Falun Gong Practitioners Serving Ten Years Suffer Medical Conditions
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May 15, 2023 | Torture of WomenWoman in Her 70s Tortured in Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison
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May 12, 2023 | Torture of Women75-year-old Suffers Nearly Three Years of Beating, Shackling, Being Hung Up for Practicing Falun Dafa
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May 8, 2023 | Torture of WomenFamily’s Uphill Battle to Visit Loved One In Prison
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May 7, 2023 | Torture of WomenRetired Preschool Teacher Loses Pension After Serving Three Years for Her Faith
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May 7, 2023 | Torture of WomenBrainwashing Tactics Used on Newly Admitted Falun Dafa Practitioners in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
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March 29, 2023 | Physical Torture MethodsSix Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in a Shandong Brainwashing Center
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March 13, 2023 | Torture of WomenNewly Admitted Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured at Entry Team of Shaanxi Province Women’s Prison
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Feb. 28, 2023 | Torture of WomenOlder Harbin Women Tortured in Heilongjiang Women’s Prison for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 22, 2023 | Psychiatric TortureThe Chinese Communist Party’s Psychiatric Abuse of and Human Experiments on Falun Gong Practitioners
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Jan. 20, 2023 | Torture of WomenAfter Enduring Five Arrests and Seven Years of Torture for Her Faith, Woman Dies Five Months Before Daughter’s Fifth Birthday
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Jan. 20, 2023 | Physical Torture MethodsHealth Destroyed by Appalling Torture, Elderly Woman Dies Twenty Years Later
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Nov. 22, 2022 | Torture of WomenFirst-hand Witness of Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison
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Nov. 2, 2022 | Torture of WomenHead Nurse Beaten, Sexually Assaulted and Frozen While Jailed for Her Faith
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Oct. 28, 2022 | Torture of WomenScalding, Freezing, and Sleep Deprivation - Liaoning Woman Recounts Ordeals in Prison
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Oct. 12, 2022 | Torture of WomenLiaoning Woman Severely Disabled after Nearly Four Years of Incarceration for Her Faith
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Sept. 11, 2022 | Torture of Women79-year-old Woman’s Pension Reduced After She Serves Second 3-Year Term for Her Faith
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Aug. 9, 2022 | Torture of WomenRecounting the Torture at Hunan Province Women’s Prison
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July 19, 2022 | Torture of WomenNearly Dead After Years of Torture, Inner Mongolia Woman Now Has Her Pension Suspended
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July 19, 2022 | Torture of WomenLiaoning Woman Brutally Tortured for Five Years in Prison for Her Faith
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June 23, 2022 | Physical Torture MethodsMethods Used to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners at Jiayu County Detention Center in China's Hubei Province
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June 23, 2022 | Torture of WomenWoman Recounts Chilling Torture in the Notorious Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
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June 23, 2022 | Torture of WomenAdditional Information on Other Inmates Torturing Practitioners at Shandong Province Women’s Prison
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June 21, 2022 | Physical Torture MethodsFalun Gong Practitioners Systematically Tortured in Kangjiashan Prison in China's Shenyang City
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June 20, 2022 | Torture of WomenTwo Years of Torture in Chinese Jails: a Woman Relives Her Experience
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June 19, 2022 | Torture of WomenWoman Spends Nearly 16 of Past 23 Years in Detention Because of Her Faith
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June 6, 2022 | Physical Torture MethodsHow Falun Gong Practitioners are Tortured at First Prison of Yunnan Province
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May 16, 2022 | Torture of WomenWoman Detained in Secret Location After Police Show up in Her Bedroom at Midnight
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May 5, 2022 | Torture of WomenRelentless Torture Could Not Shake Liaoning Woman’s Faith in Falun Dafa – Ms. Xia Ning’s Story
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April 23, 2022 | Torture of WomenExposing China’s Human Rights Violations: A Woman Is Tortured and Brainwashed for 5 Years for Practicing Her Faith (Part 5 of 5)
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April 22, 2022 | Torture of WomenExposing China’s Human Rights Violations: A Woman Is Tortured and Brainwashed for 5 Years for Practicing Her Faith (Part 4 of 5)
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April 22, 2022 | Torture of WomenElderly Woman Disabled After Four Years of Prison Torture
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April 20, 2022 | Torture of WomenExposing China’s Human Rights Violations: A Woman Is Tortured and Brainwashed for 5 Years for Practicing Her Faith (Part 2 of 5)
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April 10, 2022 | BrainwashingThe Mental Exploitation of Falun Gong Practitioners at Shandong Province Women’s Prison
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April 8, 2022 | Torture of WomenHunan Woman Endured Horrific Torture During Four-year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 23, 2022 | Physical Torture MethodsFalun Gong Practitioners Drugged in Shandong Women’s Prison for Practicing Their Faith
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March 20, 2022 | Torture of WomenTorture Methods Used in Shandong Province Women’s Prison to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
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March 13, 2022 | Torture of Women78-year-old Woman Forced to Live Away from Home, Pension Suspended
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March 6, 2022 | Torture of WomenBelated News: Woman in Her 60s Imprisoned for 10 Years, Tortured and Drugged
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March 4, 2022 | Torture of WomenWoman Loses Right Foot After Incarceration for her Faith, Arrested Again and Tortured (Graphic Photos)
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Feb. 25, 2022 | Torture of WomenHaving Survived Over Six Years of Brutal Torture, Shandong Woman Again Faces Prosecution for Her Faith
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Feb. 21, 2022 | Torture of WomenFormer Teacher Imprisoned Again for Her Faith
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Feb. 11, 2022 | Torture of WomenShandong Women’s Prison Instigates Inmates to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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Jan. 16, 2022 | Torture of WomenLiaoning Woman Suffers Heinous Torture in Prison
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Jan. 5, 2022 | Torture of WomenWoman Brutally Tortured at Elderly Care Center in Hunan Province, China
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Jan. 3, 2022 | Torture of WomenDisabled from Previous Incarceration for Her Faith, Guangdong Woman Sentenced Again to Seven Years
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Dec. 28, 2021 | Torture of WomenWoman Seized by Police at the End of Her Wrongful Prison Term, Her Family Beaten on the Street for Trying to Rescue Her
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Dec. 22, 2021 | Torture of WomenAt Least 32 Falun Gong Practitioners Still Jailed in Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison
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Dec. 21, 2021 | Torture of Women74-year-Old Woman Abused at Heilongjiang Women’s Prison
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Dec. 8, 2021 | Torture of WomenSystematic Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed at Jilin Province Women’s Prison
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Dec. 1, 2021 | Torture of WomenHaving Survived Nine Years of Torture in Prison, Beijing Woman Faces Prosecution Again for Her Faith
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Nov. 23, 2021 | BrainwashingWuhan City, Hubei Province: Brainwashing Centers Set Up Targeting Falun Gong Practitioners
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Oct. 26, 2021 | BrainwashingWuhan Authorities Build New Brainwashing Centers in Bid to Eradicate Falun Gong
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Oct. 22, 2021 | Torture of WomenHarassment Continues after Shaanxi Woman Served 3.5 Years for Her Faith
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Oct. 20, 2021 | Torture of WomenVarious Tortures Used to Target Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed in Yunnan Province Second Women’s Prison
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Oct. 17, 2021 | BrainwashingPingxiang City, Jiangxi Province: Falun Gong Practitioners Forced to Attend Brainwashing Sessions
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Oct. 7, 2021 | Physical Torture MethodsTorture I Suffered in Chinese Detention Centers and Prison
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Sept. 15, 2021 | Torture of WomenHubei Woman Seeking Justice Against Prison for Inhumane Torture
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Aug. 17, 2021 | Torture of Women80-year-old Woman Forced to Drink Urine While Imprisoned for Her Faith
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Aug. 11, 2021 | Torture of WomenLiaoning Woman Subjected to Various Tortures for Upholding Her Faith that Cured Her Breast Cancer
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July 26, 2021 | Torture of WomenJilin Province Women’s Prison Continues to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 20, 2021 | Torture of WomenSentenced Three Times for a Total of 20 Years, Yunnan Woman Brutally Tortured in Prison
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June 30, 2021 | Torture of WomenOnce Incarcerated for 11.5 Years, Shanghai Woman in Her 70s Faces Prison Time Again
