On October 10-18, 2009, the Zaragoza General Trade Fair was held in Zaragoza, Spain. The trade show highlighted culture, the arts, military, science, travel, and food, and tens of thousands of people visited the eight exhibition halls. Falun Gong practitioners participated in the event for four days.

Practitioners set up a booth at the Zaragoza Trade Fair. Many people who learned the facts signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution

This was the first time that practitioners participated in this event. They set up a booth to introduce Falun Gong and expose Chinese Communist Party's inhumane persecution of the practice. They also offered free Falun Gong classes. Many people who learned the facts signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution.

On October 31, Ms. Ren, a Chinese lady living in Munich, Germany, happened upon Falun Gong practitioners' peaceful demonstration against the persecution and and encouraging Chinese people to quit the Chinese Communist Party activity. She expressed her support and asked what she could do for them.

The practitioners' activities were held in front of a big church in Munich. They called for an end to the 10-year long persecution and expressed support for the 62 million Chinese who had withdrawn from the Communist Party and its affiliated organisations.

Signing the petition to support Falun Gong

Many people came up to ask if they could sign the petition to support Falun Gong. They stopped to read the informational materials and the display board. They were shocked by the brutality of the persecution.

Ms. Ren and her two daughters passed by the church. The young girls were attracted to the Falun Gong exercises, and told their mum that they wanted to learn. Ms. Ren talked to practitioners, expressing her support and signing the petition to condemn the persecution. While the adults were talking, the young girls learned all the exercises.

Name: Chai Shuzhi
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Address: Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: September 10th, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: October 2002
Most Recent Place of Detention: Harbin City Women's Drug Rehabilitation Centre
City: Jilin
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Forced Labour, Brainwashing, Detention

Ms. Chai Shuzhi began practising Falun Gong in 1997. She regained her health as a result and her family lived a happy life. In 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong, Ms. Chai went to Beijing on December 20th, 2000 to appeal for justice. She shouted "Falun Gong is great" in front of Tiananmen Square, and the authorities subsequently sentenced her to one year of forced labour.

In October 2002, local CCP officials held a brainwashing session, and Ms. Chai was arrested and forced to go through brainwashing. She refused to renounce her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and was thus detained. She went on a hunger strike to protest. On October 23rd, 2002 she was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and transferred and detained in the Harbin City Women's Drug Rehabilitation Centre. She endured numerous abuses there. In 2004, she was extremely weak due to being on a hunger strike to protest the brutal mistreatment, and was finally released.

In 2005, there were large scale arrests locally, and more than a dozen practitioners were arrested, and sentenced to prison for up to five years. In order to avoid being arrested, Ms. Chai fled her home. For the past four years, due to living under harsh conditions, Ms. Chai appeared very ill.

In May 2009, Ms. Chai had to return to her mother's home for treatment. The local police kept harassing her. She died on September 10th, 2009, with her eyes wide open, unable to find peace amidst the relentless persecution.

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Name: Ding Guangcheng
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Address: Dajiang Street at Hebei District in Tianjin
Occupation: A worker at the Tianjin Railroad Daily Life Service Centre
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 15th, 2001
Most recent place of detention: Tianjin Prison
City: Tianjin
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, sleep deprivation, forced labour, beatings, imprisonment, solitary confinement, torture, physical restraint, interrogation, detention, and forced brainwashing.

Mr. Ding Guangcheng was arrested in May 2001. He was brutally tortured and sentenced to six years of imprisonment in February 2002. He suffered a lot at the Tianjin Prison. The following is personal account of the persecution he suffered.

On May 15th, 2001, I was at home when officers from the Changzhoudao Police Substation at the Hedong District, along with Wang Yong, a National Security officer in his thirties from the Public Security Hedong District Branch, arrived together with a few of my co-workers including a man named Wang Yushu. They took us by force to the Changzhoudao Police Substation where Wang Yong and the other officers beat us and punched our faces. Two of my teeth were knocked out. They made us take off our clothes, leaving us in only our underpants, and then poured water on us. We had to stand in a puddle while they gave us electric shocks on our chests, belly buttons, necks, and the other sensitive areas on our bodies. They tortured us for several hours. They boasted, "In 1989, we shot at the college kids with machine guns when they asked for democracy in their movement, let alone you Falun Gong people." Some of the officers boasted that they were bodyguards for Jiang Zemin, [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution], the former head of the Communist regime when he came to Tianjin. Because I refused to be "transformed¹," without any legal justification, they took my wife to the police substation, detained her for twenty-four hours and threatened her, by saying they would throw her into a detention centre if she didn't co-operate. They also said they would intervene in my son's job applications, and if we didn't co-operate they could just kill us and put our bodies in a bag and throw them into the Haihe River.

The next day I was transferred to the Hedong District Detention Centre. They put more than thirty of us in a room fourteen square meters large (about 150 square feet.) It was a very hot summer and we were forced to sit on a small bench. Many people had scabies, and we were forced to make medicine boxes and process food for consumption in this notoriously unhygienic forced labour camp.

In February 2002, the Hedong Court sentenced me to six years of imprisonment, and in March 2002, I was transferred to the Tianjin Prison. The brainwashing centre at this prison is known for being one of the worst offenders in abusing Falun Gong practitioners.

Li Qiang is head of the department, and Lu Wenyun is the deputy head. They were both promoted to their positions because they were actively involved in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Police officers Yang Bo, Liu Yunling, Fan Yasheng and Cao, Wang, and Bu (given names unknown) all played active roles when bribing inmates to closely monitor Falun Gong practitioners for rewards.

We had to get up at 6:00 a.m. each day and were forced to sit on a small plastic bench until 9:00 p.m. At that time, I had large scabies with sepsis all over my body, and my buttocks were ulcerated from the long-term sitting. My blood and flesh were stuck to my pants and I bled whenever I moved a little. Because of my firm belief in Dafa's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance, police officers ordered convicted criminals Yu Yongjiang, Wang Xueyong, and Liu Qingguang to torture me. They have a special kind of bench that is about two inches wide, six inches long, and two inches high, which they made me sit on. They forced me to lift up my head with chest out and look forward without moving a muscle. They beat me and cursed and insulted me if I moved. They also put their cigarette butts into water and force-fed this vile solution to me.

Because of this long-term torture, I became very weak, but officer Yang Bo increased my workload so they could earn more money. My blood pressure went up very high. Later I refused to be used for their forced labour. Yang Bo then locked me up on February 15th, 2005 in a very small cell. The toilet was next to the bed which was on the ground. There was no heat. They gave me one quilt but it was so cold that I kept shivering. I was handcuffed and I was wearing foot shackles which were fastened to the ground. I could only drink water from the toilet and the guards threatened me saying they could have my prison term extended at any time.

Policeman Hong Yuan soon developed a new way to persecute Falun Gong practitioners by attempting to brainwash us. We were ordered to memorise articles that slander Falun Gong. They didn't allow us to sleep if we didn't recite these articles. Many fellow practitioners couldn't maintain clear minds because of this. Eventually, all of us together refused to do this and the police had to give up, but they forced us to watch films that slandered Falun Gong, attempting to brainwash us.

Note

1. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

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The Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp utilises brutal methods to force Falun Gong practitioners to "transform¹". The guards usually lock the practitioner in a small cell and disallow all contact. Even taking a walk in the small cell requires authorisation from the guards, not to mention other activities. There is no freedom in the forced labour camp, yet practitioners have to endure even more inhumane persecution and suffering in the small cell.

Between two and six guards monitor practitioners around the clock, along with two prisoners (normally drug addicts).

The guards torture practitioners physically and mentally. Mental torture includes deprivation of sleep for extended periods, not allowing the practitioner to close their eyes. If they do, the guards will incite prisoners to prick the practitioner's eyelid with a toothpick, then wipe their eyes with irritating oil and a wet towel. Sometimes, they even force practitioners to watch video fabricated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which slanders Falun Gong and its founder, infuses Communist Party culture, and attempts to poison practitioners' minds. Practitioners are then forced to write a review and transformation material, with content that meets the guards' requirements. If their writing is not acceptable, guards force them to re-write the documents.

Physical torture includes long-term standing and squatting. The movements must match the guards' requirements, otherwise practitioners are beaten and kicked, or tied to fixed objects such as a clothes rack, forced to take a cold shower when the temperature is below zero, and forced administration of unwanted drugs. Additionally, guards force practitioners to memorise prison rules, do bodybuilding exercises, and sing CCP songs, etc. If practitioners do not give up their beliefs, then they may not be allowed to use the toilet or eat. They have to wash the toilet and urinal pot, are confined to a small cell, and taken to a doctor to receive injections. If practitioners shout "Falun Gong is good!" then the monitors stuff their mouths with a dirty cloth or dirty clothes, then scold and beat them. In summary, the guards use various means to make practitioners "transform."

Prison guards don't regard practitioners as human beings, and torture them unscrupulously. In particular, the prison guards, who are to enforce the law, instead break the law themselves, by inciting drug addicts to treat practitioners viciously. Prison guards who "transform" the most practitioners receive opportunities for promotion, so they force practitioners to write "transformation reports," and claim that they are capable of transforming many steadfast practitioners. They use the most shameless means to force practitioners to "transform."

Actually, the prison guards fear exposure of their evil conduct the most. Therefore, anyone knowing the phone numbers of the cadres in the Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp should expose them on the Internet, as this may stop the guards' evildoing.

Below are names of brigade chiefs, squadron commanders, prison guards and supervisors who participated in persecuting practitioners around 2005:

Sun (from Changchun), Li, Liu (from Guangdong), Tang, Zhang, Yang: Brigade chiefs
Chen, Mao, Liu, Yan: Squadron commanders
Yang: Female prison doctor (in her forties, cruel and merciless, incited drug addicts to force-feed practitioners)

Note

1. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/10/25/211069.html

Ms. Liu Ronghua was arrested on the afternoon of September, 23rd, 2009. She is being detained in Yaojia Detention Centre. Those in charge didn't allow her family to visit her.

Officers from Qingniwa Bridge Police Station in the Zhongshan District of Dalian City found her ex-husband and acquired some useful information and "evidence" on Ms. Liu from him, planning to further persecute her.

Ms. Liu is a lecturer and well-respected in the field of education in Dalian City. Her articles have been published in the Chinese Encyclopaedia. She was very strict with herself, especially in respect to spending money on herself. Because she lost her job due to the persecution and was forced to divorce her husband, she has relied on the rent of the house that her ex-husband left her, and has never borrowed money to survive.

Liu Ronghua's elderly father is infirm and in poor health. His family was afraid that this bad news would have a negative impact on his health, so they didn't tell him about his daughter being persecuted. Ms. Liu's nearly 80-year-old mother needed to take three different shuttle buses to reach the Qingniwa Police Station from her home, which is more than 100 miles away. She went there to submit a request for her daughter's release. However, none of the employees or officers at the police station gave her any information about her daughter.

Those responsible for the persecution of Ms. Liu:

Qingniwa Police Station, Zhongshan District, Dalian City
Zhang Baojun, deputy of the police station (about 37 years old): 86-411-82635877, ext: 8007

Dalian City Domestic Security Division
15 Bailan Street, Zhongshan District, Dalian City, Zip: 116001

Chen Xin, deputy
Wu Guansheng, secretary
Yaojia Detention Centre in Dalian City: 86-411-86886166, 86-411-86887811
Wang Hongtao and Zhou Guichun, heads of the detention centre
Chen Weidong, deputy head of the detention centre

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/10/25/211066.html

I am 58 years old. In 2005, a practitioner gave me a Dafa book and asked me to read it. I couldn't read the book very well, because I knew very few Chinese characters, but the true reason was that I didn't know how precious Dafa was. During the years after I obtained the book, I did not perform the exercises well, nor study the Fa. Several years passed, and I still could not perform the movements correctly, and had not read through Zhuan Falun even once. Honestly speaking, I didn't even know what Falun Dafa was for. However, in my heart, I knew that Dafa was good and that I practiced Falun Gong. Perhaps since I had such a mentality, our compassionate Master didn't give up on me. Last year, Master sent a practitioner whom I did not know to my home. She talked to me about how precious the cultivation opportunity is, the boundless magnificence of Dafa, and Master's compassionate consideration in arranging our meeting.

She taught me the movements, and brought Dafa books (someone had taken my other book). When she learned that I knew only a few characters and had difficulty studying the Fa, she not only taught me to read, but also gave me an MP3 player. When I tried to pay her, she refused to take anything, and urged me to study the Fa and cultivate my xinxing (character, heart and mind nature). I was grateful to her, and felt that Dafa practitioners were really very good. The practitioner said, "If you can cultivate strictly according to Dafa, you will become a kind and good person in the future, too. Dafa helps people become good."

After I studied the Fa more, I realized that not only should I do the exercises, but that it is more important to cultivate xinxing. In order to validate the magnificence of Dafa, I wrote down some of my cultivation experiences to report to Master.

1. Before I learned Dafa, I argued with my family whenever they complained. Usually, the more we argued, the more angry we became, and not one of us would compromise. After I started to cultivate, I kept silent when my family argued with me. I thought, "I have learned Dafa. I should forbear and not be the same as them." In such a situation, a family member would stop complaining. If he or she kept complaining, I calmed them down peacefully. My family subsequently became more harmonious, and they now support me. When practitioners visit me, they show respect to them, because they know that people who practice Dafa are all good.

2. My mother is over 90 years old, and lived in my house for awhile, not long ago. I asked her to listen to Master's lectures. After she listened for awhile, she realized that Dafa is good. She said happily, "Doesn't this persuade all people to be good?!" She enjoyed listening to Master's lectures. Sometimes, when I was listening to Master's lecture, she got excited and asked, "Please let me listen too." Although she has not yet truly stepped into cultivation, Dafa's magnificence is already deeply rooted in her heart.
I also taught my mother to say "Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." I reminded her to say those two sentences as often as possible. Everyone who knows Dafa recognizes that Dafa is righteous and good!

3. One of my aunts is over 70 years old. She always talks to me about how much pain she has over her entire body. I told her sincerely, "Come to learn Dafa." She was very willing to learn, so I gave her the Dafa books. Her daughter-in-law is a Christian and did not allow her to learn Dafa, so she learned without letting her daughter-in-law know. Since she did not know many Chinese characters, she asked her grandson to stay with her at night so that he could teach her to read. Her efforts paid off, and she was eventually able to read the Dafa books. I will teach her the exercises and help her to cultivate in Dafa.
Therefore, just like this, several of my relatives have read Dafa books and they all know that Dafa teaches people to be good.

4. This fall, when I went to harvest peanuts on my farm, I discovered that all the peanuts had been stolen. At the time, I did not get angry. Others asked me, "Your peanuts are gone. You must be angry, right?" I said, "I am not angry. It's not worth it. It is a harvest, no matter who harvested it."

At that time, the other people who also lost their peanut harvest were cursing loudly and their words were very ugly. If I had not cultivated in Dafa, I probably would have cursed too, and felt quite angry. However, now I cultivate in Dafa and know that nothing happens by chance. Things will be lost if they are meant to be lost. If you did not lose one thing, you may lose another.

I did lose my peanut harvest, and looking at it based on the thinking of everyday people, I suffered a loss. In actuality, I have not suffered a single loss. From the day that I lost the harvest, I felt the symptom of dizziness go away. I think that was due to the transformation of karma.

If I had not cultivated, I would not have become kind and forgiving. Dafa has changed my heart, and I no longer foster hatred of others. Instead, I treat others kindly.

I am a veteran practitioner. I'd like to share with fellow practitioners some of my cultivation experiences.

1. Clarify the Truth and Save Sentient Beings

After I was released from the forced labour camp in 2004, I didn't know what to do or how to make a living. I soon realized that I should go to my hometown to tell people the facts about Falun Gong and the CCP's (Chinese communist party) persecution of Falun Gong. I had opened a clinic in my hometown before I was arrested in 2000. People there couldn't understand why such a good person was arrested and put into jail. They were wondering what Falun Gong was. So I had a thought to clarify the truth to people there. I went back to open a clinic again.

Because my thoughts were of saving sentient beings, everything went smoothly. Many patients came to me. There were over 10 clinics in my village. But many people came to my clinic for IVs. Every day several people came and sometimes there were more than 10. Because patients had to sit for more than an hour to complete the IV, I usually told them the facts about Falun Gong. I had a satellite receiver and could receive NTDTV programming. So I let them watch it while I clarified the truth to them. Normally I could achieve good results and people agreed to withdraw from the CCP.

Patients with late stage cancer suffered a lot both physically and mentally. After they heard the truth and quit the CCP, they often experienced miracles. Some patients didn't suffer as much and passed away peacefully. Some patients' health was greatly improved. Even those who couldn't eat or drink could again do so. Those seriously ill patients didn't go to other doctors but came to me for IVs and injections. This is Master's compassion. Seeing how the secular world is unpredictable, I cherish my good fortune. As a Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period, I must cultivate diligently and do the three things (study the Fa [the teachings of Falun Dafa], send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and about the persecution to the world's people) better. I must hurry to save more sentient beings and follow Master to my original home.

2. At First Distributing Truth-Clarifying Materials with Fear, Now with Ease

My hometown has a population of over 100,000 and covers dozens of villages. However, there are only four Falun Dafa practitioners. Two are elderly ladies. One is nearly 80 and the other is in her 70s. I am the relatively young one at over 50. The fourth one is a male practitioner and has the heart to clarify the truth to as many people as possible. The two of us decided to distribute materials including the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, Falun Gong pamphlets and Shen Yun DVDs in various villages. The first time we went out to clarify the truth, we brought with us only nine copies of the Nine Commentaries. We were very nervous. Gradually we brought more copies, from 20 to several dozen. Now we can distribute 100 copies each week. We distribute materials at night, with one person driving a motorcycle and the other distributing materials. We send righteous thoughts and asked Master to help us before we head off to villages. We didn't have any fear when distributing materials. It was just like going for a walk. Actually we were very happy in our hearts when thinking of sentient beings being saved. I know Master was strengthening us. With Master's protection, we have done things smoothly for several years. Wherever we go, we send righteous thoughts to disintegrate evil beings and factors that prevent sentient beings from being saved.

3. Clarify the Truth to Family Members Leads to Their Strong Support

When I was released from the forced labour camp and came home several years ago, my family was delighted. In those years, my children lived a hard life and bore all sorts of pressures and hardships. I am a single mother. They were hoping I would get released earlier and give them a warm and stable family. They were afraid I would be persecuted again if I continued cultivation and would bring them further hardships. My son cried when he saw me practicing Falun Gong again. My elderly father also scolded me and was very angry when he learned that I was still telling people the facts about Falun Gong and asked them to withdraw from the CCP. Practitioners and I then told him about the goodness of Dafa and the evilness of the CCP, the situation of Dafa spreading to the world and the principle of good being rewarded with good and evil meeting with retribution. We had him read Falun Gong materials and watch the NTDTV programs. Gradually my father and my children had righteous thoughts and no longer opposed me. Now when I am telling their classmates and friends the facts about Falun Gong and persuade them to quit the CCP, they also help me. Sometimes they help me to distribute materials. When I went out to distribute pamphlets, my son said to me, "Mom, please don't stay out too long."

4. Cultivating Away a Heart of Hatred and Master Helping Me to Settle Karmic Relationships with Benevolent Solutions

I got divorced before I started to practice Falun Gong. I hadn't had any contact with my ex-husband for more than 10 years. I brought up my children all by myself.

My ex-husband didn't offer to raise our children or share responsibility before I was persecuted by the CCP. After I was persecuted, my elderly father asked him to pay the living expenses for my eldest daughter. He agreed with reluctance. I had a heart of hatred towards him. Three years ago he suddenly came to visit me with his two sons. I was rather surprised, but immediately realized that this was not coincidental. It must be that Master arranged predestined people to come to listen to the facts. So I welcomed them without any complaints or grudges as a genuine cultivator would do. I told them the facts about Falun Gong and persuaded them to withdraw from the CCP. I also asked my ex-husband to tell the facts to his wife and let her withdraw from the CCP. He was very touched by my sincerity and kindness. He apologized to me and my children and was very remorseful and wanted to make up for it. Last year, my son broke his leg and my ex-husband came to take care of him. Thus I had the time to continue doing the three things. Once practitioners and I wanted to distribute materials in a remote area. I asked him to drive us there and he was very happy and asked us to give him more opportunities to do good things. This is the benevolence a being demonstrates when he knows the truth.

The above are some of my limited understandings. Please kindly point out anything that does not conform to the Fa. I will be more strict with myself and do my best to save more sentient beings in the last stage of the Fa-rectification period.

Falun Gong practitioners in Japan participated in the 5th Iichan Culture Festival in Kamiina-Gun, Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, 2009 and introduced the benefits of Falun Gong.

Practitioners demonstrate Falun Gong exercises on stage at Iichan Culture Festival	Practitioners demonstrate Falun Gong exercises at Iichan Culture Festival

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated Falun Gong exercise on a stage on the second day of the festival. An energetic elderly gentleman came to the booth shortly after the demo to learn more about Falun Gong. After watching the exercise instruction video, he bought a copy of Zhuan Falun in Japanese and plans to learn Falun Gong. After learning that he was ninety-two, the Falun Gong practitioner asked him if he had any health secrets. He replied with a smile, "If I practise Falun Gong, I will look younger!"

It was the fourth time Falun Gong practitioners participated in the Iichan Culture Festival. Many local residents had heard about Falun Gong. Many received introduction brochures.