1) Name: Wang, Zhiwen (王志文) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Wang Xiaodan

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: TX

Detained in: July, 1999 Relationship: daughter

Job: Rural Engineer

Case Summary: In the dawn hours of July 20, 1999, according to eyewitness accounts from neighbors, Zhiwen was kidnapped from his bed by police and taken away in waiting police vans. Practicing Falun Gong in China had literally become a crime overnight, and he was one of the thousands of practitioners throughout the country targeted for immediate arrest.

After Zhiwen’s disappearance, day after day the entire family tried everything they could think of to find out where he was being held, but to no avail. Finally, on December 27, 1999, an international CNN newscast aired the show trial of four Beijing Falun Dafa Association volunteers, and Zhiwen was among them. The men were obviously bruised from being beaten they stood in judgment for practicing Falun Gong and following truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

Zhiwen was given a sentence of 16 years in prison, and sent to Tianjin, a notorious labor camp in the northeast of China. Later he was moved to Qianjin Prison where he remains today.

2) Name: Zhang Xingwu (张兴武) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Zhang Shuangying

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: July, 2008 Relationship: daughter

Job: Associated professor of the Institute of Education in Jinan City

Case Summary: In July 2008 before the Beijing Olympics, Jinan “610” office sent more than 20 policemen to arrest Mr. Zhang Xingwu. In 8 months’ detention, no one was allowed to visit him. His case was returned by the prosecutor’s office to the Security Bureau twice due to a lack of evidence. However, the Security Bureau still wants to issue a sentence to Mr. Zhang Xingwu. The family hired an attorney to defend for his case. Initially the attorney was allowed to visit him, but the visit requests were denied after the first visit. On March 31, Mr. Zhang’s case went on trial without allowing relatives and lawyers present in the court room. Many security guards and policemen were around the court room. Mr. Zhang defended himself of his innocence and pointed out that the process of detention and court trial were illegal. Three more practitioners were arrested during the process including Mr. Zhang’s relative Ms. Liu Lijie.

3) Name: Jia Yahui (贾亚辉) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Zhang Zhishuo

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: April, 2008 Relationship: daughter

Job: reporter for the Shenyang Evening News, Shenyang City

Case Summary: In April 2008, Ms. Jia was arrested by agents from the national security department when she attended her cousin’s wedding ceremony. She was sentenced to one year forced labor in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Her hair was all cut off by the guards. Because she did not give up her belief in Falun Dafa, she was shocked repeatedly by the labor camp police with an electric baton. Police used a black cloth to cover their eyes, and jolted her armpits and other sensitive areas with electric batons

4) Name: Hu Zhiming (胡志明) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Hu Zhihua

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: September, 2005 Relationship: brother

Job: Major of military training research center, Beijing Air Force

Case Summary: In September, 2000, Mr. Hu Zhiming was arrested for the first time, he was in prison for four years before he was released with a poor health condition. In September 2005, Mr. Hu Zhiming was arrested again and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. He is currently detained at Nanshan Prison of Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. In 2008, the news came out saying Mr. Hu Zhiming was detained at the Animal Hospital of Jinzhou Prison and he was injected with unknown drugs that have caused him loosing consciousness. Mr. Hu Zhiming has lost the ability of walking and his situation is very dangerous.

5) Name: Zhang Yuhui (张玉辉) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Huang Hongjian

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: October, 2000 Relationship: wife

Job: Editor of a newspaper

Case Summary: In July 1999, the persecution of Falun Gong started in China. Mr. Zhang Yuhui used his pen name, He Shilao, published a series of articles on the Internet to let people know what Falun Gong is, as a result, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In March 2001, he was taken to a police department from a detention center to go through seven days and seven nights’ torture. The police demanded to know who was backing his truth clarification efforts. He was tortured on the Tiger Bench, hung up and beaten, among other forms of brutality. After he was taken back to the detention center he was forced to maintain the “flying an airplane” position [the limbs are spread open; with hands and feet fixed to a cross-shaped piece of wood]. The guards said he was “stirring up trouble” and sent him to the Sihui Prison in December 2002. He was barbarically tortured at the Strictly Controlled Group and later at the Special Division.

6) Name: Luo Fang (罗芳) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: John Shen

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: NJ

Detained in: February, 2002 Relationship: daughter-in-law

Job: Doctor of the Employee Hospital of Chongqing Iron & Steel (Group) Co. LTD.

Case Summary: On 1 February 2002, Luo Fang and her husband Shen Lizhi were arrested on Bus No. 75 by police officers from Yingmenkou Police Station, Chengdu City. The police claimed that at the time of their arrest the two persons had in their possession materials relating to the persecution of Falun Gong. They were detained at the Chengdu Detention Centre. Shen Lizhi was tortured after his arrest and died on the afternoon of 3 March 2002 at Qingyang District People’s Hospital. The police notified his parents one year later, on 3 March 2003. Luo Fang was eight months pregnant at the time of her arrest, and an official of the “610 Office” forced her to have an abortion. On 8 May 2002, she was released but was arrested again on 5 December. She was tortured and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Since August 2003, she has been held at the Chuanxi Prison. It was reported that Ms. Luo was forcibly injected with nerve-damaging drugs, which paralyzed her legs.

7) Name: He Hai’ou (何海鸥) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: He Haiying

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: NJ

Detained in: October, 2000 Relationship: brother

Job: Doctor of the Employee Hospital of Chongqing Iron & Steel (Group) Co. LTD.

Case Summary: In October 2000, Mr. He Hai’ou was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment because he clarified the truth of Falun Dafa to people. He and his family members have not received the verdict. His family members went to Chongqing Intermediate Court to ask for the verdict but were refused an answer. During the past five years Mr. He has suffered from all kinds of excruciating tortures. His faith in Falun Dafa has never wavered a bit. In order to resist the illegal imprisonment Mr. He Hai’ou has staged a ten-day hunger strike. The force-feeding has caused his life in peril and he was sent to a hospital for a transfusion. Mr. He Hai’ou is being held at the No. 2 Prison in the Danzishi District, South Bank, Chongqing.

Name: Wang Chunyan (王春燕) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Yu Ping

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: CA

Detained in: August, 2007 Relationship: daughter

Job: Assistant general manager of Kanglai International Transportation, Dalian City

Case Summary: In 2001, Ms. Wang Chunyan was arrested and was sent to Shenyang Dabei Woman’s Prison for 3 years in prison. On August 14, 2007, Ms. Wang was arrested again and was sentenced for 5 years in prison because the local Chinese authority found her doing Falun Gong activities. Ms. Wang is currently detained at Dabei Woman’s prison in Liaoning Province.

9) Name: Ma Jinhua (马金花) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Wang Maqiong

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: CA

Detained in: September, 2008 Relationship: daughter

Case Summary: On September 4, 2008, seven people from the local security bureau ransacked Ms. Ma Jinhua’s home and forcibly took her away. Ms. Ma was detained at Anhui Woman’s Labor Camp to conduct 12 hours forced labor everyday. Her back got hurt and no medical treatment was applied. She was not allowed to call her daughter living in the United States and her family member in China has to pay for the food cost to the labor camp.

10) Name: Cao Junping (曹俊萍) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Pang Jin

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: MO

Detained in: July, 2008 Relationship: daughter

Case Summary: On July 29th, 2008, the police arrested Ms. Cao Junping at her friend’s home. She was detained at Qingzhou detention center, Weifang city, Shandong province. The detention center denied all visit requests from her family. According to the attorney who was involved in Ms. Cao Junping’s case, the police tortured Ms. Cao by keeping her awake for five consecutive days without any sleep. In the past, Ms. Cao has appealed for Falun Gong several times when the state-controlled media slandered Falun Gong in 1999. As a result, she was beaten, tortured and harassed by the police on many occasions.

11) Name: Cao Junping (曹俊峰) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Pang Jin

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: MO

Detained in: July, 2008 Relationship: niece

Case Summary: On July 9, 2008, Ms. Cao Junfeng was arrested in a city-wide mass arrest of practitioners by the Weifang City Police Department and the Weifang City Domestic Security Section. On August 10, 2008, Ms. Cao Junfeng was sentenced to a year of forced labor and sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Cao Junfeng’s health deteriorated in the labor camp. In less than a month, her symptoms became so severe that no one dared to be near her and the camp refused to keep her. With no regard to the severity of her health condition, the Weifang Domestic Security Section took Ms. Cao from the camp to the Changle Detention Center in Weifang City.

12) Name: Zhu Lijin (朱丽津) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Wang Yu

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: February, 2009 Relationship: daughter

Case Summary: On February 1 2009, Ms. Zhu Lijin was arrested when she was distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. The police detained her for 15 days and then sent her to the labor camp. Ms. Zhu was sentenced to 15 month detention in the labor camp. The family members were not able to visit her, the entire trial process did not have any written documents.

13) Name: Zeng Qing (曾青) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Zeng Min

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: TX

Detained in: February, 2006 Relationship: sister

Case Summary: On February 21, 2006, Ms. Zeng Qing was arrested and detained at Doumen District Detention Center. Later she was secretly sentenced to 3 years in prison. Her sister, Ms. Zeng Min, told the public in the United States that her sister has been arrested multiple times in the past eight years in China because she was exposing the evil persecution to the public. Ms. Zeng Qing has been tortured by braining washing, forced labor and sexual insulting. She was under close monitoring even when she was home for a few months.

14) Name: Cui Xin (崔鑫) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Jiang Hong

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: Hawaii

Detained in: December, 2006 Relationship: niece

Case Summary: On December 22, 2006, the state security agents and policemen from Hulan District Police arrested Ms. Cui Xin from Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Ms. Cui was sentenced to 7 years in prison. The Harbin City Police Department and 610 Office directly ordered the arrest of Ms. Cui Xin. Police officers took away her printer and several hundred copies of truth-clarification materials, which were used as so-called “evidence” to sentence her to prison. Ms. Cui was detained in the backyard of Harbin City Police Hospital, and no one was allowed to visit her. The processing of her case, including his court trial, was conducted secretly.

15) Name: Liu Lijie (刘丽杰) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Zhang Shuangying

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: March 2009 Relationship: niece

Case Summary: Ms. Liujie is Mr. Zhang Xingwu’s sister-in-law. She was arrested outside the court room on March 31, 2009 when Mr. Zhang’s case was brought on trial. On April 15, Ms. Liu Lijie was sent to Shandong No. 1 Female Labor Camp (Jiang Shuiquan Labor Camp).

16) Name: Huang Xiong (黃雄) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Huang Wanqing

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: NY

Detained in: April 2003 Relationship: brother

Job: Computer Engineer

Case Summary: April 19, 2003 was the last time when Mr. Huang Wanqing spoke with his younger brother Mr. Huang Xiong on the phone. During the conversation, Mr. Huang Xiong told his brother the police found his living place and could arrest him. Since then, Mr. Huang Xiong’s whereabouts was unknown.

17) Name: Liu Yongwang (刘永旺) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: David Xie

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: GA

Detained in: August, 2005 Relationship: friend

Job: Engineer and division manager of a foreign invested company

Case Summary: In August 2005, Mr. Liu Yongwang was arrested by agents from the Beijing State Security Division. After his arrest, he was taken to a Beijing City Security Department Detention Center, later transferred to the Baoding City Detention Center. From November 7 to 13, 2005, officers from the Special Case Group extracted a “confession” out of Mr. Liu after tying his two feet to a chair and repeatedly shocking him with electric batons. In addition, he was not permitted to close his eyes for seven days and nights. On May 11, 2006, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison. On June 16, 2008, Mr. Liu was taken to Jidong Prison in Tangshan City.

18) Name: Zeng Jiafeng (曾佳烽) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: Guo Dehuang

Gender: Male Relative/Friend’s Living State: GA

Detained in: February 2008 Relationship: friend

Job: Ph.D in medicine

Case Summary: On February 10, 2008, while spending the Chinese New Year holiday with his family in Matang, Rudong County in Jiangsu Province, Dr. Zeng Jiafeng was arrested by police officer Xu Xiaohua and others from the Domestic Security Division. The Nantong City Forced Labor Administration Committee sentenced him to two years of forced labor. This was the sixth time that he has been arrested by Chinese Communist officials, and the second time he has been put in a forced labor camp. The reason for this detention was caused by him sharing Falun Gong information with other practitioners.

19) Name: Liu Guijin (刘桂锦) U.S Relative/Friend’s Name: David Xie

Gender: Female Relative/Friend’s Living State: GA

Detained in: May 2008 Relationship: friend

Case Summary: On May 14, 2008, Ms. Liu Guijin was arrested again. Both of her legs were crippled as a result of being tortured in previous detentions. She was sent to the notorious Masanjia Labor Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province in July 2008. Her family tried many times to visit her in Beijing and in Shenyang, but they were rejected at both places. They are very worried about her safety.