Facts Surrounding the Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners at Xuanhua Detention Center, Hebei Province

(Clearwisdom.net)

Recently the Zhangjiakou City Xuanhua Detention Centre in Hebei Province sent three illegally detained practitioners, who have been on a hunger strike for many days, to the hospital. Their names are Yang Guifeng, Yang Yumei, and Chen Cuiying. We are worried about these three practitioners' health and safety. The local "610 Office" not only refused to release them but also forced their families to pay up to a thousand dollars for hospital expenses. ["610 Office" is a bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches.] The practitioners' medical conditions require that their relatives be next to them to look after them, and police are stationed at the door day and night. We call upon international human rights organizations to pay attention to this case so that the illegally detained practitioners, who are currently on a hunger strike, can be released as soon as possible. At the same time we warn the officers from the Xuanhua District "610 Office," Detention Center, and Police Department to stop persecuting good people and stop persecuting Falun Dafa. Do not follow Jiang Zemin into his doom.

Yang Guifeng, a 47-year-old female, was jailed in a forced labor camp for appealing on April 25, 2001. In April 2002, she was arrested for writing a "solemn declaration" [A statement written by Falun Dafa practitioners who went through brain-washing to declare that the so-called "Three Statements" - Repentance Statement, Guarantee Statement and Dissociation Statement -- they wrote to renounce their faith in Falun Dafa under brain-washing and torture be declared invalid.]. She has been sent to Xuangang Hospital after going on a hunger strike for nearly 10 days in protest against her prolonged and unlawful detainment. Xuangang Hospital phone: [phone].

Yang Yumei, a 45-year-old female, was detained for 15 days because she appealed in Beijing on July 2, 2000. She was unlawfully detained again on September 6, 2002 and has been deported to Xuanhua Erfu Hospital after going on a hunger strike for nearly 10 days in protest against her prolonged and unlawful detainment. Xuanhua Erfu Hospital phone: [phone].

Chen Cuiying, female, was detained for 15 days because she appealed in Beijing on July 2, 2002. During the 16^th Congress, police forcefully arrested her while she was sleeping with the excuse that she used to go to practitioners' houses. She was unlawfully detained. She has been deported to Xuanhua County Hospital after going on a hunger strike for nearly 10 days in protest against her prolonged and unlawful detainment. Xuanhua County Hospital phone: [phone].