(Clearwisdom.net) According to China's labor camp laws, inmates should not be deprived of a citizen's basic rights. Freedom of speech is a well-known fundamental right granted by the Constitution, yet Falun Dafa practitioners at Guangxi Women's Forced Labor Camp have been put under 24-hour surveillance. They are prohibited from talking to each other or freely using the restroom. This form of humiliation is a blatant violation of human rights. Practitioners refusing to renounce their belief face even worse abuse. They are deprived of sleep, prohibited from using the restroom, forced into overtime slave labor, held in isolation, hung up by their arms for vicious beatings, held in custody beyond the terms of forced labor sentencing, and other abusive measures. The following cases demonstrate how labor camp officials have seriously infringed upon practitioners' legal rights and have committed criminal offences while abusing their authority.
Ms. Mo Qingbo from Nanning City refused to renounce her belief. Labor camp officials ordered her to squat in the hallway all night for so-called "self-examination," and still required her to work fifteen to sixteen hours a day. If she dozed off or could not complete her quota, she was punished with a deduction of points. For each 100 points deducted, the officials extended her forced labor term by an extra day. After three months of this, they put her into an isolated cell called the "dragon palace," where high frequency noise was played at night. She was tortured like this every night for about three months. Ms. Mo appeared numb and insensitive when she was finally released from the "dragon palace," after a total of six months in the labor camp, yet she was not released for another year. She eventually suffered a nervous breakdown.
Ms. Du Jing, a graduate with an associate degree, is from Nanning City. She was also locked in the "dragon palace" for over three months. She went on a hunger strike to protest the inhumane treatment. She was brutally force-fed and prohibited from using the restroom. She passed waste involuntarily and was punished with a deduction of 300 to 500 points. She was not released from the labor camp until one year after her term ended.
Because she read Teacher's new articles and refused to renounce her belief, officials handcuffed Ms. Lin Tiemei and threw her into the "dragon palace," sealing her mouth with duct tape. They removed the tape after the skin around her mouth had festered and become infected. Thugs often beat her and even stuck a broom handle into her mouth. Ms. Lin then went on a hunger strike to protest. She was brutally force-fed and experienced further inhumane treatment.
Ms. Zhang Shuxue was formerly the head nurse of the Neurology Unit at the Minzu Medical Institute in Youjiang, Guangxi. Labor camp officials forced her to squat for 24 hours a day without interruption. They didn't allow her to use the restroom and tied her pants at the bottom so that waste could not be released to the ground. Her legs became deformed. Unable to walk, she was dragged from place to place. Her condition continued to deteriorate, but no medical treatment was granted. Instead, she continued to be hung up by her arms, beaten and cruelly tortured.
Ms. Yu Ping is from Lingshan County in Qinzhou City. Her arms were pulled backwards and tied to a bed frame. She was deprived of sleep for up to seventeen days. She can no longer see clearly, yet continues to suffer such physical abuse.
Ms. Meng Gui is from Lingshan County in Qinzhou City. Ms. Meng has been forced to participate in rigorous labor despite her heart condition. Her health has been severely damaged.
These are just a few of the many crimes being committed every day at the Guangxi Women's Forced Labor Camp.