(Clearwisdom.net ) On the morning of April 10, 2006, Ms. Xiong Xiulian, a simple and honest schoolteacher from Huang Gang City, Hubei Province, was arrested while teaching a class in the Baota Elementary School and detained in a brainwashing center. Because of her firm belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," this popular and honored teacher has been persecuted and tortured for many years.

Xiong Xiulian began practicing Falun Dafa in 1999. She was then cured of all sickness, no longer had to go to a hospital for treatment, and no longer needed medication.

Falun Dafa teaches its practitioners to become better people. Xiong Xiulian was no longer interested in fighting for personal gain after she began the practice. She was a conscientious and reliable employee who was always available when needed. She went to work early and left late. She volunteered to clean and even prepared hot water for her co-workers. Even though these were not important office functions, they are difficult to carry out at all times.

When school leaders arranged work schedules, teachers asked to team up with her, because she was able to overcome hardships. Falun Gong cultivators are taught to endure hardships. People wanted to work with her because she treated them with compassion and was easy to get along with.

During work hours, she doesn't gossip with fellow workers or fellow teachers, and she doesn't take personal time. She volunteered after school to help students who were behind in their homework. Students and parents appreciated this very much. Her sense of responsibility had endeared her to many parents, and many brought her gifts, which she did not accept and returned graciously. She told the parents that teaching students well is her responsibility as a teacher and there should not be any rewards. Her colleagues and the parents always praised her, "You're an exceptionally good person! There aren't many who think this way."

Such a wonderful and beloved teacher has not only been persecuted physically and mentally by the 610 Office since 2000, but she also was out of work for three years. Her school stopped paying her salary for a total of 35 months.

During the past years, Xiong Xiulian was imprisoned three times, and inhumanly tortured. She was insulted, and the 610 Office attacked her character and assaulted her integrity. The first time she was jailed for one month, and the second time for ten months. Police officers beat her with steel whips, fists, heels, and handcuffed her. As time went by, eight police officers pushed her and handcuffed her to an iron cart. They inhumanely force-fed her, with one officer holding her hands down, a second one holding her feet down and others holding her head down. Some covered her nose so she could not breathe. Some pulled her neck back and forth, and some kicked her head and breasts. Then her mouth was forcibly opened with an iron ladle, loosening many of her teeth. They pulled her mouth inside out, and left the iron ladle in her mouth to suppress her tongue. It is difficult to imagine how much pain she suffered.

On November 25, 2003, a group of police officers from the 610 Office arrested her in front of her students. She resisted, so it took a long time to drag her to the police car. They immediately took her to the brainwashing center in Hubei Province. Because she refused to get out off the police car, they beat her. Those who rode along with her could not help but feel sad for her. She was locked up in a room and three to four people monitored her around the clock, constantly barraging her with lies. They deprived her of sleep, and forced her to stand up. They tortured her with one single thought in mind - to have her renounce her belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance."

On the morning of April 10, 2006, Xiong Xiulian was arrested again.

We ask all international organizations and good people to listen to the plight of these people and do their utmost to stop the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.