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Feb. 2

• Domesticl Security Agents in Shuangcheng City Arrest Mr. Jia Shuangyou and His Wife

Mr. Jia Shuangyou and his wife have been arrested and detained several times since the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999. Their daughter passed away in terror. On January 16, 2009, the couple was abducted again by the police.

• Falun Gong Practitioners Abused in Mental Hospital in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Jiang Xiaoying and Ms. Wang Ying have been detained and treated as mental patients by the CCP agents in Jiujiang City for long periods. Both of them have been forced to divorce their spouses.

Feb. 3

• Mr. Zhang Litian Dies from Prison Beating--Authorities Refuse to Accept His Family's Appeal

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Litian was sentenced to a five year prison term. On November 17, 2008, Mr. Zhang died after being brutally beaten by jail guards. The appellate office rejected his family's request for an autopsy.

• Ms. Liu Fanqin Imprisoned Six Years for Exposing Policeman Who Raped a Student

Because Ms. Liu Fanqin exposed the fact that Ms. Wei Xingyan was raped by a policeman, CCP's judiciary system sentenced her nine years in prison. She is currently still being persecuted in jail.

Feb. 4

• Murder Suspected in a Sudden Death Case at Chongqing Forced Labor Camp

Mr Jiang Xiqing dies one day after appearing healthy at a family visit. Photos were not allowed of his body after death.

Feb. 6

• Mr. Du Ting Tortured at Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai for Seven Years

Mr. Du Ting once held a hunger strike for more than 400 days to protest the persecution. He has suffered a mental collapse due to the abuse by guards and inmates around the clock.

• Three Falun Gong Practitioners Brutally Arrested in Dalian City and Sent to Forced Labor

The police in Dalian City abducted three Falun Gong practitioners for no valid reason. Without notification to their families, the police sentenced them to one year of forced labor.

Feb. 8

• Mr. Luo Chaoming in Critical Condition at Deyang City Prison, Sichuan Province

Mr. Luo Chaoming was secretly sentenced to four years in prison for possession of Falun Gong materials. He is in critical condition.

Clearwisdom.net and its Chinese-language sister-website (minghui.ca) provide first-hand reports about the horrors of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Dozens of reports are received every day from the victims of torture, the wrongfully imprisoned, and families crippled by the senseless hardship and grief for their loved ones imposed by the persecution. In contrast, the websites also report positive news and events from the more than 80 countries around the world where Falun Gong is practiced, and serve as an online forum for practitioners to share stories of the good things Falun Gong has brought to their lives. For more information, please contact editor@clearwisdom.net.