Tag: torture

Math Teacher and Falun Gong Adherent Dies One Year After 19-Year Prison Term in China

Math teacher and Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Yaoming died in northeastern China in early April, one year after serving a 19-year prison term for providing facts about Falun Dafa to people. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice that follows three core tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, and doing five…


Prisoner of Conscience Recounts Being Subjected to Sexual Torture in China

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic details of torture and sexual assault.  A prisoner of conscience, recently released from a 7-year term at a notorious prison in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, has described being subjected to a range of brutal torture methods, including sexual assault. Zhou Xiangyang, a 49-year-old Falun Gong practitioner and…


Pennsylvania Man Accused of Torture, Exporting Guns to Iraq

The following story contains descriptions of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. The Department of Justice arrested a Pennsylvania man Thursday on torture charges for acts he allegedly committed in 2015 while working in Iraq. These new counts are in addition to a 2018 indictment that charges he illegally exported gun parts and…


1,828 Days of Torture in Heilongjiang Women’s Prison: Survivor’s Account

Under a miscarriage of justice, a Falun Gong adherent was sent to the Heilongjiang Women’s Prison in China’s northernmost province for five years—1,828 days—where she experienced abhorrent torture. “[Those] 1,828 days and nights, every minute, every second, every scene is deeply etched in my mind and will never be erased,” Chen Jing said after she was released…


1,828 Days of Torture in a Chinese Women’s Prison: Survivor’s Account

Under a miscarriage of justice, a Falun Gong adherent was sent to the Heilongjiang Women’s Prison in China’s northernmost province for five years—1,828 days—where she experienced abhorrent torture. “[Those] 1,828 days and nights, every minute, every second, every scene is deeply etched in my mind and will never be erased,” Chen Jing said after she was released…


Film Review: ‘Unsilenced’–Risking Life When Lies Silence a Nation

Commentary The film “Schindler’s List” reminds the audience of the crimes that took place at the Auschwitz concentration camp, and imprints historical events and figures on their minds with vivid images. After World War II, the Nuremberg trials exposed the Nazis’ crimes and the international community promised multiple times to not let the evils of…


Biden Administration Skips Congressional Hearing on Closing Gitmo

The Biden administration declined to send an official to a Dec. 7 congressional hearing on closing Guantanamo Bay, drawing anger from both sides of the political aisle over the apparent lack of attention to the issues surrounding the offshore detention center. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is the latest in a series of efforts by…


Former Head of the Provincial Gestapo-Like Office in China Put Under Investigation

The former head of the Chinese communist regime’s Gestapo-like office in Jiangsu province is under investigation for allegedly breaking the law. He, and his department, were tasked with suppressing religious freedom within China.  The Commission for Discipline Inspection of Jiangsu reported that Chen Yizhong, the former deputy secretary and deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial…


China’s Top Security Prison Kills Dozens of Prisoners Annually

Dozens of prisoners in China die every year because of the prison authorities’ corrupt system and their penchant for enslaving and torturing those in their care. Wang Yuyin (a pseudonym for safety) was a political prisoner in Shenyang First Prison, Liaoning, a coastal province of northern China. He told The Epoch Times on Aug. 19,…


Naked Boy Found on the Street Tortured, Extremely Malnourished is Rescued and is Now Thriving

A tortured boy, found on the streets naked, alone, and traumatized, has undergone a radical transformation since being taken into the care of a Nigerian NGO. His story exemplifies the NGO’s mission of eradicating child abuse and finding a safe space for every child to thrive. On the morning of Nov. 29, 2020, Land of…