Chen Zixiu 02.20.2000
CHEN Zixiu, female, 59, Weicheng District, Weifang City.
On February 16, 2000, CHEN Zixiu was arrested by local authorities while walking on the street. She was temporarily placed in the "Falun Gong Reform and Detention Center" under the auspices of the Chengguan Street Office. The government officials beat her using rubber and electric batons and rods with thorns. Other detained practitioners reported that they could hear her agonized screams all night coming from the torture room.
In the morning of February 20, 2000, CHEN, who was on the brink of death, was forced to crawl barefoot in the snow. Two days of torture had severely injured her legs and her black hair was covered with puss and blood. CHEN vomited from weakness and fainted. She never regained consciousness.
On February 22, 2000, CHEN’s daughter Zhang Xueling saw her mother’s body in the morgue. Her entire body was bruised. All visible areas were covered with injuries. Her ears were swollen and purple-green, and her teeth were cracked and chipped. Even though she had been through a makeover, there were still bloody patches remaining. Her calves were black, and there was a 6-inch-long whip cut on her back. Her stomach was bloated (possibly from internal clotting). Her lower body was covered with black bruises and both of her legs were severely swollen. CHEN’s clothes, blankets and inner garments were covered with blood and feces.
The local government even asked Zhang Xueling to pay 2000 yuan as a custodian fee and 1000 yuan for blankets and food.
Zhang Xueling, in an effort to bring justice for her mother, went to obtain evidence from forensic pathologists. However, she was arrested. Before she was arrested, on April 20, 2000, Zhang Xueling revealed to the Wall Street Journal details of her mother’s death and her journey in bringing a lawsuit against those who murdered her mother.
On April 24, 2000, Zhang Xueling was sentenced to three years at Wangchun Labor Camp in Shangdong Province.
Wall Street Journal reported this story on April 20, 2000 and Boston Globe reported it on May 22, 2000. The United Nations human rights department sent a spokesperson to report on Zhang Xueling’s three year sentencing for the 2001 annual report.
On February 16, 2000, CHEN Zixiu was arrested by local authorities while walking on the street. She was temporarily placed in the "Falun Gong Reform and Detention Center" under the auspices of the Chengguan Street Office. The government officials beat her using rubber and electric batons and rods with thorns. Other detained practitioners reported that they could hear her agonized screams all night coming from the torture room.
In the morning of February 20, 2000, CHEN, who was on the brink of death, was forced to crawl barefoot in the snow. Two days of torture had severely injured her legs and her black hair was covered with puss and blood. CHEN vomited from weakness and fainted. She never regained consciousness.
On February 22, 2000, CHEN’s daughter Zhang Xueling saw her mother’s body in the morgue. Her entire body was bruised. All visible areas were covered with injuries. Her ears were swollen and purple-green, and her teeth were cracked and chipped. Even though she had been through a makeover, there were still bloody patches remaining. Her calves were black, and there was a 6-inch-long whip cut on her back. Her stomach was bloated (possibly from internal clotting). Her lower body was covered with black bruises and both of her legs were severely swollen. CHEN’s clothes, blankets and inner garments were covered with blood and feces.
The local government even asked Zhang Xueling to pay 2000 yuan as a custodian fee and 1000 yuan for blankets and food.
Zhang Xueling, in an effort to bring justice for her mother, went to obtain evidence from forensic pathologists. However, she was arrested. Before she was arrested, on April 20, 2000, Zhang Xueling revealed to the Wall Street Journal details of her mother’s death and her journey in bringing a lawsuit against those who murdered her mother.
On April 24, 2000, Zhang Xueling was sentenced to three years at Wangchun Labor Camp in Shangdong Province.
Wall Street Journal reported this story on April 20, 2000 and Boston Globe reported it on May 22, 2000. The United Nations human rights department sent a spokesperson to report on Zhang Xueling’s three year sentencing for the 2001 annual report.
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