Physical Torture Methods
The articles in this section focus on the various types of torture used on Falun Gong practitioners in China, as well as their devastating effects. Some of the most common physical torture methods include beatings, shocking with electric batons, force-feeding, exposure to extreme heat and cold, confinement in small cages, handcuffing for long periods of time, and injecting dangerous drugs into practitioners.
The list goes on and on, with over 100 torture methods documented. Falun Gong practitioners are also subjected to mental torture in the form of brainwashing.
Even common and generally benign activities are turned into torture methods in China's prisons and labor camps. For example, standing in one place is something that most people do every day for short periods of time, but when forced to stand without moving for 12 or 16 hours without a break, it becomes a method of torture. Even one's waking consciousness becomes torturous when one is deprived of sleep for several days.
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Jan. 30, 2024Liaoning Province Women’s Prison Gives Unknown Drugs to Falun Gong Practitioners
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Jan. 11, 2024Eyewitness Account: I Saw Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Beijiang Prison in Guangdong Province
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Nov. 23, 2023Three Sichuan Residents Sentenced to Five Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Liu Jia Brutally Tortured
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Sept. 14, 2023Torture Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin City Detention Center
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March 29, 2023Six Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in a Shandong Brainwashing Center
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March 29, 2023Brutal Torture Methods Used Against Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed in Shandong Province Prison
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Jan. 20, 2023Health Destroyed by Appalling Torture, Elderly Woman Dies Twenty Years Later
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Dec. 1, 2022Former Orthopedic Surgeon Subjected to Relentless Beating and Electric Shocks while Serving Ten Years for His Faith
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June 23, 2022Methods Used to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners at Jiayu County Detention Center in China's Hubei Province
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June 21, 2022Falun Gong Practitioners Systematically Tortured in Kangjiashan Prison in China's Shenyang City
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June 6, 2022How Falun Gong Practitioners are Tortured at First Prison of Yunnan Province
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March 23, 2022Falun Gong Practitioners Drugged in Shandong Women’s Prison for Practicing Their Faith
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Oct. 7, 2021Torture I Suffered in Chinese Detention Centers and Prison
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Sept. 17, 2020Torture Used by the Chinese Communist Party to Force Falun Gong Practitioners to Renounce Their Faith
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July 21, 2020Tortured to Paralysis for His Faith, Jilin Man Recalls 13 Years of Persecution
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Oct. 23, 2019Crimes Committed by Ma Baosheng, Director of Mishan City Detention Center in Heilongjiang Province
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Oct. 16, 2019Sichuan Man Almost Died from Torture in Detention and Prison
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Oct. 2, 2019Torture Used in Yunnan No. 2 Women's Prison—Sitting on a Small Stool
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June 21, 2019Staying Dignified and Compassionate When Faced with Evil
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March 19, 2019Physiological Torture: Waterboarding, Starvation, and Deprivation of Toilet Access
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March 15, 2019Falun Gong Practitioners Blinded from Persecution (Graphic Photos)
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Feb. 23, 2019Straitjacket Commonly Used in Hunan Women’s Prison to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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Nov. 8, 2018The Different Types of Torture Endured by Wang Yongli
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June 27, 2018Remaining Steadfast in My Belief When Being Tortured in Prison
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June 23, 2017“Leg-splitting” Torture at Wangling Prison
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June 16, 2017Torture Methods Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in Dandong City
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Oct. 14, 2016Torture Method: Hanging Heavy Objects Around the Neck
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Feb. 28, 2016Torture Used by the Chinese Communist Regime: Scalding with Boiling Water
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Dec. 16, 2015Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to Freezing Tortures
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Dec. 10, 2015Cruel Torture Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Women’s Prison
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Nov. 19, 2015Animals and Insects Used to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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June 24, 2015Ms. Dai Lixia Tortured for Her Belief
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April 26, 2015Guards and Prisoners in Shanghai Prison Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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April 18, 2015Dragging Torture Methods Used to Abuse Practitioners
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April 11, 2015Teeth Pulled, Knocked Out, or Broken from Force-feeding and Beating
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April 1, 2015CCP Torture Method: Boiling Water on Feet (Graphic Photos)
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March 18, 2015CCP Torture Methods: Tying Up Victims in Excruciating Positions
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March 16, 2015CCP Torture Methods Include “Pheasant Standing on One Foot”
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Feb. 6, 2015CCP Torture Methods: Water Torture
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Feb. 1, 2015CCP Torture Methods: Freezing
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Jan. 23, 2015Recounting Ten Years of Torture for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 20, 2015Tieling Detention Center: Practitioners Chained to the Ground and Force-Fed
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Jan. 16, 2015Methods of Torture Used in Lanzhou City Prison
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Jan. 10, 2015Torture Methods: Abuse of Sight and Hearing (Part 5 of 5)
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Dec. 20, 2014CCP Torture Methods: Hanging Up by Handcuffs
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Dec. 18, 2014Brutal Force-Feeding in Liaoning Women's Prison
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Dec. 16, 2014Ms. Xu Locked in Small Cell During the Day and Tied to a Wooden Board at Night
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Dec. 1, 2014Torture Methods: Inflicting Injuries on Falun Gong Practitioners' Thighs
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Nov. 28, 2014CCP Torture Methods: Whipping
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Nov. 20, 2014Torture Methods: Assaulting the Senses of Smell and Taste (Part 4 of 5) (Graphic Images)
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Nov. 4, 2014Torture by Fire
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Oct. 26, 2014Arms Disabled after Enduring Handcuffing Torture for Three Hours
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Oct. 24, 2014CCP Torture Methods: Steaming and Roasting
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Oct. 21, 2014Torture Methods: Stomping on Practitioners with Heavy Shoes (Part 3 of 5)
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Oct. 19, 2014Torture Methods: Extreme Heat (Graphic Photos)
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Oct. 15, 2014Torture Methods: Scalded by Boiling Water, Hot Oil and Other Liquids (Graphic Photos)
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Oct. 11, 2014Innocuous Looking Metal Frame Turned into Torture Device
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Oct. 9, 2014Practitioners Tortured, Disfigured, and Sexually Violated With Burning Cigarettes
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Sept. 28, 2014Torture Methods: Police and Prison Guards Use a Wide Variety of Everyday Objects to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners (Part 2 of 5) (Graphic Images)
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Sept. 21, 2014Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured in Detention: Dragged Down Stairs
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Sept. 7, 2014Torture Methods: How Guards Torture Practitioners With Their Bare Hands (Part 1 of 5)
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Aug. 30, 2014Widely Used Torture Method: Dragging People to Mop the Floor
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Aug. 27, 2014Plastic Bags Used as Instruments of Torture on Falun Gong Practitioners (Photos)
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Aug. 6, 2014CCP Torture Methods: Handcuffs and Shackles
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Aug. 1, 2014Police Use Handcuffs to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 20, 2014A Form of Torture Known as "Confining Clothes"
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June 15, 2014The Chinese Communist Party Uses the Tiger Bench Device to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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April 17, 2014The CCP Version of “Burn It All, Kill Them All, Loot It All”
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Feb. 6, 2014Practitioners on Hunger Strike Tortured with Force-feeding in Detention Centers in Dalian, Liaoning Province
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Feb. 3, 2014Torture Methods Used at Jilin Prison to Force Practitioners to Renounce Their Faith
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Jan. 11, 2014Hegang City Number 2 Detention Center Tortured 53 Female Practitioners with the "Iron Bar"
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Dec. 28, 2013Can You Guess What This Miniature Stool Is Used For?
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Nov. 9, 2013Prolonged Exposure to the Scorching Sun: a Form of Torture Employed by the Chinese Communist Party
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Oct. 16, 2013Police Officers Blind a Falun Gong Practitioner by Intentionally Rubbing Mustard Oil into His Eyes
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Oct. 14, 2013Cruel Stretching Tortures Employed by China's Communist Regime (Part 3)
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Sept. 1, 2013More of the Tortures Used by China's Communist Regime
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Aug. 30, 2013Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured at Weifang Brainwashing Center in Shandong Province
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Aug. 29, 2013Cruel Stretching Tortures Employed by China's Communist Regime (Part 2)
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July 21, 2013A Simple, Everyday Toothbrush Is Routinely Used as an Instrument of Torture
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July 19, 2013Cruel Stretching Tortures Employed by China's Communist Regime (Part 1)
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July 10, 2013Torture Methods Used to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners in Henan No. 3 Forced Labor Camp (Part 1)
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May 20, 2013Methods of Torture Used on Falun Gong Practitioners at the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center (Photos)
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May 16, 2013Torture Methods Used by CCP Authorities on Falun Gong Practitioners
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March 16, 2013Torture Methods Used on Falun Gong Practitioners in Moqi Detention Center, Inner Mongolia
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Jan. 22, 2013Torture Methods Used at the Fenjin Brainwashing Center
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Jan. 13, 2013The Atrocities Committed in Zhengyang Police Station, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province: Practitioners Suffocated with Smoke, Force-fed Alcohol, and Hung Up
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July 25, 2012Illustrations of Torture Methods Used to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners (Part IV)
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July 24, 2012Illustrations of Torture Methods Used to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners (Part III)
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July 22, 2012Illustrations of Torture Methods Used to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners (Part II)
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July 21, 2012Illustrations of Torture Methods Used to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners (Part I)
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July 21, 2012Three Torture Illustrations: Fed Feces, Tiger Bench, Tied Up
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April 27, 2012Regarding Physical Punishment and Torture Methods
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March 20, 2012Two Brutal Methods of Torture Employed at the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Sichuan Province, China
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Jan. 19, 2012Ms. Jiang Lei Tortured with the “Death Bed” in Liaoning Province Women's Prison
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Oct. 31, 2011Forced Labor and Violent Abuse in the No. 9 Ward of Liaoning Province Women's Prison
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Oct. 17, 2011Ms. Tang Yu from Kunming City Brutally Beaten by Donglu Police Station Officers (Photos)
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Oct. 8, 2011How the Guiyang Railroad Locomotive Factory Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners
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Aug. 16, 2011Changchun Women’s Prison Sets up “Reform Division” Specifically to Inflict Harm on Falun Gong Practitioners
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Aug. 4, 2011Torture Methods: Splitting the Legs (Photos)
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July 14, 2011Torture Methods: Dislocating Joints (Photos)
