(Clearwisdom.net) On the afternoon of September 27, 2007, Ms. Qiu boarded a bus on her way to work. Policemen from the Sifang Police Station pulled her off the bus. On October 10, she was sentenced to forced labor and detained in the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp. She filed an appeal to the Shijiazhuang City Forced Labor Committee seeking administrative reconsideration of her sentence. However, camp authorities refused to deliver her appeal, leading her to miss the two-month deadline to file appeals.

To safeguard her legal rights, Ms. Qiu started a hunger strike to protest and demand for the right to hire a lawyer in her defense. By around January 10, 2008, she had been on the hunger strike for over 20 days. She had become extremely frail and thin; emaciated. Her blood pressure was abnormally low.

Since January 1, 2008, the labor camp authorities have deprived her of any form of contact with the outside world, not allowing her family and relatives to visit, and not allowing her to call back home. Therefore, her current situation is unknown.

It has been over three months since Ms. Qui's lawyer accepted her case. Her lawyer's and her family's multiple requests for visitation have been denied by the camp authorities using various excuses. When Ms. Qiu's family asked the camp authorities why they would not allow them to visit her, the authorities shirked responsibility by saying they were following orders from higher level authorities. Afterwards, her family tried to contact the 610 Office Forced Labor Administration Bureau and the Judicial Bureau. But these government agencies avoided her family's inquires.

Government entities and personnel who participated in persecuting Ms. Qiu:

Hebei Province "610 Office":

Liang, staff member, 86-311-87908610
Zhang Guojun, director, 86-311-87906310 (Office), 86-311-87906898 (Home)
Ji Tingyu, deputy director, 86-311-87908895 (Office), 86-311-87906889 (Home)
Wang Yongzhi, deputy director, 86-311-87908681 (Office), 86-311-87906766 (Home), 86-13931110731 (Cell)

Shijiazhuang City Forced Labor Committee:

Address: Law Enforcement Division (also known as Forced Labor Sentencing Division) of the City Police Department, Huainan Street, Shijiazhuang City

Pan, division director, 86-311-86863196, 86-311-86863190

Hebei Province Forced Labor Administration Bureau:

Address: No. 38 Youyi North Avenue, Shijiazhuang City

Feng Guifu, director of the education division, 82974729 (Office), 88607848 (Home), 86-13931229866 (Cell)
Liu Xiangdong, bureau chief, 86-311-88607838
Zhang Jinbo, deputy bureau chief, 86-311-88607839
Yang Zhi, political instructor, 86-311-88607799
Wang Junxiang, deputy bureau chief, 86-311-88607830
Dai Xiyue, deputy bureau chief, 86-311-88607835
Wang Hui, staff member of the education division, 86-311-88607852

Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp:

Address: Shitong Street, Shijiazhuang City

Zip code: 050222

Hao Lin, 86-311-83939188
Feng Kezhuang, camp warden, 86-311-83939177
You Jie, head of the management division, 86-311-83939125, 86-311-83939124, 86-311-83939133
First Team, 86-311-83939135 (where Ms. Qiu is detained)