(Minghui.org) Three women from Weifang City, Shandong Province were arrested on October 15, 2015 for refusing to renounce their faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline being persecuted by the Chinese communist regime.
Within one month of her arrest, Ms. Li Xiufen became the 188th Falun Gong practitioner from Weifang to die in detention since the persecution began 16 years ago. While viewing her body, her family observed that she was emaciated and almost beyond recognition.
The two surviving practitioners were tried this March, but it is not clear when the judge will issue a verdict.
Ms. Zhang Min has become paralyzed on one side of her body due to the torture and abuse she suffered. She was restrained to a chair and not allowed to sleep for extended periods of time. Her legs became extremely swollen, and she passed out on several occasions. The authorities, however, refuse to grant her medical parole.
Ms. Gao Guizhen was also subjected to various forms of abuse during the past six months of detention. She was also arrested in 2008 and brutally tortured.
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