Daqing Reeducation Through Labor Camp

The Daqing Reeducation Through Labor Camp is a reeducation through labor camp located at 54 No. 22 Lane, Jingyi Street, Daqing, China.

Allegations of torture

According to the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group, torture occurs in the camp.^[1]

According to a United Nations report on Civil and Political Rights, in 2002 a inmate at the camp, He Huajiang, who was assigned to three years’ re-education through labour for taking part in Falun Gong activities and disrupting public order, was reportedly tortured to death at the camp. According to reports, there were strangulation marks around his throat and other signs of torture. Mr. He’s body was allegedly taken to a different location for cremation.^[2]

In 2009, family members of 56 Falun Gong practitioners in the Daqing Labor Camp sent a complaint to the United Nations, several human rights groups concerned with the persecution of Falun Gong, and a number of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organs, including the National People’s Congress and the Ministry of Justice, alleging torture experienced by 16 of their relatives who practice Falun Gong. The complaint alleged that one of the inmates, Zhu Hongbing, was beaten in September 2002 to the point where he had to be hospitalized, with one of his lungs ulcerated. A tube was then connected to drain the pus from his lung, and he fell into a coma for 24 days. In May 2005, police did not allow him to eat, sleep or use the restroom, and then, by way of force-feeding, poured diluted milk into his lungs, which caused serious ulcerations and eventually heart-failure. When Zhu was released in 2008, after serving his term in prison, his lung capacity was severely reduced, and he died soon after.^[3]

References

1. ^ Inhumane Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners at Daqing Labor Camp in Heilongjiang Province
2. ^ CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTIONS OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS, Report of the Special Rapporteur, on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, by Asma Jahangir, pg 22
3. ^ 56 China Families of the Persecuted Speak Out On Internet

External links

• Photo gallery of the camp