Yunnan Province

70-year-old Woman Tortured in Prison for 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Dafa

China NewsJune 25, 20230Comments

June 21, 2023 | By a Minghui correspondent in Yunnan Province, China (Minghui.org) Having suffered 3.5 years of frequent torture for not renouncing her faith in Falun Dafa, a 70-year-old woman in Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province, was finally released in December 2022. Now, over six months after Ms. Wang Meiling returned home, she still has persistent pain,…

Blinded from Torture, Yunnan Woman Sentenced to Seven Years for Her Faith

China NewsMay 20, 20230Comments

May 16, 2023 | By a Minghui correspondent in Yunnan Province, China (Minghui.org) A woman in Kunming City, Yunnan Province who became blind from torture while incarcerated was recently sentenced again to seven years with a 20,000-yuan fine. She was prosecuted simply because she refuses to give up her faith in Falun Dafa. A judge from Xishan…

Kunming City, Yunnan Province: 75 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith by 12 Judges Over 14 Years

China NewsFebruary 23, 20220Comments

Feb. 20, 2022 | By a Minghui correspondent in Yunnan Province, China _________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) Between July 1999 and 2013, the Kunming City Intermediate Court in Yunnan Province, when serving as a court of First Instance, sentenced 75 local Falun Gong practitioners to prison simply for their faith. Four of the practitioners were sentenced twice during the period.…

Human Rights Violations Witnessed at Detention Centres in Yunnan Province

China News, World NewsJune 16, 20190Comments

Li Qiaoming, a detainee at Jinning Detention Centre in Yunnan Province, died on February 12, 2009, about two weeks after he was taken there. News media first reported that he accidentally hit his head against a wall while playing hide-and-seek. A later investigation indicated Li was beaten to death by other inmates. This “hide-and-seek…