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Given China’s bad record of human rights violations, it is not surprising to hear from detainees of stories of barbaric forms of torture to humiliate and inflict maximum pain on prisoners. A Falun Gong follower detained in Beijing detention centers and labor camps between 2006 and 2009 gave examples of the inhumane methods he and other prisoners suffered over the years.
Jintao Liu recalled going through electric shocks, medical tests, forced feedings, beatings and violent assaults in the hands of prison guards. However, what he considered the one punishment that caused the deepest psychological wound was the anal rape in the toilet, reported New York Post.
He said four prison guards took off his clothes and used the toilet brush to penetrate his anus. The guards told him they would continue piercing his rectum until Jintao turned homosexual. They also pulled his pubic hair and played with his genitals.
Besides individual tortures, a lot of the prisoners were also forced to give up their body organs through forced surgeries, which explains why China has a very high rate of organ transplant procedures despite official organ donations at a much lower rate.
Particular target of these torture practices were members of the Falun Gong who are estimated to have reached 100 million members in the 1990s that authorities banned the practice in 1999. Many Falun Gong members were jailed with no legal proceedings, said Dr. Sophia Bryskine, Australia spokeswoman of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting.
According to the spokeswoman of Falun Gong, more than 65,000 Falun Gong disciples were allegedly killed for their organ, while across China, the number reached 1.5 million, reported Edsonleader.
