Chinese Police Force Paralyzed Woman to Sign Statement Renouncing Her Faith
A 68-year-old Falun Gong practitioner who suffered two decades of torture leading to paralysis was forced to sign a statement to renounce her faith when police raided her home last year. The practitioner died on Jan. 29 after asking her fellow practitioners to let the world know that she was made to sign the statement against her will.
She had also urged for an investigation into the prison practice of injecting Falun Gong practitioners with a red fluid, which she said she believed was a way to poison practitioners.
Liu Xiufang had been arrested eight times since 2000 and subject to brutal torture for practicing Falun Gong—a Buddha-school self improvement method that teaches people to follow truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.