China: A man who refused to renounce his beliefs was tortured and persecuted since 1999


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According to the religious freedom and human rights magazine Bitter Winter , family members of Tan Qiucheng, a Falun Dafa practitioner currently imprisoned and tortured in Jilin Province’s No. 2 prison in China, are concerned about his health. Tan, 44, is subjected to all kinds of torture, such as sitting on a “tiger bench” and receiving electric shocks after being doused with water. His continued refusal to sign a statement that he will stop practicing Falun Dafa makes prison guards furious, and they are taking their anger out on him. Tan has spent most of his life in prison since...