Ms. Zhu Xianzhi, is a resident of Yanshi City in Henan Province. On June 28 th , 2000, Ms. Zhu went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. The next day, she was arrested and escorted back to her hometown. Since then, Ms. Zhu has been arrested and detained five times. On July 31 st , 2001, Ms. Zhu was arrested and detained in Yanshi City, where she was deprived of sleep for three days. During that time, she was cuffed with both her hands behind her back for two nights. This resulted in an injury to her right arm. On September 5 th , 2001, Ms. Zhu was sentenced forced labor in the Zhengzhou Women’s Labor Camp.

In the labor camp, Ms. Zhu was often beaten and cursed at by the inmates. In September 2002, she was forced to do hard labor from early in the morning till late at night.

During the period from October 23 rd , 2001 to February 8 th , 2003, Ms. Zhu went on three hunger strikes to protest the inhumane treatment. As a result, she was force-fed. On one occasion, five inmates held her hands, feet, and head while they pinched her nose and poured soup into her mouth. Ms. Zhu choked so much that she could not breathe. Ms. Zhu was often beaten while being force-fed. As a result, her chest and a joint in her left leg were injured. After each force-feeding, Ms. Zhu became faint for over an hour, and she began to breathe irregularly and vomit. In addition, her tongue and mouth were wounded because they pried her mouth open to insert a feeding tube. On December 28 th , 2002, Ms. Zhu’s mouth was opened with a gynecological device used to stretch the opening of the cervix during gynecological exams. As a result, her upper and lower jawbones—the maxilla and mandible—were dislocated, and she became unable to close her mouth.

type=Case, Torture; type=Case, Women; type=Case, Arbitrary Detention; type=Labor Camp, Zhengzhou Women's Labor Camp; location=Henan, Yanshi