A New York-based group that monitors the plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China has released frightening photographs of 36-year-old Gao Rongrong whose face was horribly disfigured from seven hours of electric shocks.

The Falun Dafa Information Center says that in addition to enduring shocks with a high voltage baton, Ms. Gao had been beaten by security guards in the Longshan Forced Labor Camp where she has been detained since last July.

The information center described the severe abuse Ms. Gao was subjected to in May of this year: “Those detained with Gao in the labor camp say she sustained burns on her face, head and neck, which caused her face to swell and become disfigured. Her face was covered with blisters, and her hair was matted with pus and blood. Gao could only open her eyes a crack because of her swollen face and her mouth was severely swollen and deformed.”

Ms. Gao endured seven hours of electric shocks to her face. (FDI Photo)

Ms. Gao apparently tried to escape her tormentors by jumping from a second floor office window. She was seriously injured in the attempt. The photographs of Ms. Gao were taken while she was hospitalized.

“There are over 30,000 documented cases of severe abuse and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Most reports come from eyewitnesses who were detained in labor camps and then later released or escaped, while some originate from information provided by family members who, on rare occasions, are able to capture photos of their injuries or in cases of those tortured to death, the corpse,” the information center said in a statement.

Ms. Gao was an accountant at a fine arts college in Shenyang City who lost her job after former Chinese president Jiang Zemin imposed a ban on Falun Gong and instituted harsh measures to suppress the meditation practice.