Key Topics Archives - Falun Dafa Information Center

Now Lucy is 24 years old, and an award-winning animation student at Sheridan College in Ontario. Her mother is still in China, and continues to be harassed and arrested to this day. https://vimeo.com/663371339 Lucy created a video letter to urge Canadian officials and people around the world to speak out and ask the Chinese Communist Party to release her mother. Case Summary Yan Liu / 曹志敏 - Female, born on November 10, 1974 Current Status: Detained. Reason for Detention: Liu was abducted by local police on September 30, 2021 without any prior warning or arrest warrant. She was officially arrested on November 4, 2021. Past Detentions: Detained in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Current Location: Kunming Detention Center, Yunnan Province Family Residence: Toronto, Canada Personal Background Lucy's mother Yan Liu is an accomplished English professional with over 20 years of teaching experience at post-secondary institutions. Ms. Liu was an English teacher for the Chinese Air Force, but was later forced to demobilize because she refused to renounce her faith. From 1999-2001, she was a lecturer at the Jilin University Lambton College and the chief director of the Foreign Education Exchange Office. The school was run jointly by the Canada Memorial University of Newfoundland and Mrs. Liu played a key role in building the Canada-China partnership in Education. After relocating to Yunnan in 2001, Mrs. Liu served as the dean of the foreign language school at the Yunnan Normal University. During her employment there, Mrs. Liu reformed the foreign language teaching rate at the school by fourfold, resulting in the Yunnan Normal University being in the top-3 independent schools in Yunnan province in 2011. She also published a textbook called “Fluent Spoken English”, which has been republished three times by renowned Fudan University publishing in China and has been recognized various times for her teaching abilities. Mrs. Yan Liu and Mr. Yong Liu in China a few years ago. Lucy's father, Mr. Yong Liu, is an accomplished artist and art teacher. He was named one of the top 100 Chinese painters in 2003, and he was recognized as a painter whose artwork had the greatest potential value by the Chinese Collection magazine in 2007. Many of his artworks have been published in prominent Chinese journals. Mr. Liu's artworks Their daughter Lucy Liu (24) currently resides in Ontario. She is a second-year student at Sheridan’s post-graduate Animation certificate program, and a scholarship recipient of the Tibor Madjar award for best animation. Timeline November 1999: Liu Arrested in Beijing Mrs. Liu Yan went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong in November 1999, taking two-year-old Mingyuan with her. She was arrested and taken back to Changchun City, Jilin Province where she lived at the time. August 2000: Liu family Detained at Beijing Appeals Office Mrs. Liu and then 2-year-old Lucy would be detained for over a week at a hotel belonging to Mrs. Liu’s workplace. Her mother and Mr. Liu were also detained for two weeks.June 2001: Lucy Held As RansomIn June 2001, police came to arrest Mrs. Liu at school. With the kind help of colleagues, however, Liu was able to escape. The police abducted Lucy Liu from daycare to use her as ransom.September 1, 2012: Father Arrested, Sentenced to 4 YearsMr. Liu was arrested while working on a sculpture project in a border county in Yunnan. The police held him in the county police department as a suspect for distributing Falun Gong materials and talking to people about the persecution. He was later sentenced to four years in prison. The Liu’s house was subsequently ransacked and under immense threat, so Mrs. Liu had to leave home for a month to avoid arrest. Upon hearing her son was imprisoned, Lucy's paternal grandmother passed away shortly due to the stress and depression. Police also trespassed and ransacked the house of Lucy's maternal grandmother, after which she developed severe Parkinson's.September 2021: Kidnapped by PoliceKunming police arrested and detained Mrs. Yan Liu in Kunming Detention Center, capital city of Yunnan province. News & Actions Lucy Liu created a website and a petition for her mother here.Globe and Mail in Canada covered her story here.The Epoch Times Chinese and English editions covered her story in mid-November.On November 21, 2021, China Reports channel featured Lucy's case on their Youtube channel.December 9, 2021 speech by Lucy on Human Rights Day at City Hall- YouTube.Lucy's professor Kristian Howald of Sheridan College sent an email to MP Nathaniel Erskine of his electoral district on December 15, 2021.On December 3, Professor Dennis Turner of the Department of Animation, Arts & Design at Sheridan College wrote an open letter.MP Garnett Genuis wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the detention of Mrs. Liu in China.MP Judy Sgro wrote to Foreign Minister on December 9 in support of Lucy.Mayor John Taylor of the Town of Newmarket wrote that he read the article about Mrs. Liu’s detention in the Globe and Mail one morning two days before. He stated his support for Lucy.Councilor Paul Sharman of Burlington City wrote to Lucy that he knew about the persecution of Falun Gong and he was deeply saddened for her, her family and all Falun Gong practitioners.Mayor Sandy Brown of the Town of Orangeville wrote to Lucy that he was sorry to know her family was hurt, “In Canada, we believe in religious freedom. I certainly support your efforts to release your family.” Take Action 1. Sign Lucy's Petition Save her mother here. 2. Share This Page on Social Media FacebookTwitterLinkedInTelegramEmail 3. Send an encouraging letter directly to Mrs. Yan Liu People who have survived Chinese prisons and escaped to the U.S. attest to the enormous difference it can make to hear from the outside world directly. It lifts the spirits of those wrongfully detained, and shocks local officials, making them wary of participating further in persecution. You can send cards directly to Mrs. Yan Liu to this address: 昆明看守所Kunming Detention Center盘龙区聪明镇二环北路中段, 云南省昆明市盘龙区白龙寺村303号（昆明理工大学白龙校区）旁 昆明市看守所No. 303, Middle Section of North Second Ring Road, Congcheng Town, Panlong District, Yunnan Province,China

Mother of Lucy Liu

Parents of Grace Chen

Podcasts

Genocide

Why is Falun Gong persecuted in China?

Why Haven’t I Heard about This?

What is the Falun?

United Kingdom

The New York Times

Violent Suppression of 100 Million People