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(Pictured: Steven (bottom right) with his parents and three older sisters in China, 1996.) Case Summary Aihua Liu / 刘爱华 - Gender: Female, Born: November 12, 1954 Current status: Detained since July 7, 2022. Reason for Detention: Liu is actively involved in information dissemination, and has been detained nine times previously for distributing informational pamphlets about the persecution and practice of Falun Gong. It is suspected she was detained for the same reason this July. Past Detentions: Ten prior detentions in prisons and labor camps, her most recent was in 2017, shortly before she was supposed to attend her son’s wedding. After she was detained for several months, Aihua Liu was sentenced in 2018 for three years and released in 2021. Current location: Changsha No. 4 (Women's) Detention Center, China. Family Residence: Her third daughter and youngest son Steven Wang are U.S. citizens living in New York. Personal Background Ms. Aihua Liu was a middle school and high school teacher. But she lost her job after the third child was born due to the one-child policy. Mr. Wang was also a teacher, who specialized in high school chemistry. When Steven was growing up, the couple opened their own family business. Steven went to boarding school from when he was 13 to 22. During that time, his parents were arrested, imprisoned, which lead to him being unable to see them. Steven’s father passed away in 2009 after prolonged effects of torture took his life. Steven was unable to return to China for his funeral proceedings due to the Chinese Communist Party’s blacklist of Falun Gong practitioners. He found out during a phone call with his mother. Timeline June 2001: 1st ArrestMs. Liu was arrested in June 2001 and held in custody for 48 hours.March 2002: 2nd ArrestOfficer Chen Weimin seized Ms. Liu on March 31, 2002, and detained her for 24 days. Her husband and oldest daughter were arrested at the same time, although they were released several hours later.April 2002: 3rd ArrestMs. Liu was arrested on April 27, 2002, and taken to Shaoyang City Second Detention Center.November 2002: 4th ArrestMs. Liu was given forced labor on November 4, 2002, shortly after her fourth arrest. Regime authorities didn't give her a trial and kept her detained until she was released from Baimalong Forced Labor Camp the next year on August 9, 2003.5th ArrestMs. Liu was sent to a local brainwashing center.May 2008: 6th ArrestMs. Liu was arrested on May 18, 2008, in Guizhou Province and taken back to Shaoyang City. Her family wasn't allowed to visit her. The police attempted to give her forced labor again after two months of detention, but they had to release her after she failed the required medical exam.April 2009: 7th ArrestMs. Liu was arrested on April 18, 2009. The police again attempted to send her to Baimalong Forced Labor Camp, but due to her high blood pressure, they released her on bail after 65 days of detention.September 2009: Steven's Father Passes AwayHis father was arrested four times, starting in October 2000. Each time, he was beaten and tortured severely. He was released from his last imprisonment in February in 2003 because the police was afraid to take any responsibility in case of his death. My father’s health state deteriorated seriously after all these tortures during his detentions. He passed away in September 2009 from kidney failure.August 2011: 8th ArrestMs. Liu was caring for her younger daughter, who had just had a c-section, on August 20, 2011, when the police arrested her. Her newborn grandchild was still in the NICU and her daughter hadn't yet awoken from the anesthesia at the time.Her older daughter went to look for her three days later, but the young woman was held overnight after she refused to sign a document saying her mother had been given forced labor. The police had also changed the date of Ms. Liu's arrest. Ms. Liu was sent to Baimalong Forced Labor Camp two months later, but she again failed the medical exam and was later released on bail.November 2012: 9th ArrestMs. Liu was arrested on November 10, 2012, in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. She was sentenced to 4 years in prison and admitted to Guangdong Province Women's Prison in August 2014. She was released in November 2016.August 29, 2017: 10th Arrest, Sentenced to Three YearsAihua Liu was kidnapped by a Xingang local police from Kaifu District in the Shuang Qing District when she was grocery shopping, and she was detained at the Yang Jia Long detention center. On February 23, 2018, she was sentenced to three years in prison for maintaining her faith in Falun Gong.July 2022: 11th ArrestCurrently, Ms. Liu lives in Shaoyang city. On July 7 2022, while she was outside, she was taken by the Xingang local police from Kaifu District (Changsha city, about 3 hours away from Shaoyang) around 4pm. The police brought her to Changsha to the apartment where she stayed before (from last year until this April) where she took care of her grandchild Tanyi while she was studying.Tanyi’s other grandparents were at home when the police brought Ms Liu. The police asked if they had any printer and Dafa materials at home which the grandparents denied. Before the police left with her, she gave her bank card to Tanyi’s grandparents. Currently, she is detained at the Changsha No. 4 (Women’s) Detention Center.Last year until this March, she lived for about a year in Changsha to accompany her granddaughter for her studies in Shaoyang, near Changsha city. Front gate of the detention facilities in Changsha City. The smaller picture on the right shows a zoomed-in view of the four signs to the right of the gate. The signs read: Changsha No. 1 Detention Center, Changsha No. 2 Detention Center, Changsha No. 3 Detention Center, and Changsha No. 4 (Women's) Detention Center. News & Action 2018: Steven Sent a Letter to New York Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten GillibrandSteven Wang wrote, "My mother has been unjustly imprisoned in China only because she practices Falun Gong and I appeal to you for your whole support to free my mother from this detention and unite her with my family." He requested for the senators to call the detention center to request his mother's immediate release from illegitimate captivity and resolve the issue of his mother's passport so that she could reunite with the family in the United States. At the end of the letter, Steven also included the names and contact information of the Chinese regime officials who were responsible for his mother's detainment and torture (Full PDF).October 29, 2021: Steven Raised Awareness For His Mother Take Action Mail an encouraging letter directly to Mrs. Aihua 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. An international letter requires two postal stamps. You can send cards directly to Mrs. Aihua Liu to the following address: 长沙市第四看守所The No. 4 Detention Center of Changsha City湖南省长沙市长沙县泉塘镇远大二路1736号, 邮政编码410131No. 1736, Yuanda 2nd Road Quantang Town, Hunan Province, 410131China

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