Mother of Amy Yu

Mrs. Meihong Wang was a senior engineer in the City Geological Institute and an outstanding employee. Amy’s mother had sparkling eyes and dancing fingers, which dutifully bundled her daughter up for the cold northeastern weather each morning as she left for school.

Mr. Zhonghai Yu is a professional oil painter, ice sculptor, and graphic designer at his local library. He was honored several times as a model employee by the City and State Libraries. Yu was a witty and intelligent father in Amy’s memories; he would tease her, tell her stories, and teach her how to draw. He would also bring back big stacks of books from the city library where he worked, which Amy eagerly devoured. After he was released from detainment, Yu drew the waterboard torture he went through.

Their daughter Amy Minghui Yu (35) currently resides in Edmonton, London.

After elementary school, Amy was forced to grow up independently because her mother and father were both detained since the early 2000s. She left China by herself in 2010 to study fashion design at the Cambridge School of Art (ARU) and as of 2022, it has been 22 years since she last lived with her parents, and 12 since she last saw them.

In April 2021 while attending an event in the UK calling for an end to the persecution, Ms. Yu said, “I don’t know when my mother will be released. I came here today to protest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), because my mother did not commit a crime by practicing Falun Dafa. My parents are now in their 60s. They were imprisoned for over a decade. Their lives are extremely difficult.

“I am very worried. I hope they can release my mother immediately and give her back her freedom. Stop harassing her. It is not wrong to believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.”