It has been a great honor and privilege to express my deepest gratitude to you @gahler_michael @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW @MAStrackZi for your tremendous support and #remarkable efforts to free my parents from the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China! It is thanks to your powerful actions that the European Parliament adopted the #historic EU resolution entitled “The ongoing persecution of #FalunGong in China, notably the case of Mr Ding Yuande (P9_TA(2024)0037)”. In this resolution, the European Parliament strongly urges the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to immediately and unconditionally release my father, Mr Ding Yuande, and calls on the EU and its Member States to impose #sanctions on those responsible for the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Your remarkable efforts have also contributed to the release of my father, Mr. Ding Yuande, from the #Shandong Province Prison. Your steadfast support has made a historic milestone: the European Parliament, the European Union @eu_eeas, and the German Federal Government have joined forces to advocate for the release of my father, Mr. Ding Yuande, a Chinese #farmer and #FalunGong practitioner who was targeted by the CCP’s state-led campaign to #eradicate Falun Gong. I am also deeply grateful to the European citizens, lawmakers, NGO representatives, journalists, human rights defenders and fellow Falun Gong practitioners who have signed letters of protest addressed to the Chinese Embassy in Germany and the local authorities in my hometown of #Rizhao City, Shandong Province. As a result of these collective efforts, my father was released from prison on February 27, 2026, with his prison sentence reduced by three months. No one should ever be persecuted simply for their #faith or beliefs. May the 27-year-long persecution of Falun Gong finally come to an end very soon! @gahler_michael @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW @MAStrackZi @weimers @HNeumannMEP @MarketkaG @rglucks1 @AnnaFotyga_PL @isabel_mep @FMCastaldo @svenja_hahn @ChloeRidel @MounirSatouri @berndlange @repasi @RepScottPerry @SenTedCruz @RepMcGovern @SenRickScott @RepBrianMast @RepGusBilirakis @PatRyanUC @YoungKimCA @SenRonJohnson @SenThomTillis @LtGovTX @RealBenCarson @FrankSchwabe @ArminLaschet @_ThomasRachel @ReligionBund @larscastellucci @DEonHumanRights @max_lucks @borismijatovic @JimShannonMP @DavidAltonHL @ipacglobal @CECCgov @committeeonccp @freedomhouse @WLCongress @ETAC_Global @FalunInfoCtr