European and Japanese legislators call for the release of a Chinese citizen arrested for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual practice heavily persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ding Yuande and his wife, Ma Rumei, were illegally detained on May 12 in Shandong Province along with roughly 70 Falun Gong practitioners. The detentions were part of a mass arrest campaign for the 24th anniversary of World Falun Dafa Day, celebrated annually on May 13, according to the Falun Dafa Information Center. Their son, Ding Lebin, a Berlin resident, immediately started an advocacy campaign for the release of his parents. The International Society for Human Rights—a nongovernmental organization in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council—wrote to the Chinese ambassador to Germany, the former Chinese foreign minister, and CCP officials, urging for the release of the couple. Volunteers with the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) also called the detention center, requesting they be freed....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/falun-gong/international-campaign-seeks-the-release-of-persecuted-falun-gong-adherent-in-china-5501950