Roberto Gretener

The World needs
- Traditional arts of pure authenticity
- Pure goodness
- Pure beauty

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Falun Dafa Information Center @FalunInfoCtr]

[Webinar] Grassroots Dissent in China: Past, Present, and Future

Featuring three incredible activists from China, North Carolina, and Berlin (@ding_lebin).

Keynote presentation by Dr. Larry Liu, a forefront expert on the Falun Gong persecution and a former professor.

#26YearsTooLong

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Ding Lebin @ding_lebin]

The #CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is #not China.

After the delegation of the Chinese #Communist China failed to silence me at the #UN Human Rights Council @unhrcpr, while I made an oral statement to the UNHRC on behalf of the Society for Threatened People (#STP) @GfbV, a Germany-based NGO with an consultative status at both the UN Economic and Social Council and the Council of Europe, the #CCP has tried to #silence me abroad by intensifying the persecution of my #parents in China.

At the UNHRC @UNHumanRights @antonioguterres, I was able to report on the ongoing persecution of #FalunGong, the #forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience, and the intensified #TransnationalRepression against Falun Gong practitioners and Chinese human rights defenders abroad.

My parents (father: Mr #DingYuande; mother: Mrs Ma Ruimei) are tea farmers and good people. My parents have been persecuted by the #CCP for more than 25 years solely because of their belief in the Chinese spiritual practice of #FalunGong. They have done #nothing against Chinese law.

Due to the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong by China’s communist regime, our family of three has been separated: My father Mr #DingYuande is being detained in the #Shandong Province Prison #without any legal basis, my mother is under surveillance in our village after her release due to the rescue campaigns abroad, and I their only child am living in exile in #Berlin.

In Chinese prison my father is subjected to #torture, #brainwashing, forced labour and is at serious risk of #ForcedOrganHarvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience by the CCP.

Despite being the only child in my family, I have not been able to see my parents in person for over 12 years. I haven’t been able to celebrate the #Chinese New Year with them. We haven’t even had an opportunity to share a single meal together or to take a #family photo.

In May 2023, my parents were #illegally arrested at home. Especially after my father was illegally sentenced in December 2023, my grandmother was distraught and in tears. She died suddenly on 05 February 2024 at the age of 82 and could not see my father for the last time. As a result, my father was unable to attend her funeral.

The #CCP is trying to #silence me because of my public and ongoing advocacy to free my parents and to end the ongoing CCP´s state crimes against all Falun Gong practitioners. I do #not feel safe in Germany and Europe.

In response to my appeal to end the ongoing state crimes against Falun Gong practitioners and to free my parents from the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China, the European Parliament adopted the landmark EU resolution "The ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China, notably the case of Mr #DingYuande (2024/2504(RSP))" on 18 January 2024 in Strasbourg.

In this landmark resolution, the European Parliament calls on the CCP and Communist China to unconditionally and immediately release my father, Mr Ding Yuande, and #all Falun Gong practitioners in China. This is the #first time in the history of the EU that both the European Parliament and the EU have taken rescue actions to free a Chinese #peasant family from the CCP's ongoing state crime.

In 2019, the China Tribunal on Forced Organ Harvesting in London, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, who previously led the prosecution of former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Tribunal, concluded that forced organ harvesting had taken place in China for years “on a #significant scale”, with Falun Gong practitioners being the “principal source” of the CCP´s ongoing state crimes.

Writing in The Diplomat, Ms Tasnim Nazeer @TasnimNazeer1, an award-winning journalist sanctioned by the CCP for her work to end the CCP's state crimes against Uyghurs, has revealed that the CCP has ordered a new global strategy against Falun Gong. The focus is on launching #disinformation campaigns through social media influencers and Western media and #weaponizing the American legal system to go after companies set up by Falun Gong practitioners.

Lawmakers from USA, UK and Sweden have also condemned the new #TransnationalRepression campaign and espionage activities against Falun Gong.

In November 2024, the #California man John Chen was sentenced to 20 months in prison for a #TransnationalRepression plot targeting Falun Gong practitioners in the #USA. @TheJusticeDept

After the U.S. House of Representatives passed the #FalunGongProtectionAct on 25 June 2024, several U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives reintroduced the Falun Gong Protection Act on a #bipartisan basis in both the U.S. Senate on 3 March 2025 and the House of Representatives on 24 February 2025.

Both the aforementioned European Parliament´s resolution of 18 January 2024 and the Falun Gong Protection Act aim to #sanction all perpetrators and entities that have contributed to the persecution of Falun Gong in China and abroad.

It is time to #end the CCP´s ongoing state crimes against Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience.

Indeed, the very existence of the CCP threatens the #peace and #security of the free world of democratic countries.

The CCP is #not China. It is time for the free world of democratic countries to end the #dictatorship of the CCP and to end the CCP.

🔵 Learn more about the CCP´s new global strategy to persecute Falun Gong: 👇
https://t.co/pXU8qQOwK9

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[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[NTD News @NTDNews]

The mother of a Shen Yun dancer pushes back against The New York Times' allegations about medical treatment, phone access, and student well-being. "I’ve never heard something like this from my daughter," she says, sharing her firsthand experience of the positive environment of her daughter's dance academy.

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Stefan Noir @stefan_noir]

Ein Gespenst geht um … wieder einmal. Doch wie es mit Gespenstern so ist: Sobald sie entzaubert sind, verlieren sie ihren Schrecken.

Wenn ich zu etwas aufrufen müsste, dann zu: «Take down the CCP.» https://t.co/1bXzPJWiYH

Hierzu ein Song von mir:
1) Auf Englisch: Song: Take Down the CCP https://t.co/2EbcmFp5yd

2) Auf Deutsch: Der KPCh ein Ende setzen! https://t.co/QvWihEohg8

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Shen Yun @ShenYun]

With Shen Yun’s Lincoln Center performances underway, Principal Dancer Peter Huang took to the stage at a press conference yesterday to share what truly drives Shen Yun artists and to address misconceptions about life in the company.

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

The short hike to the Etzel was a great experience. With a wonderful view of the Swiss Alps and good food in the mountain restaurant.✨️🏔🏞🌄

#etzel #swissalps🇨🇭 #hiking #viewpoint #cantonschwyz #wanderlust #tradition #culture #family
https://t.co/3OLVlIfhLa

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Falun Dafa Information Center @FalunInfoCtr]

As a lawyer and long-time reader of the New York Times, John found the recent attacks on Shen Yun and Falun Gong "inexcusable."

He calls for a fair and truthful reassessment, starting with four major failures in their coverage.

Read more: https://t.co/MCI1a9Y98G

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Kathrin Sumpf @KaSumpf]

Die wahre Geschichte von Shen Yun und Falun Gong: Ein Interview mit Li Hongzhi

Noch vor zwei Jahrzehnten befand sich auf einem bewaldeten Bergrücken im US-Bundesstaat New York nichts weiter als eine kleine Hütte. Heute ist es als Dragon Springs bekannt.
https://t.co/tJS22A7ae4

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Manchmal kommt es mir so vor, als würde die Menschheit im Nebel leben und viele Dinge nicht wissen...

Was denkt ihr dazu?

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[Karsten Noell @kn_noell]

Die wahre Geschichte von Shen Yun und Falun Gong: Ein Interview mit Li Hongzhi https://t.co/pzsHEU52wg via @EpochTimesDE

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

The Siam Park is the biggest Water Park in Europe. It was great fun to slide with the family all day. There were also moments when we had to overcome our fear, like on this water slide👀

#tbt #siampark #waterpark #family #fun #tenerife
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[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

The short hike to the Etzel was a great experience. With a wonderful view of the Swiss Alps and good food in the mountain restaurant.✨️🏔🏞🌄

#etzel #swissalps🇨🇭 #hiking #viewpoint #cantonschwyz #wanderlust #tradition #culture #family
https://t.co/3OLVlIfhLa

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Hercules Room - Château de Versailles, Paris

#hercules #versailles #olymp #culture #paris #video #heaven #oilpainting #tradition
https://t.co/kRfjsIu5oY

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

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[NTD Int'l Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Comp @martialartsntd]

🥋【2024 NTD Int’l Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition】
🌟The mission of the Competition is to promote traditional Chinese Martial Arts, propagate martial morality, and revive the true, divinely inspired traditional Chinese culture.

➡️ https://t.co/tceuMkJvmi

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Mord auf Bestellung: Organraub am Tag der Menschenrechte in Den Haag beklagt!

#OrganHarvesting
#falungong
#China
#organraub
https://t.co/e8KXn7hvtM

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Mord auf Bestellung: Organraub am Tag der Menschenrechte in Den Haag beklagt!

#OrganHarvesting
#falungong
#China
#organraub
https://t.co/e8KXn7hvtM

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Das Ambiente erweckt den Königshof des #châteaudeversailles wieder zum Leben

#schlossversailles #versaillespalace #palais #paris
#könig #louvre #kingludwig #barock #backtotradition #beautiful #gardens #videooftheday
https://t.co/NkyybyT0N1

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Hercules im Olymp.

In traditional culture, people believed in the connection between heaven and earth. They aligned their moral values ​​with the heavenly laws.

#louvre #paris #hercules #mythology #greekmythology #gods #truthstory #culture #Divine
https://t.co/RodPICGJp9

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

Hercules Room - Château de Versailles, Paris

#hercules #versailles #olymp #culture #paris #video #heaven #oilpainting #tradition
https://t.co/kRfjsItxzq

[Roberto Gretener @robertogretener]

#London #citytrip #towerbridge