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EU to Sanction Chinese Officials Over Human-Rights Violations
Several diplomats said that EU beckons to target China with sanctions over human-rights abuses for the first time since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, blacklisting four people and one entity in Xinjiang. Senior EU officials agreed to use its new human-rights sanctions regime to target the Chinese official
The sanctions including a travel ban and assets freezing, are being imposed because of Beijing’s actions in Xinjiang that the U.S. and some European capitals have labeled a genocide against the Uyghur Muslim minority.
However, the decision still needs formal sign-off, which is expected to happen when foreign ministers meet later in March.
Source: WSJ #Mar11
https://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-to-sanction-chinese-officials-over-human-rights-violations-11615493507
#EUSanctionChina #China #Genocide #Xinjiang #EU
Several diplomats said that EU beckons to target China with sanctions over human-rights abuses for the first time since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, blacklisting four people and one entity in Xinjiang. Senior EU officials agreed to use its new human-rights sanctions regime to target the Chinese official
The sanctions including a travel ban and assets freezing, are being imposed because of Beijing’s actions in Xinjiang that the U.S. and some European capitals have labeled a genocide against the Uyghur Muslim minority.
However, the decision still needs formal sign-off, which is expected to happen when foreign ministers meet later in March.
Source: WSJ #Mar11
https://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-to-sanction-chinese-officials-over-human-rights-violations-11615493507
#EUSanctionChina #China #Genocide #Xinjiang #EU