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China sanctioned by #EU, #US, #Britain and #Canada over Human Right Violations in #Xinjiang
//The EU, US, Britain and Canada on March 22, 2021 imposed sanctions against Chinese officials including Zhu Hailan, Wang Jungzheng, Wang Mingshan and Chen Mingguo over the alleged crackdown on the #Uighurs.
The coordinated strike also targeted the state-run Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Chinese government has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisations on Uighur women and separating children from their families.
A BBC investigation published in February contained first-hand testimony of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture of detainees.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071
One woman testified that women were removed from their cells "every night" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men.//
Source: BBC #Mar22
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
China sanctioned by #EU, #US, #Britain and #Canada over Human Right Violations in #Xinjiang
//The EU, US, Britain and Canada on March 22, 2021 imposed sanctions against Chinese officials including Zhu Hailan, Wang Jungzheng, Wang Mingshan and Chen Mingguo over the alleged crackdown on the #Uighurs.
The coordinated strike also targeted the state-run Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Chinese government has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisations on Uighur women and separating children from their families.
A BBC investigation published in February contained first-hand testimony of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture of detainees.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071
One woman testified that women were removed from their cells "every night" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men.//
Source: BBC #Mar22
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
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EU, China impose tit-for-tat sanctions over Xinjiang abuses
The European Union imposed sanctions on Mar 22 on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, to which Beijing responded with its own sanctions on Europeans.
The first significant sanctions was imposed by EU since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy crackdown indicates a change in posture.
In its Official Journal, the EU accused Chen of “arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uighurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief”.
Source: Reuters #Mar22
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-sanctions/eu-agrees-china-sanctions-over-xinjiang-abuses-first-in-three-decades-idUSKBN2BE1AI
#EU #Sanctions #Xinjiang #Genocide
The European Union imposed sanctions on Mar 22 on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, to which Beijing responded with its own sanctions on Europeans.
The first significant sanctions was imposed by EU since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy crackdown indicates a change in posture.
In its Official Journal, the EU accused Chen of “arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uighurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief”.
Source: Reuters #Mar22
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-sanctions/eu-agrees-china-sanctions-over-xinjiang-abuses-first-in-three-decades-idUSKBN2BE1AI
#EU #Sanctions #Xinjiang #Genocide
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S&Ds make lifting of Chinese sanctions against Euro-MPs condition for Parliament to enter any talks on EU-China investment deal
Source: S&D #Mar22
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Source: S&D #Mar22
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S&Ds make lifting of Chinese sanctions against Euro-MPs condition for Parliament to enter any talks on EU-China investment deal
The Socialists and Democrats condemn the Chinese counter-measure targeting ten Europeans, among them S&D MEP Raphaël Glucksmann
Kathleen van Brempt, S&D MEP and spokesperson on trade, said, “We stand in solidarity with our colleague Raphaël Glucksmann and 9 other Europeans, who were today targeted by the Chinese government with retaliatory measures.”
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, S&D MEP and responsible for the China Investment Agreement, said that Europe shouldn’t sacrifice their value and standard for trading with China and China must commit to a roadmap on the implementation of International Labour Organisation conventions against forced labour, and on improving the human rights situation in the country.
Source: S&D #Mar22
https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds-make-lifting-chinese-sanctions-against-euro-mps-condition-parliament-enter-any-talks
#China #ForcedLabour #ChinaSanctionRetaiate #ChinaEUDeal
The Socialists and Democrats condemn the Chinese counter-measure targeting ten Europeans, among them S&D MEP Raphaël Glucksmann
Kathleen van Brempt, S&D MEP and spokesperson on trade, said, “We stand in solidarity with our colleague Raphaël Glucksmann and 9 other Europeans, who were today targeted by the Chinese government with retaliatory measures.”
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, S&D MEP and responsible for the China Investment Agreement, said that Europe shouldn’t sacrifice their value and standard for trading with China and China must commit to a roadmap on the implementation of International Labour Organisation conventions against forced labour, and on improving the human rights situation in the country.
Source: S&D #Mar22
https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds-make-lifting-chinese-sanctions-against-euro-mps-condition-parliament-enter-any-talks
#China #ForcedLabour #ChinaSanctionRetaiate #ChinaEUDeal
Socialists & Democrats
S&Ds make lifting of Chinese sanctions against Euro-MPs condition for Parliament to enter any talks on EU-China investment deal…
The Socialists and Democrats condemn the Chinese counter-measure targeting ten Europeans, among them S&D MEP Raphaël Glucksmann.