Brussels Reporter
  • Home
  • Brussels
  • Europe
    • Europe

      Harry Dunn crash death: US civil lawsuit can…

      March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

      Europe

      5 takeaways from Nicola Sturgeon’s evidence in Salmond…

      March 3, 2021

      Europe

      Police tighten security amid fears of fresh plot…

      March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

      Europe

      Sweden stabbing: Eight people injured after suspected terrorist…

      March 3, 2021March 4, 2021

      Europe

      France dissolves far-right group Generation Identity

      March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

  • Globe
  • Lifestyle
  • Business

Brussels Reporter

  • Home
  • Brussels
  • Europe
    • Europe

      Harry Dunn crash death: US civil lawsuit can…

      March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

      Europe

      5 takeaways from Nicola Sturgeon’s evidence in Salmond…

      March 3, 2021

      Europe

      Police tighten security amid fears of fresh plot…

      March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

      Europe

      Sweden stabbing: Eight people injured after suspected terrorist…

      March 3, 2021March 4, 2021

      Europe

      France dissolves far-right group Generation Identity

      March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

  • Globe
  • Lifestyle
  • Business
Home Europe MEPs call for sanctions on Chinese officials over Uighur detentions
EuropeFeatured

MEPs call for sanctions on Chinese officials over Uighur detentions

by editor December 19, 2019
December 19, 2019

The European Parliament on Thursday called on EU countries to impose targeted sanctions and asset freezes on Chinese officials responsible for human rights violations toward the Uighurs.

The move comes a day after the Parliament awarded its human rights prize to jailed Uighur economist Ilham Tohti. The United Nations estimates that one million Uighurs — an ethnic minority mostly living in the northwest Chinese state of Xinjiang — are detained in internment camps.

A resolution adopted by EU lawmakers “calls on the Council to adopt targeted sanctions and assets freezes, should they be deemed appropriate and effective, against the Chinese officials responsible for devising and implementing the policy of mass detention of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.”

The text urges China “to close all camps and detention centers, and to immediately and unconditionally release those detained,” and calls for a ban of Chinese exports into the EU that have been produced as a result of forced labor in those camps.

Lawmakers also demanded that independent journalists and international observers be granted “unhindered access” to the camps.

Addressing the Parliament during a debate on Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he wanted to take the necessary steps to allow the EU to swiftly impose sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations.

However, to do so he will need the support of all EU countries, Borrell said, adding: “I will fight for it.”

Source link

previous post
EU court: Spain wrong to stop Catalan separatist taking up MEP seat
next post
Carles Puigdemont allowed to enter EU Parliament after court ruling

Related Posts

Belgium health minister says he can’t rule out...

October 11, 2020

Afghanistan: ‘Rickshaw bomb’ kills children in eastern Gilan...

December 18, 2020

Women take to streets of Belarus once again,...

October 17, 2020

Belarus referred to the United Nations over jailing...

January 28, 2021

Polisario Front declares war on Morocco over Western...

November 17, 2020

Poland braces for more anti-government protests over abortion...

November 7, 2020

France closes borders to non-EU countries but stops...

January 29, 2021

Finally, climate change gets political

May 22, 2019

Dutch health minister collapses during coronavirus debate

March 18, 2020

Hong Kongers sing protest anthem one year after...

June 12, 2020
Promotion Image

Recent Posts

  • US Capitol police warn of possible militia plot to breach Congress
  • Harry Dunn crash death: US civil lawsuit can proceed, judge rules
  • Then and now: A ‘megadrought’ in California
  • 5 takeaways from Nicola Sturgeon’s evidence in Salmond probe
  • ICC opens 'war crimes' investigation in West Bank and Gaza
Promotion Image

GO!

Lifestyle

  • Scientists are using satellites to count elephants from space for the first time

  • France: Hospital workers demand more resources to fight COVID-19

  • Alexei Navalny: Millions watch jailed critic's 'Putin palace' film

  • Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’

  • Belgium looks good in white

Popular Posts

  • 1

    The death of the city

    July 27, 2020
  • 2

    Assange fight draws in Trump’s new intel chief Ric Grenell

    February 25, 2020
  • 3

    Beware of scammING. Dirty money of famous bank

    October 6, 2020

Editor’s Choices

  • European Parliament will set up vaccination centers for MEPs, staff and locals

    January 21, 2021
  • Why ‘equal access’ to coronavirus vaccines is failing poor countries

    January 20, 2021
  • Merkel era may only just be beginning

    January 16, 2021

Opinions

  • 5 takeaways from Nicola Sturgeon’s evidence in Salmond probe

    March 3, 2021
  • Belgian scientists recommend Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for over-55s

    March 3, 2021
  • UK to import vaccine doses from India amid global jabs race

    March 2, 2021

@2018-2021 - Brussels Reporter (www.brusselsreporter.com). All Right Reserved.