EU sanctions for human rights violations in China have been causing outrage in Beijing for months. Now there is a new Brussels decision on the subject.
The EU has extended its sanctions against China for suppressing the Muslim Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region by one year. The Council of Member States announced this on Monday in Brussels.
The EU is committed to “denouncing human rights violations wherever they occur”. Punitive measures for human rights violations in countries such as Russia, Libya and North Korea were also continued until December next year.
The EU sanctions imposed on those responsible from China last spring have led to diplomatic tensions between the European Union and Beijing. In response, the Chinese government imposed counter-sanctions against European politicians, experts and institutions.
MPs from Germany affected
In Germany they concern the Green MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, the CDU MEP Michael Gahler as well as the Uyghur researcher Adrian Zenz and the renowned Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics). In the EU, the process of concluding the investment agreement that had already been negotiated was then put on hold.
The EU sanctions stipulate that all assets of the natural or legal persons concerned are frozen. In addition, no more money or economic resources may be made available to them. They are also prohibited from entering the EU. Affected are the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau and representatives of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Party Committee.
In the opinion of the EU, all those affected are responsible for the mass, arbitrary internment and degrading treatment of Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities as well as systematic violations of freedom of religion and belief. Human rights groups estimate that hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Hui and members of other minorities have been sent to re-education camps in Xinjiang. China rejects the allegations and speaks of training centers.
Uyghurs are ethnically related to the Turks and feel oppressed by the ruling Han Chinese in Xinjiang. After they came to power in Beijing in 1949, the communists incorporated the former East Turkestan into the People’s Republic. Beijing accuses Uighur groups of terrorism.
Source From: Stern
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