EU Parliament demands sanctions against Chinese officials
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs are to be held in internment camps in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. Now the European Parliament has called for a clearer EU response.
The European Parliament has called for more pressure on China over the oppression of the Uyghur Muslim minority. The European Council must impose targeted sanctions against responsible Chinese officials and freeze their assets in the EU, it said in a resolution adopted in Strasbourg. The parliament also called on China to immediately close suspected re-education camps in the west of the country.
Chinese authorities must give independent journalists and international observers access to Xinjiang province, MEPs demanded. According to officially unconfirmed estimates, hundreds of thousands of Uighurs have been placed in camps in western China, which Chinese authorities describe as training centers.