EU to Sanction Chinese Officials Over Human-Rights Violations

[striver44]

Sanctions, which include a travel ban and asset freezes, would be the first over human-rights abuses since Tiananmen Square crackdown

Senior European Union officials agreed to use its new human rights sanctions regime to target Chinese officials.
PHOTO: GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT/BLOOMBERG NEWS
By
Laurence Norman
Updated March 11, 2021 3:35 pm ET

• 
  PRINT
• 
  TEXT

The European Union is set 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, several diplomats said.
Senior EU officials agreed to use its new human-rights sanctions regime to target the Chinese officials on Thursday, after long negotiations this week once again exposed the bloc’s divisions on how to approach Beijing.
The sanctions, which include a travel ban and asset freezes, 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.
The decision still needs formal sign-off, which is expected to happen when foreign ministers meet later in March. The Chinese officials are included on a broader list of alleged human-rights violators from Russia, North Korea and Africa.
The names of the officials will only be released once a formal decision is reached.

EU to Sanction Chinese Officials Over Human-Rights Violations

The sanctions, which include a travel ban and asset freezes, would be the first by the bloc since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

www.wsj.com

 

[rent4country]

@Waqas

 

[PeaceGen]

excellent move. i think you need to consider this a warning shot across your bow, Chinese leaderships.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

excellent move. i think you need to consider this a warning shot across your bow, Chinese leaderships.

EU and select national leaders would then be tried in absentia as conspirators in crimes against humanity, fraud, robbery, kidnapping, rape, false imprisonment and murder. They would also face civil liability for their interference with free trade, damage to brand image of Chinese products and creation of monopoly.

This is with regards to EU member state crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, sub-Saharan Africa, Libya and Syria, towards refugees from conflicts in said places, wrongful restrictions on Huawei, chemical waste dumping in Somalia, operation of refugee camps detaining EU bound refugees where robbery, sexual assault and violence is prevalent, sinking refugee ships in the Mediterranean, etc.

Millions of witnesses, corroboration from EU's own media, and physical evidence can be used to prove guilt.

 

[PeaceGen]

EU and select national leaders would then be tried in absentia as conspirators in crimes against humanity, fraud, robbery, kidnapping, rape, false imprisonment and murder. They would also face civil liability for their interference with free trade, damage to brand image of Chinese products and creation of monopoly.

This is with regards to EU member state crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, sub-Saharan Africa, Libya and Syria, towards refugees from conflicts in said places, wrongful restrictions on Huawei, chemical waste dumping in Somalia, operation of refugee camps detaining EU bound refugees where robbery, sexual assault and violence is prevalent, sinking refugee ships in the Mediterranean, etc.

Millions of witnesses, corroboration from EU's own media, and physical evidence can be used to prove guilt.

finger pointing! pot calling the kettle black!

the Chinese state is guilty of at least as many war-crimes and other misbehavior as you lay out in your argument. Tibet, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, forced sterilization, torture of prisoners, the list goes on and on.

and while we over here in the West have the ability to speak up over our governments' actions, you Chinese, like more than a few Muslims too, seem to only want to blame the West for all that has gone wrong in the world, while not acknowledging your own similar mistakes of governance.

and yes, i do back up these statements with regular emails about how a NATO retreat from Yemen has become necessary, and how we should encourage Taiwan to peacefully re-unite with mainland China.

 

[xizhimen]

EU is just a pathetic clown, becomes less and less significant on the world stage by the day. It tries very hard to blance between big powers just to survive.

 

[striver44]

EU itself is a great power. Don't underestimate the EU, especially when they're hand in hand with the indisputable #1 power on

 

[xizhimen]

EU itself is a great power. Don't underestimate the EU, especially when they're hand in hand with the indisputable #1 power on

Lip in lip is more like it, EU only pays lip service to US.

 

[striver44]

Lip in lip is more like it, EU only pays lip service to US.

we'll see about that soon

as if deploying warships and labelling China a genocidal country is not enough.

 

[xizhimen]

we'll see about that soon

as if deploying warships and labelling China a genocidal country is not enough.

But also signing major trade deal with China to leave US in the cold. EU pays lip service but not really helps US in action. cause EU knows so well US itself is just bluffing after losing so many battles.

 

[striver44]

But also signing major trade deal with China to leave US in the cold. EU pays lip service but not really helps US in action. cause EU knows so well US itself is just bluffing after losing so many battles.

the trade deal is not ratified yet.

 

[xizhimen]

the trade deal is not ratified yet.

But China overtook US and became EU's biggest trading partner in 2020 is very real.

 

[striver44]

But China overtook US and became EU's biggest trading partner in 2020 is very real.

No, China is not the EU’s top trading partner

No, China is not the EU’s top trading partner When you count services, not just goods, trade flows with the US are far larger. Looking at overall trade flows, it is clear that the EU’s largest trading partner is the U.S. and not China | -/AFP via Getty Images BY DANIEL S. HAMILTON February 19...

defence.pk

 

[xizhimen]

No, China is not the EU’s top trading partner

No, China is not the EU’s top trading partner When you count services, not just goods, trade flows with the US are far larger. Looking at overall trade flows, it is clear that the EU’s largest trading partner is the U.S. and not China | -/AFP via Getty Images BY DANIEL S. HAMILTON February 19...

defence.pk

The international standard on measuring trade is only on goods, don't be so desparate, and why are you so obssessed with China anyway?

 

[comci]

The international standard on measuring trade is only on goods, don't be so desparate, and why are you so obssessed with China anyway?

Because striver44 is jealous of China as always the case with his kind.