The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas
This resolution strongly condemns China's human rights violations against Uyghurs and other groups, calling for the immediate release of unjustly imprisoned individuals like Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas. The resolution specifically addresses the situation of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, highlighting systemic repression, arbitrary detention, and forced renunciation of identity and beliefs. It urges China to halt abusive policies, close internment camps, and allow independent access for human rights bodies. The EU and member states are called upon to apply pressure, consider additional sanctions, and suspend extradition treaties. The resolution also calls for member states to address transnational repression of dissidents on their territory and insists on the full implementation of the EU's forced labour regulation for businesses operating in China.
Analysis
The resolution strongly condemns the People's Republic of China’s (PRC) violations of the human rights of Uyghurs and people in Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China.
What changes
- The resolution urges the PRC to immediately and unconditionally release Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas, and others arbitrarily detained in China, guarantee their access to medical care and lawyers, provide information on their whereabouts, and ensure family visiting rights.
- The resolution calls for the EU and Member States to adopt additional sanctions against high-ranking officials and entities involved in human rights violations in the PRC.
- The resolution demands that the PRC authorities halt their repression and targeting of Uyghurs with abusive policies, including intense surveillance, forced labour, sterilisation, birth prevention measures and the destruction of Uyghur identity, and calls for the closure of all internment camps.
- The resolution calls on the PRC to allow the OHCHR independent access to XUAR and invites the OHCHR to issue a comprehensive situational update and an action plan for holding the PRC accountable.
- Member States and the international community are called upon to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC and Hong Kong, respect the non-refoulement principle, and implement the OHCHR report.
- Member States are urged to address the transnational repression of Chinese dissidents and Uyghurs on their territory and prosecute individuals responsible.
- The resolution welcomes the EU’s forced labour regulation and insists on its full implementation, calling on businesses operating in the PRC, particularly in XUAR, to comply with their HR due diligence obligations.
Expected impact
- The resolution calls for the EU and Member States to adopt additional sanctions against high-ranking officials and entities involved in human rights violations in the PRC.
- The resolution calls for the closure of all internment camps in the XUAR.
- The resolution calls on the PRC to allow the OHCHR independent access to XUAR and invites the OHCHR to issue a comprehensive situational update and an action plan for holding the PRC accountable.
Limitations
- The document is a resolution and does not contain specific legislative text that would allow for analysis of amendments to existing laws or the introduction of new legal acts.
- The document refers to Articles 4 and 36 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Rules 150(5) and 136(4) of its Rules of Procedure, but these are not provided within the text for direct analysis.
- The document mentions the OHCHR report and the EU's forced labour regulation, but the content of these external documents is not included.
- The document does not provide details on the specific high-ranking officials or entities that might be subject to additional sanctions.
- The document does not specify which extradition treaties are to be suspended.
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