Category: Magnitsky sanctions

Audit of Hong Kong and Chinese Officials’ UK Assets a Precursor to Magnitsky-Style Sanctions, Say British Lawmakers

MPs are putting pressure on the UK government to launch a root and branch audit of assets held by Hong Kong and Chinese officials linked to human rights violations. A cross-party group of 110 parliamentarians have written to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, citing research by pressure group Hong Kong Watch, which claims it has found five…


EU Sanctions Four Chinese Officials Over Uyghur Abuses

The European Union has imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials over their alleged roles in the human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in northwest China. The EU sanctions, announced on March 22, are targeted at “the large-scale arbitrary detentions of, in particular, Uyghurs in Xinjiang in China,” said the European Council, an EU body that…


EU Sanctions 4 Chinese Officials Over Uyghur Abuses

The European Union has imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials over their alleged roles in the human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in northwest China. The EU sanctions, announced on March 22, are targeted at “the large-scale arbitrary detentions of, in particular, Uyghurs in Xinjiang in China,” said the European Council, an EU body that…


UK’s Johnson Refuses to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Over Uyghur Abuse

Britain does not favour sporting boycotts, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday when asked if he thought the UK should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over the abuse of Uyghurs. At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “Today, millions of Uyghur people…


UK Introduces Measures to Prevent Complicity in Uyghur Abuse

Britain on Tuesday introduced measures to prevent British organisations from being complicit in the Chinese regime’s human rights violations against Uyghurs. “The evidence of the scale and severity of the human rights violations being perpetrated in Xinjiang against the Uyghur Muslims is now far reaching,” UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement. “Today…


EU Parliament Must Reject China Investment Pact Following Hong Kong Mass Arrests: Patten

Following mass arrests of opposition figures in Hong Kong earlier Wednesday, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, urged the European Parliament to reject the investment agreement the European Commission reached with the Chinese regime last week. More than 50 pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday…


EU Reaches Investment Pact With China Amid Human Rights Concerns

The European Union said on Dec. 30 it had concluded a business investment agreement with China after the Communist regime made commitments to improve market access. The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, which was seven years in the making, was concluded “in principle” at a video conference attended by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, European Commission President…