BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers formally agreed on Monday to blacklist Chinese officials for human rights violations, an EU diplomat said, the first sanctions on Beijing since an EU arms embargo in 1989 after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square.
Ministers approved the travel ban and asset freeze on four Chinese individuals and one entity, whose names will be made public later on Monday, accusing them of violating rights against the Chinese Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
EU envoys had pre-approved the measures last week.
Report by Robin Emmott, published by Sabine Siebold