Economic Times 17 March 2021

EU member states have agreed to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials and one state-owned entity over Beijing’s crackdown on the Uighur minority, European diplomats said Wednesday.

Ambassadors from the 27 countries gave the green light for the measures as part of a package of human rights sanctions that will also see individuals in Russia, North Korea, Eritrea, South Sudan and Libya targeted, diplomats said.

The sanctions — set to hit around a dozen people in total with asset freezes and visa bans — have to be formally confirmed by EU foreign ministers meeting on Monday.

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