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Amnesty International Briefing on EU concerns regarding human rights in …
02/09/2005 – In May of this year, representatives of the European Union decided to delay a move to lift the arms embargo against China, citing human rights concerns. They referred specifically to four areas of concern that would affect future consideration in lifting the embargo: the need for Chinese authorities to release citizens imprisoned in connection with the suppression of the 1989 pro-democracy movement; the need to ease media censorship; the need for reform of China’s “Re-education through Labour” (RTL) system; and the need for the PRC to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
