A House Divided: European Union Countries and China
While the Czech Republic and Belgium label the horrors of Xinjiang as “genocide,” a strange Italian document vows to go on with the Belt and Road cooperation
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Europe Will Not Have a Religious Liberty Day
The proposal by the Conservatives and Reformists group was rejected before reaching the floor of the European Parliament.
European Parliament: Pakistan Blasphemy Law Incompatible with Trade Benefits
A motion asks the Commission to reconsider the privileged GSP+ status accorded to the country, because of its gross violations of religious liberty.
EU Draft Regulation Against Terrorist Content Online: Dangerous for Religious Freedom?
Leading NGOs believe the proposed rules would encourage Internet giants to discriminate against free speech and “marginalized religious communities.”
The EU Sanctions Chinese Officers for Xinjiang Atrocities, the CCP Reacts
China targeted European MPs, scholars, and NGOs. It seems like a reaffirmation of a claim of Chinese jurisdiction all over the world, but in fact it reveals the CCP’s weakness.
Hong Kong and China: Will the European Union Support Human Rights?
Contradictory signals from Brussels. An excellent pro-Hong-Kong resolution has been passed, but the office of the Special Envoy for religious freedom in the world has been canceled.
Europe Condemns Nazism and Communism as Parallel Evils: But What About Communist China?
A resolution of the European Parliament recognizes that the two totalitarian regimes of the 20th century were twin in crimes against humanity. Someone needs to tell Beijing.
