1 Amendments of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2008/2171(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned at the lack of basic human rights such as freedom of expression and religious belief; calls on China to respect minority rights, e.g. those of Tibetans and Uighurs; calls on China to abolish the death penalty and the offence of "threatening public security"; asks China to allow unrestricted internet access; while noting some progress, believes that, overall, the cause of human rights in China is not advancing; deplores the fact that the intensification of economic and trade relations between the EU and China did not go hand in hand with any substantial progress as regards the human rights dialogue;