EU: Make China’s Rights Crisis a Summit Priority

Expand European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a press conference in Paris, March 26, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo (Brussels) – European Union leaders should press their Chinese counterparts on the deteriorating human rights situation in the country during the EU-China Summit in Brussels on April 9, 2019, five human rights groups said today. They should amplify concerns raised during the EU-China human rights dialogue on April 1-2 and call on Chinese authorities to close “political…

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