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China human rights

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6 on 6 sitting days
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6 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
10 Oct 2024 – 30 Apr 2026
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Uyghur refugees deportation
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International scrutiny of China's treatment of ethnic minorities and human rights defenders.

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Decisions, 6

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
30 Apr 2026New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities ResolutionsAdopted439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong ResolutionsAdopted503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained by roll call
9 Oct 202510th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China ResolutionsAdopted546 for, 3 against, 44 abstained by roll call
8 May 2025Violations of religious freedom in Tibet ResolutionsAdopted478 for, 30 against, 41 abstained by roll call
13 Mar 2025Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees ResolutionsAdopted482 for, 57 against, 68 abstained by roll call
10 Oct 2024The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas ResolutionsAdopted540 for, 23 against, 47 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 6

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities 2026-2703Decisions130 Apr 2026 · Adopted
Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong 2026-2573Decisions122 Jan 2026 · Adopted
10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China 2025-2906Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Violations of religious freedom in Tibet 2025-2692Decisions18 May 2025 · Adopted
Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees 2025-2594Decisions113 Mar 2025 · Adopted
The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas 2024-2857Decisions110 Oct 2024 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 6 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor3Against0Abst.0Divided3With outcome4of6
GreensFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
S&DFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
RenewFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
EPPFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
ECRFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
PatriotsFor3Against0Abst.0Divided3With outcome3of6
ESNFor0Against1Abst.4Divided1With outcome0of6

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/china-human-rights
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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “China human rights”. Running issue, 30 April 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/china-human-rights (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-china-human-rights,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{China human rights}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-30},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/china-human-rights}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/china-human-rights},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}