EU imposes sanctions on China over Uyghur human rights abuses

The European Union formally agreed Monday to impose sanctions on China for human rights abuses against the Muslim Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region, marking the first time the bloc has issued punitive sanctions against Beijing since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.The decision, made at a meeting of foreign ministers in the Belgian capital Brussels, consists of travel bans and asset freezes on four Chinese officials and one entity.China, which has continually argued that its detention camps are actually vocational training centers to preemptively combat terrorism and religious extre…READ FULL ARTICLE