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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2906(RSP))

On the 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China

B-10-2025-0433

on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Tomas Tobé, Michael Gahler, Arba Kokalari, Jessica Polfjärd, Željana Zovko, Isabel WiselerLima, Andrey Kovatchev, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Antonio LópezIstúriz White, Tomáš Zdechovský, Danuše Nerudová, Dariusz Joński, Łukasz Kohut, Davor Ivo Stier, Loránt Vincze, Mirosława Nykiel, Liudas Mažylis, Wouter Beke, Miriam Lexmann, Luděk Niedermayer, Inese Vaidere, Jan Farský

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A resolution marking the 10th anniversary of Gui Minhai's detention calls for his immediate and unconditional release and for China to respect his rights. It condemns China's human rights violations and urges the EU to raise the case in dialogues.

Key points

  1. Reiterates the call for the immediate and unconditional release of Gui Minhai and all other detained publishers and booksellers.
  2. Calls on Chinese authorities to ensure Gui Minhai's access to family, legal representation, consular officials, and medical care.
  3. Expresses concern over unlawful detention, lack of transparency, and risk of torture and ill-treatment.
  4. Strongly condemns China's enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, politically motivated trials, and other human rights violations.
  5. Calls on China to protect the independence of writers, publishers, journalists, and bloggers and to refrain from intimidation.
  6. Deplores restrictions on freedom of expression, including internet censorship, and urges China to halt curbs on information flow.
  7. Underlines that EU-China relations must be based on mutual trust, transparency, and respect for human rights; insists the case be raised in dialogues.
  8. Expresses solidarity with Gui Minhai's family, especially his daughter Angela Gui.

Who is affected

  • Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen detained in China, and his family.
  • Chinese authorities, who are called on to release him and respect his rights.
  • Writers, publishers, journalists, and bloggers in China, whose independence must be protected.

Figures and deadlines

  • 10 years in prison, the sentence given to Gui Minhai in February 2020.
  • Nearly ten years, the duration of Gui Minhai's detention as of the resolution.