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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11459

23 December 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 23
NEWS BRIEFS / (ae) china

22/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU speaks out against sentencing of Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang. On Tuesday 22 December, the spokesperson to the EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, denounced the three-year suspended sentence handed down to the Chinese human rights lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, the author of micro-blogs criticising the authorities. He faced up to 8 years' imprisonment. “The EU calls for (his) immediate and unconditional release as well as...