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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9563

13 December 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/china
Ahead of Olympic Games this summer, MEPs decry Beijing's failure to respect its human rights commitments

Strasbourg, 12/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On the day of the proclamation of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights (see other article), the MEPs, during a debate at the plenary session held in Strasbourg on Wednesday 12 December, decried the poor progress made in the field of human rights in China. Benita Ferrero-Waldner drew up a qualified inventory of human rights dialogue. The Commissioner for External Relations reported that the European and Chinese leaders had held a “sincere and...

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