The EU agrees with China’s sanctions for abuses in Xinjiang; the first in three decades

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FILE PHOTO: A perimeter fence is being built around what is officially known as the Vocational Skills Education Center in Dabancheng, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, September 4, 2018. Image taken September 4, 2018. REUTERS / Thomas Peter

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers officially agreed to blacklist Chinese officials for human rights abuses on Monday, EU diplomat says, first sanctions against Beijing since EU arms embargo in 1989 after crackdown from Tiananmen Square.

Ministers approved travel bans and a freeze on assets of four Chinese people and an entity, whose names will be made public later Monday, accusing them of abusing rights against China’s Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.

EU envoys approved the measures in advance last week.

Reported by Robin Emmott, edited by Sabine Siebold

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