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The EU demands China release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, abducted in 2015 and imprisoned on espionage charges, citing forced confessions and arbitrary detention.
The European Parliament has condemned China's detention of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, calling for his immediate release after his 2015 abduction from Thailand and subsequent imprisonment on espionage charges.
Gui, a co-owner of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay Books, appeared on Chinese state TV confessing to a crime he did not commit, a practice criticized internationally.
The EU resolution demands an end to arbitrary detentions and coerced confessions, highlighting concerns over China’s repression of journalists, lawyers, and artists.
Gui remains the only one of four abducted book-related figures still imprisoned.
His daughter has urged Sweden and the EU to intensify efforts, citing no family contact or consular access.
While Chinese authorities maintain Gui is a convicted criminal, critics view his case as emblematic of Beijing’s transnational crackdown on free expression.
La UE exige a China la liberación de la editora sueca Gui Minhai, secuestrada en 2015 y encarcelada por cargos de espionaje, citando confesiones forzadas y detención arbitraria.