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flag The EU demands China release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, abducted in 2015 and imprisoned on espionage charges, citing forced confessions and arbitrary detention.

flag 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. flag 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. flag The EU resolution demands an end to arbitrary detentions and coerced confessions, highlighting concerns over China’s repression of journalists, lawyers, and artists. flag Gui remains the only one of four abducted book-related figures still imprisoned. flag His daughter has urged Sweden and the EU to intensify efforts, citing no family contact or consular access. flag While Chinese authorities maintain Gui is a convicted criminal, critics view his case as emblematic of Beijing’s transnational crackdown on free expression.

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