10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China

In this non-legislative resolution, Parliament marks the 10th anniversary of the detention of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China and reiterates its call for his immediate and unconditional release. It recalls that Gui Minhai, publisher and co-owner of the Mighty Current publishing house in Hong Kong, was abducted in Thailand in October 2015 and later sentenced by a Chinese court in February 2020 to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad after what it describes as a secret and unfair trial. Parliament states that the denial of consular access violates China's obligations under the Vienna Convention, calls on the Chinese authorities to grant him access to independent medical care, his family, a legal representative and consular officials, and frames his case as part of a pattern of systemic and transnational repression in China. It calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the member states to continue raising his case, urges China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and instructs its President to forward the resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the member states and the Chinese authorities.