EU to impose human rights sanctions on China

EU is set to sanction four Chinese officials and one entity - with travel bans and asset freezes - on March 22 over human rights abuses in China's Uighur Muslim minority. Germany Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Berlin on Monday that "With the human rights sanctions, we have created an opportunity to punish human rights violations, and we obviously want to make use of this instrument," he added.

In Canada, Conservative party has called on China to stop the persecution of people who practice their religion or belief including Christians, Tibetans and Uighurs.In a statement issued on the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day, Canadian Leader of the Opposition Erin O'Toole said Canada must stand behind those who advocate for religious freedom. The Conservative party leader paid tribute to the brave women and men who sacrificed their lives for the just cause of Tibet. Last month, Canada's parliament has passed a non-binding motion that says China's treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority constitutes genocide.The motion, sponsored by the opposition Conservative Party, passed by a vote of 266-0 in the House of Commons on Monday, though Trudeau and nearly his entire cabinet abstained.