European Parliament 2014-2019 TEXTS ADOPTED P8_TA(2018)0014 The cases of human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-che, Tashi Wangchuk and the Tibetan monk Choekyi European Parliament resolution of 18 January 2018 on the cases of the human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-che and Tashi Wangchuk, and the Tibetan monk Choekyi (2018/2514(RSP)) The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on China, in particular those of 13 March 2014 on EU priorities for the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council1, of 16 December 2015 on EU-China relations2, of 24 November 2016 on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China3, of 15 December 2016 on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti4, and of 6 July 2017 on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che5, – having regard to the EU-China Strategic Partnership, launched in 2003, and to the joint communication from the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) of 22 June 2016 entitled ‘Elements for a new EU strategy on China’, – having regard to the EU-China Summit, held in Brussels on 1 and 2 June 2017, – having regard to the adoption of the new National Security Law by the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress on 1 July 2015, and the publication of the second draft of a new Foreign NGO Management Law on 5 May 2015, – having regard to Article 36 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, which guarantees all citizens the right to freedom of religious belief, and to Article 4 thereof, which upholds the rights of minority nationalities, – having regard to the EU-China dialogue on human rights, launched in 1995, and to the 1 OJ C 378, 9.11.2017, p. 239. OJ C 399, 24.11.2017, p. 92. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0444. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0505. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0308. 2 3 4 5