JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION pursuant to Rules 150(5) and 136(4) of the Rules of Procedure replacing the following motions: B10-0412/2025 (The Left) B10-0414/2025 (Verts/ALE) B10-0429/2025 (Renew) B10-0431/2025 (S&D) B10-0433/2025 (PPE) B10-0435/2025 (ECR) on the 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China (2025/2906(RSP)) Sebastião Bugalho, Tomas Tobé, Michael Gahler, Arba Kokalari, Jessica Polfjärd, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Tomáš Zdechovský, Danuše Nerudová, Dariusz Joński, Łukasz Kohut, Davor Ivo Stier, Loránt Vincze, Mirosława Nykiel, Liudas Mažylis, Wouter Beke, Miriam Lexmann, Luděk Niedermayer, Inese Vaidere, Jan Farský on behalf of the PPE Group Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Evin Incir on behalf of the S&D Group Adam Bielan, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Dick Erixon, Bogdan Rzońca, Marlena Maląg, Alexandr Vondra, Reinis Pozņaks, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová, Anna Zalewska, Mariusz Kamiński, Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Waldemar Tomaszewski on behalf of the ECR Group Karin Karlsbro, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Abir Al-Sahlani, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Helmut Brandstätter, Benoit Cassart, Olivier Chastel, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Emma Wiesner, Lucia Yar on behalf of the Renew Group Alice Kuhnke on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Jonas Sjöstedt on behalf of The Left Group
At the time of his arrest in 2015, Gui Minhai held only Swedish citizenship. Chinese officials have frequently stated that foreign passports do not protect individuals who were born in the People’s Republic of China, an interpretation that violates the Vienna Convention.
In February 2020, a Chinese court sentenced Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of ‘illegally providing intelligence abroad’, after a secret and unfair trial where he has been denied proper legal representation and access to Swedish consular services.
His current whereabouts are still unknown.
On 9 October, an overwhelming majority of 546 out of 593 Members of the European Parliament voted of a resolution calling on the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission and EU member states to urge China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai.
