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Europe May Ease Human Rights Pressure on China in Exchange for Bailout

The Guardian’s Tania Branigan reports human rights organisations’ fears that Europe will soften criticism of China to avoid derailing a possible bailout.“It is definitely a big worry. We have already seen a weakening on human rights issues over some time, and I think this will exacerbate it,” Corinna-Barbara Francis, a China expert at Amnesty International, said …. Francis