EU " deeply concerned " with China to the treatment of human rights activists after a series of trial and detention , according to Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton block it .
In reaction to China's crackdown against leading human rights activists , Ashton called on Beijing to carry out the promises he made to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations and release those imprisoned or detained for peaceful protests , Reuters reported .
A statement issued Saturday night that showed an increase in criticism of the European Union to China is very rare . Relations between Beijing and Brussels have grown warmer with increasing doubling of trade between the two partners over the past decade .
China gained a seat in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in November after it said it is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms for the Chinese people , although the protesters at the time expressed doubts over the sincerity .
China's anti -corruption activist convicted two weeks ago for their role in the protests that called for officials announced their assets . A few days before China sentenced Xu Zhiyong four years in prison for campaigning for the rights of children from rural areas to gain an education in the city , and that officials disclose their assets . Ashton said that Xu had " peacefully advocating social justice and community based on the rule of law " .
He said that the European Union is concerned about the health of some of the leading human rights activists and their families , who are under house arrest or in prison and did not receive medical care independently .
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