European Parliament 19 March 2012, Written question E-002991/12 Marina Yannakoudakis (ECR) to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative). VP/HR — Human rights defenders who are held in prison and tortured in China, with a particular focus on Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng

Question for written answer E-002991/12 to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative) Marina Yannakoudakis (ECR) (19 March 2012) Subject: VP/HR — Human rights defenders who are held in prison and tortured in China, with a particular focus on Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng Can the European External Action Service please state what political pressure it has exerted, or will exert, on the