Icelandic Lawyer Sanctioned by China After Newspaper Criticism: Sanctions Have No Effect
於冰島報章投稿批評中國 被中國制裁 冰島律師：制裁毫無影響
An Icelandic lawyer was informed by his country’s foreign ministry on 15 April that China had blacklisted him, barring him from visiting China and freezing his assets there. The Chinese Embassy in Iceland said China would impose practical counter-sanctions because Iceland had followed the European Union in sanctioning China, harming relations between the two countries. It was reported that the sanctions were imposed because he had written articles criticising China in a local newspaper.
一名冰島律師4月15日被本國外交部告知，指他已被中國列入黑名單，被禁止到訪中國，在華資產亦會被凍結。中國駐冰島大使館公布，冰島跟隨歐盟制裁中國，損害兩國關係，中國將實際反制裁。據指制裁原因，是因為他曾在當地報章撰寫批評中國的文章。