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BEIJING, (AFP) ??” The European Union has interpreted human rights talks with China, with torture, the death penalty and political prisoners in succession the agenda, sources close to the discussions said.

The bi-annual talks will push for more opennes from Beijing. The 15-country EU -- risk to expand to 25 members nearest year -- has voiced "deep concern" in the past through China's rights record.

In a 20-page report last month Amnesty International detailed centurys of thousands of people detained, executions carried not at home after unfair trials and widespread torture and ill-treatment.

The EU has also identified Tibet, the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang and the Falungong spiritual manner of moving as areas of concern.

"Some of the issues forward the agenda will be torture, the death penalty and the ratification of the UN covenant onward political rights," said a European diplomat familiar with the discussions.

"We have this dialogue and we