Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 10523
China: Uyghurs
Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the treatment of Uighur peoples in Xinjiang, China.
Answer
Catherine WestThis Government stands firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities. These concerns were raised directly by the Foreign Secretary on his recent vis...
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