Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 22599

Hong Kong: Human Rights

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the prevalence of human right abuses in Hong Kong] and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of such instances

Answer

Catherine West
China's imposition of the National Security Law on Hong Kong has seen opposition stifled and dissent criminalised. The UK continues to call for the National Security Law to be repealed and for an end to the prosecution of all individuals charged under it,...

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