Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 14726
Jimmy Lai
Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Question
Blair McDougall
Labour — East Renfrewshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 34/2024 on Jimmy Lai publish
Answer
Catherine WestThe FCDO takes the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's Opinion very seriously. The UK Government has consistently called for Jimmy Lai's release and raised concerns about his case directly with the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities.The Prime Ministe...
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