Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 110801

Kazakhstan: Detainees

Tabled: 4 February 2026

Answered: 27 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Brendan O'Hara

Scottish National Party — Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Chinese counterpart on the arrest and charging of people affiliated with the Atajurt movement.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The UK remains concerned about human rights abuses in China, including in Xinjiang, where Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities remain subject to arbitrary detention and persecution. We also condemn the use of transnational repression, includi...

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