Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 20340

Pakistan: Uyghurs

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 24 December 2024

Question

Blair McDougall

LabourEast Renfrewshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the role of that country’s Islamic Council in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK remains deeply concerned by the discrimination faced by marginalised religious communities around the world. In Pakistan, we work to promote the rights of religious minorities through diplomatic engagement and programme funding. I raised the issue ...

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