Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 21 July 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 August 2020. It was answered by Baroness Sugg (Conservative) on Monday, 3 August 2020 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
China: Uyghurs
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the statement by the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, in a letter of 20 July to the Ambassador of China to the UK that “the world will neither forgive nor forget a genocide against the Uyghur people.”
- Answer
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We are aware of the statement. We have made clear our serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the extra-judicial detention of over a million Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in "political re-education camps", systematic restrictions on Uyghur culture and the practice of Islam, and extensive and invasive surveillance targeting minorities.
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- Written question
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- HL7068
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- China Genocide Board of Deputies of British Jews Uyghurs
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