§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made about the case of the imprisonment of Chinese Christians who were imprisoned for bible transportation. [58157]
§ Mr. MacshaneWe have been following closely the cases of three Chinese Christians imprisoned for bible transportation earlier this year. We welcome the fact that two of them have been released on health grounds. At the latest round of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on 15 May we raised our concerns about the protection of religious freedom in China.
§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the level of persecution of Christians in China and if he will make representations to the Chinese authorities about the persecution of Christians in China. [58156]
§ Mr. MacshaneWe are deeply concerned about the treatment of Christians in China and raise religious freedom regularly with the Chinese. We raised the treatment of Christians most recently at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on 15 May.