| Heading: |
Uyghurs |
| Question ID: |
1805938 |
| UIN: |
HL7832 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1987 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken since July 2024 to pursue justice and accountability for Uyghurs, and what further action they will take within the next year. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
This Government stands firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghur Muslims. We continue to refer to the OHCHR's 2022 Xinjiang Assessment, which is based on independent evidence and China's ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |