Written questions

Tibet: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 31448 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 27 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reports of disappeared Tibetans on freedom of religion in that region.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 27 Feb 2025

We note reports, including one from UN Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups in November 2024, further evidencing China's repression of the people of Tibet. We raise human rights at the highest levels: the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor...