China: Human Rights
Commons · Question 33370 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in China on the treatment of (a) Falun Gong and (b) Shen Yun practitioners outside China.
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 4 Mar 2025
Within China, the environment for freedom of religion or belief is restrictive, which includes the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. This government will work to uphold the right to freedom of religion and belief for all abroad, for example through...