Xinjiang: Human Rights
Commons · Question 54226 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Xinjiang Police Files in 2022.
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 3 Jun 2025
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 ...