Xinjiang: Human Rights
Commons · Question 54228 · 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 recent discussions he has had with international human rights organisations on (a) the Xinjiang Police Files and (b) the adequacy of human rights in the Uyghur Region.
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 ...