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Uyghurs: Human Rights

Commons · Question 70115 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made with international counterparts on cooperating to protect the human rights of Uyghurs.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 1 Sep 2025

This Government will stand firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.We will continue to work closely with international partners in a number of...