Hong Kong: Political Prisoners
Lords · Question HL3445 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 25 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China and the Hong Kong authorities regarding the prison sentences imposed on three activists on 11 September for organising the commemoration of the Tiananmen Square
Answer
Answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, 25 Sep 2026
As I said in my statement of 21 August, these convictions were a further demonstration that even peaceful acts of remembrance in Hong Kong are now treated by the authorities as threats to national security. We continue to raise these concerns with the Hon...