United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 49635
China: Uyghurs
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20 May 2020
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8 June 2020 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Chinese authorities on the ongoing detention of Uyghur Muslims in the north-eastern region of Xinjiang during the covid-19 pande
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20 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Chinese authorities on the ongoing detention of Uyghur Muslims in the north-eastern region of Xinjiang during the covid-19 pande
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8 June 2020
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On 9 March, the Foreign Secretary raised our concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the extra-judicial detention of over a million Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in "political re-education camps", with his Chinese counterpar...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-20/49635
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1197459
- uk · wq-1197459 · source updated 8 June 2020