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Jimmy Lai

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 34/2024 on Jimmy Lai publish

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 18 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 20 Nov 2024
Answer: 25 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 34/2024 on Jimmy Lai publish
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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25 Nov 2024
Answer published
The FCDO takes the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's Opinion very seriously. The UK Government has consistently called for Jimmy Lai's release and raised concerns about his case directly with the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities.The Prime Ministe...

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