Question follow-through · 54228
Xinjiang: Human Rights
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.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
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.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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3 Jun 2025
Answer published
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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