Question follow-through · 28405
Hong Kong: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong authorities on the conviction of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan for incitement to subversion following their commemoration
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong authorities on the conviction of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan for incitement to subversion following their commemoration
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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14 Sept 2026
Answer published
As the Minister for the Indo-Pacific said in her statement of 21 August, the convictions of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan are a further demonstration that even peaceful acts of remembrance in Hong Kong are now treated by the authorities as threats to n...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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