Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong Government on that Government's decision to deny entry to (a) Mr Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and (b) other human rights activists.

The UK is concerned at the Hong Kong authorities’ decision to deny entry to the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch. We hope that there will be an explanation of the reasons for the refusal.

We have consistently set out our concerns regarding the situation in Hong Kong to both the Hong Kong SAR government and the authorities in Beijing.