Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: Since 2019, many detainees in the Uyghur Region have been shifted into forced labour programmes.7
Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) At least two Palestinian detainees have been raped, with others being subject to multiple forms of sexual - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) the violence, and what demands we are making of the mineral companies—in this country, Switzerland, China - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We continue to call for thorough investigations, for hostages to be released immediately and for detainees - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 07 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policyFound: worked for the UN Security Council, counter-terrorism was one of the very few spaces where Russia, China
Oral Evidence May. 07 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policyFound: worked for the UN Security Council, counter-terrorism was one of the very few spaces where Russia, China
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Communal accommodation settings: infectious disease transmissionFound: Sun Y and others. ' In China, students in crowded dormitories with a low ventilation rate have more
Formal Minutes May. 02 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: Brook House Kate Eves, Chair of the Brook House inquiry, Anna Pincus, Director of the Gatwick Detainees
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Retaining consulates in China is vital for cases such as this, but that really only works if we can see - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Detainees’ welfare and human rights are our top priorities. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) They reversed that only a few years ago, to claim them if they were born in China as Chinese nationals - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) I thank the families of detainees who help to support their loved ones. - Speech Link
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Item 4 General DebateFound: And Russia’s forces deporting Ukrainian children and torturing civilian detainees.
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) My noble friend also raised the case of British parliamentarians sanctioned by China, some of whom are - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Old Windsor (XB - Life peer) One country that has certainly got this message is China. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) Both Russia and China are actively trying to isolate the free world from Africa. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fall (Con - Life peer) live, kinetic even, and China is in the waiting room. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) Also needed is the immediate exchange of Israeli hostages and non-Hamas Palestinian detainees, and the - Speech Link
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2022 to 2023Found: Office’s glacial pace of implementation of our recommendations, the acute vulnerability of immigration detainees