Written Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: citizens from afar, with minimal cost.[7] Chinese political activists and persecuted groups including Uyghurs
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) non-financial interests as a patron of Hong Kong Watch and vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Uyghurs - Speech Link
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Item 4 General DebateFound: Another Permanent Member, China, continues to persecute Uyghurs and Tibetans.
Mentions:
1: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) middle east and elsewhere; Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya population; and China’s treatment of the Uyghurs - Speech Link
Found: of Commons has resolved that several other actions constitute genocide, including the treatment of Uyghurs
Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: The situation in Ukraine and the UK’s responseFound: The only reason people do not talk about Xinjiang and the Uyghurs is because of China.
Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: The situation in Ukraine and the UK’s responseFound: The only reason people do not talk about Xinjiang and the Uyghurs is because of China.
Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: The situation in Ukraine and the UK’s responseFound: The only reason people do not talk about Xinjiang and the Uyghurs is because of China.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent Human Rights Watch research that suggests several major carmakers could be complicit in abuse of China’s Uyghur Muslims.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime which we are determined to stamp out. In 2022, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published its assessment of the human rights situation in Xinjiang, which found that China had carried out "serious human rights violations" against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.
The Government's overseas business risk guidance sets out the risks of operating in Xinjiang and urges UK companies to conduct appropriate due diligence and consider their corporate responsibilities when making business decisions. The Minister for Industry and Economic Security has requested meetings with named manufacturers in the Human Rights Watch report to discuss this issue in more detail.
Mentions:
1: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) Conversely, I have voted to recognise the genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, despite the UK Government - Speech Link