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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
UK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operation

"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that many of these peoples do not want to be Chinese? They want to be Tibetan, for instance. They are forced to remain within China’s boundaries against their will, and China refuses them the opportunity for self-determination, which is shameful...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
UK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operation

"It has been deeply heartening to hear so many Conservatives throughout this debate champion the idea of self-determination. Given that there is no international court of arbitration to determine self-determination for countries such as Tibet, is it not all the more important for countries such as the UK to stand …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and Peace

"As the right hon. and gallant Member knows, as a BBC presenter I interviewed him many times at that time. He mentioned a number of times the secession of the Bosnian Serb part of Bosnia. If they pull out their troops from the joint army and set up their own …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and Peace

"As the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) said, Putin is the common factor in destabilising Belarus, Ukraine and Bosnia. Just as we support them, should we not also make it clear to the Serbs that if they continue to destabilise and to help Putin, EU membership will …..."
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Written Question
Bahrain: Democracy
Monday 21st June 2021

Asked by: John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he or his ministers have had with pro-democracy activists in Bahrain.

Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

During my visit to Bahrain, I met with a number of Bahrainis, both governmental and non-governmental, with a range of opinions. The FCDO considers a range of information in making our assessment of the Human Rights picture in Bahrain, including meeting individuals or groups when we deem appropriate.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Jun 2021
Human Rights in Hong Kong

"What we are seeing in Hong Kong is a two-pronged assault on truth. First, China attacks the source of truth—reporting—by threatening and expelling journalists who expose the extent of China’s authoritarian behaviour. Secondly, China creates an Orwellian alternative narrative in which those who tell the truth are the liars, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Xinjiang: Forced Labour

"The poet Perhat Tursun, one of the foremost living writers in the Uyghur language, is one of around 1 million who have been disappeared by the Chinese state into the so-called re-education camps. Turson has been missing since his detention in January 2018. In one of his poems, he writes …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Nov 2020
Hong Kong

"Given the latest brutal attack by China on Hong Kong democracy and freedom of speech, will the Minister undertake to increase the number of visas available to Hong Kong citizens, tell us what he will do if they are not recognised by China and reassure those who may need them …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jan 2020
UK Telecommunications

"The Conservative party likes to brand itself as the party of security, but many will think that this decision is born out of weakness. It has come about as a result of short-termism and decades of under-investment. The Prime Minister has gone for the cheapest, least secure option, but it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli Settlements

"I have absolutely nothing to declare, except my recent Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding trip to Israel and the Palestine territories. I have been visiting those countries since the first Gulf war. Back then, Palestinian democrats warned of the rise of the fundamentalist Hamas. They argued that if …..."
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