Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of China about the punishments given to those who took part in the Hong Kong protest movement of 2019–20, and the continued harassment of protesters and their families.

The right to peaceful protest and freedom of assembly were both promised to Hong Kongers under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and enshrined in the Basic Law. Thousands who were arrested following the protests in 2019-2020 are still awaiting trial. Attempts by the authorities to harass or intimidate individuals or their families for exercising their right to freedom to peaceful protest and assembly is unacceptable. We continue to urge the Hong Kong authorities to provide certainty to those awaiting trial and for China to act in accordance to the international obligations it freely entered into.