Impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jul. 08 2021

Found: Violations against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang have also been in sharp focus.

Select Committee

Inquiry Publications Jul. 08 2021

Inquiry: Xinjiang detention camps
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Second Report - Never Again: The UK’s Responsibility to Act on Atrocities in Xinjiang and Beyond HC 198

Parliamentary Research
International affairs and defence: Parliamentary debates and statements in the 2021-22 session - CBP-9251
Jul. 01 2021

Found: Tribunal: London Urgent question on the treatment by the Chinese Government of witnesses giving evidence

Parliamentary Research
The Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government Sanctions - CDP-2021-0116
Jul. 01 2021

Found: The Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government Sanctions

Westminster Hall
Human Rights in Hong Kong - Wed 09 Jun 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Randall (CON - Gedling) The local broadcaster, RTHK, has purged its online platform of any shows over a year old but given Hong - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Uyghur Muslims, the Chinese Communist party has inflicted untold suffering on its citizens. - Speech Link
3: Nigel Adams (CON - Selby and Ainsty) More recently, on 5 May, he called on China to act in accordance with its international commitments and - Speech Link

Select Committee

Witness A, Witness B, Witness C, Witness D, Witness E, and Witness F

Oral Evidence Apr. 28 2021

Inquiry: The UK’s offer of visa and settlement routes for residents of Hong Kong
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: which is sufficiently serious by its natureﬂ.

Commons Chamber
Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) or returned well over £1 billion of assets stolen from developing countries since 2006. - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) We know that corruption is undermining the people of China. - Speech Link
3: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) the Uyghur and are living off the finances of Uyghur slave labour? - Speech Link
4: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) He will know that we have taken action, in particular in relation to the persecution of the Uyghur Muslims - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Human Rights: Xinjiang - Thu 22 Apr 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) Uyghur women, the treatment of Tibetans, the appalling treatment of inner Mongolians, the treatment - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) China is guilty of abusing not just its own people, but the planet, more than any other nation on this - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) In this holy period of Ramadan, Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province in China are being enslaved, - Speech Link
4: Ruth Cadbury (LAB - Brentford and Isleworth) Bench called on the Government to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on officials responsible last year - Speech Link
5: Tom Randall (CON - Gedling) along with international allies to designate individuals responsible for violations and impose sanctions - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
China and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region - CDP-2021-0061
Apr. 15 2021

Found: China and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Select Committee

Formal Minutes Apr. 01 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Formal Minutes 2017-19: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes