Written Evidence May. 20 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: Chinese interference not only affects Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uyghur Autonomous Region in China,
Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) In Tibet, according to recent UN reports, up to 1 million children as young as two are being sent away - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) We have championed a Jehovah’s Witness in Tajikistan, Buddhists in Tibet, Montagnards in Vietnam, a Sufi - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) constraints on media freedom and freedom of religion or belief, repression of culture and language in Tibet - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take action following reported cases of self-immolation and suicide among Tibetan Monks protesting against the government of China; and in particular whether they have made representations to that government, including in relation to the death of monk Tenzin Dorjee.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government consistently raises human rights issues with the Chinese authorities, including in relation to Tibet. The Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific raised human rights during her visit to China in April, and the Foreign Secretary did so in a meeting in February with China's Foreign Minister. We also regularly raise concerns about China's actions in Tibet in multilateral fora, for example, in January at China's Universal Periodic Review, and in March as part of our Item 4 statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take steps to help tackle the causes of self-immolation and suicide by Tibetan monks.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government consistently raises human rights issues with the Chinese authorities, including in relation to Tibet. I raised human rights during my visit to China in April, and the Foreign Secretary did so in a meeting in February with China's Foreign Minister. We also regularly raise concerns about China's actions in Tibet in multilateral fora, for example, in January at China's Universal Periodic Review, and in March as part of our Item 4 statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) Tibet is currently ranked as the least free place for civil and political rights by Freedom House, alongside - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We also regularly raise Tibet in multilateral fora, such as in January at China’s universal periodic - Speech Link
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Minister travels to China and Hong Kong to engage on world’s biggest challengesFound: The Minister will also raise areas of concern, including human rights in Xinjiang and Tibet, and the
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: We remain concerned about the human rights situation in China, including in Xinjiang and Tibet.
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in Lhasa.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are concerned about human rights violations in Lhasa and Tibet more widely, including restrictions on freedom of religion or belief and on freedom of assembly and association, reports of forced labour, and reports that boarding schools are being used to assimilate Tibetan children into Han culture.
The UK Government consistently raises human rights issues with the Chinese authorities - the Foreign Secretary did so in February in a meeting with China's Foreign Minister. We also regularly raise Tibet in multilateral fora, for example, in January at China's Universal Periodic Review, and on 20 March as part of our Item 4 statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: A vital part of our work is to expose how Chinese interference affects not only Hong Kong, Tibet, and