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Raab calls for UN to respond to ‘appalling’ human rights violations in China
February 22, 2021 By Faith Matters

Raab calls for UN to respond to ‘appalling’ human rights violations in China

The Foreign Secretary has placed diplomatic pressure on the United Nations to respond to China’s “appalling treatment” of the Uighur Muslims and people in Hong Kong. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, Dominic Raab said “no-one can ignore the evidence any more” of a deteriorating human rights situation in China and called for […]

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Foreign Secretary urges China to let UN human-rights commissioner visit Xinjiang
January 17, 2021 By Faith Matters

Foreign Secretary urges China to let UN human-rights commissioner visit Xinjiang

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called on China to allow the United Nations (UN) to visit a province where it is accused of “appalling” human-rights abuses against the Uighur minority group. Mr Raab said reports of internment camps and women being forcibly sterilised in Xinjiang were “truly shocking” and that authorities in Beijing should permit […]

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