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China: Religious Freedom

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 12933, tabled on 22 October 2015

Question

Tim Loughton
Conservative
East Worthing and Shoreham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of freedom of religion or belief in Xinjiang Province.

Answer

Mr Hugo Swire
Conservative
East Devon
Commons

Answered on

27 October 2015

Freedom of religion or belief remains one of the Government’s top priorities and we are dedicated to its promotion and protection around the world. We remain concerned in particular by the restrictions placed on their right to celebrate Ramadan and wear Islamic dress. We raise this issue regularly with the Chinese authorities, and did so in detail during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in April this year. We will continue to raise this issue.

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