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China: Religious Freedom

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN HL5067, tabled on 24 February 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government when they last raised the persecution, imprisonment or disappearance of religious leaders or believers in China with the government of China, and what response they received.

Answered on

4 March 2025

This Government stands firm on human rights, including the right to freedom of religion or belief. We raise our concerns at the highest levels: the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor all raised human rights recently with their counterparts (President Xi, Foreign Minister Wang and Vice Premier He respectively).

More broadly, this Government champions freedom of religion or belief for all abroad. We work to uphold the right to freedom of religion or belief through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora, and through bilateral engagement.