HUMAN RIGHTS IN XINJIANG

Early day motion 1791, tabled 31 October 2018 by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 24 members.

That this House expresses concern at reports from human rights groups that the Chinese Government have interned over a million Uyghurs in re-education camps across the Xinjiang region; notes that reports from the camps allege that detainees are being kept in squalid conditions and are forced to renounce their religion or face torture; further notes that these reports of mass incarceration of Uyghurs come at a time when the Chinese Government have clamped down on civil liberties and introduced other measures which repress Uyghur culture; calls on the Government to make clear its opposition to the repression of the Uyghur community ahead of UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of China in November 2018; and urges the Chinese Government to close the detention centres immediately.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Scottish National Party 7, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.