A British diplomat was among the foreign diplomats in Hong Kong queuing on Monday morning to attend the hearing of the 47 dissidents charged on Sunday under the “national security law.” The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday said that the Beijing-imposed national security law is a political tool to stifle dissenting voices, and is…
UK Diplomat Attends Hearing of 47 HK Dissidents as Raab Condemns National Security Law
UK Calls for ‘Urgent and Unfettered’ UN Access to Xinjiang
February 22, 2021
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Britain on Monday condemned the Chinese regime’s “deteriorating human rights situation” and urged Beijing to give the United Nations “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang. Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “We stand with the growing number of international partners, U.N. experts, and NGOs concerned about the deteriorating human…
UK Sanctions Burma Junta Leaders Over ‘Serious Human Rights Violations’
Britain is imposing asset freezes and travel bans against three members of the military regime of Burma (also known as Myanmar) for their roles in “serious human rights violations” during the coup, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Thursday. The measures, taken in tandem with Canada, are in addition to the sanctions against 16…
UK Sanctions Burma Junta Leaders After Coup
Britain is imposing asset freezes and travel bans against three members of the military regime of Burma (also known as Myanmar) for their roles in “serious human rights violations” during the coup, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Feb. 18. The measures, taken in tandem with Canada, are in addition to the sanctions against…
UK Backs Canadian Initiative Against State-Sponsored Arbitrary Detention
February 15, 2021
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Britain announced on Monday that it had joined a Canadian-led initiative to condemn and deter state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes. By joining the initiative, the UK government is “doing more to safeguard the rights of British people abroad,” the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said in a press release. The…
UK Conservatives Demand Lifting of All CCP Virus Restrictions by May
A group of backbench Conservative party lawmakers in the British Parliament have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding that he lift all CCP virus restrictions by the end of April. The COVID Recovery Group (CRG), a group of Tory MPs who are sceptical about lockdown measures, said on Saturday that they welcomed “the tremendous…
Hong Kong Public Broadcaster RTHK Drops BBC Programs After China Ban
February 12, 2021
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Hong Kong’s publicly funded broadcaster RTHK said on Friday it was suspending the relay of BBC radio programming, one day after the Chinese regime banned BBC World News from airing in the country. In a statement, RTHK said: “As the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced that BBC World News was not allowed to…
UK, Japan Voice ‘Serious Concerns’ Over Beijing’s Maritime Aggression
February 3, 2021
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Britain and Japan on Wednesday expressed “serious concerns” over the situation in the East and South China Seas and their common opposition to the Chinese regime’s unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force. At a virtual meeting with their Japanese counterparts Toshimitsu Motegi and Nobuo Kishi, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Secretary…
UK Opens New Visa Scheme to Hong Kong Residents
January 31, 2021
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The UK government on Sunday officially opened a new visa scheme designed to offer holders of British National (Overseas) status in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights in the former British colony are under unprecedented threat from the Chinese regime. The scheme, first announced last July after…
Beijing Derecognizes Hong Kongers’ British National (Overseas) Passports
January 29, 2021
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The Chinese regime said on Friday it will stop recognizing British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identity documents in response to Britain’s offer of a pathway to citizenship to millions of Hong Kong residents. This came just hours after the British government announced that a special new visa will be opened for Hong Kong…
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