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Recommendation 14
14
Accepted
We recommend that the Department, in collaboration with the FCDO and DIT, fully assess the...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Department, in collaboration with the FCDO and DIT, fully assess the options for introducing targeted sanctions against Chinese and international businesses implicated in human rights abuses and the exploitation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. (Paragraph 68) BEIS Official Development Assistance spending in China
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The government states that it has already imposed asset freezes and travel bans against those responsible for human rights violations in Xinjiang on March 22, and announced a review into export controls on January 12.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
51. Having evaluated the evidence, on 22 March, under the UK’s Global Human Rights sanctions regime, the UK imposed asset freezes and travel bans against those responsible for gross human rights violations in Xinjiang. These measures were taken alongside the US, Canada and the EU, sending a clear message that the international community is united in its condemnation of China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang and the need for Beijing to end its discriminatory and oppressive practices against the Uyghurs. These designations send an unequivocal message that those responsible for serious human rights violations in China will face consequences.
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