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<p>We remain deeply concerned about the persecution of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists,
Falun Gong practitioners and others on the grounds of their religion or belief in
China. The freedom to practise, change or share ones faith or belief without discrimination
or violent opposition is a human right that all people should enjoy. We believe that
societies which aim to guarantee freedom of religion or belief are more stable, prosperous
and more resilient against violent extremism.</p><p>We raise the full range of our
human rights concerns with the Chinese authorities. We recently raised our concerns
over restriction of freedom of religion or belief with the Chinese Government in our
27 June 2018 statement at the UN Human Rights Council and during China’s Universal
Periodic Review (UPR) in November 2018.</p><p>We also highlighted our concerns in
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy.
The report contains details of work the FCO has carried out during the past year to
promote human rights, including freedom of religion or belief in China and globally.</p>
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