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<p>We regularly raise our concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang with
the Chinese authorities at senior levels, and most recently our British Ambassador
to China raised our concerns with Vice Foreign Minister Qin Gang on 24 December 2019.
We also regularly discuss the situation in Xinjiang with likeminded partners including
at the UN. We have issued or joined a number of statements registering our concern
in recent months: on 29 October 2019 at UN Third Committee, the UK read out a joint
statement signed by 22 others drawing attention to the human rights violations and
abuses in Xinjiang and called on China to uphold its obligations to respect human
rights. On 24 September 2019, during the UN General Assembly the Minister of State
for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia called on China to allow UN observers immediate
and unfettered access to the region. On 17 September 2019, at the 42nd session of
the UN Human Rights Council, the UK again called for UN experts to be granted unfettered
access to Xinjiang and raised our concerns on arbitrary detention.</p>
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