Business question from Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 July 2026. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House ask the Foreign Secretary what recent assessment she has made of the case of Uyghur Muslim Rahile Dawut, a folklorist and academic imprisoned in China solely for her faith and cultural identity, and what steps His Majesty’s Government have taken to secure her immediate release and to uphold freedom of religion or belief across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s foreign policy commitments?
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- 789 c496
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- 2026-27
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Detainees China Religious freedom Uyghurs Dawut, Rahile
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- 2026-07-20 21:01:18 +0100
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