The UK has announced sanctions against four Chinese officials accused over atrocities committed against Uighur Muslims, in coordinated action with the EU.
Dominic Raab said the individuals would face an asset freeze and a travel ban – with the public and companies also expected to be barred from providing them with financial assistance.
The international community “will not turn a blind eye to such serious and systematic violation of human rights,” the foreign secretary told MPs.
The international community “will not turn a blind eye to such serious and systematic violation of human rights,” the foreign secretary told MPs.
The US and Canada would also join the joint approach to calling out “industrial scale human rights abuses” in the “largest mass detention” of an ethnic group since the Second World War.
Beijing hit back almost immediately with retaliatory sanctions against pro-democracy politicians in the EU – with measures against UK organisations expected to follow.
