Tashi Wangchuk

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 21 June 2018.

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Photo of Chris Law Chris Law Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Climate Justice)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether and with whom he has had discussions on (a) the release of Tashi Wangchuk, a Tibetan language activist jailed for five years by the Chinese Government and (b) promoting the right to peaceful protest in that country.

Photo of Mark Field Mark Field Minister of State

We remain concerned at the handling of the case of the Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk; his case raises serious concerns about due process and transparency of justice in China. A UK diplomat attempted to attend his trial in January and the FCO tweeted about our concerns following his sentencing. We most recently raised his case with the Chinese Government at the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017​

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