Starmer in Rio de Janeiro for G20 summit and is set to become first UK PM to meet Chinese president in six years
Amnesty International UK has urged Keir Starmer to raise the case of Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist and British national imprisoned in Hong Kong, when he meets the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
Amnesty’s chief executive Sacha Deshmukh said:
The appalling state of human rights across China must be top of the agenda, including raising alarm about the industrial-scale repression of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, the crushing of press freedom and hounding of activists and critics in Hong Kong and China.
Prime Minister Starmer must also be clear that China’s campaign of terrorising students and campaigners here in the UK will not be tolerated.
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