Petition · past parliament
Call out ongoing & escalating mistreatment of the Uighur people by China.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The British Government is due to commence trade negotiations with the People’s Republic of China and is well placed to build an international consensus to exert diplomatic pressure on China to end the ethnic persecution of its Muslim minorities.
The Chinese state has imprisoned 1m ethnic Uighurs into re-education camps and has adopted of policy of reproductive control by sterilising female Uighurs, in a bid to eradicate both their culture and reduce their population. This vulnerable minority lacks a voice and Britain is well placed to express its grave concern about protecting their human rights to the People’s Republic of China in a bid to eliminate persecution.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 29 Jun 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.