In retaliatory move, China now sanctions UK entities and lawmakers

The sanctions came after UK governm­ent's sanctions against Chinese officials for alleged human rights violations against its Uyghur minorities

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is moving swiftly to foil perceived threats to the Communist Party. (Photo: Bloomberg)
Press Trust of India
1 min read Last Updated : Mar 27 2021 | 1:25 AM IST
China has imposed sanctions on British politicians and organisations as a tit-for-tat retaliation over the UK governm­ent's sanctions against Chinese officials for alleged human rights violations against its Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang province.

MPs including former Conserv­ative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith and Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugend­hat, Pakistani-origin Nusrat Ghani, Tim Loughton and House of Lords peers Baroness Kennedy and Lord Alton – all members of the Inter-Parliamen­tary Alliance on China – are named on the Chinese foreign ministry's ban.

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