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Labour MPs urge Rachel Reeves to demand Jimmy Lai’s release

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Labour MPs urge Rachel Reeves to demand Jimmy Lai’s release



UK chancellor will be first to make an official visit to China in a decadeLabour MPs have urged Rachel Reeves to demand Jimmy Lai’s release when she becomes the first UK chancellor to make an official visit to China in nearly a decade.Nine Labour MPs have joined a cross-party call for Reeves to raise the detention of political prisoners in Hong Kong and ask for Lai’s “immediate and unconditional release”, during her visit to China this weekend. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/11/labour-mps-urge-rachel-reeves-to-demand-jimmy-lai-release

Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Publish date : 2025-01-11 00:01:00

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