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NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER — China Imposes Sanctions on Leading British Catholic Human Rights Campaigner Lord Alton
LONDON — The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed sanctions Friday on a leading British Catholic human rights campaigner who highlighted widespread abuses in Xinjiang.
The Chinese authorities announced the measures March 26 against David Alton and eight other U.K. citizens, as well as four institutions critical of the country’s human rights record.
The individuals are banned from entering China, Hong Kong, and Macau, and Chinese citizens are forbidden to do business with them.
Alton, an independent member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the U.K. parliament, noted that the step followed the U.K. government’s introduction of sanctions against four senior Chinese officials on Monday over China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.
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