Chinese agents are harassing Uighur Muslims living in Britain, a Foreign Office-funded report has found, while their families are held hostage in China.
One British Uighur student told: Remember, your mother and other family members are still in China
13 March 2021 • 7:00pm
The Government has admitted for the first time that Uighurs are being targeted by China on British soil in an effort to intimidate them into silence .
The problem is now so serious that it risks becoming a diplomatic incident after ministers complained directly to the Chinese embassy in London.
On Saturday night the Foreign Office urged British Uighurs to call the police immediately if they felt they were being intimidated by Chinese officials.
Concerns about intimidation of British Uighurs on UK soil by Chinese officials were first exposed in The Telegraph last August.