Rutland MP Alicia Kearns has welcomed sanctions against a range of Chinese officials.

The MP joins others in accusing them of being "perpetrators of genocide against the Uyghur."

Her comments follows Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announcing sanctions yesterday against four individuals and the Public Security Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction corps responsible for human rights atrocities committed against the Uyghur.

Mrs Kearns has called for sanctions against perpetrators of genocide against the Uyghur since her election in December 2019.

Last year, as also reported by Nub News , the MP launched a group to study the activities of the Chinese government, including its role in the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

She said: "From today , the Chinese Communist Party can be under no illusion that their card is marked. They are perpetuating a genocide against the Uyghur people.

"Forced sterilisation, birth control imposed on tens of thousands of Uyghur women, detention camps to treat the so-called pathology of religion, forced organ harvesting, rape, children ripped from their families, torture and DNA databases.

"The Foreign Secretary's announcement of sanctions against the Chinese Communist Party today is absolutely right - and it is right we act as a unified international community against genocide.

"The UK cannot and will not sit by and watch this happen."

The MP continued: "The Regime in China is engaged in an industrialised eradication of a people. The world is watching and the world is taking action.

"Today's actions make clear we will stand up for religious freedom of belief. This matters, including for us in Rutland and Melton, because residents of our community have faced persecution while in China.

"Today's announcement is the right thing, but we must continue to consider further action if this does not end the genocide."