As the Chinese embassy prepares to move in, councillors vote to support the ‘freedom and diversity of our borough’
The Liberal Democrat councillor Rabina Khan, who seconded the council motion, said: “Tower Hamlets has a unique history of welcoming people and at Wednesday’s full council meeting politicians unanimously came together on the amended motion that whilst we welcome the proposed relocation of the Chinese embassy, we also stand up against the CCP’s [Chinese Communist party’s] human rights violations.”
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