UK Parliament on Thursday urged the government to ramp up sanctions against those who are accused of human rights abuses and corruption in China and beyond, at least those who are on the United States sanctions list.
Moving the motion for Parliament to consider sanctions, former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the UK had made 102 sanctions during the first year after it introduced the Magnitsky-style Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations, but only six in the second year.
He also said the UK has failed to keep pace with its allies, particularly the United States, having sanctioned only 20 percent of the perpetrators sanctioned across the pond….