An Australian MP has ruled out ever repenting for being critical of the Chinese government's human rights abuses against Uighurs in Xinjiang province.
Andrew Hastie was planning to travel to China with a number of other MPs in December however was informed on Friday that his visa had been denied.
A Chinese Embassy spokesperson called on Mr Hastie to "genuinely repent and redress his mistakes" however Mr Hastie has refused saying he was standing up for Australia’s sovereignty and for those who can't speak for themselves.
Leaked Communist Party documents have revealed the internal justifications used by the Chinese government to imprison more than a million ethnic Muslims throughout the country's Xinjiang region.