On Monday Chinese President Xi Jinping will be sipping tea at Downing Street with David Cameron. 16-year old Bao Zhuoxuan can't even go to school. He is currently under house arrest by President Xi’s government. His only crime is his relation to Wang Yu, his mother, a Chinese human rights lawyer.

Wang Yu, who represented Chinese feminists jailed this spring, has been detained along with more than 200 lawyers, legal aides and activists. In July, Bao and his father went to the Beijing airport to board a flight for Australia where he was to attend middle school. Suddenly, plainclothes security agents dragged them from the security line and threw them into separate vans. Last week, Bao was snatched by uniformed men at a Myanmar border town as he tried to escape to the United States, and was then taken to his grandparent's home in northern China. Police forbid him to leave.

I spent three years in China.  I came face to face with the Chinese government's treatment of activists, lawyers and citizens campaigning for a better future.  And I saw the devastation caused to their families when they were detained or imprisoned.  Friends of mine had their freedom restricted, all because they spoke out against the regime for a different China.

Whenever British politicians wine and dine politicians from  China they vaguely suggest that “human rights were discussed.”

This time must be different.

We call on David Cameron to ask the Chinese President to free 16 year Bao, under house arrest for no crime. Publish your question on Bao and on human rights abuses in China to Xi Jin Ping. It's time to #askthequestion and #freeBao

Transparency from Government is nearly impossible in China. It doesn’t have to be in the UK. We can help free this innocent boy so that he can have as bright a future as any teenager.

@paulrezaafshar #freeBao #askthequestion