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Bahrain: Prisoners

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 31697, tabled on 17 March 2016

Question

Andy Slaughter
Labour
Hammersmith
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Bahrain on the imprisonment of Zainab Al Khawaja; and whether he plans to make representations to press for Zainab Al Khawaja's release.

Answer

Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Commons

Answered on

22 March 2016

We have raised Zainab Al Khawaja’s case with the Government of Bahrain at the highest levels. The UK encourages Bahrain to respect the rights of all peaceful opposition figures. We call on the Bahraini government to act proportionately in all such cases to protect the universal rights of freedom of expression and assembly. I most recently raised human rights with the Bahraini Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa , on 8 March.

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