Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received on the number of cases in Saudi Arabia where torture has been alleged to have been used by authorities to extract a confession from a person who has subsequently been sentenced to death and is currently on death row.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is aware of media reports about the use of torture by the Saudi Arabian authorities to extract confessions from persons who have subsequently been sentenced to death, or who are currently on death row; but has received no representations from confirmed cases. The British Government condemns torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and it is a priority for us to combat it wherever and whenever it occurs.