Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Sao Tome and Principe on the alleged incidents of torture and killing of detainees after 25 November 2022.

We are actively seeking information from multilateral and unilateral representatives as well as the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe (STP), following reports of an attempted coup and alleged extra judicial killing of detainees in the country. We are working closely with bilateral and multilateral partners to determine how best to clarify the facts of the events and co-ordinate our response.