Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Ethiopia on the safety of the Tigrayan population living outside of the Tigray region.

We remain deeply concerned about reports of human rights abuses and violations in Ethiopia. I have raised our concerns about ethnically targeted arrests with Minister Redwan in Addis Ababa on 20 January. The protection of all civilians needs to be prioritised, human rights respected and those responsible for human rights abuses and violations held to account.