Saudi Arabia: Females

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Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the recent arrest of women's rights advocates in that country.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 10th July 2018

The UK is very concerned about the recent arrests and detentions of the human rights activists in Saudi Arabia. The former Foreign Secretary and I have raised our concerns with the Saudi authorities. We will continue to do so at every appropriate opportunity.

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