Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners

(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on the ongoing detention of (a) Prince Turki bin Abdullah, (b) Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman and (c) other activists and senior officials.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 26th February 2020

We continue to monitor the cases of political detainees in Saudi Arabia. We raise concerns about individual cases regularly, using a range of Ministerial and diplomatic channels, including our Embassy in Riyadh.

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