Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's document entitled Opinion No. 2 /2023 concerning Abduljalil Abdulla Yusuf Ahmed Al-Singace, published on 25 May 2023; and whether he has made representations to his counterpart in Bahrain to secure his release.

The UK draws on a wide range of sources when assessing human rights in Bahrain. Our close and long-standing ties with Bahrain allow UK Ministers and senior officials to discuss sensitive human rights issues regularly, privately and effectively. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad discussed a range of human rights topics during his visit to Bahrain on Sunday 12 February, including the individual case mentioned. We encourage those with concerns to raise them directly with the appropriate Bahraini oversight body.