Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policy of the support to Bahrain's oversight bodies including the (a) National Institute for Human Rights and (b) Ministry of Interior's Ombudsman office in the context of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy's complaint of 29 January 2023 and published on 14 June 2023 against Bahrain's Interior Ministry in the case of (i) Haider Al-Mulla, (ii) Hamid Jaafar Mohammed and (iii) Jassim Khalil Al-Saffar.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is aware of the complaint issued by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy on 29 January 2023. The UK's close relationship with Bahrain allows us to work together to improve human rights in Bahrain, including supporting the development of oversight bodies. We engage these organisations regularly, including with respect to individual cases, welcome their assurances and urge their continued transparency.