Bahrain

(asked on 9th December 2014) - View Source
Questioner
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David Anderson
(Labour - Blaydon)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to secure the release of political prisoners in Bahrain.

Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 16th December 2014
We encourage the Government of Bahrain to respect the rights of all peaceful opposition figures. If we have specific concerns around convictions or sentencing, we raise these with the Government of Bahrain as part of our wider dialogue on human rights and reform.
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