Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Brazilian government in relation to protection for Laisa Santos Samaio; and if he will make a statement.
Her Majesty's Government has not made specific representations to the Brazilian government relating to Laísa Santos Sampaio, who has remained in the Brazilian government’s national protection programme for human rights defenders since November 2012. This programme receives UK support through EU-funded projects with the Brazilian Human Rights Secretariat. We are also active participants in the annual Brazil-EU Human Rights Dialogue which covers a range of human rights issues, including the protection of human rights defenders.