Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the hunger strike of Irom Sharmila in Manipur, India; and if he will make a statement.

The British High Commission are in regular contact with human rights institutions and Indian non-governmental organisations on a full range of human rights issues. The EU also monitors the situation of human rights defenders in India and raises their situation with the Indian government, either through the EU-India Human Rights dialogue or on an individual case-by-case basis.