Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2017 to Question 64298, what recent progress he has made in discussions with his counterparts in the Government of Cameroon on the arrest, detention and violent treatment of activists in that country.

The UK Government continues to closely monitor the human rights situation in Cameroon. Our High Commissioner has raised our concerns directly with the President Biya on a number of recent occasions. We call on Cameroon to uphold its human rights obligations and to take a lead in resolving the current tensions through a broad-based dialogue.