Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what urgent representations they will make to the government of Saudi Arabia to request the release  of any (1) female activists, and (2) political prisoners, who have been detained without charge.

We are concerned about the continued detention of women's rights activists and political detainees in Saudi Arabia. The Foreign Secretary raised our concerns about the ongoing detention of political detainees, including women's rights defenders, during his visit to Riyadh on 4 and 5 March. We raise concerns about individual cases regularly and will continue to call for political detainees to be given adequate legal representation.