Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action the British Embassy in Bahrain is taking in relation to reports of reprisals against family members of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, who has refugee status in the UK, including the reported arrest of his mother-in-law and brother-in-law on 2 March and allegations that they were tortured and interrogated in response to his activities in the UK.

​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Embassy in Bahrain are monitoring this issue. We encourage all those with concerns about their treatment in detention to report these directly to the Ombudsman, and we urge the Bahraini Ombudsman to carry out thorough investigations into any such allegations.