Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received since March any reports of torture used against, or ill-treatment of, family members of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, who has refugee status in the UK; and if so, whether those reports were recorded in accordance with the FCO’s guidance on reporting torture and mistreatment.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and our Embassy in Bahrain are monitoring this issue. They have received and logged one report in accordance with the FCO’s guidance on reporting torture and mistreatment. We encourage all those with concerns about their treatment in detention to report these directly to the Bahraini Ombudsman, and we urge the Ombudsman to carry out thorough investigations into any such allegations.