Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention document Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its ninety-fifth session, 14–18 November 2022, published on 15 March, regarding the case of Naji Fateel, who is currently imprisoned in Bahrain; and what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain to secure his release.

The UK draws on a wide range of sources when assessing human rights issues in Bahrain and regularly raises individual cases with the Government of Bahrain at senior levels. We encourage those with issues to raise them directly with the appropriate Bahraini independent oversight body. The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, discussed a range of human rights issues during his visit to Bahrain on 12 February.