Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the pledges in UK Support for Human Rights Defenders, published in July 2019, what representations they will make to the government of Bahrain for the sentence against British national Duaa Alwadaei to be quashed; and whether the British Ambassador to Bahrain will attend her trial on 17 April.
Our Embassy in Bahrain is aware of Mrs Alwadaei's case and is following the situation closely. We have given her family details of the consular assistance available. We understand that Mrs Alwadaei's next hearing will take place on 24 April.