Bahrain APPG

1: UK’s constructive dialogue with the Government of Bahrain publicly to raise the cases of two prisoners who - Speech Link
2: Moosa at senior levels with the Government of Bahrain.On 8 January, British embassy Manama officials - Speech Link
3: long-term cases in the United States of America.Bahrain is important to us politically, diplomatically - Speech Link

1: important debate on human rights issues in Bahrain. I start by thanking noble Lords who have put their - Speech Link

1: representations they will make to the Government of Bahrain regarding the imprisonment and possible execution - Speech Link
2: to raise, both cases at senior levels with the Bahrain Government. As the former Minister for the Middle - Speech Link
3: training from the UK. One of these bodies, the Bahrain Special Investigations Unit, failed to meet the - Speech Link
4: her—that through the support we have given to Bahrain, both technical and on the wider human rights agenda - Speech Link
5: now accept that their technical assistance to Bahrain has failed in its aims and objectives, and suspend - Speech Link
6: We believe that the positive change sought in Bahrain by the international community will be achieved - Speech Link

1: considered human rights abuses and UK assistance to Bahrain.It is a great pleasure to be here under - Speech Link
2: apparent moratorium on the death penalty since 2010, Bahrain went ahead and executed three people last year - Speech Link
3: rights in the region. Female political prisoners in Bahrain, including activists Najah Yusif and Medina Ali - Speech Link
4: an onerous task, as the group covers not just Bahrain but other Gulf countries. I held that position - Speech Link

1: they have made of the human rights situation in Bahrain over the last two years and whether that assessment - Speech Link
2: this Question as well. The UK’s position is that Bahrain remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human - Speech Link
3: the oversight bodies in Bahrain, we provide technical assistance in Bahrain to influence and support - Speech Link
4: that UK-funded human rights oversight bodies in Bahrain are not effective. What is the Foreign and Commonwealth - Speech Link
5: give Bahrain is helping to safeguard women’s rights. Women’s organisations are active in Bahrain and freely - Speech Link
6: continue to raise. We will continue to work with Bahrain. Bahrain is a partner and we have many strategic interests - Speech Link

1: whether they intend to continue to provide funds for Bahrain through the Integrated Activity Fund following - Speech Link
2: The United Kingdom is committed to supporting Bahrain-led reform, including through carefully targeted - Speech Link
3: a meeting with me and representatives from the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy to discuss this - Speech Link
4: death penalty prevails as a form of sentencing in Bahrain. In that respect, I assure the noble Lord that - Speech Link
5: seeking to do more. In this respect, judges from Bahrain have visited Crown Courts and magistrates’ courts - Speech Link
6: sentencing policy. We continue to make that case with Bahrain and elsewhere. - Speech Link

1: strategic importance of the new Royal Navy base in Bahrain.I am pleased to introduce this debate about - Speech Link
2: that. The work that we will be able to start from Bahrain to keep those difficult waters open is critical - Speech Link
3: The strategy is just a reminder—what we see in Bahrain is an illustration of the fact—that defence can - Speech Link
4: encourage the hon. Lady to visit the Kingdom of Bahrain at the earliest opportunity to see the reality - Speech Link
5: Friend is being gracious with his time. I served in Bahrain and the Gulf in operations in 2009 on HMS Kent - Speech Link

1: Co-operation Council states—Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. However - Speech Link
2: projects in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, where we know the death penalty, torture and political - Speech Link
3: as a Minister when I and others worked with the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy on some of the - Speech Link
4: itself deserves some explanation.I thank the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, which has been - Speech Link

1: which affect implementation. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are FCO human rights priority countries, where - Speech Link
2: The Minister will be aware of the Bahrain Government’s crackdown on human rights activists and of their - Speech Link
3: raised directly, on a bilateral basis, with the Bahrain authorities. I assure all noble Lords that we continue - Speech Link
4: Foreign Office review of and report on human rights, Bahrain was identified as a country of interest. It reported - Speech Link
5: rights report. As I said in my original Answer, Bahrain is not just a concern but one of the priority countries - Speech Link

1: Abraham accords, which were signed by UAE and Bahrain at the White House on 13 August, and which commit - Speech Link
2: accords that have been struck with the UAE and Bahrain provide an opportunity for the UK Government to - Speech Link
3: Let me briefly say a word about the UAE and Bahrain accords with Israel. As my hon. Friend the Member - Speech Link
4: trilateral Abraham accords, signed by the UAE and Bahrain, explicitly acknowledge the Jewish people and the - Speech Link
5: welcome the treaties between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain, announced with great fanfare in the gardens of - Speech Link
6: of peace agreements between the Governments of Bahrain and the UAE and Israel is an enormous step forward - Speech Link
7: again in the last few weeks by those decisions by Bahrain and the UAE.I referred to our trip to Israel - Speech Link
8: others, I welcome the accords with the UAE and Bahrain. There has to be a pragmatic approach to relations - Speech Link